99 episodes

Gather round your camp fires and listen! To tales of daring, horror and high adventure from the worn pages of our History Book

Not a talky Podcast. More like Action Radio!

Join the man known only as the Pear Bear, the unflappable Tombo and your new favourite Uncles BobBob & Bilbo.

Let us take a questionably queasy trip through the squishy bits of history and myth.

Fun for all the family? We don’t know yet... But we promise it’ll be silly, it’ll be fun!

The Silly History Boys Show sillyhistoryboysshow

    • History

Gather round your camp fires and listen! To tales of daring, horror and high adventure from the worn pages of our History Book

Not a talky Podcast. More like Action Radio!

Join the man known only as the Pear Bear, the unflappable Tombo and your new favourite Uncles BobBob & Bilbo.

Let us take a questionably queasy trip through the squishy bits of history and myth.

Fun for all the family? We don’t know yet... But we promise it’ll be silly, it’ll be fun!

    Rollo is it me your Viking for? (or Episode 90)

    Rollo is it me your Viking for? (or Episode 90)

    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!
     

    • 28 min
    Heracles vs the Angry Birds or Episode 89

    Heracles vs the Angry Birds or Episode 89

    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.

    • 38 min
    Feel The Burn: The Great Fire of London part 2 (or Episode 88)

    Feel The Burn: The Great Fire of London part 2 (or Episode 88)

    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. 
     

    • 29 min
    Get Fired Up; The Great Fire of London part 1 (or Episode 87)

    Get Fired Up; The Great Fire of London part 1 (or Episode 87)

    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!

    • 31 min
    Ordeal or No Deal the Medieval Justice Show (or Episode 86)

    Ordeal or No Deal the Medieval Justice Show (or Episode 86)

    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!
     

    • 25 min
    Pretty Fly for a Samurai Miyamoto Musashi Remastered

    Pretty Fly for a Samurai Miyamoto Musashi Remastered

    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 :)

    • 23 min

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