Horrible Histories The Anglo Saxon Report

[@mithras1001]

"an englishman, a norman and a viking, which sounds like the start of a joke except it isnt" classic

[@Jimforthewin1]

"BUT NOT FOR LONG!!!" I used to love this show.

[@jamesmarriott2762]

G.I.Jose used to????

[@Virtual_Imageexe]

Lol I love this show

[@harrydarwin1874]

Me too m8

[@gondametzger6146]

And that’s that Or so we thought

[@fishyfloporiginal]

I still do!

[@brynjames3779]

I'm at uni studying Old English literature and I've just been reading about all this. Nice to know you can always rely on Horrible Histories to break it down nice and easy

[@fibee622]

I wrote an essay and knew something from watching horrible histories but couldn't cite it as a reference so I was so mad

[@leonbanks5728]

@@fibee622Why couldn't you use Horrible Histories as a reference?

[@NightNegative-P]

​@@leonbanks5728because it's not "a reliable source" basically a scholar didn't make it as it's for general TV, veiwed as children's education

[@leonbanks5728]

@@NightNegative-P Which is extremely hypocritical as history teachers use it all the time.

[@NightNegative-P]

@@leonbanks5728 yeah I know it frustrated me as my uni for my assignments is rigid in what you can and can't use

[@treblemaker21]

I completely lost it at "There's Knut, theres alfaknut there's quartaknut! Except not the last one" Bobsie makes me smile

[@massblabla]

There's Cnut, theres Harthacnut there's Quartacnut! Except not the last one

[@ESCSERVI77]

"Making it officially anglo-saxon! And you thought we just made that term up." Classic

[@Nooticus]

Bob Hale walked so bill wurtz's hitory videos could run. Fucking legendary.

[@yeezyyankie324]

for real

[@lewisirwin5363]

"In fact, it might be the end of old Bobsy!" BUT NOT FOR LONG!!!!!!!

[@Concetta20]

"There's an Englishman, a Norman and a Viking-- which sounds like the start of a joke but, it really isn't." XD

[@missmanxee]

Bob Hale is a absolute legend and is my all time favorite Horrible Histories character and no matter how many times I watch him l can’t stop laughing 😂 great job to all the actors who made this great show and made history fun 👍❤️

[@IrishBrute602]

I'm American and the British humor is very good ahaha being a Historian Horrible Histories is quite enjoyable to watch, very good.

[@janeyrevanescence12]

"Lock up your monastaries because here come the vikings!" I tip my hat to you guys at Horrible History. How are you able to get through this skit without laughing, because I was pretty much busting a gut the moment Bob opened his mouth.

[@psyssi]

These are great, wish I had these when I was growing up.

[@KurtRex1453]

Indeed!

[@mystii8134]

psyssi growing up with this show, I’d try to avoid as much as possible because I was scared of the rat. I just would change the channel or run away from the tv, asa 9 year old.

[@stevieburnige7267]

Never thought I would be coming back to this guy for revision 😞

[@CyberEJ]

This one was great. I learned about the battle of hasting and all the accompanying stuff related to ed the confessor in year seven, but we never learned about anything that happened before

[@IxiaClover]

yeah, they always start official history from william the conqueror, but that ignores all the celtic and anglo-saxon history that makes up the language and culture

[@blackphillipppp]

I genuinely learned more from this show than all my years at school

[@bobmantheawesome]

"It might be the end of dear old bobsie" gets back up "BUT NOT FOR LONG"

[@duncansherman-hailcaesar3513]

Watching this during coronavirus lockdown

[@duncansherman-hailcaesar3513]

david gleeson It really keeps me entertained

[@musicwithellie7317]

Me too

[@DEVCPFC31]

Nice

[@joshuabeaney3813]

I have to do it for history

[@Kanoshe]

hey bud, so am i why tf did you feel the neeed to tell me?

[@LewisStead]

I grew up with this show and still watch it today! Plus, these sketches are my absolute favourite!

[@3636Clarence]

HH is really educational. Just look how it's generated so many postings. I love the frantic way so much information is smushed together and yet it's concise.

[@phoenixrose1192]

Why did they skip over the part when Edward the Elder, Athelflead and Athelstan conquered the Danelaw? It’s pretty significant because that was literally the unification of England…and they skipped over it. ☹️ WTH BBC? In case anyone is wondering, this occurred after Alfred the Great prevented the Vikings from conquering Wessex. Edward and Athelflead were his kids while Athelstan was his grandson who became the first king of England.

[@NAATHAAN]

"There's Cnut, there's Alfacnut, there's a Quarter of a Cnut, except not the last one," -Bob Hale

[@EditorOfSL]

That moment when you realise Larry is talking about himself when he mentions Hengst and Horsa.

[@CelticVisionOrg]

One of the best summaries I have ever seen on what the hell happened back then.

[@Ethan-Entah]

So glad I had this lot to watch after school, but not for long. Actually for quite awhile, but that's not the point. I could watch just the history report and stupid deaths for hours

[@PRT95]

Horrible Histories is one of the only things worth watching these days.

[@EditorOfSL]

Finally! Been looking for this one for ages!

[@nonnahs918]

This has to be one of the funniest history lessons I have every received

[@WriterDreams44]

Anyone else agree they'd go back to watching the news if a guy like Bob was doing it. . .and actually teaching us things. Not bs the whole hour away.

[@awsome123138]

"amongst these warriors are two chavs called horsa and hengest.. " cracks me up every time.

[@maipes]

Hannah B he said chaps but yours was funnier

[@Kanoshe]

i dont get it

[@_RickySpanish_]

The best horrible histories scene ever! I think about this at least once a week 😂

[@AlanWattResistance]

It wasn't really the end of the Saxons, they just ceased to rule themselves, beginning a new reign of Norman overloads, then the fun began.

[@felicitydavis7707]

Sooooooo funny! I wish I didn't live in the U.S. It must be funt to watch everyday! Love this so hilarious.

[@ML-bw4yt]

Missed the important part when Danelaw got conquered by Wessex and England was founded

[@kencook4607]

I agree 100% with what you have said , the Romans were a multicultural Empire and that is what made them strong , in fact some of there Emperors were from Africa ex Septimius Severus or Caracalla.

[@Kerriangel]

I'd love to see Horrible Histories on Children in Need this year with Bob doing a history on Children In Need

[@BDKing77]

This is one of the inspiration for Game of Thrones.

[@ABanRocks]

You could clearly see Game of Thrones was inspired by UK. North vs the South (English vs the Scots).

[@NwahWAttitude]

Adi B As opposed to the actual, cited inspiration, which is the war of the roses.

[@ABanRocks]

***** war of roses were still in England but the show feels like there is a bigger difference between the south and the north. More like Eng vs Scot.

[@kingsofparadise1]

I wouldn't say North Vs South he defiently picked many different things from Hitory for his book. One would be Hadrians wall which was seen as the end of civilization. Also the 7 kingdoms of the Anglo Saxons can be made as a references to the 7 westetos kingdoms but the wholoe family fued thing was definetly taken from many different parts of history

[@wigster600]

Adi B Your accent detection skills are horrendous then.

[@misscanadarain]

all news should be told like this.

[@Suspicious_Trabant]

These were the greatest segment on all of tv

[@pabloneizion2592]

There's a quarter-of-a-canute 🤣

[@Quinntus79]

@finalfrontier001 Sort of. It gets a bit complicated. You have the Germanic Anglo Saxons and then you have the native British tribes; like the Britons, the Jutes, the Celts, the Picks, etc. Then you have the Vikings and the Normans (the French).

[@micahrose9640]

The Jutes were from Denmark (back then called Jutland), and the Normans were a mixture between Vikings and Frenchmen. They were mostly part Viking but spoke French. A small name change Norsemen=Norman.

[@schanninla1973]

Micah Rose during that time the french language did not exist. LMAO.

[@zupergozer]

Quinntus79 Normans were not French, just no. And like the other bloke said the Jutes were the vikings just like Normans were also Norse

[@NormanZavlandid1066]

IchBin Lecker The French language did exist during the early Norman period! The "Oaths of Strasbourg" were pledges of allegiance between Charles the Bald (King of West Francia) and Louis the German (King of East Francia). They were written in AD 842 in three different languages, one of which was Old French. The first "Norman" was Rollo the Viking. Charles the Simple (King of West Francia) gave him the first bit of land in AD 911 with the "Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte".

[@ColtTalbot]

He always reminds me of John Cleese 🤣

[@BadWebDiver]

I can see the connection.

[@powerist209]

1:30- Did you notice that the figurines are placed on the kingdoms based on its races (Kent near Saxon Kingdoms).

[@wulfricfrederickson3262]

"England gets overrun by Angles and Saxons" England? It was the Angles and Saxons that are the English and come to form England, it's the Brythonic kingdom then.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

All true although brythonic is a group of languages not a kingdom

[@ImagenaryFriendd]

This is my favorite part of the new HH season (:

[@stuarthallick417]

Fell old yet

[@The2000millenium]

Why is the Danish King Guthrum not seen is anything too important in British history? He invaded Britain and made peace with Alfred the Great in 886 forming what we know as Danelaw.

[@WBSGBS]

And Alfred made him become Christian which was a major thing for a pagan king to turn to Christianity

[@mrdarren1045]

Probably cause he was defeated by Alfred and was lucky he escaped with his life.

[@HamCubes]

Was that in one take? Awesome!

[@lydiastoddart426]

Okay... is it bad that I'm watching this because my gcse history exam on crime and punishment is next week... very helpful :)

[@DanMarik]

To rap this up, Nordic can be used both as a Geographical or Ethical term. Geographically 1/6th of Finland is considered to be of Nordic Lands. Validating their position as part of the Nordic Council. Estonia is of the Baltic council. (look up Baltic Countries)

[@DanMarik]

@Zeilond12 Why does it say here that Canute was King of Norway as well? Second a Jarl would be the equivalent of a Baron or even a Duke. Certainly not king. Third I have seen no indication that he was an "inexperienced" warrior or any existence of a Jarl Erik that was supporting Cnut.

[@michaeldavis4651]

It was really more to prevent European countries from being able to put down rebellions and hang on to their colonies. Monroe was basically saying that the Western Hemisphere was the United States' sphere of influence and we wouldn't tolerate European interference in the Americas. Fortunately, no one ever tested the ourresolve to enforce it because we didn't have a very large standing army and had a tiny navy.

[@jonathandemy-geroe4991]

He offered his daughter... for Kent... who got cheated here?

[@Apidium]

I'm from Kent. So, Kentish is one of the four Old English dialects?

[@Fela_rof]

Love the series! :D

[@jasonng04]

Bob always makes me lough

[@caelanmason1557]

learn to spell

[@sonpa7436]

@@caelanmason1557 bruh I was 10

[@michaeldavis4651]

Actually the Monroe Doctrine declared that the U.S. would not allow European countries to take military action in the Americas without U.S. approval.

[@beomaya]

Can someone please help that man? .....

[@muffintray994]

💀

[@revinhatol]

2:17 - Wales gets its very own TV service in 1964!

[@MochaLouLou13]

Exept the odd name calling, and the odd wars

[@muffintray994]

E

[@adventussaxonum]

Poor old England! We had Alfred the "Great", Aethelred the "Glorious", Edmund the "Magnificent"... and we ended up being taken over by a Danish Cnut and a Norman Bastard! (Actually, I think Cnut was pretty cool - William, though, WAS a Bastard)

[@warifamily]

i lost it at 2:25, BUT here comes the vikings and the animation made it more funny

[@michaeldavis4651]

Especially when the joke requires a specific answer. Most people use the words disgusting or terrible rather than the requisite revolting.

[@erinbeat1253]

This helped me with my school work

[@cantbetamed2210]

an Englishman, Norman, and a Viking stand on Britain's shores...I wonder what will happen?

[@Belks1453]

These reports are the only part of the HHTV news skits that were funny Bob hale gang rise up

[@b43xoit]

OK, so from some other sources, it's starting to look as though the genetic makeup of the people who live in England is by-and-large matching that of ancient remains found there rather than continentals whose culture and language evidently sort of took over.

[@Duzs32]

***** Good one... Come to Lincolnshire and all the old guys are speaking some form of gaelic mixed with English, That's mainly because "Lindsey" was a Kingdom that was being run by a council with a Saxon King and a half council of Celts/Britons and a half Council of Englisc Untill they were overrun by the Northumbrians, The Kingdom was still independent while under Northumbrian Rule through a kind of process that made the King a in charge and not to mention the future baron married a Lindsey celtic tribes woman from StickIsle. Pretty cool story And then the Nordics came and added even more stuff into the fray Sadly its dying off because for some reason our accent is beginning to sound like downtown abbey crossed with Yorkshire accent it sounds so paffetic And weirdly its go some of the Irish stuff mixed in there too I'm trying to learn it my Nan, Grandad, Mum Know it, and well my Dad who's trying to learn it but he's Scottish and I think he's given up on it. I use it round the house but never outdoors, If I say anything of It in public people give me weird looks. I think my family could be one of the few still speaking it

[@Erdath91]

Why are the poor old Jutes always neglected?

[@HiHowAreYouuuuuuuuuuuuuu]

Haha Ikr the Jutes are never mentioned....

[@anglo-saxonredcoat3728]

Basically...plus from scandinavia and Normandy i believe.

[@MrDelfined]

I just found Horrible Histories. This is hysterically funny. Much of the US [England's problem child] doesn't get the humour.

[@Inkyminkyzizwoz]

Just imagine if they covered the Balkan Wars: "Hello, and welcome to the News at When. When? The 1990s, when the people of Southeastern Europe decided that they couldn't live with each other anymore and started to go their separate ways. Here to explain is Bob Hale, with the Yugoslavia Report." ... "So Lord Carrington comes up with this new plan called, well, the Carrington Plan, which will make all six republics independent. However, the Serbian President, Slobodan Milošević, doesn't want to dissolve Yugoslavia, so he refuses to sign. Guess he 'Slobodan' that idea!" ... "So by now, all that's left of Yugoslavia is the republics of Serbia and Montenegro, and that is the end of that. BUT NOT FOR LONG! Because in 2003 the country decides to change its name to, er, Serbia and Montenegro, and that is the end of that. BUT NOT FOR LONG! Because in 2006, Montenegro finally catches up with everyone else and decides that it now wants independence after all, so Serbia and Montenegro divides into... well, Serbia and Montenegro. And that really is the end of that. BUT NOT FOR LONG! Because just two years later, Kosovo declares independence from Serbia, only this time Serbia isn't quite so keen on losing yet more territory and refuses to recognise it, and that really, really is the end of that. OR IS IT? After all, this is the Balkans, where everyone hates each other, so who knows what will happen next? Back to you, Sam."

[@TheTechMaster117]

bob gale report is my fave segment

[@michaeldavis4651]

Yes, that's all true, but we also have to take into account the fact that the Bourbons had been overspending for years. The lavish lifestyle of the royal court, numerous long and expesive wars, and excessive debt is a recipe for mass revolt. -- Which reminds me of a joke I read once -- First Person: What is the number one sport in Latin America? Second Person: That's revolting! First Person: No, that's the number two sportin Latin America.

[@Ratigan2]

God. Imagine the retakes...

[@lafingscarecrow]

sweyn forkbeard is the actual first viking king of england. cnut was his son

[@mamavswild]

That’s the coolest name ever.

[@ferdinandvonschill4512]

And he was a Dane not a Norwegian! It is true that he was also king of Norway, but primarily he was King of Denmark.

[@dtr4eva]

gotta love sams face at the end of bobs rampage lol lv hh

[@SilentArtist269]

End of the story, end of the line, end of the pier, last dance, last chance, lights off, cats out, done. LOL

[@RuerlKhan]

Actually, it was not the sister of the king of Norway, it was the sister of the king of Denmark (Sveyn Forkbeard)

[@DanMarik]

Northern Germany (Or as I like to call it Schleswig-Holstein) was once Scandinavian lands, (owned by Denmark and populated by Danes, Jutes, Saxons, Angles) however over the last few centuries many Germans (1864 and before) moved to southern Denmark.) After awhile there became a German identity and spark the First and Second Schlewig War(German Vic). That land was the ancient home of Angles and Saxons. Modern day Saxony was a result of a 13th Century migration southward by the Saxons.

[@Swiftiedog]

Our history teacher made us watch this

[@michaeldavis4651]

I think that Britain would be at a disadvantage on land due to the distance. I am not sure how the Canadian citizens would have felt about it so I don't know how public sentement would have factored into that. With regards to the navy, Britain has had a first class navy since Elizabeth I, but we must also factor in the size and industrial power of the U.S. A full scale war would have ended the Depresion and U.S. dockyards would have started putting out ships in the hundreds, look at WW II.

[@SamEJ16]

You learn so much and in a fun way =D

[@claymationproblems]

There's an englishman, a norman, and a viking, which sounds like it should be the start of a joke - but it really isnt

[@KT-wr3cv]

Please, Sir, I need some more!!

[@Nightcreature12]

wtf happened to King Aethelstan, the man who made England?!

[@TranceExplosion]

England has had lots of civil wars, more over European countries. Specifically between Parliament and Monarchists.

[@Zero456712]

I live in the u.s, but I get British humor, solution? horrible histories!

[@TheUltimateGooner]

This is meme gold

[@jeffreygao3956]

I heard some new evidence that there was actually barely any Anglo-Saxon immigration and it was more so mass cultural adoption of Anglo-Saxon culture that happened.

[@TranceExplosion]

The Han dynasty greatly outnumbered Europe, and still do. The Western Roman Empire dissolved, it did not survive.

[@kencook4607]

It is true that some Romans had blond hair but the vast majority had a dark olive complextion and black or brown hair , and yes the Romans and greeks were white .

[@Verbindungsfehle]

Imagine a world where England wasn't named after the Angles, but the Saxons. Then it would be called "Sexland" and native speakers wouldn't be anglophone, they'd be saxophone.

[@Archmage9078]

The Greeks even lived all the way to Afghanistan their diaspora was so large. The Eastern Greeks are the Bactrians.

[@prettylittleleeches1870]

Highly compressed he must be depressed but not for long...

[@banjoseph1]

nobody: absolutely nobody: Bob Hale: ''king of the BRITAINS''

[@GhyllBaker]

My English teacher made me watch this

[@Gwenalltapowain]

Good video,, not entirely accurate BUT very educational!!!!!

[@michaeldavis4651]

I messed up that joke. I forgot to give the answer to the first question which is Bull Fighting.

[@misscanadarain]

I'd love to, but when Can I find crap this perfect?

[@kazasker1299]

Anglo Saxon comes from Germany of state Lower Saxony,Saxony,Schleswig-Holstein

[@mrdarren1045]

You don't say

[@JJB88-y9v]

2:27 it's 865 and here comes Eivor lol 😂

[@WBSGBS]

Why dont they show the reconquest of England by Alfred The Greats descendants like Athelstan The Glorious? Also the wars between Canute The Great and Edmund Ironside?

[@davidlapiz9869]

The Bob Hale skits are just quick recaps. Not the whole thing, think of it as more of a review after reading the lesson.