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Brainiac: History Abuse was an eight part British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 TV programme made by Granada Productions
Granada Productions

Granada Productions is one of Europe's leading commercial television production and distribution companies.Since January 2006, the company has used the name ITV Productions when making programmes for the ITV family of channels....
 and was broadcast on Sky1. It was a spin-off of the show Brainiac: Science Abuse
Brainiac: Science Abuse

Brainiac: Science Abuse is a United Kingdom entertainment TV show with a science motif. Numerous experiments are carried out in each show, often to verify whether common conceptions are true or simply to create impressive explosions....
 concentrating on historical subjects. The show is presented by Charlotte Hudson
Charlotte Hudson

Charlotte Hudson and attended Fitzwilliam College Cambridge is a presenter on the Sky One television series Brainiac: History Abuse, spin-off from the award-winning Brainiac: Science Abuse and she can still be seen in the original Science Abuse series hosting the "I Can Do Science, Me" segment....
 with additional input from Stephen Wisdom as "Ernest Clough, History Buff", and Regina Cotter as Shell in the Kitchen cooking traditional medieval delicacies.

The series wasn't as popular as its scientific counterpart, and was axed after one series.






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Brainiac: History Abuse was an eight part British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 TV programme made by Granada Productions
Granada Productions

Granada Productions is one of Europe's leading commercial television production and distribution companies.Since January 2006, the company has used the name ITV Productions when making programmes for the ITV family of channels....
 and was broadcast on Sky1. It was a spin-off of the show Brainiac: Science Abuse
Brainiac: Science Abuse

Brainiac: Science Abuse is a United Kingdom entertainment TV show with a science motif. Numerous experiments are carried out in each show, often to verify whether common conceptions are true or simply to create impressive explosions....
 concentrating on historical subjects. The show is presented by Charlotte Hudson
Charlotte Hudson

Charlotte Hudson and attended Fitzwilliam College Cambridge is a presenter on the Sky One television series Brainiac: History Abuse, spin-off from the award-winning Brainiac: Science Abuse and she can still be seen in the original Science Abuse series hosting the "I Can Do Science, Me" segment....
 with additional input from Stephen Wisdom as "Ernest Clough, History Buff", and Regina Cotter as Shell in the Kitchen cooking traditional medieval delicacies.

The series wasn't as popular as its scientific counterpart, and was axed after one series. However, it is repeated on Sky3.

Regular features include:
  • "Men In Steel" and "Knight Fever" - highlighting modern-day activities you can do (with varying degrees of difficulty) while wearing a suit of armour.
  • Shell's Kitchen - medieval (and to most modern tastes, unpalatable) recipes, presented in a parody of the style of Nigella Lawson
    Nigella Lawson

    Nigella Lucy Lawson is an English Food writing, journalist and broadcaster. Lawson was born to Nigel Lawson , a former Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Vanessa Salmon, whose family owned the J....
    .
  • Ancient Hist-O-Wee - historical uses for urine
  • Historical medicinal remedies
  • Ancient Vege-Battles: historical battles illustrated using fruit and vegetables
  • The Brainiac Battering Ram Squad "fixing" an everyday problem with unnecessary force, such as opening a vending machine
    Vending machine

    A vending machine provides various snacks, beverages, and other products to consumers. The idea is to vend products without a cashier. Items sold via vending machines vary by country and region....
     or a locked car
  • Like Brainiac: Science Abuse before it, the show always ends with an item in which a caravan
    Travel trailer

    A travel trailer or caravan is a trailer towed behind a road vehicle to provide a place to sleep which is more comfortable and protected than a tent ....
     gets blown up. In deference to the theme, they use a "historical" explosive for an everyday task (e.g. a WW2 depth charge to unblock a toilet).
  • Torture instruments were shown and demonstrated with fruit


Soundtrack

Certain pieces of music are used repeatedly during the series, including:
  • "Toxic" and "...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears
    Britney Spears

    'Britney Jean Spears' is a Grammy Awards-winning American pop music singer, dancer, actress, and glamour model.Raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Louisiana, Spears first appeared on national television in 1992 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The New Mickey Mouse Club#199...
  • "Doctor Doctor" by Thompson Twins
    Thompson Twins

    The Thompson Twins were a Great Britain Pop music group that were formed in April 1977 and disbanded in May 1993. They achieved considerable popularity in the mid-1980s, scoring a string of hits in the UK, the United States and around the globe....
  • "Stayin' Alive
    Stayin' Alive

    "Stayin' Alive" is a song by the Bee Gees, released as a Single in 1977. It was their second hit off of the album Saturday Night Fever . "Stayin' Alive" is one of The Bee Gees' most popular and recognizable songs, in part because it was played in the opening scene of the popular disco film Saturday Night Fever....
    " by the Bee Gees
    Bee Gees

    The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers ? Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, and Maurice Gibb. They were born on the Isle of Man to England parents, lived in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England, United Kingdom and during their childhood years moved to Brisbane, Australia, where they began their musical careers....
  • "Everybody Hurts
    Everybody Hurts

    "Everybody Hurts" is a song by R.E.M., originally released on the band's 1992 album Automatic for the People and was also released as a single in 1993....
    " by R.E.M.
  • "Unbelievable" by EMF
    EMF (band)

    EMF are an indie dance band from the United Kingdom. The band came to prominence at the middle of the 1980s coming from the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire....
  • "Babies" by Pulp
    Pulp (band)

    Pulp were an England alternative rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978 by Jarvis Cocker . They were originally known as "Arabacus Pulp," but this was shortened a year later....
  • Theme from Get Carter
    Get Carter

    Get Carter is a 1971 in film crime film directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine as Jack Carter, a mobster who sets out to avenge the death of his brother in a series of unrelenting and brutal killings played out against the grim background of derelict urban housing in the northern English city of Newcastle upon Tyne....
     by Roy Budd
    Roy Budd

    Roy Frederick Budd was a United Kingdom jazz musician and film composer.Although some biographies say Budd started playing aged four, he was two and a half years old when he started picking out tunes on the piano the morning after a Christmas party ....
  • "Hysteria
    Hysteria (song)

    "Hysteria" is a song by England rock band Muse and is featured on their third studio album, Absolution . It was also released as a single from that album on December 1, 2003 in the United Kingdom, peaking at #17 in the UK Singles Chart ....
    " by Muse
    Muse (band)

    Muse are an English rock music band that was formed in Teignmouth, Devon, England in 1994. Since their inception, the band has comprised Matthew Bellamy , Christopher Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard ....


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