Horrible Histories is an educational entertainment franchise encompassing many media including books, magazines, audio books, stage shows, TV shows, and more.
56-418: In 2013, Lisa Edwards, UK publishing and commercial director of Scholastic Corporation , described Horrible Histories as one of the company's "crown jewels", and said it is at an "advanced stage of evolution". She added: "We have covered every possible era that has a commercial outcome...We're now in the era of the box set, annuals, newly presented editions and licensed products". Horrible Histories began as
112-586: A UK wedding planning brand. In November 2015 Immediate Media acquired its first television property, Jewellery Maker, a TV and online commerce platform, from the Genuine Gemstone Company, adding to its Crafts and Arts portfolio. Jewellery Maker employed over 100 people at the time of its acquisition. It has since expanded into TV, video and e-commerce . Hubert Burda Media acquired Immediate Media in 2017, for £270 million (5-6 x EBITDA ). In 2019, Immediate Media sold Procycling magazine and
168-571: A book series by author Terry Deary . The series began in 1993 with The Terrible Tudors and The Awful Egyptians , and the following titles continued the trend to describe British history through the context of the ruling dynasties, as well as explore significant worldwide cultures (often within the context of British history such as the Viking and Roman conquests on the British Isles). A series of specials and novelty books have been released, and
224-417: A cartoonist is to inject humour into the books, so he then bounced ideas back and forth, "either coming up with gags to suit the text or interpreting Terry's instructions for best comic or dramatic effect". The third stage is working out how "angles, scale, aspect, style, pace etc" will be considered in the design space. After that he draws the roughs and finally the finished drawing. The roughs are first sent to
280-444: A home video unit of Lorimar Productions , to form the line Scholastic-Lorimar Home Video, whereas Scholastic would produce made-for-video programming, and became a best-selling video line for kids, and the pact expired for two years, whereas Scholastic would team up with leading independent family video distributor and a label of International Video Entertainment , Family Home Entertainment , to distribute made-for-video programming for
336-661: A new cast and writing team, was released to positive reviews, though generally less favourable than those for Bill . One of the first additions to the franchise was a series of magazines in 2003. A new magazine series was launched in 2012. In late 2003 the Horrible Histories Magazine Collection , a series of magazines based on Terry Deary's book series. They were published by Eaglemoss Publications, distributed by Cornag Magazine Marketing, printed by UK company Headley Bros, colour originated by Icon Reproductions, and released every fortnight. Some of
392-509: A royal family tree based on a certain period of history. The only exception of for Savage Stone Age, which instead had a comparison of all the ancient forms of man and what they ate. There have also been three "special" magazines in the series: The collection would not be relaunched in the UK in September 2009 due to low trial sales. A monthly Horrible Histories magazine aimed at ages 7 to 10
448-604: A video collection in 2001. In February 2012, Scholastic bought Weekly Reader Publishing from Reader's Digest Association , and announced in July 2012 that it planned to discontinue separate issues of Weekly Reader magazines after more than a century of publication, and co-branded the magazines as Scholastic News/Weekly Reader . Scholastic sold READ 180 to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2015. in December 2015, Scholastic launched
504-465: A virtual world shop, chat, and subscribe to events where the children may meet the author, Terry Deary. The idea is that users will be able to explore areas with names like "Rotten Rome", "Awesome Egypt", and "Terrible Tudor London". The virtual world went live in August 2011. In 2013, an action figure battle toy was released. A YouTube channel releasing videos explaining battle techniques and strategies
560-627: A £130 million theme park "...on an enormous scale, something that will really put this region on the map the way Disney World has done for Florida." Terry Deary's History Experience was to be built on South Tyneside, close to where Deary was born. These original plans fell through, but new talks are underway about a second proposal, based in County Durham, which would include the Horrible Histories name. Terry Deary said of The Terry Deary History Experience Park : "What I hope to build
616-402: Is a British multinational publishing house that produces a wide range of magazine titles, including Radio Times , BBC Top Gear , BBC Good Food and many others. In H1 2018, the company's titles reported a combined ABC circulation of 1.59 million, including 1.1M active subscribers. In 2018 it reported selling 70+ million magazines. The publishing house is owned by Hubert Burda Media , and
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#1732766098701672-517: Is a History Experience where I recreate authentic villages from various periods — Tudor, Roman, Victorian perhaps — with nothing of the 20th century in them...They'll be enclosed in domes like the Eden Project in Cornwall so they'll be all-weather attractions and they will not be museums or theme parks; they will be peopled by actors and the visitors can join in the never-ending re-enactments of
728-533: Is a craftsman turning wooden bowls, and in that one a woman selling roast thrushes to take away while there is a house being built using genuine tools and skills and over there a Tudor ship. (When the ship is completed it will sail on the river and a new one built — when we have two we'll have a sea battle!)". The proposed park, to be set up in South Tyneside, was a £130m project. "The original plans included an all-weather attraction where recreated villages from
784-422: Is a list of the 80 Issues of the magazine in the order in which they are received: Each issue came with small cards depicting historic people, places, events and customs as well as a collection of timelines. The first 60 issues came with timelines each showing an era of human history, while the later 20 had timelines showing the history of themes such as fashion, art and science. Some of the first 60 issues also had
840-466: Is an American multinational publishing, education, and media company that publishes and distributes books, comics, and educational materials for schools, teachers, parents, children, and other educational institutions. Products are distributed via retail and online sales and through schools via reading clubs and book fairs. Clifford the Big Red Dog , a character created by Norman Bridwell in 1963,
896-486: Is an agglomeration of Magicalia , Origin Publishing and BBC Magazines , publishing both media content and software platforms. Approximately 85% of its revenue is from content services, with the remainder from advertising. Immediate Media originated from the combined assets of several formerly independent publishing houses, including BBC Magazines, Magicalia, Future plc , Hitched and Jewellery Maker . In late 2011
952-640: Is an online experience for children, available via the CBBC website or by the Red Button platform. The content, which was designed and developed by Red Bee Media , was commissioned by Horrible Histories to work in tandem with the 2009 CBBC TV series. The online experience includes 12 exclusive Behind the Scenes clips, sing-along versions of the show's songs, and the online gaming experiences: Terrible Treasures, Time Sewer Adventures, and AD/BC Time Tour. The aim of
1008-654: Is comprised of four main groups – Productions, Marketing & Consumer Products, Interactive, and Audio." Weston Woods is its production studio, acquired in 1996, as was Soup2Nuts (best known for Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist , Science Court and Home Movies ) from 2001 to 2015 before shutting down. Scholastic has produced audiobooks such as the Caldecott/Newbery Collection; Scholastic has been involved with several television programs and feature films based on its books. In 1985, Scholastic Productions teamed up with Karl-Lorimar Home Video ,
1064-448: Is the mascot of the company. Scholastic was founded in 1920 by Maurice R. Robinson near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to be a publisher of youth magazines. The first publication was The Western Pennsylvania Scholastic . It covered high school sports and social activities; the four-page magazine debuted on October 22, 1920, and was distributed in 50 high schools. More magazines followed for Scholastic Magazines. In 1948, Scholastic entered
1120-579: The Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph gave away four free audiobooks over a two-week period in October 2006. Between 8 and 14 September 2007, the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph gave away 7 new Horrible Histories audiobooks, again read by Terry Deary and adapted from his books. They were: The response has been generally positive: Terry Deary and Martin Brown's brilliant books about
1176-607: The "Total Children's Book Publishing and Distribution" segment ($ 955.2 million), and schools earned over $ 200 million in proceeds in cash and incentive credits. In October 2023, Scholastic created a separate category for books dealing with "race, LGBTQ and other issues related to diversity", allowing schools to opt out of carrying these types of books. Scholastic defended the move, citing legislation in multiple states seeking to ban books dealing with LGBTQ issues or race . After public backlash from educators, authors, and free speech advocacy groups, Scholastic reversed course, saying
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#17327660987011232-578: The 2009 CBBC TV series entitled Horrible Histories Big Prom Party . In 2003 and 2004, BBC Worldwide released 10 CDs of Audio tape/CD dramatizations of books from the Horrible Histories series, starring Terry Deary . Horrible Histories teamed up with Kellogg's . All of the CDs are read by Terry Deary and were available inside some Kellogg's cereals. The books contained material from the original books, as well as original material. In addition,
1288-423: The 2009 series were responsible for the 2015 family adventure comedy film Bill , a fictional imagining of what happened during the ' lost years ' of William Shakespeare 's life. Bill has no formal connection to the Horrible Histories franchise, but through its writers, performers, content and humour shows a number of similarities. In 2019, the film Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans , from
1344-762: The BBC's magazine-publishing business was sold to Exponent Private Equity, following clearance by the Office of Fair Trading . Exponent had previously acquired Magicalia Limited, a digital publisher and platform provider based in London. Magicalia was founded in 1999 by Adam Laird and Jeremy Tapp. Its inaugural website was bikemagic.com. In 2000, it began offering B2B publishing services, with clients such as Runner's World magazine. In 2011 Magicalia's assets were combined with those of Origin Publishing and BBC Magazines to form Immediate Media. Tom Bureau, then-CEO of Magicalia, became
1400-491: The Big Red Dog , The Magic School Bus , Goosebumps , Horrible Histories , Captain Underpants , Animorphs , The Baby-Sitters Club , and I Spy . Scholastic also publishes instructional reading and writing programs, and offers professional learning and consultancy services for school improvement. Clifford the Big Red Dog serves as the official mascot of Scholastic. The Scholastic Art & Writing awards
1456-544: The Chief Executive of the new company. In May 2014 Immediate Media acquired Future plc's sport and craft titles. The sport portfolio included the websites Bikeradar.com and Cyclingnews.com and the magazines Cycling Plus , Procycling and Mountain Biking UK . The craft titles included Love Patchwork and Quilting, Simply Knitting, and Mollie Makes . In January 2015, Immediate Media acquired Hitched.co.uk,
1512-551: The Cyclingnews.com website to Future plc. Radio Times is a British weekly television and radio programme listings magazine , founded in 1923 by John Reith , the then general manager of the BBC. It was the world's first broadcast listings magazine. The title was published entirely in-house by BBC Magazines from 1937 until 2011, when the BBC Magazines division was sold to Immediate Media. Its peak weekly circulation
1568-562: The Roman times to Tudor and Victorian England were to be encased in domes similar to the Eden Project in Cornwall." In 2016, a Horrible Histories maze opened at Warwick Castle. It is an interactive hedge maze featuring zones based on various historical time periods. Activity at Warwick Castle also included interactive exhibitions and a bespoke theater production ‘Wicked Warwick’. Scholastic Corporation Scholastic Corporation
1624-819: The Scholastic Reads Podcasts. On October 22, 2020, Scholastic celebrated its 100th anniversary. In 2005, Scholastic developed FASTT Math with Tom Snyder to help students with their proficiency with math skills, specifically being multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction through a series of games and memorization quizzes gauging the student's progress. In 2013, Scholastic developed System 44 with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to help students encourage reading skills. In 2011, Scholastic developed READ 180 with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to help students understand their reading skills. The business has three segments: Children's Book Publishing and Distribution, Education Solutions, and International. Scholastic holds
1680-467: The board game license for Horrible Histories board games. A board game edition of the Rotten Roman book and videogame was released in 2008. Terry Deary and Mike Siggins are the designers, the artwork was done by Martin Brown and Dave Smith, and the text was by Simon Breed. The game was published by Sophisticated Games. The game is for 2-4 players and is of the " roll and move " genre. Awful Egyptians
1736-561: The book club business. In the 1960s, scholastic international publishing locations were added in England 1964, New Zealand 1964, and Sydney 1968. Also in the 1960s, Scholastic entered the book publishing business. In the 1970s, Scholastic created its TV entertainment division. From 1975 until his death in 2021, Richard Robinson , who was the son of the corporation's founder, served as CEO and president. In 2000, Scholastic purchased Grolier for US$ 400 million. Scholastic became involved in
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1792-421: The competition to adapt to the changing times, connect with a wider audience, and continue its mission of nurturing the creative potential of the nation's youth. In 2005, Scholastic developed FASTT Math with Tom Snyder to help students with their proficiency with math skills, specifically being multiplication , division , addition , and subtraction through a series of games and memorization quizzes gauging
1848-684: The events face criticism for several reasons: Scholastic book clubs are offered at schools in many countries. Typically, teachers administer the program to the students in their own classes, but in some cases, the program is administered by a central contact for the entire school. Within Scholastic, Reading Clubs is a separate unit (compared to, e.g., Education). Reading clubs are arranged by age/grade. Book club operators receive " Classroom Funds " redeemable only for Scholastic Corporation products. Immediate Media Company Immediate Media Company Limited (styled as Immediate Media Co)
1904-557: The future using a dead chicken! It's packed with quizzes, sketches, music and jokes, as well as mini-dramas and real life re-enactments—telling you the kind of foul facts which just aren't available from a classroom education! Scholastic went into partnership with agency Yomego to create an online world using the HuzuVirtual virtual world framework from software company HuzuTech. Visitors to the virtual world will be able to create an avatar dressed in historical costume, explore, look in
1960-454: The last book was announced to be released in 2013. There is also a fiction-type of Horrible Histories books that were added to the series called Gory Stories. The first set of these books were published in July 2008: Blackout in the Blitz is listed on Terry Deary's website as Bombs on Britain, but on Amazon.co.uk it is listed as Blackout in the Blitz, along with a cover. Horrible Histories
2016-565: The latter project, LionTV said "For season four [we] wanted to create an experience based on the hugely popular songs." OverDigital described AD/BC Time Tour as "A very fun game with obvious similarities to Guitar Hero. It takes advantage of Stage3D in an appealing and engaging live music stage environment. What is amazing though is the combination of actually really fun music with an increasing level of difficulty, and simple, but fun action." Author Terry Deary stated in March 2003 that he had plans for
2072-485: The license to present Horrible Histories on stage around the world. They use the "bogglevision" 3D effects. Horrible Histories Prom was a 2011 concert showcasing the original songs of the 2009 TV series, interspersed with classical music. It was performed in the Royal Albert Hall in London as part of the BBC's annual Proms series of concerts. An edited version of the prom was televised as a special episode of
2128-413: The material was previously published in the Horrible Histories books on the same topics. Originally planned to be 60, the series was continued with an additional 20. Extra items that were included in each edition include Terrible Timelines, Wild 'n' Wicked cards, and royal family trees. The set came with tins to put the cards into, files to hold the timelines and trees, and boxes to hold the magazines. Here
2184-404: The multi-platform promotion was to shift perceptions about the series and to increase online participation. A beauty spoof campaign was devised, promos were run on BBC, countdown web banners were created, and an interactive promo for the site ran during the trailers for ahead of Shrek Forever. An interactive spoof talent show campaign was also launched, in which various historical characters vied for
2240-511: The nastiest periods in history have now—with the help of some astounding actors—been transformed into a series of audio extravaganzas. Featuring new, extra material not found anywhere in the books, these sound spectaculars are just as thrilling and spilling, funny and fast as their printed counterparts. Horrible Histories are guaranteed to bring you history with the nasty bits left in! The Rotten Romans features beastly battles, deadly doctoring and marvellous myths—and you can even find out how to tell
2296-531: The new category will be discontinued, writing: "It is unsettling that the current divisive landscape in the U.S. is creating an environment that could deny any child access to books, or that teachers could be penalized for creating access to all stories for their students". Scholastic Book Fairs are viewed positively for promoting a love of reading among children, allowing students to discover their reading preferences, and providing some children with lasting positive memories associated with books and reading. However,
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2352-473: The next three years. Scholastic Book Fairs began in 1981. Scholastic provides book fair products to schools, which then conduct the book fairs. Schools can elect to receive books, supplies and equipment or a portion of the proceeds from the book fair. In the United States, during fiscal 2024, revenue from the book fairs channel ($ 541.6 million) accounted for more than half of the company's revenue in
2408-463: The past — with all its horrible history flavour — over there is a pickpocket on trial for stealing ... is he guilty, do we hang him? You , the visitor, must decide." He wanted the audience to be fully immersed into the culture of the period, "Over there is Mr Shakespeare rehearsing a play and having trouble with the Puritans ... over here are the preparations for Queen Elizabeth's visit...in that house
2464-522: The perpetual US publishing rights to the Harry Potter and Hunger Games book series. Scholastic is the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books and print and digital educational materials for pre-K to grade 12. In addition to Harry Potter and The Hunger Games , Scholastic is known for its school book clubs and book fairs, classroom magazines such as Scholastic News and Science World , and popular book series: Clifford
2520-442: The publishers who make their comments, and then they are sent to Deary. Tweaks are done in the rough stage. In the case of full colours books, the last stage is adding colour; either he does it via ink and water-colour, or "the line-work is scanned and sent to a colourist who adds the colour on computer". Some of Terry Deary's books have been adapted into plays. The children's theatre company Birmingham Stage Company Productions have
2576-561: The same writers and actors as the TV series, involves Rattus Rattus recovering pieces of map from the Time Sewers in order to find treasure. Since being launched in August 2009, it became the top rated game for CBBC. There were various internet reminder from Rattus Rattus about the Horrible Histories 'Terrible Treasures' game at the end of each episode (starting in series 2). Jim Hall worked on Time Sewer Adventures and AD/BC Time Tour. Regarding
2632-511: The student's progress. In 2013, Scholastic developed System 44 with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to help students encourage reading skills. In 2011, Scholastic developed READ 180 with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to help students understand their reading skills. Scholastic Reference publishes reference books . Scholastic Entertainment (formerly Scholastic Productions and Scholastic Media) is a corporate division led by Deborah Forte since 1995. It covers "all forms of media and consumer products, and
2688-500: The title "Horrible Hero". Horrible Histories Interactive's work led to an increase of unique users to the Horrible Histories microsite, and an increase in the percentage of people who associated Horrible Histories with the CBBC. Terrible Treasures is a point-and-click computer game available for free on the CBBC website. It was co-produced by Littleloud Studios, and written and co-directed by Will Jewell. The premise, which involves some of
2744-462: Was 8.8 million. In 2014 it accounted for 60% of Immediate Media's profit. It is the UK's biggest-selling magazine, with a weekly print ABC of 577,087, and the UK's biggest weekly subscription title, with 271,237 subscribers in 2018. Immediate Media says that it has the largest market share in the UK children's magazines sector, with a total ABC-audited circulation of 780,194. Some Immediate Media brands serve as e-commerce marketplaces. These include
2800-558: Was Founded in 1923 by Maurice R. Robinson, The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards , administered by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers , is a competition which recognizes talented young artists and writers from across the United States. The success and enduring legacy of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards can be attributed in part to its well-planned and executed marketing initiatives. These efforts have allowed
2856-453: Was adapted into an animated series , which had 26 episodes from 2000 to 2001. It was about Mo and Stitch's adventures through time and how they learned lessons that could be applied to their modern-day situations. A live-action series , styled as a sketch show, began airing on CBBC in 2009. It won many awards over its 5 series run, including some British Comedy Awards - the first children's show to do so. Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry
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#17327660987012912-620: Was an edited version of the 2009 series hosted by Stephen Fry instead of Rattus Rattus, broadcast in 2011, and was aimed at an adult audience. A rebooted version of the 2009 sketch show began airing in 2015, retaining some members of the original cast in guest roles but with each episode focusing on a particular historical figure. Actors in Series 6 included Ben Miller, Rowan Atkinson, Kathryn Drysdale , Kevin Eldon, Simon Farnaby, Sarah Hadland, Lorna Watson, Jim Howick and Jessica Ransom. This series
2968-641: Was directed by Simon Gibney and Ian Curtis. This series won an International Emmy Kids Award in Cannes in April 2017 for the episode 'Crooked King John and Magna Carta’. Jessica Ransom also won a Children's BAFTA for her performance as Mary Queen of Scots. Episodes continue to be produced . Gory Games is a children's game show, and is a spin-off to the 2009 series. It is hosted by Rattus Rattus and Dave Lamb . Each episode has three contestants competing in challenges to collect Year Spheres. The writers and cast of
3024-443: Was launched in the UK in October 2012, published by Immediate Media Company . A digital edition of the magazine was launched in 2013. Across the franchise, Horrible Histories is recognisable by the illustrations of Martin Brown, an Australian cartoonist/illustrator. Regardless of what type of illustration is required, Brown's first step is to read the accompanying text. With Horrible Histories colleague Terry Deary, his task as
3080-418: Was published in 2013. The Brainbox series of Horrible Histories board games has also been released. They are quiz-based games, which involve the answering of questions on the back of cards. The series includes Awful Ancients and Vile Villains . It was reviewed at The Dice Tower. In partnership with Smiffy's , a range of Horrible Histories costumes was released in 2014. Horrible Histories Interactive
3136-567: Was set up. A series of Horrible Histories toys have been released. One of the main ones, released in 2013, is the Battle Arena, which features action figures based on the book illustrations by Martin Brown . In 2009, a video game based on the books Rotten Romans and Ruthless Romans, entitled Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans , a video game based on the book, was released in 2009. It received "generally unfavorable" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic . Sophisticated Games has
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