Bafta honour for Horrible Histories for capturing ‘hearts and minds’ of all ages

Long-running children’s drama amusement Horrible Histories is being honoured with a peculiar Bafta grant for capturing “the hearts and minds of radical of each ages crossed the state for 15 years and counting”.

Earlier this year, the humanities sketch amusement celebrated its 15th day of spoofing celebrated figures aft archetypal landing connected TV connected April 16 2009.

Bafta awarded the honour successful “recognition of Horrible Histories’ bonzer taste and societal interaction and the joy, enrichment and hilarity it continues to bring to radical of each ages”.

Chairwoman of Bafta Sara Putt said: “Horrible Histories has transformed accepted ideas of what acquisition tv should be. It has captured the hearts and minds of radical of each ages crossed the state for 15 years and counting, and importantly, has made america laugh.”

Based connected the publication bid of the aforesaid sanction by Terry Deary, it has led to films, including 2019’s Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans starring Sir Derek Jacobi and Rupert Graves, and 2015’s Bill with Damian Lewis, which spoofed the beingness of William Shakespeare.

Lion Television, portion of All3Media, the accumulation institution down the series, volition beryllium presented with the grant honour arsenic portion of a peculiar presumption astatine Bafta’s HQ adjacent month.

Simon Welton, enforcement shaper of Horrible Histories, said: “This is specified an honour for us.

“It is simply a beauteous testament to each of the unthinkable manufacture and creativity that everybody who’s worked connected the show, some down and successful beforehand of the cameras, has poured into making it from time 1 to the contiguous today.”

During the show’s 11 bid and specials, it has picked up 9 Baftas, and a British Comedy Award.

There has besides been plays and appearances, based connected Horrible Histories, astatine the BBC Proms.

Richard Bradley, enforcement shaper and co-founder of Lion Television, said: “Making the Horrible Histories bid implicit 15 years has been a full joy. Creating TV for young audiences is unbelievably rewarding.

“Through comedy, hideous humanities facts, and immoderate banging tunes we anticipation we’ve brought joy, laughter and – possibly – inspired caller generations of young historians.

“Thank you Bafta for acknowledging the enactment of the hundreds of originative radical who person poured their talents into making Horrible Histories specified a success. And convey you to our audiences – young and old. We are thrilled.”

The archetypal formed connected the amusement included Ghosts’ Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Jim Howick, and Martha Howe-Douglas, with Tom Stourton, and Jessica Ransom among the existent line-up.

Guests person included comedians and actors specified arsenic Rowan Atkinson, Gemma Whelan, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Rob Delaney, Meera Syal, Rose Ayling-Ellis, Rosie Jones, David Baddiel, Rob Rinder and Fred Sirieix.

The BBC precocious announced Horrible Science, which volition see the aforesaid benignant of sketches which diagnostic facts, silly songs and jokes which are synonymous with the brand.

Horrible Histories volition person the prize connected November 29.