The Silly History Boys Show

Kerblam-OoOoOoOh listener! It's that time again when we on our island celebrate a bunch of folks not getting murdered by celebrating the torture and murder of a Guy by setting an effigy of him on fire! It's not crazy if you get to eat spiced cake I tells ya!  This is first of of Gunpowder three-parter, and you know what? It's quite interesting.  A mug of cider to ZapSplat for music and SFX A slice...

Silly Me Timbers AGAIN Mates! Following the following sea that was Henry Avery part one...its Henry Avery part two! Have the crew of silly pirates bitten off more than they can chew as they try and rob....The Grand Mughal fleet? How much cannon smoke and people falling in the water will it take to win the wrestle the greatest treasure in history from its rightful owners? And even if they can get t...

Silly Me Timber Mates! The Silly History Buoys are back with another ration of nautical naughtiness! It’s the scurvy tale of Henry Avery/Every the man they call the ‘Pirate King’ Why do they call him that? Is it because he has a Las Vegas residency and a penchant for hamburgers? * Join Avery and his crew of silly pirates on their quest for personal freedom, self determination and lots of money! Th...

This week we continue the tale of the mighty Ragnar Lothbrok and worry not; there's PLENTY devil cows!   Join us for the silliest saga we've ever told... and that's saying something!!   Thanks as ever to ZapSplat for zips and boings and music, Scott Buckley for fabulous chooons and Lord Fastfingers for his fast fingers!  

Those Silly Boys are  back in the wonderful world of mythtory again this week dear listeners as they begin the tale of the greatest Viking that ever there was... according to some. There's dragons, princesses, mighty warriors and lashings of silliness for all to enjoy!   Thanks to Scott Buckley for his awesome music. Thanks to Zapsplat for zips boings splats and music And thanks to you for listeni...

KER-SMASH!!! Our Ancient Greek Hero Heracles is here to save us again! The Mighty Hera and her mortal lacky King Eurystheus are at it again with their labours! Not only does the Tesla need washing, but the dryer needs de-linting too!  Oh and there's the small matter of the Nine Headed Hydra of Lake Lerna (a lovely day out I've heard and at v. reasonable price) If you're new to the Silly Heracles S...

Meet a medieval man of wealth and taste! FOR OUR EPIC 50TH Episode! This week those Silly History Boys bring you the story of the darkest of Dark Knights, Robert the Devil! When couple of dark age Normans ask the actual devil for help with a son...its goes exactly as you might expect! Except it doesn't actually! Can Sir Robert the Devil redeem himself? Honour his Knightly vow? Rescue his parents?...

Three. Three episodes on tea, we're so sorry.  Let us go out with a episode a touch longer than our usual fayre.  We have Tea Party's to attend and other unsavoury bits of history to cover.  A big thanks to Tombo (who hates tea) Uncle BobBob (whom I found out also hates tea but it'd knacker my narrative) And The Pear Bear (who loves tea but has reeeeally got into coffee lately. I'm worried for him...

Back once again for the digestive aid master.  Tea! The cure for all ills. The silly boys battle their way out of the Siege of Kaifeng to, well, who knows where!  Tea is on the move and so are the silly boys. Big thanks to ZapSplat for things that go KLACK and songs what go DO-DE-DUMDUMDUM Extra to thanks to Shane Ivers at Silverman Sound for the track Medieval Banquet (which we use for any royal...

Oh no! It's the guy who brought us "gardens" and "A Victorian French Filmmaker whodunnit"!  Yeah that's right! Whatcha gonna do? Not listen?! Erm don't answer that. The Silly Boys are taking a vague and a broad stroke look at the history of tea. So dense and silly was it, that we barely make it out of China with our lives! Put the kettle on and have a sly biscuit or three. Thanks to ZapSplat for m...

Finally...the Silly History Boys bring you....the most famous/silliest crime in British history...The Crown Jewels Robbery of 1671! Only two crazed Welsh pensioners and their quietly passionate daughter stand between career rascal Colonel Thomas Blood and his gang of witless felons! Will the crown of England be theirs....or has someone failed to bring an adequate bag?   Join us the silliest histor...

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! But how much of the legend of Colonel Blood is true? And wa...

This week the Silly Boys have decided instead of talking about actual history they want to tell you a story, a story written by a history person in history times. Fortunately it's not one of the awful history people - which describes pretty much all of them - it's Geoffrey Chaucer. ...Who was probably awful anyway - because he was a history person. Apparently he wrote the Canterbury Tales using th...

This week the Silly Boys are heading back to Ancient Rome to answer the question 'what happened after Caesar died?'.  Join us as we riot, attend a funeral, riot again, lie about an inheritance, flee to the East and have some lovely battles.   SFX from Zapsplat 'Pleasure and Sin' by Sinyells Amazing orchestral brilliance from Scott Buckley Further music from Zapsplat

Yes you read that correctly, "gardens"! Nothing says "rip roaring thrill-ride" through our bloody and divisive history like gardens! (Ask Uncle BobBob!) Join us as we celebrate the Tradescant's (John the Elder & John the Younger) and all they flowered in our nation of gardeners. Let them show you that they're more than just a difficult name to pronounce! Music and SFX by the miracle growers at Zap...

Asgard's Doom is nigh! Loki is free and all his horrible kids are on their way! Can Thor, Odin and the rest of the gods defeat an army of ultimate evil and stave off Norse Armageddon?! Can the Silly History Boys really keep up this level of epic?! * Find out the answers in a rapturously silly retelling of the tale of Ragnarök! Giant Wolves, Giant Snakes and Giants over acting abound this week!   B...

Giant Wolves, herb murder and flaming caravans! RAGNAROK is nigh! Silly style! Join our old friends the Asir (the Gods of Asgard and Norse mythology to their mates) in the first part of the story of Ragnarok or the legend of the norse apocalypse. Hunky Thor, shifty Loki and one eyed Odin! Plus that kitten raising sweet heart Baldur! Some very chatty mistletoe and a very shifty puffin! Plus Giants...

Kick back with William the Conqueror and his Norman mates for medieval Europe's favourite bed time story! The Song of Roland! The incredibly violent and tragic tale of Sir Roland, the Knight with the famous horn...pack that sniggering in...this is educational! Join the Mighty Roland, the sensible Sir Oliver, the noble Charlemagne and slimy snake weasel Ganelan! In a legend a thousand years in the...

Twas the day before Christmas and all through the house everybody listened to the Silly History Boys.   You're welcome.   That's right listener... It's our Christmas special - our second Christmas special! - so don your Christmas jumper, baste your turkey and treat yourself to a mulled cup of whatever you fancy... this year we examine three AWFUL Christmases. Won't that be nice?   A tot of brandy...

EMERGENCY DEMI-GOD KLAXON! That's right listener, we had an emergency and we broke the glass on Heracles part2. Our mighty hero begins the laborious task of, er, his labours.  Hera hates him. Big Daddy Zeus won't take him to the footie. And to top it all off there's now a huge Lion! (as big as a bus stop) Huge thanks to ZapSplat for their killer sfx & music Big God Energy goes to Scotty Buckley (c...

It's Hercules this week folks- *coughcough* You should really get that checked. Anyway, it's Hercules folks- *low murmuring* Do you mind?! I'm doing the show-notes! *intense whispering* What?! It's pronounced HERAcles? As in "servant of Hera"? *smug silence* Well. We're only two episodes back listener and we're already learning! You've been told, Romans! When the Silly History Boys need a hero, wh...

Oh what's that? The Leeds International Film Festival is on? What a coincidence! Well the silly boys may as well take a look at one of the city's adopted sons. Credited by some as the father of film. Get your popcorn and shut the heck up. We present Louis Augustine Le Prince The award for best soundtrack goes to Scott Buckley (Hey he's a scientist too, like our Gus!) The Academy award for Best Aud...

Tidings of discomfort and ploys to you all folks! The Silly Boys are back with a Halloween special to whet your ear hunger before we smash into Season 3. We present a show wot Tombo sort of wrote for a gig we "did" at Whitby Abbey... lord I can't even remember when now. The before times maybe? Thanks to all who contributed, especially the Silly History Girls who we really made work (for free) duri...

Bos-worth the wait? The Silly History Boys will 'field' that! Edward IV is dead! Who will be King now?! Well his son surely? No actually. Duke Richard of Gloucester is a good little brother but he's a rotten Uncle! Henry Tudor once met the old King at a party so he's going to have a go as well! Who will finally win 'the Wars of the Roses?! Well you dear listener are the real winner for now is the...

Tew-king it out for the Throne! Wars of the Roses Four. The Silliest of boys are back! Back from Whitby and back to our usual format of battles and buffonery! The King Maker is dead but King Edward has not time to put his feet up because Margaret of Anjou has invaded England! Cue a race across the country to make terrible Queen puns where all 'evil lanes'  lead to...the battle of Tewkesbury. Can t...