To think that Horrible Histories...

[ProcrastinatorGeneral]

...Should damn well release a CD!

For those wanting something more balanced/serious/less full of gore, have you seen the "Dead famous" kiddie-historical biog spin-offs? My DD really liked the Elizabeth 1st one and Mary Queen of Scotts by Maragret Simpson. She actually said "it made a change to read about dresses and servants and husbands, not just poo"

Jemima you mentioned Terry Deary ones, I think they're fictional thrillers set in certain times, are they good?

The tall curly haired Stupid deaths one he rocks too - at the Prom he joined in a ballet dance to some rites of death classical thingy!! (blushes at utter classical music ignorance..)

O sorry Mavis, just cross-posted with you taking it back to heavy stuff.

"We sell any monk" finally booted out of my head now by the Celtic boast rap - genius!

Danse Macabre Tonks

I enjoyed the way they chose music that is gruesome or horrible in some way for the Prom: Danse Macabre, The Death of Tybalt, March to the Scaffold from the Symphonie Fantastique, Sacrificial Dance from the Rite of Spring. ds was a bit put off these pieces because the programme notes explained the titles, though. Odd child, loves all the gore from Horrible Histories itself. I suppose being really quite close to an orchestra playing March to the Scaffold is a little more overwhelming...

(It wasn't all scary stuff, there was the Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks and Greensleeves.)

My favourite moment was when Jim-as-invading-viking mingling with the arena folk had to ad lib about accidentally kicking over somebody's bottle of Sprite!

I was a hunk,
Girls adored me,
Ladies all, swooned before me,
They would do, anything for me,
Or I'd have their husbands killed.

ta-da I have the dates for its airing on BBC; " Horrible Histories Prom will be broadcast on CBBC at 5.15pm on 9 September and repeated a week later on BBC One"

Oh Joy! That's totally cheered me up! ( Saddo alert ... )

Yay to finally having a date

Tonks! Yey!
Can I please now get "we sell any monk" out of my head...

Excellent!

And it'll be long enough after the riots to avoid censure of incitement if the repertoire includes the Viking song or Spartan High Scholl Musical.....

We are historial re enactors and did a big event at the Chiltern Open Air Museum where quite a bit of it is filmed. DS1 recognises "our house" in the Georgian wife swap episode. We cooked over that fireplace! Horrible histories rule.

Bump - The HH Prom is about to start.

Did anyone contact BBC to demand a CD be released????

I believe there are various campaigns requesting one - no one seems quite sure of the reasons why there isn't one yet. Does seem rather an obvious omission.

Or if you are into Facebook, try looking here for like-minded people.
www.facebook.com/HHCDcampaign