Ghosts BBC 1

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Anyone else at the original Horrible Histories crew reuniting again for this!

Join us zukiecat
Joooiiiin uuuusssss

HH is just a treat for mums. Nothing to do with kids.

They all look amazing as Vikings. Every single one is gorgeous. Literally.

I'm finding this newfound crush really debilitating.

Dobby it was me who said about Mary being burnt as a witch but that's just my guess - Pat alludes to her talking about her trial in their 'show and tell' type session but concluded it was 'too soon' grin Then there is the smell of burning when she walks through someone alive, plus roughly right historical period and lots of references to Satan.

Pedant alert.

Witches in England were hung, it was heretics who were burned. Scotland burned witches though.

@sashh that was me - I happily stand corrected

at they're all gorgeous as vikings. Literally

I think kitty is dressed in the correct period costume. She speaks of getting hung for less, and the way she speaks isn’t modern.

MissFitton

I'm fairly sure the character will have been burned as a witch, which is a bit disappointing from a horrible history point of view.

Another thing I don't think is thought through is when the head (Robin with different make up) talks to his body = how can the body hear him?

I don’t think his body can hear him....isn’t that the joke?

His body can't hear him that's why it doesn't pick the head up

Burning was one of the punishments for heresy and this talks about a woman being burned in East Anglia:

www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Witches-in-Britain/

A heart carved on a wall in the market place atKings Lynnis supposed to mark the spot where the heart of Margaret Read, a condemned witch who was being burnt at the stake, leapt from the flames and struck the wall.

AnneEyhtMeyer

OOoooooo interesting, it could be one of two women. Although I do find the idea of a heart wandering around without a body a little, er, unbelievable.

www.edp24.co.uk/news/weird-norfolk-the-witch-s-heart-of-kings-lynn-1-4984567

Why her dress isn't burnt - because burning was such a horrible way to die, executioners sometimes took pity on the victims and smothered them/ strangled them before the flames really took hold. Mary may have only been slightly singed at the point of death.

they're all gorgeous as vikings. Literally

I see what you did there

Y'see this thread is turning out to be educational not just about which Horrible Historian you fancy. Am I right in thinking that sometimes they would give the burn-ee (as it were) a small bag of gunpowder to drop into the flames so they could get it over quickly as it really was a horrible way to go?

I'm loving the over analysing of a 30min BBC sitcom!!
It's funny that people are trying to work out the backstories of people that are just characters made up by the scriptwriters.
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I think I might have heard that before MissFitton ... I'm not sure I'd rather explode myself than wait to burn to death, though - pretty grim either way!

It would have warrented the 9:30 time slot if they'd shown Mary thoroughly burnt!

Bum and chips made me laugh more than someone staring down the barrel of 50 should

If ‘bum and chips’ doesn’t make you laugh at any age then you might as well give up.

So it’s pats And lady buttons death we knowAbout

Anyone else - obv mp is some kind of sex scandal due to bare legs

Bum and chips made me laugh more than someone staring down the barrel of 50 should

If ‘bum and chips’ doesn’t make you laugh at any age then you might as well give up

Quite nobody is immune to a bum joke

Over-thinkers will be thrilled to know that the German pilots have names. They're Pilot Wolfgang and Pilot Helmut.

How did you discover that @GermaineBunbury ?! Do the cellar ghosts have names too?

I saw their names on the IMDB cast list. I love that they've got names.

Yes! IMDB is your friend :-)

I'm loving the over analysing of a 30min BBC sitcom!!

Well it is MN. The cottage pie thread went on for about a month (slight exaggeration).

I've also heard about the powder bag round the neck.