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As a special treat Horrible Histories will air Monday to Friday during its first week on air. On Monday the show features an annoying French prankster from the Middle Ages, witnesses bizarre Aztec food on Historical Masterchef, shows how not to impress a woman in Victorian times and viewers find out what happened when Queen Elizabeth I needed the toilet. Dick Turpin hits the high notes as the life of the highway man is sung in the style of Adam Ant and a song from the First World War extols the virtues of fat.

On Tuesday some medieval knights discover the most disgusting way to attack a castle, the Saxons demonstrate the stupidest way to lose a battle, a Georgian goes shopping in a modern pet shop, and the Kings and Queens of England reveal how to remember them all, through the power of song.

Wednesday's programme meets a confused First World War soldier on his first day in the trenches, William Wallace launches his music career as a rock rebel, Lady Jane Grey wins a frankly terrible competition, and the Welsh women of Fishguard defeat a French invasion without even trying.

Thursday finds an unusual Stuart highwayman who doesn't always steal victims' cash, a modern detective struggles to solve a series of murders in Emperor Caligula's house, HHTV goes undercover to prove allegations of cheating in Middle Ages jousting tournaments. Plus King George IV meets his dead relatives.

Friday witnesses a Welsh prince from the Middle Ages very stupid death, King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette go on Historical Wife Swap with some starving French peasants, a Tudor peasant gets a super-hot make-over from Historical Fashion Fix. Queen Cleopatra sings about her femme fatale reputation and the Bob Report condenses the reign of Tutankhamen into 90 seconds.