Horrible Histories George The 1st

[@LordofPride]

You know it would have been funnier if near the end George I started to speak in French, which both of them knew and how George I actually spoke to his ministers.

[@downtown2479]

I did not know that

[@mangot589]

I’m not sure they both spoke French. I think George only spoke German. I’m pretty sure they would have figured that out, and it’s a well known fact George had problem communicating. But l don’t know why they didn’t get an interpreter. Maybe they did🤷‍♀️

[@Cowman9791]

It was Latin that they both knew, not french

[@johnconner9296]

@@Cowman9791 I feel like that would have made it even funnier

[@SonjaHamburg]

​​@@Cowman9791but french was the language of the aristocracy. It was seen as especially noble to speak french. Even when there was no language problem. At german courts there was a lot of french used

[@TheMoshpitgirl]

1:55 he puts the quill down twice...anyways hilarious sketch!

[@aroaceautisticsashajames1832]

😱😱😱😱😱

[@paulcowlishaw]

Yes he did.

[@star.interlude]

1:55 an editing mistake!

[@koni00004]

@@star.interlude I think it might have been two takes😂

[@au9parsec]

England actually came from Germany and that made things a little tricky

[@txvoltaire]

Wouldn't they be able to communicate in French?

[@megacoolgirlable]

Same here i love it when Ben says "Ich liebe Deutschland"

[@lindathetford3776]

I know :) I nearly passed out XD it was hot

[@turnip8749]

Ben Willbond actually pronounces the German pretty well

[@meghan9683]

He can speak French and Russian fluently so he's probably had lots of practice with difficult accents.

[@turnip8749]

Wow, that’s impressive!

[@scottishdiva6715]

He really does!

[@idiotsassemble5698]

@@meghan9683 whoa can he really??

[@FBWL-u1r]

@@meghan9683 That is cool. I always thought Ben does the best French and German accents in HH :)

[@ewanfawkes2708]

I can´t help but notice Walpole had that document with him the entire time. He was just waiting for the moment to take control.

[@jamestown8398]

0:22 - 0:34 He's talking about the South Sea Company and the South Sea Bubble.

[@eddyharris2372]

Walpole!

[@lordcawdorofmordor2549]

IT WAS WALPOLE

[@lionsmith3944]

Me and the extra credits crew: *IT WAS W A L P O L E*

[@themanbehindtheslaughter7633]

@@lionsmith3944 I know two things It WAS WALPOLE And absolutely 100% NOT DIOCLITIAN.

[@ScootsMcDootson]

@@themanbehindtheslaughter7633 And Bismarck always has a plan

[@cherylhartnett6887]

The British Royal Family - my favorite bunch of Germans!

[@maximaldinotrap]

William and Catherine's kids are mostly English though.

[@Assassinus2]

"I'm as British as Queen Victoria!" "So your father's German, you're half-German, and you married a German!"

[@allenman97]

@@Assassinus2 hahaha blackadder

[@thesecondsilvereich7828]

You do realise that the English are German aka anglo saxons

[@cherylhartnett6887]

Yes, I do but I was referring to the recent royal Germans @@thesecondsilvereich7828

[@232bluewings]

Ben as George I.....Adorable doesn't actually even BEGIN to cover it! :3

[@hugh0221]

I love when Walpole says 'power' in body language.

[@HoneyBee-tf1of]

Interesting fact Queen Victoria and Prince Albert also loved Germany so much that Queen Victoria wanted to live there. She also loved spending most her time there.

[@DraculaCronqvist]

Well, Prince Albert was German and Queen Victoria was half-German, so it was only natural for them to both speak English and spend a lot of time in German lands. In fact, Victoria only spoke English at public events. At home, she only spoke German, even well past Albert's death.

[@HoneyBee-tf1of]

@@DraculaCronqvist Yes this is very true. I am so glad to meet another who loves history as well.

[@mtlicq]

@@DraculaCronqvist Really? Wow! "At home, she only spoke German" Not disputing it, but I wonder if you have sources to back it up? It's a shame that some greedy, jealous, racist, ambitious, war-mongering individuals twisted Britain against being neutral or allies with Germany. WW1 (and 2) did not need to happen.

[@countshrubula5997]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I was under the impression that Victoria never left Britain, only going as far as the channel Islands. And yes whilst Albert was German and Victoria had most definately very German heritage being if the house of Hannover, I'm not disputing she spoke German but I doubt she spoke it all the time if at all outside of diplomatic meetings with German officials or something along those lines. I might be wrong, I might be right but hey just putting my voice in.

[@HoneyBee-tf1of]

@@countshrubula5997 Victoria spent the majority of her time visiting the duchies and kingdoms of Germany. Often to Belgium and the Netherlands. She loved Germany and its kingdoms.

[@Narnianerin]

Me ten years ago (+/-): that is my favourite Horrible histories sketch. I don't know the show or the actors only what is on KZbin but that is the best! Me 1 year ago: rewatching all the six idiots projects and finally learning their names. Also realising almost all my favourites over the years are played by Ben. Me today: can't stop grinning still the best sketch god Ben is so cute I cant

[@whatsanenigma]

I admit Mat got me hooked, but pretty soon I started to appreciate the others too. Now I honestly don't know who I like best. They all are matched to their characters so well. This is my favorite sketch with Ben too, followed closely by The Borgia family song. I know he doesn't have any solo lines but his facial expressions do it all. And let's not forget his underrated moment in the Dick Turpin song. Everybody is swooning over Mat (not without good reason) and Ben's "is this real life right now?" moment goes unseen.

[@Albukhshi]

@LittleDirtyBlonde23 actuallt, George II was also born and raised in Germany. unlike his dad though, he was more willing to associate with the English (partly b/c he hated his dad-long story there), and learned to speak good English-though with an accent. it wasn't until George III that a King of that dynasty could be said as being born and raised in England.

[@Basileios1974]

Yepp! But at least until Queen Victoria the Royal Family spoke German at home. At least as far as I heard.

[@Albukhshi]

@@Basileios1974 Just saw this: yep! she did indeed speak German.

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

And was able to speak English fluently!

[@whatsanenigma]

Out of all those ladies who swooned before him and would do anything for him, you'd think he'd find one that spoke German and make her stand behind him and interpret all the time. After all, she wouldn't want her husband to be killed...

[@dxfan18]

For those wondering, the reason George became king at all is because he was the closest Protestant relative to Queen Anne and England was dead set on not having another Catholic ruler. George was the great-grandson on James I

[@whatsanenigma]

"Ich verstehe nicht, was das war, aber er war traurig, und jetzt er ist freudlich, also habe ich es gut gemacht" - what George I is thinking as this skit ends, probably.

[@JuIcYmAnGoPrOdUcTiOn]

Ben looks so cute and innocent in this sketch he's so fit lol love his Nigel & Victoria shows xx

[@noblelies6364]

btw I love it when he says "Auf wiedersehen"

[@Dim4323]

Strange they didnt do a sketch On king george the 2nd. You know the bad one

[@snowangelnc]

Bad George! No sketch for you!

[@thunderbird1921]

Have they done one on George V (the "bearded one")?

[@OO-oe3th]

@@thunderbird1921 they did feature him in a WWI song (it was part of a WWI special with the original cast)

[@Mortablunt]

Can't remember anything about 2, but wasn't George 4 the disgusting IRL ugly bastard who bankrupted the country by spending way too much on wine, prostitutes, and special sex furniture because he was too fat to fuck normally? In America we give George 3 the villain treatment, but he really wasn't that bad, mostly. The policies that led to us revolting were more the fault of acts of parliament he couldn't do too much about, and the actions of various ministers, bureaucrats, and officials rather than him. He was more than reasonable in dropping hostilities with America after the war, having normal trade with us, and not even trying one little bit of reconquest, just to be petty. When he wasn't being slightly crazy, he was seemingly running for World's Most Reasonable Monarch.

[@belleophile]

Omg!! How adorable is this, he's really innocent and cute! I love this >3

[@erraticonteuse]

Say it with me now: It *was* *WALPOLE*

[@1Thunderfire]

The rat is my favourite historian. :)

[@NightmaresDaydream]

I adore it when english men try to speak german, it sound cute and extremly funny, because their gramatic is weird. xD

[@quintiniusverginix7827]

Was meinst du, mein Deutsch ist perfekt.

[@soundwavegamer2321]

Minister: How was your visit to Germany your majesty? George: Deutschland, wovon redest du? Minister: Yes Deutschland how was it there? George: Warte, was ist ein Deutschland? Meinst du Hannover.

[@bstrktn]

Ben is too adorable for his own good.

[@annasahlstrom6109]

And all because they couldn't tolerate that King Charles II's brother, James, who succeeded him after his death, was Catholic. William and Mary couldn't have children and Anne's children didn't survive. So they imported a king.

[@Threezi04]

Well you can't have the head of the Anglican church be Catholic, can you?

[@annasahlstrom6109]

@@Threezi04 They were afraid he'd overturn it and make England Catholic again.

[@displacerkatsidhe]

I love this show, (age 25), and so does my boyfriend (31) so you are in excellent company our norther neighbor! :D

[@bekluwe]

Not just George I. was from Germany. Every British monarch after him was from a German royal house.

[@dodykusumanto8377]

The next in line, Charles and William will come from Danish Greek Royals of Glucksburg (which actually originated from Northern German), but adopting a German morganatic family of Battenberg............. or the Brits prefer to call them Mountbatten. Yep, still German.

[@DraculaCronqvist]

Noble house, but yes.

[@peterdavies2960]

Just like the German composer, Handel spent most of his time in England and lived the same time as George I

[@indigoziona]

And was employed by him both in Germany and England!

[@CrocsRule931]

Ben Looks Well Cute As George 1!

[@whatsanenigma]

1:21 Light. Bulb.

[@Zeldarw104]

I just can't stop watching Horrible Histories: it will be the death of me, it will, it will, it really will!🤭😂😂🙀💓

[@thunderbird1921]

The guy playing Walpole is AMAZING here. I could see something really awkward like this actually happening in the early part of George I's reign.

[@Zolega89]

Ja ja ja, ich liebe Deutchland! *I'm not german*

[@dragontypeliv]

Ben is just too cute :)

[@offtheapex]

It was Walpole

[@ploppledoodledoo17]

God, George I was adorable in this..

[@lusyhognaston3777]

It would have helped if George the 1st had a translater both fluent in English and German.

[@dodykusumanto8377]

He didn't need to. As he also spoke French, and French back in the day are common language in European court. And some evidence actually sugest that George understand English better than many people think.

[@annettefournier9655]

I show these to my grandkids, they love them. Wonderful way to teach snipets of history.💜

[@danieldelrosario7447]

George I was an absolute monarch in Hanover.

[@Anastasia910Peace]

Repeat yes after everything I say... *thinking*... Lol

[@oliverpony]

This is what it's like when I try to talk to my family in Serbia

[@Thefrogster993]

Auf Wiedersehen

[@CaptainJuniper]

As a german I've got to say. He speaks very well german ;D I love Horrible Histories :3

[@LaskaSkywalker]

I showed this to my little sister now everytime there is some problem we start doing this "crisis" mime and die laughing xD

[@sophiehale1171]

Lol

[@SirMcPug]

use subtitles at 0:55 We have a bitch obeying crying she's he asked the act LOL WTF xD

[@user-tt5xj5ib1e]

George I is a cutie :) 😍😍😍

[@Santeria78]

@LittleDirtyBlonde23: That´s true, indeed. German ancestry, but British. But his German is rather well I would say, compared to other Brits who try to speak German :-)

[@stupidintellect90]

@SuperGingernutz Indeed. Your comments are so funny (sorry for the late reply, I was stuck in a tent somewhere) Come to think of it, I might just act all 'George I' with him. Ben: You can't just come in and stay around. Me: Yeah, yes. Ben: I don't even know your name. Me: Mmm yes, yes. Ben: well....alrighty, will the sofa be okay?. Me: No problem, oh and could I invite my friend Supergingernutz around?mmm? Yep, all sorted. I think my imagination's running wild.......

[@LawlietLoverx3]

He's so cute!!

[@roxsziegalrox55]

i cant get enough of this video... :) ben

[@LiddyW]

This was absolutely hilarious! The wigs are fantastic.

[@SuperGingerBickies]

@floridarocks567 ... either they convert to the Church of England (Protestant) or stay Catholic and lose your place in the line of succession to the throne. George III wasn't all that batty, though, because he said he would pay off George IV debts if he married Caroline of Brunswick... also, ensuring a legitimate heir to the throne (which was their only child, Charlotte, who later died in childbirth...)...

[@SuperGingerBickies]

@floridarocks567 ... as far as debts and duty were concerned, George IV had no choice. Going back to the song, do you remember the lines which go: ' but the wedding caused all sorts of strife, 'cause I already had a wife...' NB: George IV married the twice-widowed Roman Catholic, Maria Fitzherbert, some time before, in secret. George III interjects: 'A DIVORCED CATHOLIC?!' George IV:'...dad did sigh but the mad old goat just wouldn't die!' ...

[@SuperGingerBickies]

@stupidintellect90 Love reading your posts... especially this one about pitching a tent outside Ben's house! Momentarily, my imagination ran away with me whilst picturing the scene - though I really hoped he would've given you more than a wink - as in Ben making you a cup of tea and offering you a bite of his toast! Now, that's more like it ;-) Also, Ben reporting to BBC reception: 'Er, Ben Willbond for HH and a close friend - a very close friend - so close she's hanging onto my ankle!' He Heee!

[@DougiePoynterFanxx]

no problem. no problem?

[@ldblokland463]

Of course, it was Wallpole...

[@megmo272]

Ben looked so cute x

[@gloveboxgopher]

Get me those wigs

[@camilogonzalez5576]

Turns out it wasn't Walpole. It was George I all along...

[@thedrinkinggamemaker9749]

Damn gerries 😤

[@deangirl2286]

King George sounds like me when I’m repeating yeah so much to my teachers as they talk and I drifted of

[@KiaraDex]

Death rolls the king for a house. hahaha

[@ianrastoski3346]

It was Walpole.

[@CaBrown86]

I love this show to bad we don't get it in Canada. I feel a bit guilty being 27 and this show is supposed to be ment for youth but heh its to good to pass up just because of age...

[@10Shivi]

"Yah,yah."

[@bobbybare4129]

Ja Say anything but ja Ja CAN U STOPP JAA? FFFFF......

[@cgt3704]

Can you say something in english It was Walpole

[@4LunaLovegood]

Mat is the best, end of, but i agree ben is cute when he nods at the begginning aww!

[@EditorOfSL]

Looks like they invented charades years early!

[@stupidintellect90]

@SuperGingernutz 'Hot sausage' very much! Bahaha Saxon nun xD This corresponding of ours has made my day, it feels like I've gained a friend and a secret life all thanks to Ben here. I've actually abndoned my dream of living in the countryside with land and horses. This is the real deal! Oh, a word about the biscuits, I hope he doesn't eat Garibaldis otherwise I think I'll unconciously gravitate to Larry's whereabouts :) Who am I kidding...it'll take more than dodgy biccies to throw me off!

[@penchimerical]

Daww. He's so cute here.

[@Amapola1981]

i think im in love!!! i must learn german! lol

[@amberankinson]

I love 💕 horrible histories

[@sophiehale1171]

Same

[@mr.beatfan8814]

My favorite episode. The only thin is that George II died IN the toilet, not ON the toilet.

[@whatsanenigma]

To be honest that bugs me a little bit too. And he didn't really die of diarrhea. He might have had it at the time but according to the autopsy, his cause of death was aortic dissection. (Same thing that killed John Ritter and Lucille Ball.) But that's okay I guess - it's just an oversimplification, and somewhere I read that the makers of HH had the goal of making people want to look up more about things they get a glimpse of on the show. So I guess that works....

[@NightmaresDaydream]

I guess that means i made a fault with that sentence. xD I never said my english skills are good, so please ignore the erors.

[@pelagiusseptim3454]

no

[@ABW941]

Is he doing the Crisis-Part with Tears for crying, or did i get that one wrong?

[@whatsanenigma]

I realize I'm responding to a ten year old comment here but since nobody else has replied, I am going to say that I assumed it was supposed to be biting fingernails. OTOH I can't figure out what he's doing when he says "solve."

[@ABW941]

@@whatsanenigma Thank you for responding to this ten year old comment 😀 I guess bitting fingernails may be the right answer. As for "solve" I believe he is making waves for water because water can act as solvent.

[@whatsanenigma]

@@ABW941 Thanks for replying to a response to a ten year old comment, LOL. Anyway, I wouldn't have thought of the "solvent" angle, but it makes sense now that you say it.

[@dawnangelawalker]

This is wasted on children

[@RougeWinters]

Ben is so cuuute X3

[@stupidintellect90]

is it just me or does Ben look like Gene Kelly?

[@NightmaresDaydream]

I meant grammar. :)

[@SuperGingerBickies]

@stupidintellect90 Ben Willbond with the evocative aroma of a Greek warrior - Greek olive oil, leather, sweat... mmmmmmm! That would be fab, especially as there would be no queue - except the 3 of us (I doubt if anyone else would put up with that whiff in a cafe queue, apart from ourselves?). I also hope Ben reads our posts... 'cos in a cafe somewhere in the UK there is a coffee with his name on it... courtesy of ourselves ;-)

[@SuperGingerBickies]

@stupidintellect90 ... then Ben would turn round and watch us struggle to compose ourselves. We would tell him about the Garibaldi biscuit and he'd quip: ' I thought Garibaldi plays for Chelsea!' He would then recognise us as the urban tent dwellers (with the non-existant cat that pinches socks from his washing line! ) who drink his tea and raid his biscuit tin. He would be so impressed with our wit/cheek that he pays for our coffees and biscuits...

[@SuperGingerBickies]

@stupidintellect90 I've also gained a friend (your good self).... and a share in the exciting secret life of urban tent dwelling, laundry theft (but returning the goods) and supping tea with Ben Willbond - plus biccies for dunking ;-) . Garibaldis are nicknamed 'squashed flies' up in my neck of the woods. Did you know they are named after the founder of a united Italy (1870, if I'm not mistaken)? Another idea for HH - a sketch about the founder of modern Italy and pointless biscuit.

[@SuperGingerBickies]

@stupidintellect90 Priceless. Tell Ben that your cat (if you haven't got one, make one up) has been nabbing various items of attire from people's washing lines and you happen to be in the neighbourhood returning them to their rightful owners - with profuse apologies. Ben will be so grateful that he will brew you the best tea in the world, warmed with his gorgeous smile and an offer to join him for breakfast...

[@SuperGingerBickies]

... George IV's marriage to Maria Fitzherbert was declared invalid - but, for the rest of George IV's life, he still regarded her as his true wife and loved her. The wife he could not stomach was Queen Caroline of Brunswick. Once married, they produced an heir and his debts were paid - so, as far as George IV was concerned, Caroline could bog off out of his sight... If George III interjected with: 'A WIDOWED CATHOLIC!?' instead, then the song would be factually accurate... Helpful?

[@SuperGingerBickies]

@stupidintellect90 Indeed, it would be great to look back on this correspondence. What I can't get over is when you say your older brother look and sound identical :-0 ... I don't blame you for trying to block this fact out when thinking about Ben. When Ben says 'Ich lieber Deutchland' (it should technically be Ich lieber Hanover), 'Auf Wiedersehn' and 'hot sausage' in that flawless German accent of his... 'nuff said! ;-)

[@SuperGingerBickies]

@stupidintellect90 Where was your tent? Outside Ben's gaff? (We WISH!) Oh, the mental images are warming me up on this cold, rainy day, dear friend! The sight of the three of us - with Ben - drinking a civilised cuppa and devouring the contents of Ben's biscuit tin... Whilst you do your George I number (a masterstroke), I'll be dressed as a Saxon nun with a permanent grin on my face (as I've taken a vow of silence). Nodding my head when you say 'yes, yes, no problem'. *sigh*

[@SuperGingerBickies]

@stupidintellect90 Hmmmm... rich tea for you and ginger nuts (hence my name) for me. We could always dip our biccies in his tea, can't we? He could return the compliment by dipping his favourite biccie into our respective mugs. So, BBC security would be entertained by us hanging onto his person. 'It's OK, we are trying out a new sketch for HH about Greco-Roman Wrestling!' we'd explain. Ben would HAVE to concur... with his trademark sweet smile :-) Ahhh... the sweetest life! *sigh*

[@SuperGingerBickies]

@floridarocks567 Yes, it is confusing. I'll do my best to explain myself better... In the song, George IV sings that he only married Queen Caroline (because he was up to his neck in debt). NB: Caroline of Brunswick was a Protestant, which ticked the boxes for the British monarchy because of the Act of Settlement, which prohibited Roman Catholics from the throne. To this day, any Catholic who marries into the Royal Family have two choices...

[@SuperGingerBickies]

...We calm down and go from fangirls to sensible in 3...2...1 when we all sit down and have a good, long sensible chat/giggle about HH, tap dancing, the Royal Albert Hall, his on-location crib and lack of comforts therein and other things. Our respective coffees go cold (we sink them quickly), Ben poses for pictures with us, autographs our napkins and other items... and we club together and buy him coffee and a muffin of his choice as a big thank you. Imagine if Garibaldi appears in Series 4...

[@SuperGingerBickies]

@stupidintellect90 Loooooooove the scenario! Don't forget to pack a permanent ink marker for the autographs! I love the cafe scenario, too. This is mine. Not as good but... You know the Alexander the Great scene, where Ben whispers 'Alexandria. OK?' into Mat's neck, don't you? Imagine standing in the queue,waiting for a coffee, and Ben is right in front of us! We'd probably whisper into his ear 'Garibaldi! OK?' before drawing a long sniff... and breaking into a fit of giggles! ...

[@SuperGingerBickies]

@REDCARJAMES1 Born 2 Rule actually sounds a heck of a lot better for the factual 'tweaking', courtesy of the BBC Proms! I wish the HH team would do a further tweak with George IV's solo song ... from 'divorced Catholic' , which is erroneous. There is NO divorce in the Roman Catholic Church whatsoever. Maria Fitzerherbert, George IV's invalidated wife, was a twice 'widowed Catholic' . It is accurate and will still fit the song.

[@Dim4323]

and correct sir Robert walpole became the first PM ever and then may pm's like winston churchill, Margret thatcher, Tony blair, David Cameron then lead on the Prime minister posision at number 10 downing street.

[@1namster]

JA?

[@sophiehale1171]

Yess

[@SuperGingerBickies]

@ellybrandt4 I wonder how many compliments Ben gets for his accents from his peers? I also wonder how many of them are from citizens of the countries in question? Some actors worry that they get it wrong, in spite of dialect coaches. Hopefully, Ben dips into the comments on YT and spots your reply :-)

[@SuperGingerBickies]

When it comes to accents - American, German, French, Scottish, Irish, Northern English - Ben Willbond is AWESOME! Actually, he's awesome in every way ;-)

[@stupidintellect90]

@SuperGingernutz ....I wonder what biscuit he'd offer. I won't take oreos as even though I adore them, they do get my fingers mucky. maybe a rich tea, no one can get messy with a rich tea. I just love the image of me hanging on to his ankle.....hang on I can see you running down the corridor and rugby tackling him. Yep, now there are two girls he'd have to take to work...so now begins our future in writing for HH that we spoke about briefly;) Life would be sooo sweet!..............

[@stupidintellect90]

@SuperGingernutz Don't forget temporary siamese twins or rather triplets in his working hours as well. Founder of Garibaldis would make a truely awesome sketch, for the horrible part all they need is to shoot a close up of someone eating it with a raisin hanging off their lip. euurhhh! I've just been reading through the timeline of our comments and thinking what would our reaction be if we were to actually meet him? FIrst off, I'll need to first spot him at leat 100m away.....

[@stupidintellect90]

@SuperGingernutz Hello there again. I'm in total agreement. You know how people camped outside to see the premiere of Harry Potter, well give me his address and I'll be there with my tent! Not in a stalker kind of way, of course(!) but wouldn't that be the best thing: 7:15. Ben wakes up and eats some toast. 8:20 leaves home and winks at person in tent 9:00 becomes a bit edgy as person in tent hugs his feet. 10:00 at the BBC with girl reluctant to leave him! I CAN GO ON FOREVER!!

[@stupidintellect90]

@SuperGingernutz ....to get the squeelling and jumping like a lunitic out of my system without being seen by him. Then I'd follow him to see if he goes into some kind of restaurant, cafe or public transport, because conversations on the street are never long. Perfect scenario: Cafe. I walk in, stand about a meter away, order my coffee, and pretend to have just recognised him ;) Get talking, and not come across as the OTT fangirl that I am! Then I'd film him on my mobile and get him to...

[@floridarocks567]

@SuperGingernutz in the george IV song, doesnt he say divorced catherine? not divorced catholic? Correct me if im wrong thats just what I thought he said. :)