The Silly History Boys Show

For many centuries Geoffrey of Monmouth's book 'The History of the Kings of Britain' was considered the go-to reference for information on British kings, but in recent years doubt has been cast on it's reliability. Only one crack squad of investigators can get to the bottom of this mystery... The Silly History Investigation Squad Department PD! Come and hear the tale of Brutus, first King of the Britons from Geoffrey of Monmouth himself!!   Thanks to Zapsplat for music and sfx Thanks to Scott Buckley for his awesome music Thanks to you for listening!

Apples yeah? Everyone LOVES apples. But imagine if they were GOLD! OMGeeees you'd never have to work again.  Where was I? Oh yeah, HERACLES!  Everyone's fave, yet troubled demigod has yet another labour.  To steal the Golden Apples of the Hesperides. We'll meet giant men at the space gym. A dude what is tied to a mountain, and yet MORE sons of Poseidon.  Enchanted apple pie for ZapSplat for Music & SFX  Burn your mouth off apple turnover for extra SFX by FreeSFX and the whole run of the mythical garden and all the sin he can eat goes to Scott Buckley for his amazing apple (not apple) related music. Come say hi and follow us a little too closely for comfort on Facebook & Insta Come shed your unwanted money on us at our Ko-Fi  

The Lambton Wyrm a medieval monster tail...gets the Silly treatment! The Silly History boys are ‘wyrm-ing' their way back into your affections with a monstrous medieval legend…the Lambton Wyrm! John Lambton is a little Geordie scamp who loves nothing better than going fishing with his best mate Gazza*. UNTIL he fishes a DRAGON out of the river Weir...we blame water companies! Cue an adventure of terrifying monsters, terrifying accents** and the terrifying notion of taking responsibility for your actions!***   Music & SFX by ZapSplat Strings by Jonny Dyer Extra music by Scott Buckley Extra Extra music by Futuremono & The Soundings Extra Extra Extra music by Shane Ivers at Silverman Sounds   *is it that Gazza? You'll have to find out, will he bring the Dragon some chicken? **Sorry Northumberland  ***Yes that could be another crack at the Water Companies 

Grab your hacksaw, lock picks  and balaclava and join the Silly History Boys for a historic crime spree...the prize? The Crown Jewels of England! Join the dashing Irish rogue Colonel Blood and his gang of idiots as they embark on a journey that will lead to one of the most daring (and frankly silly) robberies in British and Irish history! This ripping yarn takes us haring across battlements of Dublin Castle, through the seedy underbelly of restoration London and to a moonlight shoot out under the eves of the dreaded Tyburn gallows. Via a specialist coffee shop in Amsterdam! Then follow our gang of very silly rascals to to dreaded Tower of London itself! Will the crown of England be theirs....or has someone failed to bring an adequate bag Join us the Silly history boys for the funniest trip to the dungeon ever...       Music and SFX by or regular accomplices ZapSplat Big thanks to  Carsten Altena of info@sonargymusic.com, Danny Bradley, Brian Bolger and Dan Henig for their music  Big thanks to Lord Fast Fingers seeing nine consecutive life sentences for the intro music!  Music and SFX by or regular accomplices ZapSplat Big thanks to  Scott Buckley & Danny Bradley for music that we never used, but hey, we lean on them heavily so have some more thanks anyway.

Colonel Blood and the Crown Jewels Robbery of 1671 is this weeks silly offering to you fine folk! Marvel at the unabridged, hands down silliest robbery in History! Yes....alright you've heard it before.  Sorry. We have been a bit busy running about this month...new episodes will be forth coming!

Exit the Dragon…in which the Last King of Wales soars to his highest and…well you'll see. The Third branch of the tale of Gruffydd ap Llewellyn see the King of Killer Wales assemble an army of outbreak-able shields and unmanageable accents! AND UNITE WALES!  And for an encore takes on the Norman Hordes and their suffering Saxon allies in a massive equestrian accident called…the Battle of Hereford! Its a Good win for Griff…but unfortunately there's a more than one Godwin this week! Join the Silly History Boys for a Wales of a time! Please do rate and review and why not tell a friend or a neighbour who you one day seek to supplant as the greatest Kingdom in all Britain! Enjoy this rip roaring Norman stomping romp through some little known history? Buy us a Ko-Fi and keep the show going! TIDY! The Glory of old Rome belong to Farya Faraji for his track the Sons of Mars. Dioch to Puremusic Dioch to Tuttkile And of course to ZapSplat for scrums and scrapping noises! And big sweaty cutch for Time Travelling musicologists Jonny and Vicky at Sounds of Time!  Tom Jones turns his chair round for Lord fast Fingers for the Silly History Boys show theme! And big up to Dan Danny Bradley of Daniel Bradley Music  A Chippy lane black card for Jez Hewitt's incredible Epic Version of Sosban Fach!

Previously on the Silly Boys Show!   Here are Parts 1 and 2 of the tale of Gruffydd ap Llewellyn the last King of Wales.   Part three is on the way but here's a recap because Uncle Bob Bob is slow at editing! Another deep dip in the dark ages with the Silliest Boys in history! ...this week we're swimming with Wales!   Join us for battles, betrayal, Brummies and boyos as we begin the tale of... Gruffydd ap Llewellyn the Last Action King of Wales!   Can squirty young Griff become King of the Britons because a stew told him he would...or will his wicked Uncle, mean Sister and legions of Mercian Brummies blunt his horns? There only one way to find out...the silly way…tidy!   A cutch for  ZapSplat for music and SFX for this tale from the land of song.   Dioch to Scott Buckley for his epic music.   A peck on the cheek from Katherine Jenkins for Lord Fast Fingers for the intro.   Dioch to Dan Bradley of Dan Bradley music and a Sospan of Cuddles for Jen Hewitt Music!   Come scrum down in our socials Insta & FB @SillyHistoryBoys or buy us some cheese on toast and a SA Dark on Ko-Fi    Listen butt why not give us a rate and review on your chosen platform? You knows it clart!    Thanks all!    SHB

Snuggle up listener! It's time to drift off to sleep with the relaxing tones of The Silly History Boys (well... Bilbo and Pear Bear) and the Enchanting music of Guild of Ambience once again!   This time we're doing Norse stories... which we'll probably end up making full blown episodes one day as they're great fun and full of adventure!   ...but also very relaxing.   Thanks to Guild of Ambience for their track Enchanted Lands Vol 1.

You can't keep history imprisoned for long listener! Join the Silly Boys as they look at a couple of examples of historical great escapes... if you like it we might do more in the future!   Thanks as ever to zapsplat.com for SFX and music Thanks to Scott Buckley for the amazing music Thanks to Lord Fastfingers for the intro music ...and thanks to you listener! Now quick - leg it while the guards are distracted!!

No new episode this week folks - we've been running around being Vikings and whatnot for half term! Instead here's an info dump of where we are going to be performing live this year... that's nearly as good as an episode isn't it? Oh, alright, it's not. Don't look at us like that. We'll be back as soon as we can with a fresh episode of squishy and silly history we promise! Until then... k thanks bye!!!!   Thanks to ZapSplat as usual!

Let's get this labour MOO-ving dear listener! No, it's not the Cretan Bull again, but the famed red cattle of Geryon! (you remember them kids!) Roll up Roll Up to the poorly lit carousel of slightly different voices – TWENTY-TWO this week! We really need to stop those boys, they're out of control… Larks of course! The boys do a great job under trying circumstances. Those circumstances being ACTUAL SUBSTANCE to this episodes Myth. We'll meet Giants! Rando God's we probably won't see again! A Herdsmen and his dog (for those fans of Countryfile) And so many demi-gods getting whacked you'd think they're an endangered species. Big thanks to ZapSplat for music and general screaming Henry Mahy at BattleForge Productions for his sweet track Through Fire and War (which I'm now calling Heracles' lovely club-spree choon) Lord Fast Fingers for the Intro AND YOU DEAR LISTENER for giving us some support on Kofi ...drat…we'll get you next time. If you're unable to kofi, why not give us a rating and review on your chosen podcast platform? Cheers all and happy labouring!

Back once again with the renegade master... of England. It made sense when I started writing it. It's the grand finale of the story of Bad King John STOP CALLING ME THAT! GIVE ME THE KEYBOARD YOU LITTLE PUNK. HEAR THE TALE OF HOW I, JOHN THE GREAT, CONQUERED NOT ONLY EUROPE BUT STUCK IT TO THE POPE TOO. THEY ALL THOUGHT THEY COULD MESS WITH JOHNNY BUT I HAD THE LAST LAUGH. Did you? YES!!! Thanks as ever to Zapsplat for the awesome noises and music. Thanks to Scott Buckley for his incredible music. And thanks to you for listening, Dear Listener!

Uncle Bob Bob is nowhere to be found and the Silly Boys are once again suffering under the lash of ENGLAND'S GREATEST KING! WHO READS THIS RUBBISH ANYWAY? BLAH BLAH BLAH EPISODE CONTENTS BORING. COME AND LISTEN TO MY TALE, ME, JOHN I, BEST AND MOST ATTRACTIVE MONARCH ENGLAND IRELAND AND SCOTLAND AND FRANCE AND WALES HAS EVER KNOWN. Thanks as ever to Zapsplat for the zips and zaps and music. Thanks to Scott Buckley for the music. Thanks to Lord Fastfingers for the intro music. And thanks to you for listening!

100 Episodes! Can you even believe it, dear listener?   Also Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!   This week we're telling the tale of KING JOHN THE GREAT WHO WAS SUPER GREAT AND THE BEST KING EVER AND EVERYONE THOUGHT HE WAS MINT   Thanks as ever to Zapsplat and to Scott Buckley for the amazing sfx and music. Thanks to Lord Fastfingers for the Theme Tune And thanks to YOU for listening to over one hundred of these things!    

He's back in the booth dear listener! It's Heracles! This week he has to go shopping for a belt, or is it a girdle? Come join our hero, and some of the Argonauts, for the mother of all shopping trips to the Edge of the Known World (accessories dept.) A nice Kate Spade holdall for our friends at ZapSplat Some sort of nice floaty scarf for Lord Fast Fingers for his intro music! Come give us some girdle money on our Ko-fi Check us out on our socials, Insta & Facebook Please do leave us a review, they help they really do!

Pop your jim-jams on dear listener and get ready to be snug as a bug in a rug. It's bedtime 3! Join the Pear Bear as he indulges in some classic tales from the county of Norfolk, in a lovely bedtimey way. Thanks to The Guild of Ambience for the relaxing and snuggly music. Thanks to Hugh Lupton. Nice book sir. Nighty Night!  

The King of Killer Wales rides again! The Second branch of the tale of Gruffydd ap Llewellyn pits our army of idiots against a deluge of dark aged danger!* Waling Mid Walians, lethal Irish Vikings and very Nasty Normans are all set to topple the Last King of Wales from his cheese of toast throne! Will they succeed? Or will the Last Action King of Wales side step them with a surprisingly Saxon alliance with an absolute Svein of a Godwin! Join the Silly History Boys for a Wales of a time! Please do rate and review and why not tell a friend or a neighbour who you one day seek to supplant as the greatest Kingdom in all Britain! Enjoy this rip roaring Norman stomping romp through some little known history? Buy us a Ko-Fi and keep the show going! TIDY! The Glory of old Rome belong to Farya Faraji for his track the Sons of Mars. Dioch to Puremusic Dioch to Tuttkile And of course to ZapSplat for scrums and scrapping noises! And big sweaty cutch for Time Travelling musicologists Jonny and Vicky at Sounds of Time!  Tom Jones turns his chair round for Lord fast Fingers for the Silly History Boys show theme! And big up to Dan Danny Bradley of Daniel Bradley Music  A Chippy lane black card for Jez Hewitt's incredible Epic Version of Sosban Fach!         *alright early medieval 

Hi Listener, Sometimes it's very hard to make things silly, so this time we're not going to. This is a show Tombo wrote many moons ago after he spoke to some people who were genuinely in the history and did the history... and it wasn't always nice. CONTENT WARNING!!! This episode features actual history where not everyone makes it to the end in an actual serious way that isn't funny. It's really important though, because perhaps if we hear what people in the past had to do we can try and avoid having to do it again... Thanks to Zapsplat for the SFX as always. Thanks to Scott Buckley for his amazing music. Thanks for listening. Remember what others did folks... Then maybe we and our children won't have to do it.

Hi Listener, Sometimes it's very hard to make things silly, so this time we're not going to. This is a show Tombo wrote many moons ago after he spoke to some people who were genuinely in the history and did the history... and it wasn't always nice. CONTENT WARNING!!! This episode features actual history where not everyone makes it to the end in an actual serious way that isn't funny. It's really important though, because perhaps if we hear what people in the past had to do we can try and avoid having to do it again... Thanks to Zapsplat for the SFX as always. Thanks to Scott Buckley for his amazing music. Thanks to Warhorse for the song that Pear Bear thought was an old folk song (he's not seen Warhorse yet) and used probably more than most copyright lawyers would be happy with. Thanks for listening. Remember what others did folks... Then maybe we and our children won't have to do it.

It's spooky season once again, dear Listener, and the Silly Boys are off earning a crust all over the land. Pear Bear and Bob Bob present a pair of ghastly tales to give you the chills.   PREPARE THE BACKUP UNDERPANTS!!!   Thanks to www.Zapsplat.com for zips zaps boings and music and thanks www.Scottbuckley.com.au as always for the awesome music.   Happy Halloween!  

Hello Listener you still look jiggered! Come on luv, you've worked hard enough, running round pits school yard crying "Surprise! I'm Richard III" (as your mam downloads all the Heracles episodes). Its time to cuddle up in bed with your flat cap…and a story! Continuing our new feature, Bedtime Stories But don't worry the screeching and explosions will be back next time. For now cosy up with…some Forgotten Yorkshire Folk and Fairy Tales; The Donkey, The Table and The Stick The Potato and the Pig and Potter Thompson Sithee on t'morrow Stories Sourced from Forgotten Yorkshire Folk and Fairy Tales Music used with Kind Permission of the Guild of Ambience.    

Hold your horse's listener, it's dinnertime! And Heracles is taking us out on a hot date to the Kingdom of Thrace. But wait- are we the appetiser? On the menu are Wicked Kings, Troubled Gods and Flesh-Eating Horses! Call ahead for a reservation to avoid disappointment!     A big thanks to ZapSplat for scuffles and tussles. A heavily reduced Mount Olympus summer ski-lift pass to Scott Buckley for his tracks The Summoning and Titan. All the veggie porridge Lord Fast Fingers can eat for the intro. Come get us on our Socials (Insta & Facebook) Pay the ferryman for us? No silly, not Charon, but Ko-Fi Please do rate and review and why not tell a friend (or even better, an enemy?)

Another deep dip in the dark ages with the Silliest Boys in history! ...this week we're swimming with Wales! Join us for battles, betrayal, Brummies and boyos as we begin the tale of... Gruffydd ap Llewellyn the Last Action King of Wales! Can squirty young Griff become King of the Britons because a stew told him he would...or will his wicked Uncle, mean Sister and legions of Mercian Brummies blunt his horns? There only one way to find out...the silly way...tidy!   A cutch for  ZapSplat for music and SFX for this tale from the land of song. Dioch to Scott Buckley for his epic music. A peck on the cheek from Katherine Jenkins for Lord Fast Fingers for the intro. Dioch to Dan Bradley of Dan Bradley music and a Sospan of Cuddles for Jen Hewitt Music! Come scrum down in our socials Insta & FB @SillyHistoryBoys or buy us some cheese on toast and a SA Dark on Ko-Fi  Listen butt why not give us a rate and review on your chosen platform? You knows it clart!  Thanks all!  SHB      

Hello Listener you look tired!   Come on you've worked hard enough today its time to cuddle up in bed with…a story!   A new feature for us silly boys with a little screeching and explosions to lull you to sleep!   But don't worry the screeching and explosions will be back next time.   For now cosy up with…some Tales from Wales.   The Eagle and the Wren and the Coat of Beards.   See you next time Nos da!   Music used with Kind Permission of the Guild of Ambience.   https://theguildofambience.bandcamp.com/community

Someone has cut off the hair of the Goddess Sif, and she's super unhappy about it. So unhappy that she's made the Silly Boys all be in the same room to record her saga! Join us as we venture back to Asgard again, live before ourselves. It's a tale of origins, of weapons, of stubby handles. Thanks to www.Zapsplat.com as always for their zips, zaps, boings and whatnot, and to www.scottbuckley.com.au for his awesome music.  

Our hero is struggling with his mental and personal wellbeing as he approaches his 7th labour. Is Heracles having a mid-labour crisis?  Has he fallen out of Love with Labouring? Perhaps wrestling a good looking bull will help? We're talking Chris Hemsworth levels of beefcake yo.  Join Heracles as he goes on a bit of a jaunt with daddy Zeus to visit Uncle Poseidon to witness how Minos became King of Crete. (and perhaps find out how the feared Minotaur came to be) Such a jam packed show with barely any source material! A ton of bull puns to ZapSplat for music and SFX A barn load of bull wordplay to Scott Buckley for his medium well music A bolt gun of bull puns for Lord Fast Fingers for the intro. Come wallow in our socials Insta & FB @SillyHistoryBoys or buy us a steak on Ko-Fi Please do rate and review :) Thanks all!  SHB  

OMGosh are we wilfully niche for you this time listener! What starts off as an episode about The Percy Family, turns into a deep dive on Wressle Castle and it's ownership!  Some say this conflict over Wressle Castle starts the feud between the families Percy & Neville; which in turn may have given the Wars of the Roses a big old push in the fight direction.  This episode is ram packed with interesting tidbits listener! Why it has contract law, local and not so local caretakers, and many familiar characters from History.  Why there's Henry Percy (you can call him Harry Hotspur), his son Henry Percy, and who can forget Henry Percy's son, Henry Percy?   You'll laugh with Henry VI, cry with Richard Duke of York, and be slightly weirded out by the Kingmaker himself, Richard Neville Earl of Warwick. If we could bequeath a wressle castle shaped prezzie to ZapSplat for music and sfx we would! Big Scotty Buckley get all the roses for his tracks Absolution and Legionnaire Brian Bolger gets a cinnamon bun from St Albans market for his track Black Mass and Lord Fast Fingers Rob Tristram gets to keep being our friend.  Chuck us some Coin on Ko-Fi? Get us on Insta and Facebook - the silly history boys Please do rate and review! Give five stars if you were confused by this episode! It's how we roll.  LOVE YOU!!!     

Nail the doors shut, barricade the fridge, the Silly History Boys are back…and so are the Vikings! Rollo and his gang of idiots return laying siege to the mighty city of Paris. Only two hundred brave souls, a few croissants and quite a lot of hot wax stand between the Viking Horde and the conquest of France…only bickering can stop them…and giant cross bows. Join the Silliest boys in history for a most irreverent dive into Abbo Cernuus Bella Parisiacæ urbis and discover how Viking Hot Bod Rollo the Walker founded the Duchy of Normandy! A big pile of tax free Danegeld to ZapSplat for music & SFX  Scott Buckley will be placed in a Longship and set on fire to thank him for his glorious music! We honour Lord Fast Fingers and his very fast fingers for penning the intro  Hit us up on our Ko-Fi and your place in Valhalla is assured! Please Rate and Review  and Odin's Ravens will fly down from his throne and do the washing up!  

Sorry for the delay chums, some of you know how the summer goes!   We'll see you tomorrow for Rollo the Viking Part two!   WOO!

Its the Silly History of England Part two: Return of Jafar! Swotty Uncle Bob Bob is back for part two of the Silly History of England! A special 'talky' podcast where everyone's favourite History Pervert attempt to bridge gaps in people's knowledge and explain complicated history...in terms that a silly person can understand.  This week he over stretches himself by trying to get through the Hundred Years War (and the wars of the roses but he does not get there)  A generational dust up between two neighbours who have more in common than they'd care to admit! Longbows, underpants and well baked saints are the order of the day as one silly boy wrestles with 116 plus years of awfulness! Tune into our regular show in two weeks time where they'll be just as much talking but way more explosions!      

Mr Ritchie there's something happening in 9th Century France! VIKINGS! There's many a Dane axe to be ground in the story of ROLLO THE WALKER...not to mention FEUDS, people falling in the water and HAIRCUTS worse than DEATH! Join the exiled ROLLO and his extremely SILLY band of VIKINGS as they travel to FRANCE in search of riches and ADVENTURE...which another way of saying STEALING and murder...we remind you this is still supposed to be a show for families! It's just that Vikings are horrible! Next week the siege of Paris, the birth of Normandy and more people going 'ARGH' as they fall in the water await! A big pile of tax free Danegeld to ZapSplat for music & SFX  Scott Buckley will be placed in a Longship and set on fire to thank him for his glorious music! We honour Lord Fast Fingers and his very fast fingers for penning the intro  Hit us up on our Ko-Fi and your place in Valhalla is assured! Please Rate and Review  and Odin's Ravens will fly down from his throne and do the washing up!  

Thumping techno, thumping monsters and over flowing toilets! It's the silliest telling of the labours of Heracles ever!* This week...the taming of the Stymphalian Birds! But where has our favourite Demi God been for almost a year?! Rightings wrongs? Being righteous?** He's not completely sold out has he?*** Join us for the 'unbearable weight of being a Demi god' for vengeful goddesses, killer birds and karma police on the acoustic guitar!   Here's the  Kofi! For anyone who would like to contribute to our labours of love! Please do rate and review on your chosen platform, it really helps!   Thanks to ZapSplat to Bangs, Boings and Burning SFX. Thanks to Lord Fast Fingers for the Intro And to Scott Buckley for his epic tracks Dan Henig for his track Danger Snow And to        Synthezx - Portfolio for the Terminator Trailer Track! AND to Jez Hewitt productions for the Legend of Svetlana    * look we're putting it out there, its the silliest version ever! Come at us bro and you can bring your dinner an all! ** he has yeah  ***big time man he'll be punching a Towie on celebrity big brother at this rate.

FIRE! STILL FIRE!  If you thought the first part of our tale was overcooked, then get in on this chewy action!  The Great Fire of London is taking hold!  The Pear Bear is in search of Samuel Pepys and the other Silly Boys!  Mayor Bloodworth is flapping and there is nary a fire-hook to be seen!  Can the boys help this fine old city? Or will their family MegaBus seasonal pass prove a waste?  We'll meet Kings and Dukes, hang with shifty bakers and feel conflicted regarding poor watchmakers.  Come inside! It's warm. (and why not listen to Fire part 1 if this is your first exposure to us?) Big thanks to ZapSplat for music & SFX And to Lord Fast Fingers for the intro Hit us up on our Ko-Fi if you like what we do :) Please do Rate and Review - we'll love you for it.   

FIRE! FIRE!    That's right, it gets everywhere, even the school national curriculum! So if you know anyone on KS1, force them to listen to this! They'll cry, they'll resit, they'll learn (?)   They'll learn everything from [INSERT HISTORY FACT HERE] to [DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN MUMMY? HERE]. Oh the fun you'll have!    Join the Silly Boys and a special literary guest as they explore 17th C London.    Thanks to ZapSplat to Bangs, Boings and Burning SFX (and a sliver of music) Thanks to Lord Fast Fingers for the Intro And thanks to you listener for donating on our Kofi (no? we'll get you one of these days)   Please do rate and review on your chosen platform, it really helps!

The Silly History Boys are on trial...and they plead silly! This weeks episode puts the 'ARGH' in Courtroom Drama as we are flung screaming into the bubbling cauldron of medieval justice...with Trial by Ordeal. Water, Fire and Combat are the only to freedom this week via the stories of... Queen Emma of Normandy's red hot trial by FIRE The PAINFUL trial by COMBAT between Guy of Steenvord and Iron Herman And Thomas 'Tom FOOL' Fermor vs the Sweet Shop Owners of Derby. Lets hope they throw the book at him. The court orders you get in your ears and laugh as much as you learn! Or else! The court recognises ZapSplat for their awesome music and SFX and will have them put up in a nice hotel!  Scott Buckley is awarded damages for the use of his epic music in such a silly show. Lord Fast Fingers is let off with a slap on the wrist for his rendition of the Silly History Boys show theme tune!  

He's back! Katana's sing and hearts flutter as one of the show's early heroes returns! Miyamoto Musashi is thirteen going on forty (judging by his voice) He yearns to be the best swordsman in all Japan but his Father wants him to commit to the family business... Unfulfilling Saturday jobs and duels to the death are the order of the day in this definitely true retelling of the boy hood of perhaps the most famous Samurai of all... And what the historical record lacks in detail...the Silly History Boys fill with gags! Want to give us a (sword) tip? Then hit the link and hit us up :)

Miyamoto Musashi is back! In a FULLY remastered, retelling of his first adventure with the Silly History Boys! Episode Seven is replaced in feed and available as a bonus too! Sorry! For the Delay!

Oh hi there our lovelies.  You looked stressed and/or full of sugar. It must be half term!  That means the Silly Boys aren't here, but babysitting your ungrateful brood of-... little darlings.  The Pear Bear and Bilbo have been at the Jorvik Viking Festival (at least one of them will have broken their hand in sword school) and it gave the us an idea for content.  We've smashed together four Norse Myths (starring all your fave gods) from a cross-over we did last year. All four tales in one place. The Mead of Poetry Thor goes Fishing for the Midgard Serpent  Loki and the Golden Apples and  Beauty by Baldur   Big thanks to  ZapSplat Scott Buckley Danny Bradley Freshman Sound For Music and SFX! 

And here we go listener. Closing the Sarcophagus lid on our first (but hopefully not last) Egyptian tale. Big thanks to the nation of Egypt for being a good sport with all the fun liberties taken with your rich history.   A weighty box of gold talons for ZapSplat for all the music and murder noises. A bit of the Pyramid of Unas (that Pear Bear chipped off) goes to Lord Fast Fingers for the Intro Come visit us on our socials! The usual places like Insta and Facebook. Type in The Silly History Boys If you like what we do then why not tip us on Ko-Fi ? (at the moment it's mainly our good mate Rick. We'll have to start calling him Dad! And he DOES NOT want that)

Mummy! Mummy! The Man Mummy!  It's Myth time again dear listener!  Let us away to ancient Egypt to hear the suntanned tale of how the first mummy came to be.  We don't actually do that here but we lay all the ground work!  There's sibling, er, lets say Rivalry. Fratricide! And Braiding of Hair! All the things your stuffy history prof wouldn't teach you coz it's just too silly...and dangerous and sexy.   Big thanks to ZapSplat for their awesome music and SFX The biggest pyramid is reserved for Scott Buckley and his top notch music when he dies Lord Fast Fingers will be getting his own SIGNED* Panini sticker of former Boro striker Mido. (* by PearBear)    "Do The Battle Of Hastings like you promised" - Henry Coates (Skegness) "I'm still waiting on the American Civil War you melts" - Ed Holdcroft (Kings Lynn) "Please just stop" - Our mums (all over) ALL GREAT TIPS! But if you do want to tip us, come on to our Ko-Fi and put your money where our mouth is.  Come get us on all the socials and please do rate and review. It would mean the world to us and our mums.    Thaaaaaaannnnnnkkkkssssssss  

Happy 2024! Now that the new year is here...we all deserve a holiday!   So pack your sun cream, chainmail and Song of Roland double cassette!    Cos it's a Norman holiday!   It's 999AD and everyone's least favourite French Vikings on horses are off to see Jerusalem!   Hopefully the journey will stop them being quite so horrible*, certainly once they see the holy city** they'll no doubt become much nicer! They won't just get into a scuffle with some Saracens and lay the foundation for the conquest of Italy and the Crusades…***   Join the Silly History Boys in a conjecture heavy adventure across boiling seas and sweltering deserts where we finally learn the origin of    The Salerno Tradition…what's that you ask?   Erm just listen!   Thanks as ever to ZapSplat And to Scott Buckley And to... You.             *it won't  **no ***yeah it's that   

CRUSAAAAAAAADE!!!!! The Third Crusade to be precise! Join the Silly Boys as they examine the motivation of all the key players of the Lionheartiest of all the crusades. Oh alright, it's silly voices, sword noises and facts. Get amongst it! Thanks as ever to ZapSplat And to Scott Buckley And to... You. See you in 2024 dear listener! OKTHANKSBYEEEEEE!  

Join us as we continue the tale of Richard I 'The Lionheart'... greatest King ever?   Find out this week!   Alright, you won't find out as that's an answer entirely too subjective to tackle in a show with silly voices and sword noises... but the silly voices and sword noises are extra good this week to make up for it.   Thanks for... Music & SFX www.Zapsplat.com   The track Juggernaut by Scott Buckley www.scottbuckley.com.au  The track Medieval Banquet by Shane Ivers at Silverman Sound The track Pendulum Waltz by Audionautix

This week we're taking a look at a King so famous he's on the football clothes -  Richard I, The Lionheart! But how did he become known as 'Couer de Lion' (The Lionheart)? Join us as we deconstruct the events of the day and provide fresh analysis on the early life of probably the best King to ever have Kinged... or was he? He wasn't he was terrible. Also the 'analysis' is just our usual silly voices. And noises from www.Zapsplat.com And music from www.Zapsplat.com But mainly music from Scott Buckley www.scottbuckley.com.au With thanks to all of you for listening.     Kbye.  

Watch out listener! It's Halloween and the passing of the season of the sun has brought a thinning of the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead... Or it's just people putting on costumes and wandering the neighbourhood begging for sweets... Either way it's time for another SpOoOoky episode of The Silly History Boys Show!  This week the boys have, once again, left Pear Bear by himself whilst they swan off to perform for actual people. This week's episode gives you a taste of what they've been doing live! Then Pear Bear reads a poem. A SpOoOoky poem! Prepare your backup underpants!!

Who are the most famous family in history? The Tudors? The Stuarts? The Osmonds? No! Wrong! Silly! Just before 1066 and all that...the Godwin Family were 'god winning' the Dark ages! Mainly through murder plotting and ACID. So join the Silliest Boys in history and Tremble at the torrid tale of the house that Earl* built... right before Anglo Saxon England got 'one in the eye' from William the Conqueror!  Vikings, Saxons, Normans and ACID** Oh and laughs! Lots of Silly Laughs!   An Earldome and a luxury hamper is winging its way to musical science man Scott Buckley ZapSplat get to marrywhich ever of us has a daughter/Hazmat first for the their sounds effects For the 78th Time we thank Lord Fast Fingers for the Intro and you kind listener for buying us a decaff juice on Ko-Fi ...  Come find us on your fave anti-social media for updates on our live shows and general boobery.  RATE and COMMENT leave THREATS on your platform! We're big boys, we can take it.    *He was an Earl, he wasn't called Earl, its a title. Stop being Silly. ** No. Behave.

Oh God no! Not another Game of Death of Thrones of Death episode!  Shaddup and take your medicine. You've had Kings from Ancient Greece shoppin' in Argos Chinese Rulers on the bog Holy Roman Emperors doin' scream therapy But now it's the turn of the French not yet French! It's the slightly embellished tale of Louis III. Not sure if he had a nickname. Louis the questionably amorous? We just don't know.    For always awesome music a big thanks to Scott Buckley ZapSplat for some lovely SFX and more music Lord Fast Fingers for the Intro and you kind listener for buying us a decaff juice on Ko-Fi ... oh come on! Take the bait will you?! Come find us on your fave anti-social media for updates on our live shows and general boobery.    Rate and comment on your platform! We're big boys, we can take it.   

The Silliest boys in history are back! For the LAST INVASION of BRITAIN! A true tale from Welsh and British history that is so silly, you'll think we made it up! in the 1797 all roads lead to Fishguard, a small village on the Welsh coast including.... A sinisterly Yorkshire sounding French Convict army  The two biggest idiots in the British army (which 1797 is saying something) One of Wales's greatest heroines with a shoe shop and a hammer And A LOT of dodgy Portuguese plonk! The Battle of Fishguard is one of the oddest/silliest events in history and what better set of idiots to tell you this tale than the Silly History Boys! Thanks for joining us for Season 5 and thank you to....  ZapSplat for all the zapas plats and other sound effects Scott Buckley For is his wodner music  Danny Bradley for his brilliant redition of Land of my Fathers If you enjoyed us why not buy us a coffee or a tea or a hot juice on Ko-Fi

The Silly Boys needs to convince History not to boycott the show!  Come see what and who we have planned for the new season.   Cheers ZapSplat for the SFX We'll see you all soon. Kisses!!!

Oh hey all! Sorry there's no show this week, it's been Silly Season!  But we thought we'd let you know what we've been up to in the Castle and what we've got going down in the Dungeon.  Hope you're all well, we love you, be excellent to each other yeah?  Ko-Fi - if you wanna donate Come say hi on; Insta, Facebook and Twix - The Silly History Boys Show Rate and Review (we're super thirsty)

In school, remember that far back? Did you ever have that badly dressed man bore the pants off you teaching history? His vocal monotony rapping his way through our dull backstory? WELL UNLUCKY FOR YOU!   For the sexily well healed sonic powerhouse that is you dear Uncle BobBob is going to take you through the ENTIRE History of England (part1)  Sit back (with your red pen?) and smugly raise the side of your mouth along with SHB's premium Zoom Historian. You'll learn, you'll laugh, you'll something else beginning with L. Thanksseeyalaterbyeeeeeee