Drunk History — Season 1

Aired 6 August 2007 • 10 min

On August 6th 2007, Mark Gagliardi drank a bottle of scotch and then discussed a famous historical event. That night history was made. Drunk History.

Aired 27 January 2008 • 10 min

Eric Falconer, a Benjamin Franklin expert, reveals his controversial theory about the discovery of electricity. Witness history told as it's never been told before...Drunk.

Aired 3 February 2008 • 10 min

Later that November night Eric Falconer, the Franklin expert, drank more vodka and then discussed this historical event...

Aired 12 July 2008 • 10 min

Late one night Jen Kirkman drank a bottle and a half of wine and then discussed the gripping tale of Oney Judge, George and Martha Washington's favourite slave.

Aired 20 October 2008 • 10 min

See the drunken tale of William Henry Harrison, the ninth U.S President, who was sixty eight years old when he was elected.

Aired 5 May 2010 • 10 min

Jen Kirkman has two bottles of wine and tells us the story of how the friendship of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass overcame the slavery movement and the racism that existed in their day.

Aired 5 May 2010 • 10 min

Late one night Duncan Trussell had a six pack of beer and a bottle of absinthe and sat down to tell us about the amazing story of Nikola Tesla, the father of western technology, who sailed to America to meet Thomas Edison and work for him.

Aired 20 December 2011 • 10 min

A very special Drunk History Christmas.