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Where can I watch the Horrible Histories movie?

In short: in the UK at least it’s on BBC IPlayer (occasionally) and Amazon Prime and can be bought or rented in loads of places. If you can’t watch it on IPlayer or Prime it’s probably a better deal to buy a DVD on eBay instead of a digital copy. It’s also available through some less official channels if you can’t access any of those options. Below the cut is a ramble about the different options and also explaining the less official channels a bit more. I also mention different languages and accessibility.

After Heartstopper came out last year there was a wave of people who wanted to watch the Horrible Histories movie and didn’t know how. Maybe there’s still some people out there who want to watch it and maybe when the next season of HS comes out there will be another wave. So I’ve made a list of places you can find it. I’m from the UK so some of these ways I can access it might not be available to people in other countries.

Note: If none of these options work for you, send me a message, I've got a Google Drive with the movie on it but I don't wanna put the link to that just out in the open.

BBC IPlayer: It’s sometimes on BBC IPlayer. It isn’t currently (as of March 5th 2023) but I will update this post whenever that changes. I’m not sure how BBC IPlayer works outside of the country, I think I’ve had trouble with it when I’ve traveled abroad before, probably because of the TV license stuff. If you’re outside of the UK, maybe try accessing BBC IPlayer with a VPN if you have one, I’m not sure if it would work because I think they force you to make an account with your postcode. When you get the "do you have a TV licence?" popup just say yes, you don’t have to prove it and they can’t check (I think you can only get in trouble for not having one if you’re living in this country and you fail to pay for it).

This only has the English version but it has subtitles and an audio description option which I think is only available on IPlayer. Potentially the subtitles have options other than English but I can’t remember, I’ll change this when I can check it the next time it goes on IPlayer. Interesting thing about the IPlayer version is that the credits are sped up to fit the film into an 1 hour 30 minutes time slot, this means that the line “two sides to every tale” from Time Flies doesn’t match up with Atti and Orla’s faces in the credits like it’s supposed to.

Amazon Prime: It’s also available on Amazon Prime. It got taken off for a couple months in 2021 but it’s been back on there for ages now. I know that it isn’t just on UK Prime but I’m not sure which countries have it and which countries don’t. If you can’t find it on Prime in your country, try a VPN.

Prime has it in English and also dubbed into French, Spanish, Italian and German, with subtitles for each of these languages.

(A note on VPNs since I’ve suggested them twice now: I’m sure a lot of them you can get a free trial so even if you don’t have a VPN it might still be an option.)

Other Streaming Services: It’s available to rent and buy on YouTube/Google Play Movies, Apple TV, Rakuten, Sky Store and probably some other ones I’m forgetting. Typically the renting price is £2.50, except for on Apple TV and Sky Store where it’s £3.50. You can usually buy it for £6, I’ve seen it for £7 and £8 before.

Unfortunately, I’m less certain about languages and accessibility with these options. I do know for certain though that the YouTube version does not have subtitles, so if you need them avoid that version.

DVD: This one might also be a UK-centric recommendation, but there are so many copies of the movie selling on eBay, and usually for less than it can be purchased for digitally. On eBay the movie sells for around £2-4, compared to £6 on streaming services. On top of that it comes with bonus features that you can’t get with the digital versions. I would really suggest getting it second hand, there's probably a good few copies in charity shops for around £1 as well, but you can still get it new in places like HMV and on Amazon for around the same prices as digital purchase if you want.

I can’t play my DVD right now to check, I’ll change this part when I can, but I think this version does have subtitles. The back of my copy seems to suggest that it’s only in English (both audio and subtitles). I also think there was a separate DVD that was released in Australia, I presume it’s the same as the UK DVD with a different cover but I can’t be sure.

(Another note, because apparently I’m full of them today, I’ve been meaning to find a way to post the bonus features somewhere so people who don’t have the DVD can watch them, I’ll probably get round to it eventually.)

Other Free-er Options: If none of those options are available to you because you’re outside of the UK or can’t afford them, I also know some other places where the movie is available. For all of these places: please be careful using them!!

First of all, it’s definitely on soap2day, I’m not sure about any other specific websites like that though (but it’s probably worth a look). Soap2day has subtitles. If you search up “糟糕历史大电影：臭屁的罗马人”, there are quite a few websites with the movie in full, in English with Chinese subtitles that can be turned off, though most of them probably don’t have English subtitles.

If you’re looking for it in another language then I’ve seen it on websites in French, German and Spanish before but they tend to refer to the movie by its English name so I’m not sure exactly how to find it in those languages. It’s available in quite a few places in Russian, often with Russian subtitles, if you search “Ужасные истории: древние римляне”. This is kind of a weird thing considering that I don’t think the movie was ever officially dubbed into Russian.

If you’d like more specific help in finding if the movie or if you have any questions to do with the movie, message me! I might not always be able to help but I know way too much about this movie and would love any chance to put it to use.

This has been crossposted to Dreamwidth.