1066 and All That Matthew Sturgis' book "1992 and All This" (Macmillan, 1991) is a "humorous look at Europe in preparation for 1992 when Britain officially becomes part of the Continent. Much of the humour focuses on the differences between the British and the Europeans." Malcolm Knox's 2009 book "1788 Words or Less" gives a Sellar and Yeatman-esque twist to the history of Australia. 1066 and All That 1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England, comprising all the parts you can remember, including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates is a tongue-in-cheek reworking of the history of England.
That Was Then, This Is Now (radio series) Kennedy tried out various formats, all of which were treated with equal disdain by Herring. Herring looks back at historical events revealing a humorous "truth" about the incident. Herring explains that the word "really" is spelt with four As and five Ls. Each week, as well as providing the stings for the show, halfway through the show Reilly and the band would play a song based on a historical event. Sometimes these were pastiches of well known songs with a link to the event. In the first series, History Corner was a small library full of history books from which