The Silly History Boys Show

All I Want For Clipmas! (or Episode 116)

The feeling when you open the speedboat shaped present to find out it's a clip-show. 

SORRY! But we boys wanted to do something, anything for Christmas. 

Enjoy the clips from our previous festive frolics with the same gusto you exhibit when waging war on xmas dinner. 

We'll see you in 2026!

Seasonal bells peal for ZapSplat for their excellent SFX & Music

The saviour is indeed born but then replaced by Scott Buckley and his glorious music. He is our god now...

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A Story Forge SPECIAL How Cherry Grove came to be!

Hello listener…it is I your dear Uncle Bob Bob and welcome to a special podcast brought to you by the Silly History boys AND the Rubbish Shakespeare Company. 

 

These special episodes come from the Story Forge stage show that I (your Dear Uncle Bob Bob) have been performing with Wicked Cousin Lee (Rubbish Shakespeare company) up and down the country in 2025, thanks to support from the nice people at Arts Council England

 

The Story Forge show is a piece of spontaneously sweaty theatre made from mad cap suggestions from our baying audiences.

 

Every show has been special…but some of the stories that those wild young minds have created  have been so special that we just had to show you! 

 

They really could be actual myths…except they’re not.

 

So the following tale was created live and sweatily on stage and featured a member of our audience as the titular hero! 

 

So sit back and enjoy…How Cherry Grove Came to be….a shiny new myth straight from the sizzling mind of Joel Morrow. 

WHERE are those Silly boys?!

WHERE are those Silly boys?!

Sorry that we've been unexpected and suspicious quiet of late...

But we promise that will change soon!

For the lack of episodes we are...as always...sorry!

1066 When Harry Met Billy (or Episode 115)

Tapestries, arrows in the eye and conker gags for the whole family! *

It’s the history bit that everyone knows…or do they?*

King Edward the Confessor of England hasn’t got  any kids…but think about all the spare time he must have…well kind of….he’s dead…

WHO’ll BE KING?!

William Duke of Normandy says King Edward pinky promised him the gig…but there no proof of that…Harold Godwinson reckons it’s *him…there’s no proof of that either…

Only one way to settle it…FIGHT!

Let us take you back to that faded primary school carpet…and tell you the most famous story in all of English History!*

With all the shrieking, sword fights and Silly Voices you could shake a tapestry at!

 

A score of Saxon Manors for Scott Buckley for the use of his music.

 

The Spoils of a Generation of Disinherited Jarls to the nice people at Zap Splat for all their music and sounds!

 

Papal Immunity to do anything he pleases for Dan Danny Bradley of Danny Bradley Music.

 

*not the BBC** apparently haw haw what larks! 

 

*alright he probably didn’t get an arrow in the eye. Call off your dog, we’ve got to sell this thing to the norms you know!

 

*his family actually own already England so why would they give it to some French Viking b####?!

 

*unless you’re still in school, do you sit on the carpet still? Or do you all sit on a big iPad? 

 

**Someone should just tell the poor people who make TV that the history nutters will never enjoy anything! So it’s best not to bother!

Great Escapes 2 (or Episode 114)

Grab your knotted bedsheets! Cook that file into that cake! Dig out your Get Out of Jail FREE card from childhood! Coz the Boys are Escaping again!

Join the Silly History Boys and a special famous history guest for their next instalment of the Greatest of Great Escapes! 

Early parole for ZapSplat for wet dungeon and clanking chains sounds (and music!)

Lord Fast Fingers gets to Shawshank it through over a mile of poop and pee for his intro sting.

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Join your Dear Uncle Bob Bob for......THE STORY FORGE!

The Silly History Boys most Dear Uncle is off on tour with the Story Forge Show!

And YOU are invited…on an hilariously unique family-friendly theatrical adventure! 

Join the ludicrously learned (and undeniably loopy) duo, Professor Doctor Lee Hithersay and Doctor Professor Robert Rhys Bond, as they embark on a quest to forge three brand-new myths live on stage!

Will your adventure unfold on the sun-drenched shores of Ancient Egypt, amidst the icy fjords of Viking legend, or in the inky depths of Neptune's ocean?

The choice is yours! Shape the narrative, suggest the world, and even take centre stage as the hero of your very own myth (participation entirely optional, shy souls still welcome!).

Forge your own unforgettable story and become a legend – you'd be mad to myth it!

Nice Things People have said about Story Forge...

 

 

TICKET LINKS and Venues all Below 

 

 

Suitable for ages 7+
Running time 1 hour and no interval

 

 

Derby Theatre September 20th, 11am and 2pm

https://derbytheatre.co.uk/event/story-forge/

 

 

Maesteg Town Hall November 6th at 1.30

https://awenboxoffice.com/whats-on/the-story-forge-make-your-own-myth/

 

Hoole Community Centre in Chester September 21st at 1.30pm

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/chester/hoole-community-centre/rubbish-shakespeare-company-silly-history-boys-the-story-forge-make-your-own-myth/e-lellam

 

Chelmsford theatre, Saturday the 27th of September 

11.30 and 14.30

https://www.chelmsfordtheatre.co.uk/event/the-story-forge-make-your-own-myth

 

Farnham Maltings, the Great Hall, Sunday the 28th of September. 11am and 2.30

https://farnhammaltings.com/events/the-story-forge

 

Friday the 3rd of October, 6pm

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/chester/tarvin-community-centre/the-story-forge-make-your-own-myth-the-rubbish-shakespeare-company-silly-history-boys/e-xokpvr 

 

Gosforth Civic Theatre, 4th of October, Newcastle 11am and 2pm

https://www.gosforthcivictheatre.co.uk/whats-on/the-story-forge-make-your-own-myth

 

Queens Hall Hexham, 5th of October, at 2pm

https://www.queenshall.co.uk/whats-on/the-story-forge-make-your-own-myth

 

The Stables Milton Keynes, 11th of October at 2pm 

https://stables.org/event/rubbish-shakespeare-company-the-silly-history-boys-the-story-forge

 

Story Forge Warwick Arts Centre, October 12th. 11.30 and 2.30

https://www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/nvO-the-story-forge-make-your-own-myth/

 

Story Forge Armly/Leeds, St Bartholomew church, for Red Ladder Theatre Company 

https://www.redladder.co.uk/whatson/story-forge/

 

Dorman Museum November 9th. 11.30 and 2.30

https://online1.venpos.net/ConsumerSite/VisitDateTime?LID=936&PID=440cf6d7-e6ee-48c9-aee5-b0e31a1d3d1a&LNG=en&VD=2025-11-09T00%3A00%3A00

 

 

The Story Forge was banged together with the molten talents of these nice people…

 

Performed by Lee Hithersay, Robert Rhys Bond and Oliver Wilson, Ryan Byrne and Daniel Bradley 

Props and costume design by Alice Rowbottom

Set design by Alex MacDonald

Lighting Design by Beccy Hillam

Written by Robert Rhys Bond and Lee Hithersay

Directed by Mark Smith

 

 

Wars of the Roses Part 9 - PretEND Game; Perking Warbeck part 2 (or Episode 113)

That's right folks! Captain America is old, Black Widow is pancaked and Tony Stark puts something in my eye! It's the end of our soft reboot sequel franchise cash grab that was THE PRETENDERS

Find out what happens to the fake Richard of York and wannabe fake King Richard IV of England 

York Will Sail, The Cornish Will Rise and Tudor will play his cunning games. 

Big thanks to ZapSplat for zaps and splats (and music)

Scott Buckley for his sweet music

Doug Maxwell for appropriate history music for regal types

Danny Bradley for his made to measure Delilah! 

Extra thanks to the history man, and all things WotR, Nathen Amin!

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Wars of the Roses Part 8 - Infinity Warbeck; The Story of Perkin Warbeck (or Episode 112)

“The Pretenders and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Tudor before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the country”

 

Now we have that vague logline out of the way we can get all “logged-down” in our next instalment of THE PRETENDERS.

 

Meet Perkin Warbeck, a handsome silk-merchant from the Low Countries. A handsome silk-merchant with a secret (GASP!) A secret claim to the Throne of England (GASP!). Who will stop at nothing until his secret is revealed, revealed and taken super seriously by the powers that be.  

 

Thanks to ZapSplat for zips zaps boings and music

Thanks as ever to Scott Buckley for his awesome music

Thanks to Kevin McLeod for his track 'Court of the Queen'

Thanks to Lord Fast Fingers for the theme music

We have Social Media - why not hit us up? SillyHIstoryBoysShow on all of it!

 

Finally (but definitely not leastally), massive thanks to all who have seen us over the summer. We have met some lovely people and everyone has been very nice to us. Thanks!!

Wars of the Roses Part 7: Age of Usurpertron or (or Episode 111)

PRETENDERS....ASSEMBLE!

We're Stoke-ed for this one...Stoke Field to be exact!

The Tudor Crown is in deadly danger from the dreaded Usurper-tron...well a small boy named Lambert Simnel who may not be 100% up for overthrowing the crown...but its too late to turn back now!

William DJ de la Pole and his good buddy Tom Fitz Gerald have invaded Lancashire...but waiting for them is a dastardly collection of Clifford's, Woodville's and Stanleys! 

The road leads west across the dreaded desert of Yorkshire to a Rampire infested hill in Lincolnshire!

Who will be victorious? 

You'll be RED GUTTER-ed if you miss it!

 

Join us for the tale of Lambert Simnel the boy who would/won't be King!

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Thanks to zapsplat for the SFX and music
Thanks to scott buckley for his incredible music
Thanks to Lord Fast Fingers for his music
Strings by Jonny Dyer

Find out in this weeks VERY silly telling of the Battle of Stoke Field.

You'll be gutted if you miss it....RED GUTTER-red!

 

 

 

 

Pretenders Assemble! Wars of the Roses Part 6 (or Episode 110)

There was an idea...to bring together a group of silly middled aged boys to make even the most dry bits of history...silly...that we never could...

The Silliest boys in history return for....Pretenders...ASSEMBLE!

We're plunged screaming and yawning back in the thorny history bed that is.

THE WARS OF THE ROSES again.

Henry Tudor smoked Richard the Third at the battle of Bosworth* to start the Tudor Dynasty.

But its only two years later and John de Pole Earl of Lincoln is already burying little presents in Henry Tudor's Rose garden...a little White Rose Present...has one of the Princes in the Tower survived?

Or is it just a no mark peasant twit called Lambert Simnel who has a passing resemblance to a dead Prince?**

Queue a mad dash to hire Irish Gallowgass, Antipodal Mercs with a great faith in the Schwartz (Martin) and massive swords!

Join us for the tale of Lambert Simnel the boy who would be King!

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Thanks to zapsplat for the SFX and music

Thanks to scott buckley for his incredible music

Thanks to Lord Fast Fingers for his music

Strings by Jonny Dyer

 

 

 

 

 

*alright actually he got his Mum on them!

**kind of but no

Albion My Way Then (or Episode 109)

Geoffrey of Monmouth is once more put to the question by The Silly History Investigation Squad Department P.D.

Will he conclude the epic tale of Brutus, First King of the Britons?

 

...

 

Yes. He will.

 

Thanks to zapsplat for the SFX and music

Thanks to scott buckley for his incredible music

Thanks to Lord Fast Fingers for his music

You Kiss Your Mother With That Monmouth? (or Episode 108)

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!

Heracles? How Do You Like Them Golden Apples (of the Hesperides)? (or Episode 107)

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.

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The Lambton Wyrm (or Episode 106)

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 

Colonel Blood and the Crown Jewels Robbery of 1671

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 Returns

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 Gruffydd ap Llewellyn part 3 (or Episode 105)

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!

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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!

Gruffydd ap Llewellyn Last Action King of Wales So far...

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!

 

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Thanks all! 

 

SHB

Silly History Viking Bedtime Special

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.

Great Escapes (or Episode 104)

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!!

Where are the Silly Boys?

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!

In The Heat of Cattle; Heracles and the Cattle of Geryon (or Episode 103)

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.

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Cheers all and happy labouring!

Going, Going, John; Bad King John Part 3 (Or Episode 102)

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!

Heir Today, John Tomorrow; Bad King John Part 2 (Or Episode 101)

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!

Here's JOHNNY! ; Bad King John Part 1 (or Episode 100)

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!