Nish Kumar fronted a Horrible Histories Brexit special and these people were FURIOUS

John Plunkett. Updated January 31st, 2020

Lots of people are marking the UK’s departure from the EU on Brexit Day and CBBC thought it would do its bit with a short Brexit special, briefly topped and tailed by comedian Nish Kumar.

It’s actually an old clip – educational and entertaining as Horrible Histories tends to be – letting kids know that stuff they might think is from Britain – tea, sugar, cotton, the monarchy – doesn’t actually originate in Britain.

"British things… turns out there’s hardly any.”@MrNishKumar and @HHTV_ are spilling the tea on British stuff in #HorribleHistories #Brexit special ☕️ Streaming now on @BBCiPlayer 👉 https://t.co/2S40YIQuTG @RealMatBaynton pic.twitter.com/jn1EvbYZLX

— CBBC (@cbbc) January 31, 2020

And it’s fair to say not everyone appreciated it. So much so that it quite spoiled their Brexit Day. Here are the funniest – sorry, most furious – responses.

Remain propaganda for kids? Wow. I can't wait for the BBC to collapse when the licence fee is scrapped👍

— Peter Lloyd (@Suffragentleman) January 31, 2020

Great Britain invented:

The steam engine
The jet engine
The railway
The electric light bulb
The telephone
Human non-powered flight
The hovercraft
The telegraph
Pneumatic tyres
The World Wide Web
The electric motor
Cement
blacktop roads
The bicycle

— Alfie’s Dad (@alfie_dad) January 31, 2020

Thank God that the BBC are finally being defunded.

It's anti-Brit propaganda like this, that has inspired people to stop paying their licence fee.#BANTHEBBC

— George Huwhite 🙋🏽‍♂️ (@George_fixedit) January 31, 2020

If anyone was in any doubt that the "British" broadcasting company absolutely detest Britain, British history and the British people they can watch this.

Fronted by the very nasty Nish Kumar and aimed at our children and grandchildren, this should leave no one in any doubt.

— Mr Higgs-Boson (@higgyboson1) January 31, 2020

Well done BBC! After successfully making most of your broadcasts unwatchable you've now made your kids programming poison too. The exodus from the license fee will be delicious and well deserved

— John W Bryar (@bryarjw1) January 31, 2020

Teaching children to undervalue their own nation

Very 'on-brand' for Al-JaBeeba

— Jon Harper 🇮🇪 (@CentreGround6) January 31, 2020

This is truly awful. Imagine teaching your kids to dislike their own country. A recipe for disaster. And this is why the licence fee will end. It can't come soon enough.

— Adam (@AdamD79) January 31, 2020

And it really peaked when this bloke got involved. Remember him?

https://twitter.com/DouglasCarswell/status/1223270821872963584?s=20

We hope Nish Kumar and the Horrible Histories team are proud of themselves. Because they should be, obviously.

Interesting that nobody had an issue with this song when it was first shown in 2009… It's almost as if they have a problem with Nish Kumar, not the message? 🧐 https://t.co/TZ2tieyXlX

— same username on bsky (@ElenaBjxrn) January 31, 2020

https://twitter.com/MrKenShabby/status/1223297103742611456?s=20

https://twitter.com/Moffat_Agnostic/status/1223274275668361222?s=20

Classic BBC left-wing right-wing left-right-left-wing bias. https://t.co/q16bS2Xwsk

— Rachel Parris (@rachelparris) January 31, 2020