History of Derek

Bournemouth, home of the Oceanarium where you can dive into a magical underwater journey and discover thousands of amazing creatures above and below the waves.  It’s 1885 and Robert Louis Stephenson is pouring word is writing our fifth or sixth favourite horror staple ranking just below Dracula, Frankenstein, the Wolfman and Chucky. It’s time to find out the part that Derek played. This is the tru...

Westminster, home of the government man! It’s Sunday 15th January 1559 and Elizabeth Tudor is getting a crown done. After that she’s popping down the Abbey to be made Queen. It’s going to be an amazing day. What makes it even more amazing is that, both in the dentist’s chair and in the Abbey, the individual being crowned is not actually Elizabeth Tudor at all. God save the Queen, because tourists...

Nottingham, home of the forest. It's 1190 and in the North of England, if you count Nottinghamshire as the North (which you shouldn’t because it’s in the East Midlands), a new form of protest movement begins – The Hoods… But one Hood has been cruelly been overlooked by chroniclers, crinklers, balladeers and bell-ends. A Hood so great that he should be held in the highest esteem by his countrym...

The Netherlands, home of the drugs. The life of Vincent Van Gogh is well documented. Anyone that has ever held a pencil, dabbled with watercolour or hacked off their own lughole in a delirium of misplaced romanticism, has heard his name. But the tale of Vincent van Gogh is truly a tale of two tales, interwoven together to look like one tale, and then forgetting about the half of the tale that expl...

The North Pole, home of the top of the world. It’s the History of Derek Christmas special and snow is f*cking everywhere. So stoke the fire, pour yourself a glass and settle down child for the greatest yuletide tale ever told. It’s time to find out the part that Derek played. This is the true story of Derek the Red-Nosed Reindeer. We salute you. History of Derek is brought to you by Now Stand Back...

Liverpool, home of the Scouse. The story of The Beatles is well known… a cultural force so powerful that it made Britain swing its tits like they hadn’t swung since the roaring 20s when they hadn’t swung anyway just roared and who wants roaring tits? But what was the secret to The Beatles’ success? It’s time to find out the part that Derek played. This is the History of Derek Beatle. We salute you...

London, home of the jellied eel. The story of Jack The Ripper is well known and retold by generation after generation in pamphlets, plays, books and motion pictures. But before the grotesque Ripper industry had even begun, another group of individuals were getting in on the act. Weak-minded individuals that were neither cats nor copies of cats, but copycats using the mayhem of Autumn 1888 to their...

Rome, home of the Pope. Every child forced to study Roman crap knows the story of Julius Caesar. But what isn’t known is the story of the man who made it all possible. For during every step of his career, Caesar was aided by someone that the annals of history have discarded like a 3am tissue. It’s time to find out the part that Derek played. This is the History of Derek Caesar. We salute you. Hist...

History, home of the winner. It’s time to take the book down from the shelf, blow away the cobwebs and remove the old Currys receipt inexplicably being used as a bookmark. It’s time to find out the part that Derek played. This is the History of Derek. We salute you. History of Derek is brought to you by Now Stand Back Media. Written by Peter Richard Adams. Performed by Benjamin Pemberton. Produced...