The Infamous Lord Byron & His Scandalous Past | Drunk History UK

The Story of Lord Byron
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[@wtfjackaboy]

If Horrible Histories was allowed to swear this is exactly what it would be like.

[@Kingdomheatsox2]

Twenty Øne Cheers for Sweet REEvenge it was supposed to originally! It was supposed to be for adults with Stephen Fry as a host. It was later reworked to the brilliant kids show we know today.

[@jessisanawkwarddinosaur03]

ghosts is a bit like that

[@qj-b1624]

Horrible histories was a children's book series

[@harley7836]

Dyspracticaly Dyspraxic yes we know but the show was originally pitched as an adults show until the BBC thought it would be better as a children’s show. They did eventually make an adults version with Stephen Fry narrating instead of Rattus Rattus!

[@artvid-1915]

You should watch Ghosts

[@AnnaWoods]

When I was about 12 I had a crush on Matt Baynton. Happy to announce its still going strong 6 years later

[@bbod-qz2zy]

Anna Woods can relate on another level ever since horrible histories 😂😂😂😂

[@anydaynow]

Are you secretly hoping that he sees you're 18 now?

[@zielona_trawa6501]

Same.

[@moclepip5590]

Same same sameeeeeeee he da best

[@TwelvetreeZ]

Once heard someone say he had eyes like Galaxy minstrels, and now I cannot unsee it 🙈😍

[@user-pp7mk8kx5d]

I'm a simple girl. > Sees Mathew Baynton in thumbnail > Clicks

[@rosering02]

Yep, I'm with ya!

[@weswheel4834]

I don't think it was an accident Matt was on the thumbnail. Guy's a legend.

[@liyre4189]

Твоя мама гей I literally searched up Mathew Baynton

[@scottk1525]

You're a simple girl. You see a meme, you copy it.

[@ella10442]

I saw it and I was like Yesterday me:is that Mathew bayton Me today:yes it is

[@JoRatcliff]

This is just Horrible Histories for grown ups

[@QteaTheSwag]

It is, and im obsessed.

[@alexc9985]

grew up with horrible histories and now I have this

[@sneakysam2901]

Isn't this the actor from Horrible Histories?

[@alexc9985]

+sneakysam2901 yes haha Mathew Baynton ( something like that )

[@laurenconrad1799]

Jo R At 24, I will proudly say I am obsessed with both Horrible Histories and Mat Baynton.

[@kursk_kuku141]

I'm expecting the Talking Rats from Horrible Histories, holding a picket sign saying; "It's true! 100% Accu-Rat!!"

[@lipton9656]

Dude he should be the one telling the story.

[@beepboopbobop]

Rattus Rattus

[@mrmoolahoola]

Rattus Rattus

[@AngstyRat]

Rattus Rattus

[@enchanted_inventory882]

Rattus Rattus

[@emmyjdt]

MAT BAYNTON IN ANOTHER HISTORY SHOW I AM LIVING FOR THIS

[@holeinyourheart2445]

Ikr

[@jayeasson2910]

I'm with you phil's. Plus I love your moniker

[@sherckianofasgard]

If you haven't already I suggest you watched 'Quacks'. It's a historical comedy about victorian doctors and Mathew is in it! I dunno if it's still on bbc iplayer but you can probably find it online somewhere

[@ella10442]

Ikr

[@fairy5668]

Also the film Bill where he plays William Shakespeare and it's by the Six Idiots. Ghosts is also by the Six Idiots and I must say Mat's character is the reason I googled pics of him after watching two episodes...

[@dexlegon2942]

comedy central: matthew is byron bbc ghosts: matthew is byron's RIVAL

[@torymonarchist]

Mathew*

[@Terzos-olive-oil]

YESSSSS

[@WarDragon72345]

Mathew Baynton is a very sassy actor omg

[@uh8277]

He is the best actor

[@allymog5228]

His profession is romantic

[@OPquaver]

@@allymog5228 HAHAHAHAH

[@noeyedgirl]

​@@allymog5228 Hate to be pedantic, but it ain't. ☝️

[@JT-uw5xi]

Love that Mat has played Byron and notorious Byron hater Thomas Thorne 😂

[@mirrorball7670]

Yes🤣

[@amyartlover]

Oh, the irony

[@CPunicorn]

Now I understand why he was upset in ghost when the film crew came and made a film about him

[@emmyjo720]

The narrator was in Ghosts

[@oliviadaly4795]

And Jess Knappett playing Alison's half sister (who turns out to be a scammer which she works out with the ghost's help) in S3

[@HippieMosquitoQuatro]

LADS, LADS LADS - *sudden moment of panic*

[@m.b3839]

me on a night out

[@cakes4494]

Me. All the time. Always

[@trinity6302]

Bucky Bun the mood tbh

[@torymonarchist]

I DO NOT KNOW MY DOCTOR WELL ENOUGH TO INVITE HIM ON HOLIDAY

[@panthera9151]

Can we make a petition or something to make Mat the next Doctor?

[@nicolesong6199]

Panthera he does look so much like a Matt-Smith-y Guy, doesn’t he? But actually more like mr bean. And anyway he would just be a copy of Matt smith...

[@ResistingDisinfo]

@@nicolesong6199 You say that like it's a bad thing...

[@SorchaSublime]

@@ResistingDisinfo it is. we dont want rehash doctors.

[@cathas7454]

YES.

[@wick7201]

It wouldn’t work sadly he’s not known enough

[@plantmom4909]

"Half sister.. by the way" XD XD I'm dead!

[@stone4070]

I remember watching Horrible Histories when I was about 11 and having the HUGEST crush on Mathew. I'm 18 now, and yeah... nothing's changed. Absolute beast.

[@amyartlover]

Same sis. He was my first celebrity crush and he still is one of them

[@tritonemedia]

@@TheLast2Say I work at a historical museum about Byron and let me say NO! Do not get romantically involved with Byron! Also, you are forbidden from using the time-machine! :)

[@tonib.3016]

​@amyartlover You probably won't see this but I'm posting anyways. On the Horrible Histories channel there were so many posts about how hot Mathew Baynton was and all of the school girl (and boy lol) crushes that the now women and men had on him when they were adolescent kids ...they took down the comment section on Horrible Histories. Was the most funny and interesting comment section I ever read in my life. I truly miss it 😂 apparently not appropriate for kids which I understand but it was fantastic 😂😂😂😂

[@eleanorsmith7152]

Watching this in the knowledge that Lord Byron killed Matt Bayntons character in Ghosts is great!

[@stayforthepeelpronpls4774]

Eleanor Smith yup 😂😂😂

[@harriet5071]

Yea

[@classicambo9781]

That drowning himself in the pond 🤣

[@danielwhyatt3278]

It’s hilarious

[@bombero1823]

*mat

[@SacredDaturana]

Lord Byron was also the father of Ada Lovelace, a mathematician known as an early pioneer of computer science and the author of the first computer program. (On a more salacious note, Ada was named after her aunt, the half-sister mentioned here.)

[@123haninhk]

I love the way he snap the book close 😀

[@jackseaton7486]

"Half sister"

[@AKSHUNAK]

IKR!!

[@randomperson8571]

That actor playing Byron is so good... best facial expressions, omg

[@ssh0na398]

Owl Matilda yeah Horrible Histories 😂

[@bi_cycle]

Matt Baynton. Legend

[@emilykalunga3510]

@@bi_cycle *Gorgeous legend and nice name

[@emmylou-ks1md]

Also, tight lipsync. My compliments

[@idiotsassemble5698]

@@emmylou-ks1md that's thanks to years of lip syncing to songs in music videos 😂

[@iggyrocks1]

“I’m a bit scandalous, you can’t handle this.” Seems like an apt summary of Bryon’s life.

[@Bethgael]

My favourite line is "suffering from infamy".

[@robododo.3038]

I think my favourite thing, is that Matt Baynton plays Thomas in ghosts who hates Byron wholeheartedly

[@thecuttlekid2758]

the guy playing lord george byron has a really cool looking face. it's just really nicely symmetrical and he's really good at expressions, like he just walked out of a cartoon! also the woman telling the story is goddamn hilarious.

[@jentombs218]

His cartoony expressions might be because he was on a kids show for ages haha

[@thecuttlekid2758]

Jen Tombs that probably explains it, then! hahaha

[@cait812]

He did a kids version of this show.

[@dinkydino6921]

Low-key still do

[@m.b3839]

It's Mathew Baynton! He was in Horrible Histories, so it probably explains how he looks the part and can do the funny expressions etc.

[@eleanorbrown8462]

she also plays lucy in season three of ghosts, in which matt’s character falls in love with her but thomas (the character) dismisses her and lets her leave when he finds out she’s reading byron

[@jjj7790]

1:44 I really love how smoothly he transitions from talking to the doctor to breaking the fourth wall here. Especially since he can't affect the line delivery b/c it's all voiceover. It's all in his body language and how he changes his eye line.

[@DeathnoteBB]

Mathew Baynton is an amazing actor

[@Bethgael]

@@DeathnoteBB Seriously. And I mean a fantastic actor in serious roles. "You, Me and the Apocalypse" is worth a watch, even with the cliffhanger ending and Season 2 cancellation.

[@Mel-jr5cz]

Thomas Thorne is out there somewhere, drowning himself in the lake...he means it this time.

[@alicechapman2513]

most of these comments are just matt baynton thirst uh

[@tommieves1404]

The thirst is real!!

[@bombero1823]

I mean it's *Mat but okay

[@dog_bones_2321]

Well it isnt hard to understand

[@JoRiver11]

Well... yeah.

[@daveatron_]

After the most recent series of Ghosts, the meta-narrative of this sketch has now just gone completely mental

[@Ven__]

homestuck detected

[@daveatron_]

@@Ven__ lol

[@kingtrebor7215]

Matthew Baynton is incredible in this, the timing and expressions are on point

[@torymonarchist]

Mathew*

[@Paddy-von-Sanchez]

Jessica Knappet is a really underated comedian. It's actually her quirky retelling of this that makes it so funny.

[@VydaCrystal]

This is the Horrible Histories - HBO version! LOVE IT! Hahahahahaha!

[@talosheeg]

Dthe Vyda Crystal YESSSSS!!!!

[@h0td0gwater]

Dthe Vyda Crystal Its not but Matthew Baynton is in it from Horrible Histories.

[@VydaCrystal]

I know, I'm just making a joke because both show talk about historical figures - but this one it has A LOT more curse words :) 'Melia G.

[@UKDarkPredator]

'Melia G. It is.

[@torymonarchist]

@@h0td0gwater Mathew*

[@garchompenthusiast]

Baynton is such a good actor, his facial expressions are just perfect

[@idiotsassemble5698]

Mathew Baynton in a regency coat, trousers and knee-high boots with that hairstyle, sideburns and swearing is something I never thought I needed.

[@idiotsassemble5698]

@Just Another StarKid Fangirl we're so hopeless 🤣🤣😂🥰

[@idiotsassemble5698]

@Just Another StarKid Fangirl oh yh s4 e9 had one of his best looks imo 😂😂😍 and s4 e4 too

[@fannybutton4891]

SROP BEING EVERYWHERE!!!!

[@7supergirl]

I love when you can hear the camera crew laughing in the background, that's how you know its a really good one, and this is hilarious.

[@peglegshrek6658]

It's funny how Matthew plays Byron in this but in Ghosts he absolutely despises Byron

[@veronikaboyajyan]

THATS THE GUY FROM HORRIBLE HISTORIES

[@holeinyourheart2445]

YAs

[@sadswans3441]

FUCK I WAS WONDERING WHERE I RECOGNISED HIM THANK U

[@talosheeg]

Veronika Boyajyan it's Matthew Baynton!!!!!

[@oupsie9021]

he really found his niche eh

[@elisabethschmerzler963]

This video has a whole new level a humor in 2019, with Ghosts premiering on BBC (Starring Mathew and a bunch of other former Horrible Histories alumnus) and a certain Romantic-era Ghost (Played by Mathew) having a huge distaste for Byron

[@dr.drastic6949]

It's gotten even better- the narrator, Jessica Knappett, appeared in the newest season of Ghosts, and Mat's character falls in love with her iirc 😂

[@margaritam.9118]

- Geneva. *[cool pose]*

[@sergeantbigmac]

'Im a bit scandalous, you cant handle this' God I love that line! Lip syncing is on point. Btw is that the guy who was in You Me and the Apocalypse?

[@sunfloerx8098]

sergeantbigmac yes, that’s the guy.

[@redherr7600]

He was also in the show “the Wrong Mans”....Hilarious.

[@talosheeg]

And in Horrible Histories!!!!!

[@engagingathena9965]

@@talosheeg and ghosts!!

[@strangeworm4562]

And yonderland!

[@erinbroadhurst1921]

Hepatitis E: “am I a joke to you?”

[@anaceautistic9447]

Thomas is playing his rival. This is the funniest thing I’ve seen all day.

[@cheyennebrennan966]

So, "NOT--Lucy" is telling the story of Thomas's mortal enemy...with Thomas playing him. I'm VERY happy right now! 😂❤❤

[@dylanference4451]

i'm 100% certain that Lord Byron spoke EXACTLY like that

[@shiomicchi7247]

Throwback to when we studied Lord Byron's "Destruction Of Sennacherib" in Year 10 and our teacher tried to find a documentary on him, accidentally clicking on this video and then panicking to get it turned off whilst the whole class was just laughing.

[@torymonarchist]

lolllllllll

[@kaylagadaleta4196]

The irony in this after Ghosts is my new favourite thing

[@heckoffmate1392]

I love that I can perfectly hear Matt saying, "I'm a bit scandalous, you can't handle this."

[@Bethgael]

"I'm the king who brought back party-inggg." :D

[@rosiecourt8411]

I'm a bit scandalous u cant handle this😭😂😂

[@asherlikeslore139]

Thomas Thorne is quaking seeing this

[@charliedawson6318]

Mat Baynton is like a Greek statue if the artist accidentally made it a little too skinny.

[@sockgoblin6606]

Was I in love with Matt as a 10 year old? *Yes* Am I still in love with Matt 7 years later? *Why yes, yes I am*

[@maxs4881]

Sammme

[@amyartlover]

Same😍😍😍

[@torymonarchist]

@Isabel Bradley we all know that's he way older than most of us, yet it doesn't change a thing, lol

[@torymonarchist]

Mat*

[@beadmecreative9485]

I think her accent and how she explains this makes it more funnier than others. I have watched this multiple times over the years.

[@Lvlyra]

Thomas Thorne just yelling-

[@Arthur-yf9yv]

I want to make a Ghosts reference, but I'm not clever enough to think of a good one and there's a chance none of you will get it anyway.

[@rosering02]

I will! I'll totally get it. Bring it on!👍

[@Arthur-yf9yv]

@Ella Blun That wasn't my intention at all. I was trying to say that I'm not sure if ghosts is well known enough for a joke about it to land. I was not trying to imply that people who haven't seen ghosts are inferior in any way. I'm sorry for any offense caused. I like your avatar by the way.

[@stormagedon3852]

@Ella Blun I think it was pretty obvious they didn't mean it that way, stop causing drama for no reason

[@voidparx]

why must I always be spurned?!

[@torymonarchist]

@@voidparx *yes.*

[@jomsthejomtheff1644]

0:37 I said half-sister as a correction and I freaked out when he said it too. Holy smokes I'm still shook from that.

[@crumblestheclown]

Honestly, I can hear Thomas Thorne sHakinG from the other room.

[@theavengedkoala211]

You know your fucked when you use drunk history to revise the context of Lord Byron for GCSEs

[@jeeba1822]

The fact he was in my maths class the day I wasn’t in still makes me cry

[@Blissful_Simp]

Byron to Thomas is such a good jump for Mat😂

[@cupiiidds714]

GHOSTS WAIT ITS THE CON ARTIST AND THOMAS AKA BYRONS ENEMY

[@emilyc.4000]

That doctor was John Polidori, who wrote The Vampyre and created the modern vampire story

[@ChaoticGoodDeeds]

They don't get the british people drunk enough for their drunk histories.

[@ellen7136]

+Laurabeth777 You need to see Tom Rosenthal's ones. He is well pissed.

[@bkimatab]

Laurabeth777 yeah. The American ones actually finish an entire bottle of hard liquor before they tell the story. Here, they don't finish a bottle and she's even only drinking wine in this video. I wish they would be more drunk. Hahaha

[@RaggisMaggis]

It is impossible. British people are more alcohol than blood at this stage.

[@unrulycrow6299]

Beybey Well tbh, depending on the wine, a bottle is well enough to get seriously drunk. I mean, in my region, we produce what I call "the surprise wine" because it's all sweet but holy crap you only need three glasses to start rolling under the table.

[@-mokerly-5984]

Unruly Crow I need that sort of surprise element in my life.

[@cassiefromooo]

it's so ironic that byron is played by mat 😭

[@dirk1251]

They made Thomas play Byron. What cruel irony.

[@like.ablumming.spaceship]

After watching s3 of BBC Ghosts, this is even more ironic then it was before...

[@lincolny2220]

Thomas Thorne what are you doing

[@rosering02]

Awww, Thomas my comely nug lol!

[@amyartlover]

This cad! This wazzock!

[@_danfiz]

Wait..in Ghosts Mat's character (Thomas) said Byron is his enemy. And in this he played him. LOL

[@kirbysuperstar5494]

Never in my life did I expect to see the bloke who played Charles the second in horrible histories flip the bird

[@voidparx]

A pleasant supirse I'm sure

[@thewerewolfofwaggawagga8818]

I want his entire life acted out like this.

[@anna-dq8fm]

now if only thomas thorne could see this...

[@m.b3839]

Watching Mat Baynton swear is something I did not know I needed until now. This is like Horrible Histories for grown-ups and I am LIVING FOR IT

[@abbeyangevine1773]

This makes Thomas even more depressing.

[@madisonb8163]

byron be sassy

[@jazlyndingfelder98]

I’m still crushing on Matt Baynton 😭

[@marlenrichter2295]

Poor Thomas having to play his rival Byron

[@eviebradney2068]

Okay but Mat's facial expressions though. Literally everyone is priceless and adorable!💙

[@analogue_microwave7006]

*teary eyed* 🎇I'm going to drown myself in the lake🎇

[@libby436]

what's a wazzock though

[@cassiefromooo]

pat says it

[@analogue_microwave7006]

@@cassiefromooo nah Thomas does

[@SpiralAnimationssssss]

OK so mat played byron AND Thomas This shouldn't be allowed yet it is Edit: mats being too sassy for me i have exploded

[@voidparx]

He's a bit scandalous, you can't handle this.

[@SpiralAnimationssssss]

@@voidparx I quite literally couldn't handle this

[@voidparx]

@@SpiralAnimationssssss bhahaha same

[@ideka6374]

This is made 876798542567x funnier by BBC Ghosts Episode 4

[@jauxro]

The old days were so weird. You'd just invite some acquaintance out with you and they'd actually go.

[@ajburdett882]

I must've missed this episode of horrible histories, not sure how this new direction will go down with the BBC but it's bloody hilarious

[@emmybm15]

After watching Ghosts, this is even more hilarious 😅

[@alexirose1686]

Very simple: See's Mat in the thumbnail, I clic. LOOK HOW FRIGGIN' HANDSOME AND DASHING HE IS!!! HE'S SUCH A GENTLEMAN

[@timetraveler-zz3ln]

Mathew Baynton? Yes!!!

[@noelleslament]

When he flipped them folks off *Dies of laughter*

[@abibas3050]

THOMAS Like c'mon, you've gotta see the irony...

[@verilyGrimm]

OK this is hilarious. If anyone's seen the latest show ghosts Matt Baynton plays a character whose rival was Lord Byron 😂🤣

[@indiacr6865]

Ironic now with Ghosts

[@kathrynjaneway._]

She’s the scammer sister in Ghosts ain’t she?

[@kathrynjaneway._]

And obviously that’s Thomas

[@like.ablumming.spaceship]

@@kathrynjaneway._ yeah its really ironic lol

[@coronaviruskillerforthegoo3353]

Thomas Thorne may be unhappy his face was stolen.

[@AngstyRat]

MAT BAYNTON MAT BAYNTON MAT BAYNTON- I rest my case

[@chloeleigh1370]

No comments about ghosts?

[@ameliam7292]

This goes so against ghosts.

[@beeduo]

I hate that in BBC ghosts Thomas Thorne who is played by the Matthew (Lord Byron) hates Byron and that's just weird

[@alexerdman9430]

The acting is absolutely superb!

[@toomanyoldsports]

After watching Ghosts this is the best thing

[@MrNakki]

Probably the best of Drunk History UK that I've seen :D ties with Henry VII & Queen Elizabeth bits

[@jayeasson2910]

Cottingley Fairies!

[@AnonRanGER01]

I love the facial expressions of the guy playing Byron.

[@somniumviatordiem7583]

Oh the Ghosts irony xD

[@honeybee1256]

We just learned about Lord Byron and Mary Shelly in English and I gotta say... it was something I can’t forget

[@Starburst514]

Who plays Byron? He is haaaannndsome O.O

[@rosering02]

Sexy in a Regency waistcoat and knee-high riding boots. Get in!!🌹💞

[@tunasandwich1135]

Mathew Baynton.

[@ggh0styy]

loving the fact that in bbc ghosts Matt plays Thomas Thorne who HATED Byron, yet he played Byron in this

[@izzycheuk4572]

after watching ghosts this is just 👌

[@chyynjoji7303]

Thomas saw this and he's drowning himself in the lake again