Horrible Histories Specials: The Grisly Great Fire of London

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Horrible Histories: The Grisly Great Fire of London

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Tom Stourton

Richard Atwill

Richard David-Caine

Jalaal Hartley

Jessica Ransom

Thom Tuck

Gemma Whelan

Mel Giedroyc

Daniel Lawrence Taylor

Robert Webb

Dominique Moore

Natalie Walter

Jon Culshaw

John Eccleston

Steve Connelly

Lisa Mitchell

Tom Miller

Simon Welton

Richard Bradley

Ben Ward

Danielle Ward

Steve Punt

Joe Tucker

Danny Peak

Dave Cohen

Sarah Morgan

Horrible Histories: Specials: The Grisly Great Fire of London

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A special episode looking at the Great Fire of London and the events that surrounded it.

On the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, Horrible Histories looks at the disaster and the events that surrounded it.

For the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, Horrible Histories returns for a one-off special looking at the disaster and the events that surrounded it. On the night of 2 September 1666, a spark from a baker's oven in Pudding Lane ignited a fire which roared through the tightly packed streets of London, tearing up the timber-framed houses and destroying up to a third of the city. 
In true Horrible Histories fashion, this special episode explores London and Britain before the fire, full of plague and party in the raucous Restoration atmosphere personified by King Charles II. We see how London's mayor preferred to stay in bed during the fire because been partying the night before, and how Samuel Pepys rushed to bury his parmesan cheese for safety. We meet Christopher Wren, astronomer and self-styled architect. We see how his new St Paul's, that rose phoenix-like from the ashes, was a physical manifestation of the ideas of the age. We take a look at Isaac Newton and the Royal Society with their wonderfully crazy and gruesome experiments! And, of course, our trusty sewer-dweller Rattus to guide the way!

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