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Fans of Horrible Histories are set to put their historical know how to the test in the brand new spin off game show Gory Games.

Presented by Come Dine With Me's Dave Lamb and Horrible Histories' whiskery star Rattus Rattus, Gory Games (13x26mins) will see three horrible historians compete in four rotten rounds each week to win one putrid prize.

Set to disgust and delight CΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ viewers in equal measure, each episode of Gory Games will see young competitors answer quiz questions on toe-curling topics like the Gorgeous Georgians, Awful Egyptians and Vicious Vikings. The winners of the quiz round will then progress to a physical game relating to a specific era – such as Henry VIII's pie-eating game – in the hope of winning Year Spheres. Year Spheres contain random dates from history and contestants' final scores depend on the years in the spheres they choose. AD dates are positive, BC dates are negative… and Stone Age dates are very negative indeed!

The physical games range from an Egyptian Pyramid puzzle to a Middle Age Pig Piano, A Pirate Whack-A-Rat to a Victorian Grave Robbers obstacle race and a Georgian flea fling to a Viking attack all the games are based around historical facts and cover a range of historical eras. And given the programme's title many of the games also involve serious quantities of gory gunge and goo. There is even involve a spot of gong farming from the Middle Ages. The games are either played by all the contestants together or on their own and test their logic, memory, accuracy, and speed.

The victor will not just enjoy the honour of being the Gory Games champion but will also pick up a fitting, if fetid, prize such as an Egyptian Mummy's hand, a Georgian Navy maggoty biscuit or the cut-off ear of a Tudor thief.

Featuring an inimitable mixture of foul facts, putrid props and scary sketches, Gory Games will also feature performances by some of the cast of Horrible Histories who will pose questions as some of the popular historical stars from the series. The top comedy line up includes, Simon Farnaby, Jim Howick, Martha Howe-Douglas, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond.

The author of the Horrible Histories books Terry Deary will also be asking questions in historical guise. Gory Games is a Citrus Television and Lion TV co-production for CΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ. Devised by Caroline Norris and Giles Pilbrow, it is directed by Dominic Brigstocke and produced by Candida Julian Jones. The executive producer for Lion is Richard Bradley and for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ is Adrian Mills.