Brainiac: History Abuse

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Brainiac: History Abuse was a British factual TV programme made by Granada Productions and was broadcast on Sky One. It was a spin-off of the show Brainiac: Science Abuse concentrating on historical subjects. The show is presented by Charlotte Hudson with additional input from Stephen Wisdom as "Ernest Clough, History Buff". It was only aired for one series.

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.
  • 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 or a locked car
  • Like Brainiac: Science Abuse before it, the show always ends with an item in which a caravan 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).

Certain pieces of music are used repeatedly during the series, including:

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