Philomena Cunk on the Tudors - Historian Reacts to Cunk on Britain

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Fun fact: 3 of Henry VIII’s wives were closely related. Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard were both grandchildren of the Duke of Norfolk and therefore 1st cousins, and Jane Seymour was their second cousin.

[@jordonhancock05]

I did some research about a english knight named John Savage Why is he important? I found out that he position on the left flank of Tudors army and thought of as personally slain the Duke of Norfolk,Richard iii closet noble in the battle of Bosworth Field,1485. his younger brother, Thomas Savage He was appointed as the Archbishop of York. Under Henry VII Tudor. I just thought it was interesting. Thx for content as always VTH.

[@iamjohnfarlow]

do you plan on reacting to more of Jack Rackam?

[@andypham1636]

+ he + all his wives were all descended from Edward 1

[@chatteyj]

My sister used to be friends with someone with the surname Parr, a direct descendant of Catherine Parr.

[@andypham1636]

@@chatteyj yeah, right. Despite her being married 4 times, Catherine Parr only had one child, who died childless at the age of 2. her child did not have her last name

[@anitatereszczuk3967]

In Poland we actually had a woman who was a King, and that's because Queen was just the wife of the ruler with no real power. She was crowned before she was married, so then her husband - Władysław Jagiełło - wasn't actually the King, but rather the husband of the Polish King

[@dragqueenhiacynta]

Didn't know that...

[@lemaygaming6952]

Why was he the husband of the Polish King and not the Queen of Poland? You coulda had a female king and male queen.

[@jakubkondraciuk1192]

@@lemaygaming6952 Jadwiga became the monarch of Poland through a dynastic union with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In order to strengthen the union, it was necessary for Jadwiga to be crowned as king, as the Polish monarchy traditionally had male rulers. Additionally, the Polish nobility wanted to ensure that Jadwiga's husband, Jogaila (also known as Władysław II Jagiełło), would not gain equal power and influence as king. To accommodate these circumstances, the Polish nobility and clergy decided to bend the rules of succession and adapt the coronation ceremony to proclaim Jadwiga as "King." She was crowned in 1384 in Kraków Cathedral as "King of Poland" rather than "Queen." This was a unique and exceptional case in Polish history and was primarily a result of the specific political context and the need to maintain the union with Lithuania. After her reign, subsequent Polish queens were referred to as queens rather than kings.

[@przemekkozlowski7835]

​@@jakubkondraciuk1192 Anna Jagielonka was the only other queen after Jadwiga to be considered a co-ruler. All the other queens were pretty much just the king's wives and had limited official power.

[@bradle4162]

Jadwiga! From what I've been told, in Poland she's still referred to as a Queen though even if she was officially a king.

[@pomerau]

Great channel.The best line snuck past on this occasion. 7:50 Catherine - a - holic " ... or Catholic" for short. 🙂

[@CristiNeagu]

Yeah, he missed that one.

[@georgeharper6967]

@@CristiNeagu Typical History teacher.....Can't listen.

[@pomerau]

Rewatching this by accident, he also missed (I think) the: he was so fat he takes up more room in the memory joke. Great channel though. I'll have to watch a few more than I already have.

[@blrbrazil1718]

​@@pomerau: He let most of the idiocy go, only correcting the worst distortions. He was clearly enjoying the humour at the same time.

[@jordanhooper1527]

The ship in London is called the "Golden hind" I believe, hence her joke about it being called "treasure arse" in tudor

[@misslovemj]

And it’s near the clink prison museum, London Bridge. They use it for escape rooms too - quite good 😊

[@claire6795]

Golden Hind was a galleon captained by Francis Drake in his circumnavigation of the world between 1577 and 1580. She was originally known as Pelican, but Drake renamed her mid-voyage in 1578, in honour of his patron, Sir Christopher Hatton, whose crest was a golden hind (a female red deer). Hatton was one of the principal sponsors of Drake's world voyage. A full-sized, seaworthy reconstruction is in London, on the south bank of the Thames. Today's flagship is HMS Pigeon.

[@noblestsavage1742]

Has it moved then? When I was a boy the golden hind was in brixham, Devon, where I lived.

[@blackbob3358]

@@noblestsavage1742 Aye, i thought it was the "Cutty Sark".

[@pasteye1671]

When I visited it in the 90s, the ship was docked alongside the Globe theatre, and crewed by re-enactors.

[@Matt-cz6ti]

“I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king - and a King of England, too!” -Elizabeth I

[@Longshanks1690]

“And think foul scorn on Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, who dares to invade the border of my realm. To which, rather than have any dishonour fall upon me, I shall myself take up arms to be thy general, judge and rewarder of all your valour in the field of battle.” (IIRC)

[@glenmcculla6843]

Pretty sure she said the heart and stomach of a concrete elephant.

[@nigeh5326]

And the blackest teeth and worst breath of any monarch of the time, Liz loved her sugar.

[@obediahpolkinghorniii564]

@@glenmcculla6843 "First, I shall have a little drinky, and then I'll execute the whole bally lot of you."

[@pasteye1671]

This often quited "Speech" by EI was not written until some considerable time after The Armada, and cannot be verified as actually being said at all.

[@bradleybarnett9545]

The "Henry 8 was a Catherinoholic" joke is gold, diamonds & platinum. Killer.

[@jomolhari]

'He made up a new religion, which it turns out it's easier to do than popes like to pretend' - that's absolutely genius 😂😂

[@scruffyalice-ff5pz]

all religions are made up. So it's very easy actually.

[@frankshailes3205]

Thank you for this excellent video. As an Englishman, this is the most informed I have ever been about Henry VIII and related matters! So between you and Philomena Cunk you've educated, informed and entertained me very well. Reithian stuff!

[@jennifermcdonald5432]

This show is absolutely brilliant, almost as good as Horrible Histories! I love how they actually inform as well as entertain!

[@philmckenna5709]

Horrible Histories, is just BBC propaganda

[@blrbrazil1718]

Well they only inform if viewers take the trouble to chase up the real facts, which are light heartedly butchered over the course of the programme.

[@carnifaxx]

Blackadder: I mean look at this! [goes to a table at the side of the room and picks up a small brown thing and holds it up] What is it? Baldrick: Oh, I’m surprised you’ve forgotten, my lord. Blackadder: I haven’t forgotten; it’s a rhetorical question. Baldrick: No, it’s a potato. Blackadder: To you it’s a potato, to me it’s a potato. But to Sir Walter Bloody Raleigh it’s country estates, fine carriages, and as many girls as his tongue can cope with. He’s making a fortune out of the things; people are smoking them, building houses out of them… They’ll be eating them next.

[@darthcalanil5333]

I just love listening to you talking about British history

[@gary.h.turner]

Henry VIII had six spouses, or "spice", the first of which was Catherine of Tarragon. Then there was Anne of Cloves. Another one was Catherine Parrsley. Henry was married to all of them by the Archbishop of Cranberry. 😁

[@admiralbenbow5083]

If you like !

[@pomerau]

They each thought he was so saucy!

[@francissaffell6853]

I love every instance where she trips on a step or some sort of stone in the ground. Its all part of the humor.

[@helenedwards1468]

The ship in the dock is the Golden Hind, she was built by traditional methods at Hinks dockyard in Appledore, north Devon in 1973. She did circumnavigate the globe and made other voyages before being put on permanent exhibition in London.

[@cameronwright6536]

I'm just here to like. I know a VTH video can't go wrong. Appreciate what you do!

[@donaldb1]

To be pedantic, it's worth pointing out that strictly speaking it wasn't divorce that Henry VIII wanted from his wives, but annulment, which was a different sort of thing. A lot of people do seem to think that divorce in the Church of England goes to back to Henry, but in fact it wasn't allowed until much later.

[@jonathonfletcher7682]

I was going to say this. A good point well stated

[@BigMamaKatieG]

Yes, true. Thank you!

[@PresidentFunnyValentine]

That's interesting. Is there a distinction between the two? Like, legally speaking?

[@michaelly7163]

@@PresidentFunnyValentine A divorce is the separation of a marriage, while an annulment essentially says that the marriage was invalid. The main difference between the two is that divorce acknowledges the marriage legally existed, while an annulment says the marriage never actually happened in a legal sense. I'm not a Christian, but I think the difference between an annulment and a divorce is the same in Catholic doctrine.

[@backpackerraden6268]

@@michaelly7163 Hi Catholic here. You said it well. Annulment is basically saying the marriage never happened, which in church doctrine really requires proving that the relationship wasn't a romantic loving one, if that makes sense.

[@daytrippera]

When I visited Dublin back in 2016 (I'm from Argentina) at the Christ Church Cathedral, they had in exhibition some of the costumes from the show The Tudors. We went to Dublin, City of London and Edinburgh. I think we visited every single museum in those three cities. Edinburgh is so beautiful, wish I could live there, people there were so friendly and nice. Places like England are soooo interesting to me, Argentina is a very young country, so places that have such a long history are just weird for me, in a good way.

[@dsxa918]

Do you think your country is as beautiful as I think it is?

[@nigeh5326]

Gracias 😊

[@daytrippera]

@ds xa Argentina is beautiful but the governments and our economical and political history is awful. It gets to a point that when there's almost 50% of poverty in your country there's no landscape pretty enough to erase that.

[@paulstewart6293]

You were a tourist. Bukoswki said that you only know a city when you are there with no money. And it's true.

[@uingaeoc3905]

Glad you liked your trip. You found our eccentricities fun I hope - like did you realise that when in Dublin in the most Catholic part of of the British isles the Christ Church Cathedral is actually PROTESTANT of which it is one of the two Protestant cathedrals in Dublin!

[@MotionEvolutionLouise]

I somehow enjoy watching your show, with your history facts over the top, more than Cunk alone! So great to have a few extra facts and your amusement to break up the show. Brilliant. Glad I've found you. Do more.

[@blrbrazil1718]

By 'extra facts' I assume you mean 'correction of false information'.

[@darrellid]

Great series ... on a great series! Nice to see an academic as entertained as us laymen. Thanks for sharing!

[@Rulebritannia303]

The largest varsity event in Europe is called “Roses” between Lancaster and York universities every year. For the first time in 40 years we (Lancs) beat York at home last month. After a decade of loss we’ve won twice in a row. Up the Lancaster! 🌹

[@thecynicaloptimist1884]

"After a decade of loss we've won twice in a row" Aww, it's just like the real Wars of the Roses!

[@jeremypnet]

When I was at York in the 80”s, it was an event if we beat you.

[@Ionabrodie69]

The Yorkists don’t need to beat you to be the victors ..🇬🇧

[@Ionabrodie69]

And it’s not varsity .. American are you..??

[@Rulebritannia303]

@@Ionabrodie69 Both universities and Wikipedia refer to it as that, I think they know better. Why are you so confidently incorrect?

[@thecynicaloptimist1884]

On the Raleigh Bicycle Company - it got its name because the company originated from a small bicycle shop set up by Richard Morriss Woodhead and Paul Eugene Louis Angois in Nottingham - the street they set up shop on was Raleigh Street.

[@blrbrazil1718]

Thanks for that clarification :o)

[@bard6184]

"Almost everybody knew that the world was round at this point" Just like today, then.

[@colinluckens9591]

THAT'S a good one!!😃.....

[@dustinsavage2832]

My turn! One of my ancestors was one of the lead conspirators in the Babbington Plot! Take that VTH!

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Nice!

[@jordonhancock05]

Savage 🔥🔥🔥

[@lizroberts1569]

This is the first time I’ve watched Cunk, so glad you introduced her. Brilliant, funny and I’ve learnt things 😂

[@capitalb5889]

I loved that second between “dried spunk in her hair” and you closing your eyes.

[@Mat-eq8mk]

This is brilliant. A reaction video that actually teaches you stuff. Thanks for posting!

[@jamodonnahan610]

Small correction: The Globe Theatre didn't burn down during the great fire of 1666, that one raged on the other side of the Thames, but decades earlier, probably from a fire in the straw roof caused by some props. Canons, it was canons.

[@paulhammond6978]

Yeah - theatres were always burning down because of flammable special effects going wrong. I think the Globe wasn't the first time Shakespear's theatre had burnt down.

[@columm]

The Globe theatre was built from Blue Spruce which as we all know is a highly flammable wood.

[@PickBit]

The really impressive thing is how those historians could stop themselves from bursting out in laughter. Tell me the truth, how many takes?

[@Riskingitall-LoveBeyondBorders]

I actually don’t think they knew initially…some of them caught on that it was a set up, some actually got really annoyed 🤣🫣

[@zakariahbensaid8114]

12:44 If I recall correctly, they sent troops to capture Mary, and were so confident that it would work since it was a secret mission. However, a spy in the court warned Mary and they fled together.

[@BaddaBigBoom]

That "I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman" speech ostensibly attributed to QE1 was delightfully parodied in Black Adder in the '80s. Thumbs up/subbed for one of the best reaction Vlogs I've seen so far. I love how you don't pause it every ten seconds and allow us to figure out the humour only interjecting with real historical facts.

[@keithbird8910]

'That ship' is The Golden Hinde, located near Southwark Cathedral. A full-size replica (built in 1971) of Drake's ship The Gold Hind (launched 1577). Well worth a visit.

[@glennmiller3630]

I think there is possibly more than one replica, my home town gets visited by a replica Golden Hinde quite regularly as part of a maritime exhibition. Shocking how small it is! Unless it is the one from Southwark?

[@keithbird8910]

@@glennmiller3630 I don't know of any other replicas but there may be. The one now docked at Southwark (or more exactly St.Mary Overie Dock) has sailed around the world since twice since it was built. So you may have seen it in USA, Japan, Canada, Panama and elsewhere. And yes, it is shocking small but it is an exact copy of Drake's ship - so imagine what it must have been like for the crew!

[@claire6795]

Golden Hind was a galleon captained by Francis Drake in his circumnavigation of the world between 1577 and 1580. She was originally known as Pelican, but Drake renamed her mid-voyage in 1578, in honour of his patron, Sir Christopher Hatton, whose crest was a golden hind (a female red deer). Hatton was one of the principal sponsors of Drake's world voyage. A full-sized, seaworthy reconstruction is in London, on the south bank of the Thames. Our Royal Navy Flagship is now HMS Pigeon.

[@kimberleysmith818]

@@keithbird8910 there is one in Devon

[@keithbird8910]

@@kimberleysmith818 Really? I didn't know that. Thanks.

[@flamelily2086]

Richard 111 had a scoliosis of the spine which was how his skeleton was identified when the archeologists were working on a car park in Leicester that was about to be dug up. There had been a monastry on that site which was why the archeologists were allowed on the site before it was destroyed. The skeleton with a pronounced scoliosis was found at almost the last minute and after three years they were able to say that it was Richard 111. They traced him using mitochondrial dna. That was a very exciting time and Leicester gave him a funeral fit for a king with reenactors in armor riding on their horses next to his coffin.

[@Ionabrodie69]

So they bloody should .. but it was not THEIR discovery it was Philippa Langleys and he should have been buried in the North , not at the scene of his death by treachery. .. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@SuperNevile]

So he wasn't a hunchback, but had a noticable disabilty. What Shakespeare was doing in the 1590s was what "Spitting Image" was doing in the 1980s; taking a character and exaggerating their features. Shakespeare added extra deformities for effect, but the purpose was the same...ridicule and to make a political point.

[@SuperNevile]

@@Ionabrodie69 Masham or York? I'd go for Masham, excellent breweries.

[@BenjWarrant]

Richard one one one?

[@BenjWarrant]

@@nine9nine9 He didn't write III he wrote 111!

[@malcolmferguson4869]

Her accent somehow makes it all the funnier to me. I feel like a lot of these lines, while still funny on their own, wouldn't be quite as funny delivered by an American.

[@Tao_Tology]

It's the absolute lack of 'being funny' that makes the lines work.

[@petegarnett7731]

That's probably why no-one invited an American to come over and do it! She has a Lancashire accent, having been born in Bolton.

[@Tao_Tology]

You could maybe get a character like a toned-down Doug Stanhope.

[@TheAndrewj96]

The producers actually asked her to do a posh accent at first, but she immediately went against it, saying her own accent would be funnier. And God, was she ever right.

[@helenamcginty4920]

Plus she originally played the part on the writer's weekly satitical show Weekly wipe.

[@ostrowulf]

I have a similar relation to Sir Francis Drake as you. My grandfather was always big on it, he was a history major in unibersity and a principle at the high school in my home town. Being a gishing village, he had a boat too, named the Silveren Dow in honour of the Golden Hind.

[@junecaffyn357]

Hi Chris, I always watch most of your videos but had put off watching Philomena Cunk ones as thought I would not like her and would be bored! Today I finally decided to take a chance and watch it - and found her very funny! Thank you, I will watch the other Cunk ones now!!!

[@Loratube]

I love her so much. I wish she did more with this character

[@2Boo_]

I’m drinking coffee instead of any alc for the drinking game as I binge your videos in the mornings. I have not slept since, please be gentle 🥺

[@pmc8451]

I don't know if you've seen the show "Wolf Hall" based in the Hilary Mantel historical novel but its by far the best representation of Henry VIII I've seen on film. Its very centered on Cromwell but the characterization of Henry is brilliant and clearly very very well researched

[@kamion53]

I've read her excellent books before seeing the serie. I think Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis did a perfect job bringing the Hilary Cromwel and Henry to the screen.

[@cheryltotheg2880]

Wholeheartedly agree

[@danlefou]

The Golden Hinde replica is a very authentic reproduction of a Tudor galleon, but she has a steering wheel, which was not invented until the 18th century. Ships of the time were steered with a long vertical tiller, called a whipstaff. The much more efficient geared wheel quickly became standard.

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

My grandsons, both those in Queensland and those in British Columbia, love Cunk. They're aged 10-13 and enjoy Horrible Histories too. I think these series do for history today what books such as the icinic "1066 and All That" did for my schoolboy generation and that of my parents. The book had a great full title; 1066 and All That: a memorable history of England, comprising all the parts you can remember, incl 105 good things, 5 bad kings, and two genuine dates.

[@DataLal]

I love that book!

[@nicky6fingers305]

Hi so I feel like I should throw this in here , the whole idea of this Spanish Armada is a paper tiger, the way Spain made their ships was in the medieval sense. Where they would try to ram and board their enemy with their larger numbers. While England was done doing this this way. They made their boats sleeker and more maneuverable. Also spains cannons were actually land cannons (and there were multiple types with multiple different ammo types) while England had all the same cannons and because of the size they were able to load like 5 times to their 1 because they had to find right cannonball ect.

[@bugler75]

Not only did I laugh, I learnt a lot about my own history ! Thank you Sir! Subbed. Ian

[@johnwhelan8243]

OK you know Tudor history. That was really interesting - your comments, that is. I grew up in England, but genuinely learnt from you. Thank you.

[@DaveKeenan1956]

Add this to your knowledge, In England we learn about the defeat of the Spanish Armada, but we're not taught about the subsequent British 'Armada'. We got pasted by the Spanish in their waters.

[@JB_Stitch]

The original Globe Theatre is in Southwark, south of the River Thames, and was destroyed by fire in 1613. The Great Fire of London in 1666 destroyed vast swathes of the medieval City of London on the north bank of the river.

[@catgladwell5684]

The roofing thatch caught fire when a cannon ball (full of real gunpowder) was fired during a performance of Henry VIII/All Is True. The theatre was ashes within an hour.

[@berndf0]

@@catgladwell5684 But it was rebuilt the following year. This rebuilt theatre, like all other theatres in areas under its control, was closed by an order of the Long Parliament at the beginning of the civil war. Shortly after, the building of the Globe theatre was demolished for good. The modern reconstruction is close to the original site but not exactly there.

[@zacharyclark5617]

"I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too. And think foul scorn that Parma, or Spain, or any Prince of Europe should dare invade the border of my realm".

[@stevealharris6669]

Love the Fishfinger comment - that would make Captain Birdseye proud .

[@lovelyweeburd]

The ship at 22.50 is probably the Golden Hinde. It’s near the recreated Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London by the Thames.

[@akshelby33]

This was fun and I learned quite a bit! Thank you.

[@johanvalter]

"in there possetion" was a nice way of saying removed..from life. love your videos keep them comming :D

[@z247-d5t]

Hey Chris don't know if you've ever read any Ken follet books but the third one in the pillars series is about a guy who works for Elizabeth. It's very worth reading.

[@twrampage]

If you're descended from the Drakes, or even if you're not, you might be interested in the Uncharted series of games. The main character says he's a direct descendant of Drake. The games play with history like Indiana Jones does.

[@aldbgbnkladg]

When do you react to Cunk on History of India, as it's your area of expertise? 😁😁

[@rebelfriend6759]

Sam Nixon!!

[@lkgreenwell]

My grandfather left an illustrated history of India. It was very educational. They call Vlad Dracula “The Impaler”. He was playing at it

[@recklssabndon]

One of my ancestors was the commander of the Armada that sailed to England only to get bad weather in the channel when Spain had Elizabeth completely outnumbered. We still have some pages of one of his diaries - another had been donated to a museum or a church in A Coruña (I can’t remember which)

[@chatteyj]

England was so lucky to not be defeated by the Spanish Armada, I wonder how different history would have been had Spain picked a different day and the weather not been our side?

[@bradleybarnett9545]

Ah, the weather. Always on England's team. (Have a read about what happened to the French at Bantry Bay).

[@hellsjamfleas]

The numbers thing is true but there were many advantages on England's side. The Spanish were the least successful of many nations. Decades earlier the French invaded, basically defeated the English but couldn't land. It was a waste of time and money, the armies that have landed were extremely lucky or had support within England.

[@kathrynbeetham5308]

They where blown off course and a lot ended up shipwrecked on the Scotish coast. It was quite an elderly fleet when it set off.

[@petegarnett7731]

Of course if the weather had favoured the Armada the Pope would have announced that it was God's will. Apparently the weather played a far greater role than the Royal Navy in the defeat. It upset the Spaniards so much, that even when they equipped their modern armada with Harriers, they bought them from the US.

[@fleuriebottle]

That ship is in Greenwich. It’s called the Cutty Sark, a tea clipper.

[@johnmorris7815]

Apparently the reason he continued his game wasn’t because he wanted to act nonchalantly in front of the chaps, he was actually waiting for the tide and could do bugger all before hand.

[@georgejackson3570]

Very impressed at your knowledge of English history. You know more than English people these days.

[@clarewarp1384]

Also worth mentioning we have the new globe theatre thanks to American actor Sam Wanamaker who made it his life’s ambition to get built. ❤

[@SeolianAstrionica]

The clipper ship is a 19th century invention, so Francis Drake would've had no experience with them. Still chuckled at the joke though.

[@claire6795]

The Cutty Sark is my favourite old boat !

[@damienyoung751]

Not seen many of your videos but I will say your knowledge and her comedy make for a great mix.. And the Golden Hind is a fantastic ship

[@DerrickWhittle-mm7jz]

My Universety when I was there owned Balls park mansion, in which Mary Queen of Scots was held for a while. There is a sunken rose garden that she liked to visit. It rains a lot in England so they built a small house at the side. It two of my friends had it as there halls of residence at the time. Now the whole complex is rich people accommodation Nice reaction vid.

[@tonylipsmire5918]

Who knew he was one of the first men to get catfished and had Jackie Grealish calves

[@cheman579]

I find it mad that you know more about my country's history than I do, frankly because there's too much of it for me to be bothered to learn about it, but good on you mate. I like the way you do these videos, having a laugh at Cunk whilst explaining history

[@turbobrak]

20:36 I've watched a lot of Cunk and have never once noticed his ears. Now I cannot unsee it

[@Scunthorpesfinest]

One slight correction - The Globe theatre wasn't destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. It burned down in an accident in 1613, was rebuilt, then finally demolished in the mid-1640s.

[@rod4607]

This is actually an excellent way to learn history

[@MollyCasey369]

Just found you😊 love the combination of you and Cunk. Brilliant ❤

[@kevinneutzling8267]

Love to see you react to the two parter extra history series on the field of the cloth of gold. It also goes into the mindset of Henry VIII at this time.

[@markalexander3659]

The average man was 4'7 in those days and Henry weighed 20 stone when he died (not far off 300lbs). Which is absolutely insane!

[@claire6795]

It's said that Queen Victoria was wider than she was tall!

[@jeremypnet]

Henry VIII was very tall for the era.

[@markalexander3659]

@@jeremypnet How tall was he?

[@markalexander3659]

@@jeremypnet I mean, even if he was like 5'7 (which would be the equivalent of being 6'5 today) he'd still be ENORMOUS at 300lbs

[@deehappy43]

Henry VIIi was about 6’2”

[@xenotypos]

Shakespear's propaganda was very efficient. So much that one of his plays "the Henriad" was the basis for the relatively recent movie "the King", which represented anything apart from historical reality. And which still called itself a historical movie.

[@jordonhancock05]

Henry V, I believe?

[@StandAsYouAre]

I love her sense and delivery of humour. Loved her in the Charlie Brooker’s Yearly Wipes. The Roman Empire segment she did cracked me up…

[@thom-bennett-tailoring]

So hands up who as a child got lost in Hampton Court Maze? I was six when it happened to me, the guard had to be called out.🤣

[@susanhill2110]

Technically Anna of Cleves had seen Henry previously to marriage and wasn’t attracted to him and when Henry found out about this he then started referring to her as ugly and a horse. Eventually though after they divorced they became close almost like siblings and he gave her a lot of property and land.

[@grahamtravers4522]

Impressive knowledge of British history, sir. Thank you.

[@ceilingsintheireyes6288]

honestly your reactions make it 100x funnier haha

[@tonygriffin_]

22:34 - The ship she's on is one of 2 replicas of Drake's ship, the Golden Hind. The original was a ship Drake captured and it was kept for a while after his death but disintegrated eventually, although the Captain's chair is preserved somewhere. This GH is berthed at St Mary Overie Dock, in Bankside, Southwark, London.

[@johnnyjohnny-cg7np]

Wolf Hall is an amazing tv series on Henry 8 and Thomas Cromwell. I'm not really a period piece guy, but that series is fantastic.

[@danielearley5062]

The ship is a full size replica of the Golden Hind. I remember visiting it as a kid and was absolutely astonished at how small it is. To think that he sailed around the world in it is amazing. It has now sailed around 140,000 miles.

[@colinluckens9591]

That professor of Military History at King's College London (my alma mater!) Is a complete CRACK UP - he makes me laugh even more than she does!!😃😃😃.....

[@peadarruane6582]

You missed a very good play on words at one point, when he was described as being at Catherine-o-holic....or Catholic for short.

[@hysterikole1]

that boat is a sightseeing thing on the South Bank, near Southwark Bridge if memory serves right. I was a bike messenger in London in the 90s, and used to standby there when I was Southside

[@rustyschimelpfening3899]

Her deadpan when asking serious questions is the best part

[@Ingens_Scherz]

I've always liked to think of it as a kind of informed prejudice, but I was expecting something quite different from a dozy Yank. But this is marvellous. You actually, really do, know your stuff! I especially appreciate the Welsh bits being, as I am, half-Welsh. Thanks! I will make it a priority to review, update and refine my prejudice.

[@taipo101]

Totally agree but you are of British descent. Nice voice for historical themes. I mean that sincerely

[@obediahpolkinghorniii564]

"...a building so impressive, it has to be accompanied by harpsichord music." I took this personally. 🤣

[@hatie2510]

Thank you for the informative comments. Love love this died from Laughter

[@markantrobus8782]

Great. Support for Cunk. And balance. Love it. Thanks. Subscribed.

[@padraicbrady]

The "weird ears" might be from past Cauliflower Ears (blunt force trauma in injuries from playing rugby). He seems to have the build of a former player.

[@tdurb0]

So, I’ve learned more British history than I knew before. Thanks A Brit 🇬🇧

[@shockmesane4158]

Interesting to know you have some relation to Francis Drake. I'm also descended from him down the Buckingham family. I'd have to drive to my moms and read the book my great grandma spent 10 years of her life writing about the family history to tell you how exactly, but we're probably super distantly related. I mean I guess most people are distantly related if you go back far enough lol but you get my point.

[@whyaretherenoneleft]

Richard the fifth's reign was detailed in the first series of The Black Adder, before they changed the show's name to just Blackadder.

[@godstonebenefice]

The ship is a replica of the Golden Hind and can be found close to the Anglican Cathedral at Southwark. There is another replica in Brixham in Devon.

[@Industrialist2015ofUk]

Interesting fact; she did these sketches on Weekly or Yearly WIPE, which was done by Charlie Brooker (who created Black Mirror)...and this was long before she got her own show on this stuff. so it was basically the same as what she does here, in satiriscm

[@Tao_Tology]

It was even more slight - her character just popped up to be bland, bit dim commentator on whatever the episode was supposed to be about. It's so fun to see the character get expanded into holding her own show.

[@mattplayscello9500]

​@Tao_Tology yeah so each episode of Newswipe/weekly wipe typically had parodies of "vox pop" interview soundbites (which are a staple of news magazine shows) on whatever subject, with Diane as Philomena Cunk and Al Campbell as Barry Shitpeas. These portraying "the voice of the people". Diane's style was perfect for those and translates so so well to the mockumentary format as it's deadpan enough to sound like a genuine documentary f you don't listen to the words😂. I also think she's brilliant with the interview situations where you obviously go in with a plan but needs a bit more improv. Charlie is still writing on the Cunk series, I'm not sure how much of the scripted stuff is his but he has top billing in the end credits for writing. Or at least when I've paid attention😂 someone may be able to expand on that I'm sure. But I'd love this combo of Charlie and Diane to continue for ever

[@scottandrewbrass1931]

What's Satiriscm?! Is that a new word?

[@stub6378]

Why isn’t someone reacting to Barry Shitpeas?

[@stub6378]

The catholic line is so good

[@xplicitification]

Overmatched? Nah we had rolling cannon. The spanish were still using front loaders. Same story at Trafalger, our lads were drilled harder

[@zatmax5332]

Really enjoy your reactions❤

[@Purplelemon5033]

Philamena cunk is such a clever character. The actress is a really intelligent woman and she asks questions and makes comments that on the surface are parody and wtf . But are actually good questions and observations and she cleverly tells a story through her interview technique in an engaging and comedic way, love it

[@darman12able]

23:00 I think Drake’s ship is moored/dry-docked in a small dock along the south bank as I swear my friend and I passed by that ship whilst walking to the tower of London. So you might not have passed it as if I’m remembering correctly it was in a bit of a weird location for something that historic. Best I can describe is that it’s somewhere between the globe and HMS Belfast.

[@TheEulerID]

It's a replica launched in 1973, not Drake's galleon. However, it has circumnavigated the world.

[@darman12able]

@@TheEulerID That makes sense. It did seem odd that neither of us knew such a seemingly old and historic ship was not only preserved for so long there before we stumbled on it and why there was far less people there than what is normally at the cutty sark or HMS Belfast. Still nice to see though and impressive to know it circumnavigated the globe.

[@atomicphilosopher6143]

She can say what she likes - I think Shakespeare wrote the most entertaining stories produced until the late 1800s (I'm a big fan of old books, stories, plays, etc.).

[@naumche1]

I’ve just come across your channel and Philomena Cunk as a result. She’s hilarious! Thank you!

[@kevintunstall6418]

Brit sitting in a shopping mall in Melbourne, Australia having my Thai food choking to death laughing 😂 Great stuff!

[@dancooper8551]

Love your commentary!

[@KH75013]

Excellent smirking!