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I've always liked learning new things, and when I was little, I was always the one at the back of the classroom or in a group of friends that had my head in a book. A series of books that my nan got me when I was 10 have always stayed in my top favourites because of the sheer creativity and enjoyment of reading them- this collection of books are called 'The Horrible Histories' by Tony Deary.

I remember the first books my nan gave me from them was 'Vile Victorians' and 'Woeful Second World War' because even back then I was tad bit obsessed. They were quite easy-read books with various cartoons and little jokes to break up the pages of history, but even those pages of history paragraphs were written in such a way that you forget it's a classroom subject - in particular a subject many find tiring - and read it with anticipation and humour, just like any ol' fiction book.

Anyways, the reason why I bring this up today is because my recent fascination with a cbbc programme that one day, whilst on holiday, I accidently turned on the television to see. This, ladies and gentleman is of course the Horrible Histories. I was pretty amazed at how well the whole 30mins was shot and that it kept all the elements of the actual books - which is always a plus when it comes to adaptations. Ever since that luck one day, I've been looking it up on iplayer and trying to catch as much of it as I can on the television channel I'd never thought I'd be watching again. Plus, the actors play the roles brilliantly with a cast of Mathew Baynton (Gavin and Stacy ), Sarah Handland (That Mitchell and Webb Look) and Simon Farnaby (Mighty Boosh).

Here's some clips so you can see how good it is (and I guarantee they will get in your head):