Horrible Histories - Historical Wife Swap | Compilation

this is mr. and mrs. miserable the deeply religious Puritan family from Norwich and they're doing a wife swap with mr. and mrs. Mary the party mad restoration family from London the Puritan family want to ban parties and the restoration family want to party all the time I wonder how they'll get on oh hi hi hello pleased to meet you I'm mr. merry call me Jaime and you are mrs. miserable Oh surely have a first name you know we're very informal here yes I do it's fight the good fight of faith for wholesome Puritan name this is miserable it is then so did things get up to a better start in the Puritan household how do you do hi mrs. Mary Jeanne Marie you must be mr. miserable yes well let's get to know each other a bit better I've just got my first part as an actress in a Restoration comedy acting is sinful you should be whipped and put into stocks okay so far so good truly these are terrible times like I can't believe they brought back theatre after we Puritans banned it I mean next thing you know they'll be bringing back Christmas hello adorable baby well what's her name silence no silence is her name oh I see her full name is silence discipline search the scriptures my husband chose it yeah obviously you would have chosen something bit less gloomy well yes I wanted to call her if Christ had not died thou has been damned ridiculous after my mother perhaps silence is the way forward what a terrible and godly man since Parliament decided to restore the monarchy England has gone to wrack and ruin mrs. missus needs to lighten up a bit catch up on all the fun she's missing yeah Oliver Cromwell's dead Puritanism is history hooray for charles ii you know the restorations here party on and things aren't going much better for mrs. Mary sorry what's this dinner mr. merry has laid on a party for his honored guests not enjoying the music mrs. Mays music is sinful don't be fancy dance then dancing is sinful witness look me that you're doing drinking is sinful usually what do your parents do for fun then fun is sinful it's time for the Puritan family and the restoration family to settle their differences Oh King Charles the second betta a curse on your restored monarchy yeah a curse on your so-called restoration your sinful ways are an abomination and those that shame shall burn in hell um you you like telling people off don't you well yes we do and that was fun wasn't it yes yes opposed I'm just mommy isn't fun sinful you see oh you're gonna burn in hell do you want to know how poor Georgians made themselves look good they didn't horrid smelly peasants they couldn't have been more different from us nice Georgian posh people this is Lord and Lady posh from the manor hello we're very very very very rich and they're doing a wife swap with the peasant family of poor Vil hello we're very very very hungry so how will these two very different Georgian classes get on [Music] Sumitomo veteran poor person this is your bedroom and our bedroom and the living room kitchen and dining room oh and where P is the toilet well there's a hole in the ground out back you all right and things don't get off to a much better start in the mansion ah you must be mrs. peasant or short a it's dinner time in the peasant household I'm absolutely starving I haven't eaten anything for nearly an hour what's for dinner oh the usual nothing why is all girls staring at my hair just quite unnerving I think you got some food in it that fruit is decoration my girl hmm I swear I had more fruit in my hair this morning that little scam has stolen an apple now I shall have a word with the judge in the morning and have her hand dinnertime in the posh house is a very different affair you know I spend more on grapes every day than you probably earn in a month anything in a month not since you posh people were given ownership of the common land ah the enclosures act yeah what a wonderful piece of legislation I must remember to congratulate my close friend the Prime Minister but we poor people have got no fields left to work that is a sad story would you like my private 27 piece Orchestra to play or something sad orchestra play something sad now do go on I never thought outside this about the lord of the manor I'm starting to think in actual fact he's not really very nice it's time for the Lord and Lady of the manor and the peasants of the village to settle their differences and we really had no terrible conditions in which the peasants live I see the lady so my wife and I have decided to do something about it we're going to flatten your entire village hmm well it is quite an eyesore and it really rather ruins our nice country views I mean you can tootle off to town and die working in a mill or something oh no you're upset Orchestra say something sad people from the different bits of ancient Greece were very different from each other the Greeks from Athens and Sparta really were like chalk and cheese this is the Athenian family of Athens I'm a playwright and they're doing a wife swap with the Spartan family of Sparta I'm a warrior so how will these two very different Greek cultures get home Oh help me with my bags Spartan slave and then go and tell the master of the house mrs. Athenian has arrived I am the master of the house oh I'm sorry and and where's your dear son I believe like us you have a seven-year-old boy I do he's out naked in the hills fighting with the other Spartan children Oh and when will he be back when he's 15 [Music] things aren't getting off to a much better start in the Athenian household welcome mrs. Spartan to our home I'm mister Athenian this is my son why is he so puny and sickly why was he not taking up a mountain to die at birth what's that water coming from his Isaac she's joking she's joking and Spartans have a very different idea of a woman's role right time to get something for supper great what are you hunting what are you hunting go get us a rabbit but I'm just a delicate Athenian woman I'm not allowed out of the house apart from to visit other women or to go to funerals you are going to a funeral the rabbits these Spartans are unbelievable you're at school Spartan girls learn how to wrestle and throw javelins imagine that a girl going to school they should be at home learning how to sew so mr. Fenian any parts in your place for a strong woman oh yes yes right I should play it Oh No you're a woman all female parts are played by men all right well I'll come and watch it then oh don't be silly you're not allowed you're a woman ah what a wimp this Athenian is a what kind of a job is writing plays a in Sparta if you want a good night out you just go on Sartre Woolf simple as [Music] it's time for the Spartans and the Athenians to settle their differences look what you did to my wife it's not my fault she fainted she should be tough like my woman she's no woman I'm not slave like Athenian women you uncivilized Spartan brute you bloody dare Athenian sissies right this is about as much as I can take okay all right now there's only one thing for it a great fight to the death no no I was actually thinking of a vote to see who's way of life is best okay I vote Spartan I vote Spartan I go to Athenian I don't get a vote I'm only a woman I make that to one welcome to this special Celtic episode of historical wife swap this is mr. and mrs. Celt their family have lived in Britain for centuries and they're doing a wife swap with their brand-new neighbors the Romans originally from Italy they've recently conquered Britain how will these two very different cultures get on mrs. Roman Oh lovely stable stable no no that this is our home I just haven't had the chance to make it look nice you know I was just about to put up these decorations enemy head battle trophies I was thinking of putting this one up yeah what do you think where's she gone we Romans build our villas with stones and plaster and I asked that furball what Celts make their walls out of and it is only sticks and get this animal poo but how is mrs. Celt faring at the Roman villa sorry-sorry is the place you pay for having such a long beautiful Celtic hair I'm Gayle dirt you're a bit light on you I was expecting you first thing but it's first thing but it's nightfall but to us Celts nightfall is the start of the new day I see well I'm afraid you've missed supper it's a shame I've laid on peacock rissoles but do have an apple is fruit you eat it's delicious we brought them over from Italy that's not half bad rough to a good start so will dinner time in the Celtic Hut goes smoothly I know hungry no I think I've lost my appetite I'd like to go to bed now can you show me where my bedroom is please bedroom that's a good one we have a wolf skin on the floor over there to keep you warm that's a nasty cut don't worry we'll soon sort that dope with some top-of-the-range don't get medicine here boy look at the dog's tongue will soon heal that up but how are the sleeping arrangements in the luxurious Roman villa you'll be staying in the guest bedroom this evening on the floor on a bed a bed oh it should be warm enough I've got the slaves stoking the central heating and in the morning you can just have a nice hot bath I hope bath or a dip in the mosaic pool in the peacock garden if you prefer and the slaves and come and get you dressed oh I think I'm gonna make it here after all this new Roman fruit is delicious apples pears plums human and they've even bought new animals over to Britain tea and they're so cute well the wife swap is over and it's clear not everyone has enjoyed their experience I have had the most awful time you Celts you eat like animals you sleep on the floor your huts are made of animal poo decorated with severed heads your savages alright dear no need to be rude I'm sorry I want you to take me back to Rome I miss the climate the neighbors the civilization that's right you get yourselves off back to Rome you're stuck up and yet you might not appreciate Adventist thinking Hut but to us it's home when you talk to my wife like that but I will get angry yeah bow nasty come on love let's go home any chance you could take me with you the past is now may straight welcome to Horrible Histories

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Length: 16min 40sec (1000 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 08 2019