The Silly History Boys Show

Our quest east into the lands beyond dark-age Russia continues, dear listener, and our late-stage Christian viking hero, Yngvar, will face a multitude of trials... most of which will be even more silly than last episode! Thanks as ever to.... Scott Buckley and his fabulous music Zapsplat for the zips zaps and boings and music Lord Fastfingers for the intro music And you, dear listener!

Picture yourself on a boat on a river dear listener, and then imagine there's a giant, a dragon and a the boat is full of late-stage Swedish Vikings!!   Join us for a rollicking good adventure as we set sail for lands unknown in a saga that's based on real life events... probably maybe a bit.   Thanks as always to Scott Buckley for his awesome music. Thanks to zapsplat.com for music and zips zaps...

Monsters, Titans and manure! Were tough…but the LAST LABOUR of HERACLES is going to be RUFF! Can Heracles travel to the depths of the Underworld…pass dozens of his old enemies…again favour from Hades the Lord of the Dead…AND wrestle the monstrous triple headed hell hound CERBERUS?! What old friends and enemies will he meet on the terrible passage through the realm of death...and what stupid accent...

Marry Nuncle!  Art thee not restful of shows regarding notable p'rsons? Then worry ye not! (ok that's enough of that) This episodes covers the most silly of history people! The Fool... the Jester... The Silly Boy! Come listen to what makes us tick. What puts food on the table. What gets us struck from the guest list. Thanks to the jokers at ZapSplat for SFX and a bit of music Massive musical big u...

Are your Tapestry fingers tingling? They should be...because it's here! 1066 and ALL of that! An ill wind blows William the Conqueror (cough spoiler) and his army of awful Normans right onto the big bottom of England. Can Sweet Harold G march really fast and to stop them...or will this prove one battle too far for England's greatest tash! Well you probably know what's going to happen...but you mig...

Hi listener! Some news on our plans for 2026! Here's one of our many links to The Silly Walk of York Keep and eye on our Socials Instagram & Facebook for more live updates. Music & SFX by our good friends at ZapSplat

It’s a tale of Berserkers, bridges and brothers in the second instalment of our 1066 Epic!   William of Normandy and all the Knights of France are poised to invade Anglo Saxon England…trouble is they’ve got wind…but it’s the wrong sort of wind! Which means the Normans can’t invade…so nothing to see here then? NO! VIKINGS! TEN THOUSAND OF THEM! On Raven’s Wings the Horde of Harald Hardrada is desce...

Hello listener and welcome to a special podcast brought to you by the Silly History boys show in association with the nice people at the Rubbish Shakespeare Company AND the arts council of England.   These special episodes come from the Story Forge stage show that me (your Dear Uncle Bob Bob) have been performing with Wicked Cousin Lee up and down the country in 2025, thanks to support from the ni...

The feeling when you open the speedboat shaped present to find out it's a clip-show.  SORRY! But we boys wanted to do something, anything for Christmas.  Enjoy the clips from our previous festive frolics with the same gusto you exhibit when waging war on xmas dinner.  We'll see you in 2026! Seasonal bells peal for ZapSplat for their excellent SFX & Music The saviour is indeed born but then rep...

Hello listener…it is I your dear Uncle Bob Bob and welcome to a special podcast brought to you by the Silly History boys AND the Rubbish Shakespeare Company.    These special episodes come from the Story Forge stage show that I (your Dear Uncle Bob Bob) have been performing with Wicked Cousin Lee (Rubbish Shakespeare company) up and down the country in 2025, thanks to support from the nice people...

Tapestries, arrows in the eye and conker gags for the whole family! * It’s the history bit that everyone knows…or do they?* King Edward the Confessor of England hasn’t got  any kids…but think about all the spare time he must have…well kind of….he’s dead… WHO’ll BE KING?! William Duke of Normandy says King Edward pinky promised him the gig…but there no proof of that…Harold Godwinson reckons it’s *h...

Grab your knotted bedsheets! Cook that file into that cake! Dig out your Get Out of Jail FREE card from childhood! Coz the Boys are Escaping again! Join the Silly History Boys and a special famous history guest for their next instalment of the Greatest of Great Escapes!  Early parole for ZapSplat for wet dungeon and clanking chains sounds (and music!) Lord Fast Fingers gets to Shawshank it through...

That's right folks! Captain America is old, Black Widow is pancaked and Tony Stark puts something in my eye! It's the end of our soft reboot sequel franchise cash grab that was THE PRETENDERS Find out what happens to the fake Richard of York and wannabe fake King Richard IV of England  York Will Sail, The Cornish Will Rise and Tudor will play his cunning games.  Big thanks to ZapSplat for zaps and...

“The Pretenders and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Tudor before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the country”   Now we have that vague logline out of the way we can get all “logged-down” in our next instalment of THE PRETENDERS.   Meet Perkin Warbeck, a handsome silk-merchant from the Low Countries. A handsome silk-merchant with a...

PRETENDERS....ASSEMBLE! We're Stoke-ed for this one...Stoke Field to be exact! The Tudor Crown is in deadly danger from the dreaded Usurper-tron...well a small boy named Lambert Simnel who may not be 100% up for overthrowing the crown...but its too late to turn back now! William DJ de la Pole and his good buddy Tom Fitz Gerald have invaded Lancashire...but waiting for them is a dastardly collectio...

There was an idea...to bring together a group of silly middled aged boys to make even the most dry bits of history...silly...that we never could... The Silliest boys in history return for....Pretenders...ASSEMBLE! We're plunged screaming and yawning back in the thorny history bed that is. THE WARS OF THE ROSES again. Henry Tudor smoked Richard the Third at the battle of Bosworth* to start the Tudo...

Geoffrey of Monmouth is once more put to the question by The Silly History Investigation Squad Department P.D. Will he conclude the epic tale of Brutus, First King of the Britons?   ...   Yes. He will.   Thanks to zapsplat for the SFX and music Thanks to scott buckley for his incredible music Thanks to Lord Fast Fingers for his music

For many centuries Geoffrey of Monmouth's book 'The History of the Kings of Britain' was considered the go-to reference for information on British kings, but in recent years doubt has been cast on it's reliability. Only one crack squad of investigators can get to the bottom of this mystery... The Silly History Investigation Squad Department PD! Come and hear the tale of Brutus, first King of the B...

Apples yeah? Everyone LOVES apples. But imagine if they were GOLD! OMGeeees you'd never have to work again.  Where was I? Oh yeah, HERACLES!  Everyone's fave, yet troubled demigod has yet another labour.  To steal the Golden Apples of the Hesperides. We'll meet giant men at the space gym. A dude what is tied to a mountain, and yet MORE sons of Poseidon.  Enchanted apple pie for ZapSplat for Music...

The Lambton Wyrm a medieval monster tail...gets the Silly treatment! The Silly History boys are ‘wyrm-ing’ their way back into your affections with a monstrous medieval legend…the Lambton Wyrm! John Lambton is a little Geordie scamp who loves nothing better than going fishing with his best mate Gazza*. UNTIL he fishes a DRAGON out of the river Weir...we blame water companies! Cue an adventure of t...

Grab your hacksaw, lock picks  and balaclava and join the Silly History Boys for a historic crime spree...the prize? The Crown Jewels of England! Join the dashing Irish rogue Colonel Blood and his gang of idiots as they embark on a journey that will lead to one of the most daring (and frankly silly) robberies in British and Irish history! This ripping yarn takes us haring across battlements of Dub...

Colonel Blood and the Crown Jewels Robbery of 1671 is this weeks silly offering to you fine folk! Marvel at the unabridged, hands down silliest robbery in History! Yes....alright you've heard it before.  Sorry. We have been a bit busy running about this month...new episodes will be forth coming!

Exit the Dragon…in which the Last King of Wales soars to his highest and…well you’ll see. The Third branch of the tale of Gruffydd ap Llewellyn see the King of Killer Wales assemble an army of outbreak-able shields and unmanageable accents! AND UNITE WALES!  And for an encore takes on the Norman Hordes and their suffering Saxon allies in a massive equestrian accident called…the Battle of Hereford!...

Previously on the Silly Boys Show!   Here are Parts 1 and 2 of the tale of Gruffydd ap Llewellyn the last King of Wales.   Part three is on the way but here’s a recap because Uncle Bob Bob is slow at editing! Another deep dip in the dark ages with the Silliest Boys in history! ...this week we're swimming with Wales!   Join us for battles, betrayal, Brummies and boyos as we begin the tale of... Gru...

Snuggle up listener! It's time to drift off to sleep with the relaxing tones of The Silly History Boys (well... Bilbo and Pear Bear) and the Enchanting music of Guild of Ambience once again!   This time we're doing Norse stories... which we'll probably end up making full blown episodes one day as they're great fun and full of adventure!   ...but also very relaxing.   Thanks to Guild of Ambience fo...