The Silly History Boys Show

There’s Anarchy in the Medieval UK!   King Stephen is still basking in the triumph of the Battle of the Standard…but the Empress is about to strike back!    She’s landed at Arundel Castle with…no army…but a plan.   Where do Robert of Gloucester loyalties lie, except to cider he’s made that pretty clear.   From the Battle to riot, royal dungeons and back again    But who will sit the throne? Stephen? Matilda? SOMEONE ELSE?!   Find out here on the silliest show on history!   Music & SFX - ZapSplat Music - Scott Buckley    

It's Stephen VS Matilda! Its ANARCHY! No change there then LOL! God and his Saints sleep…BUT the Silly History Boys are elbow deep in Anarchy! The Realm shudders in the Wake of the White Ship disaster! The old King’s health fades…can his daughter the Empress Matilda shatter the patriarchy and become…a girl King?! Or will her Sneaky Cousin Stephen spring from nowhere and become King by right of sneakiness? From the Scottish Border to the Wine soaked streets of Exeter its civil war! Can the Silly Boys make sense of this terrible time without resorting to silly voices and sword fights!  Find out in breathless adventure…where King Stephen will rush from rebellion to rebellion and Matilda will vomit constantly over her awful Angevin husband! Our tale ends at the brutal Battle of the Standard…and next time…the Empress will strike back!   Musical ANARCHY from  Scott Buckley and Danny Bradley SFX and Music by ZapSplat

It’s a tale of Berserkers, bridges and brothers in the second instalment of our 1066 Epic!   William of Normandy and all the Knights of France are poised to invade Anglo Saxon England…trouble is they’ve got wind…but it’s the wrong sort of wind! Which means the Normans can’t invade…so nothing to see here then? NO! VIKINGS! TEN THOUSAND OF THEM! On Raven’s Wings the Horde of Harald Hardrada is descending on the North…and you know what? The North of England likes Vikings. It doesn’t like Tostig much but he’s come along for the ride! Sweet Harry G and his Huscarl’s are gonna have to get their skates on or they’ll miss the Battle of Stamford Bridge and all the tanning that goes on before hand! And hopefully the Normans won’t invade while Harold is at the other end of the country…* Thanks to Scotty Buckley for music and Zapsplat for sfx & music *its not spoiler to say they will! But thats next time!

The White Ship really hits the fan with this curious slice of nautical disaster!  Medieval Kings past, present and future come together for the worst of Cruise Package Holidays!   Will your sea legs hold? Will your all inclusive continental breakfast repeat? Will the Butcher get paid yo?! All these questions are definitely questions.  The passenger list of thanks are as follows. ZapSplat for Music & SFX Extra wonderful Music by  Scott Buckley and  Danny Bradley (they both get a lifeboat berth) Come follow on our socials - Insta, Facebook and YouTube - The Silly History Boys Show The Silly Walk of York is available to be in your pocket and earphones for that day when you finally get yourself to the City of York.  

Statesman, Soldier, Writer, Explorer. Walter Raleigh goes on his greatest adventure yet...a meeting of minds, with the silly boys!  The boys will take a look at his life (and the fit and proper person criteria for the National Curriculum). They explore some myths and the darker corners of Raleigh's life.   What will they find? Well we're pleased you've joined us.  A Royal Charter to explore the New World goes to ZapSplat for music and SFX All the potato he can stuff into a pipe for Jonny of Swan-Dyer Music for extra music A chance for gold in El Dorado for Doug Maxwell for the track Renaissance Castle And a free trip to the Tower of London for Lord Fast Fingers and his Intro music. Check us out on our Insta and Facebook - the Silly History Boys  Show us favour on our KO-FI

Our quest east into the lands beyond dark-age Russia continues, dear listener, and our late-stage Christian viking hero, Yngvar, will face a multitude of trials... most of which will be even more silly than last episode! Thanks as ever to.... Scott Buckley and his fabulous music Zapsplat for the zips zaps and boings and music Lord Fastfingers for the intro music And you, dear listener!

Picture yourself on a boat on a river dear listener, and then imagine there's a giant, a dragon and a the boat is full of late-stage Swedish Vikings!!   Join us for a rollicking good adventure as we set sail for lands unknown in a saga that's based on real life events... probably maybe a bit.   Thanks as always to Scott Buckley for his awesome music. Thanks to zapsplat.com for music and zips zaps and boings. Thanks to Brian Bolger for his music. And thanks as always to Lord Fastfingers for the intro music.

Monsters, Titans and manure! Were tough…but the LAST LABOUR of HERACLES is going to be RUFF! Can Heracles travel to the depths of the Underworld…pass dozens of his old enemies…again favour from Hades the Lord of the Dead…AND wrestle the monstrous triple headed hell hound CERBERUS?! What old friends and enemies will he meet on the terrible passage through the realm of death...and what stupid accents will they have? And will our hero survive this last and most terrible labour!   Enchanted Cong stuffed with Lindor for ZapSplat for Music & SFX  Burn your mouth off apple turnover for extra SFX by FreeSFX A rub down in high end dog groomer for  Scott Buckley EPIC 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  

Marry Nuncle!  Art thee not restful of shows regarding notable p'rsons? Then worry ye not! (ok that's enough of that) This episodes covers the most silly of history people! The Fool... the Jester... The Silly Boy! Come listen to what makes us tick. What puts food on the table. What gets us struck from the guest list. Thanks to the jokers at ZapSplat for SFX and a bit of music Massive musical big up to the quick-witted bantersaurus that is Jonny Dyer for scoring (against his knowledge and probably better judgement) the show. Lord Fast Fingers for the intro  Come do our Silly Walk of York!  Follow us on Insta, Facebook & YouTube! - The Silly History Boys Show Or give us a tip on our Ko-Fi    

Are your Tapestry fingers tingling? They should be...because it's here! 1066 and ALL of that! An ill wind blows William the Conqueror (cough spoiler) and his army of awful Normans right onto the big bottom of England. Can Sweet Harold G march really fast and to stop them...or will this prove one battle too far for England's greatest tash! Well you probably know what's going to happen...but you might get ONE IN THE EYE with some facts that's won't be in your school books! Knights, Huscarls. Crack Saracen Archers, Shield walls, Panicky Fyrd, and some suspiciously Welsh Bretons are all part of this very silly Tapestry...that is our longest episode yet!* Ta to Puremusic! Thannks to Tuttkile And of course to ZapSplat for scrums and scrapping noises! And to Scott Buckley for his epic tracks And to   https://audiojungle.net/user/synthezx     Synthezx - Portfolio for the Terminator Trailer Track!       *yes we mean 1066 and ALL that, if we MISSED ANYTHING from the most famous story in English history...then we will gladly eat our hats/nasal helms and cry! *I mean they could be by now...look at us..its been ages since we looked at a school book! *or not as the case may be! *Wait till we do Owain Glyndwr, we'll be in the studio for months, we'll have a studio by then!