Season 2

Episode Guide

Tom Craine and Tom Davis

S2 E1
Tom Craine regales us with the story of Sir Walter Raleigh (starring Jack Whitehall and Michelle Keegan). Tom Davis tells the tale of Robin Hood (Mathew Baynton) & Maid Marian (Emma Bunton).

Iain Stirling and Chris Ramsey

S2 E2
Iain Stirling slurs his way through Scott of the Antarctic, Chris Ramsey talks the sinking of the Titanic.

Isy Suttie and Ed Gamble

S2 E3
Isy Suttie tells the story of Prince Edward & Mrs Simpson (featuring Greg James and Sophie McShera), while Ed Gamble narrates his version of The Great Escape (featuring Jamie Laing).

Tom Rosenthal and Jessica Knappett

S2 E4
Tom Rosenthal talks about Richard III (featuring Hugh Dennis), while a sloshed Jessica Knappett tells the story of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (featuring Vicky Pattison and Mathew Baynton).

Charlotte Ritchie and Nish Kumar

S2 E5
Charlotte Ritchie reveals the truth behind The Cottingley Fairies (stars Catherine Tate and Mathew Horne), and Nish Kumar talks about the Invention of the Telephone (featuring Anthony Head).

Ellie Taylor and Joe Lycett

S2 E6
Joe Lycett and Ellie Taylor get drunk before telling the stories of the Battle of Trafalgar (starring Anthony Head and Alex Macqueen) and the Virgin Queen (starring Sarah Alexander).

Matt Richardson and Josie Long

S2 E7
Matt Richardson takes us back to World War II (stars Simon Bird and Dustin Demri Burns), whilst an inebriated Josie Long narrates the tale of Dr Crippen (stars Olivia Colman).

Tom Parry and Elis James & John Robins

S2 E8
Elis James & John Robins discuss the Battle of Waterloo (stars Vicky Pattison and Hugh Dennis), and Tom Parry tells us about Arthur Conan Doyle becoming sherlock (stars Bradley Walsh).

Sara Pascoe and Nick Helm

S2 E9
Nick Helm and Sara Pascoe narrate boozy tales about the Battle of Hastings (starring Phil Jupitus and Jordan Stephens) & Catherine Parr (starring Emma Bunton and Neil Maskell).