For a one-off special about authors

Horrible Histories is to return for another one-off special, with Mel Giedroyc returning as a guest star

The team are making a show about Staggering Storytellers to mark the BBC's #Lovetoread campaign.

Tom Stourton, Jess Ransome and Jalaal Hartley also star in the CBBC show, which will air on July 11.

Stories covered include how DH Lawrence would climb mulberry trees in the nude to stimulate his imagination, how a party at Lord Byron's house led to the writing of Frankenstein, and how Charles Dickens was 'the Harry Styles of his day'. 

Viewers will also meet The Bronte Sisters trying to get a book deal, Roald Dahl entering the Great British Bake Off with a worm cake and Malorie Blackman, Enid Blyton, Jacqueline Wilson and Beatrix Potter in Little Mix-style sketch.

Published: 24 Jun 2016