Cunk On Britain The Empire Strikes Back

Cunk On Britain The Empire Strikes Back.
In this insightful mockumentary series from Charlie Brooker, Philomena Cunk takes us on a journey right up Britain's history, to discover who we really are, how we got here and why.
Along the way Philomena travels the length and breadth of the country enlisting the help of a variety of experts. In this second episode, Philomena's odyssey takes her from King Henry VIII to Lord Horatio Nelson. Starring Diane Morgan.
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[@adamdavis5961]

"She ruled for 9 glorious days.... Almost a week" Priceless

[@jonmann4980]

Glad other people caught this joke

[@KittyTittyAnonymity]

@@jonmann4980 which is ?

[@muuubiee]

Technically correct.

[@NG-sz2xi]

@@muuubiee more than a week

[@muuubiee]

@@NG-sz2xi It's still almost a week, if you look at it like "almost guessing right".

[@Luke-jo4to]

This series proves definitively that history buffs will talk about history to literally anyone who even pretends to listen.

[@daniel_sc1024]

"...pretends to listen." You've described almost every school kid.

[@malikabd2902]

Lmao trye

[@chris94kennedy]

they 100% know its a mockumentary, come on don't be so gullibl lol

[@IsiahTomas]

What's a gullybill?

[@eggrollorsoup6052]

@@IsiahTomas What's a gullyball? Oh yeah, a bad throw when bowling.

[@_Samuraii_1]

Imagine studying your whole life and getting contacted by the bbc to star in a documentary only for her to show up 😂😂😂😂

[@Toinkity]

it would be an honor

[@virgin-gardener]

Bwahaha

[@andrewfalconer8599]

You can tell that the scholars have dedicated their lives to thinking that they can educate anyone-that it is their duty to educate-no matter how asinine the question.

[@Lans888]

HAHAHAHA true

[@mimisolo7778]

😭😭😭omg true🤣

[@JustaSillySailor]

"Ive thrown you off now haven't I, I made you think" 😂 absolutely beautiful

[@TranNguyen-sw7wu]

I thought the "made you think" part was a self-insult, like "it made you think how a dumb person like me can throw you off".

[@thesubhumancomedy]

, useable ,

[@thesubhumancomedy]

I wish I could think as I did when wrote the above. I understand why people call me strange and 'wacko'.

[@Gerkins1313]

​@@TranNguyen-sw7wu, probably made her think she needed to screen her calls more carefully.

[@hellomynameisname4270]

"It was the youngest any one had ever died of old age."

[@ankanbads]

🤣🤣 It had me rolling. The way she delivers the lines, it's just brilliant.

[@RawNoEdit]

what? I'm so confused

[@ilovecairns5181]

@@RawNoEdit try picking up a book

[@RawNoEdit]

@@ilovecairns5181 what's a book?

[@nunosimoes3270]

my brain did that thing lol

[@tsumichama]

"He died age 15, the youngest anyone had died of old age" "She ruled for 9 glorious days, almost a week" "Queen Elizabeth came just in time for the Elizabethan era " Outstanding 😂

[@damienflinter4585]

"And why did his parents call him Horrorshow Nelson??"

[@c.xyz_]

"how did Sir Walter Raleigh invent the potato?"

[@reivax5742]

"...Sir Christopher Wren, the most significant bird in British history since Francis Drake."

[@reivax5742]

"It was in this ship Drake became the first person to circumcise the globe, which is probably why this sort of ship is called a clipper."

[@whereswaldo5740]

Well. She might actually be right. During the French Revolution they threw out anything to do with Christianity including the Gregorian calendar. And went to 10 day weeks. Working 8 days. And having off two. With 3) 10 day weeks. Of course it didn’t jive with the rest of the world and didn’t last.

[@Dominian1]

"In this boat Drake was the first to circumsize the world, which is why this kind of boat is called a clipper.", can we get whoever wrote this a medal of some kind?

[@TunedSongs]

Probably Charlie Brooker. The man behind Touch of cloth and black mirror

[@ollieb9875]

Newswipe was also good 😅

[@1515327E]

Sorry to burst the bubble, but that line came from a much older teacher's almanac of student gaffs: "Magellan circumcised the world with forty-foot clippers." The other classic is: 'Drake was bowling on Plymouth Hoe when a messenger ran up and shouted, "Sir, the Spanish Armada is coming!" Drake turned around and famously replied, "Let the Armada wait, my bowels can't."

[@mryanmcc]

This part nearly broke me

[@different_stuff]

can someone explain?

[@LucasLassance]

“…she became known as Bloody Mary, because like the drink, she was horrible.” I’M DYING AHHAHAHAHA

[@jeshland]

12:05 “Elizabeth had ended the rivalry between mary (queen of scots) the final score 1 head to nil” 😭😭

[@historyismyplayground1827]

That might be my favorite line…really didn’t see that one coming!

[@historyismyplayground1827]

That might be my favorite line…really didn’t see that one coming!

[@ltcarlsen2152]

Just like the Protestants...

[@thesubhumancomedy]

As with the drink, I think Mary was okay too.

[@eyeq7730]

'He was fat, so he takes up more room in your memory' Absolute genius writing, love it!

[@silasfatchett7380]

Quite apart from the fact that Richard V never existed.

[@bmo14lax]

So good

[@Constantinus213421]

The origins of "Catholic" tops this, I think. By a small margin, true.

[@SandraMirembe-f9z]

😂😂😂

[@ywoulduchoosetousethis]

I would like to argue, he was phat too

[@Ghozt.141tf]

"The accused woman was lowered into water, if they floated, they were a witch and were killed, if they drowned, they were innocent and could go on living a normal life. Underwater. For two to three seconds." Sublime.

[@made-line7627]

Submerged*

[@kanonierable]

It takes a fair amount longer than two or three seconds to drown. Maybe YOU are too dumb to know that, but most people back then were not.

[@pommunist]

@@made-line7627 If they float, it means they weigh the same as something else that floats, like a duck....and therefore a witch

[@Bluefox1978]

Same practise 1:1 was used in Denmark. And same thoughts has puzzled my mind for years

[@smadaf]

Churches!

[@BLINDrOBOTFILMS]

"They called her 'Bloody Mary', because just like the drink, she was horrible." Brilliant.

[@JanMike9]

She should have been called 'Burny Mary' or 'Bernie Mary' instead

[@Sam1878Henry]

@@JanMike9there’s no drink called a “burny Mary”?

[@525Lines]

@@Sam1878Henry If they use the spicy tomato drink they do.

[@JonLundy0]

but not like Cameron Diaz with old dried spunk in her hair.

[@alberton.1601]

Fortunatelly, afterwords Queen Elizabeth came just in time for the Elizabethian Era!

[@Mondomeyer]

I can't stop watching these. I am now a Cunk junkie. A cunkie.

[@carlosvalero7638]

Diabolical stuff

[@jeffcolorado]

This is brilliant. I'd never heard of this woman until today, and fittingly, when I asked Alexa who she was, the answer I got was "She is the author of at least one book." A worthy tribute. LOL!!

[@tonygluk1]

Lol, sounds like something she would say indeed

[@Snout007]

She acted in "after life". She is good!

[@creamyhorror]

Because Cunk's a fictional character created for a comedy program (which led to this spinoff)! The actress playing her is named Diane Morgan.

[@montanna2012]

Philomena cunk/ Diane Morgan

[@jeff3482]

Diane Morgan is her real name, she used to do this character in small segments on Charlie brookers Weekly Wipe til he stopped doing them to do black mirror so she was out of a job.

[@cyberdude8888]

"Cunk on Britain" is a wonderful mockumentary. It's like seeing history through the eyes of a British 2nd grader.

[@HarcusCGTV]

Jokes aside, Scotland has a far better education system. There is no such thing as a "British second grader" lol

[@TheMijman]

@@HarcusCGTV What an odd thing to say. Why are you bringing up the Scottish education system? Better than what?

[@Demun1649]

@@TheMijman There is no such thing as a "second grader" in BRITAIN. We start at Nursery School which is upto 5 years old, then Junior School, 7 years upto 11 years, then Secondary or Higher Education, 11 years to 16 years. So, having supplied you with that information, would you be so kind to translate your strange "grader" systeem, into somethiing that is both logical and accurate? By the way, are you a Yenghi?

[@TheMijman]

@@Demun1649 Not sure you read either the original comment or first reply. And I'm not sure what prompted you to respond to me in such a passive aggressive manner. Maybe have a read, and have a think. I'm not American.

[@Demun1649]

@@TheMijman So, what school in BRITAIN uses the term "second grader"?

[@killuaxxx315]

“he was a catherineaholic or catholic for short” this actually broke me and i can’t handle it

[@TheLazyDuck]

damn me too haha this lady so funny

[@NormAppleton]

I lost my shit there too

[@dixonpinfold2582]

Elvis Costello, fuming: "Bloody hell, why didn't I come up with that? I'm gettin'er for that. Show me up, will she!"

[@siberarmi]

still laughing :D

[@PiglipsMaximus]

The way she says Elizabeth One

[@bgdassassin92]

He wanted to have Parlament dissolved, but nobody could find a glass big enough. Timeless

[@version365]

🤣

[@YorkshirePirate]

Relatable.

[@myeljoud]

So they decided to have a civil war instead 😂

[@airotsa]

“She became known as ‘Bloody Mary’, because like the drink, she was horrible” I am going to break a tooth by laughing so hard 😂😂😂

[@morpher44]

I think too many people have said her name now. Uh oh.

[@jeremiahgabriel5709]

How very Tudor of you

[@pneuma23093]

😂

[@CaalamusTube]

So Astoria, the Neighborhood... is not named after some old Greek character from Mythology or something. But rather after John Astor. Are you named after the neighborhood? Or does "Astoria" have a primary, perhaps *MUCH* older origin? ( Similar too is the case of Astoria, Or.... ect, ect. )

[@dashroodle9507]

How on earth do you laugh in a way that puts that amount of pressure on your teeth?

[@StrangelyBrownNo1]

‘Sailors were like spaceman of the time’ That’s… that’s actually really true.

[@morpher44]

except for the bringing air in tanks bit.

[@madzen112]

More scurvy on the ISS

[@scum5]

No it isn't. Sailing has been around for millennia and by the Tudor period Britain had already established itself as a major naval power.

[@humayoonrashdi249]

And likewise, space will sometime be our everyday seas.

[@basedbane787]

except sailors are real

[@NullHand]

I love how the physicist was the most discombobulated by far. The rest of the academics interviewed were like ”Yes. Yes. I have had students like you before. How simple do you need this?”

[@cnj67]

Like, I know a music teacher who had a pupil ask why they only did classical music. The oldest thing they had engaged in was "Let it Grow" by Clapton. It's a classic, yes, but "classical"? Also, a student who's favourite music was "Aron B.".

[@dreamcrusher112]

I can see the many faces of students in her questions. Daily experience for history teachers.

[@amalgamy]

Disco...? Like this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4Wpdqx8etpkfM0

[@illyrusemperor9278]

Disco what? That's some big ass word

[@nobody1747]

@@illyrusemperor9278 i grew up hearing that word all the time and this is my first time realizing it isn't the one big word everyone just casually knows

[@sebastianwagner7334]

"Pissed to the bullocks on rum" might be the most magnificent English expression I ever heard. Thank you.

[@Peter-gi3re]

That gave me a chuckle too. And the other one about dried spunk in her hair. I love when she talks dirty 😂

[@PeterSedesse]

I love the way the British use ' pissed ' to mean drunk, rather than angry.

[@johnorr726]

“He wanted Parliament dissolved, but nobody could find a glass big enough.”

[@jaancastelltortt22]

That line had me laughing for 30 minutes 😂😂😂

[@ineedabetterusername7424]

Saying the Puritans left to set up "an independent life of spartan misery" is the greatest historical summation of early colonial America I have ever heard...

[@EcoMythos]

It prevails in the rural areas.

[@ineedabetterusername7424]

@@EcoMythos And urban centers in the South...

[@janinewetzler5037]

It is true today in Republican States.

[@elias_xp95]

@@janinewetzler5037 -It's also true of Democrat States today. I guess the OP comment is always true for America, regardless of it's age or size. Founded by rich tax avoiders, run by corrupt corporations

[@alexvasquez537]

Early?

[@manofcorn5930]

I love how she can make such intelligent people say such ridiculous things: "This is a buccaneering character, I think he was probably able to take on and manage his emotions while engaging with potatoes at first sight." XD

[@knowahnosenothing4862]

He almost broke character but he held it back. 👍

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

9:00

[@cnj67]

They're great sports. I have seen the device "asking intelligent people very stupid questions" before, but never so thoroughly as here. I mean, "The Daily Show" mainly makes interviews by drawing false conclusions and have people correct them, people who often seem totally unprepared to meet that kind of "Oh, so you mean [insert something they surely do not mean]".

[@gonzalohiguain2589]

um yes they are intelligent people, they're playing along...

[@JamesHamp93]

Cam here to say exactly the same thing. I was howling at the 'take on and manage his emotions whilst engaging with potatoes' had me dead 😂😂

[@natalierozean5989]

😂😂😂. “I think he was probably able to take on & manage his emotions whilst engaging with potatoes at first sight”….. A sentence that has never been said before in the entire existence of man. This man belongs in The Guinness book of world records for pulling that out of nowhere. 😂😂

[@MrClauried]

these 30 minutes are rich with such statements

[@anzyroadside2374]

I thought he was talking about himself since he was controlling his emotions well in that interview.

[@davidgoosen1633]

Oh you know good and well he didn't pull it out of nowhere you know from where he pulled it out!

[@estefencosta1835]

Him taking the discussion on root vegetables seriously is so incredible, he truly rolled with the assignment. He only ever seemed to get annoyed when she kept calling World War 2 "War 2."

[@markscott6414]

But……a whole field of potatoes? I think the gentleman is playing it down, a bit…

[@enkephalin07]

I love it when she talks to historians who have the wit and humor to keep up with her.

[@jacobnash9755]

100% the polite banter of the British "Gentle" class is a true jewel.

[@francisjones174]

We historians ALL have wit and humour!

[@stephenreeds3632]

Especially the man who talks about "inventing a root vegetable."

[@arbaazshaw8123]

It's not mockementary, all of it is staged

[@SamuelBlack84]

She's so cute 😍

[@AusNav09]

"I think he was able to take on and manage his emotions whilst engaging with potatoes" LOL

[@Trollificusv2]

This is the "Ali G" method, and while it does produce some hilarious bits, you can't complain if a serious person, thinking they're going to be asked serious (if possibly uninformed) questions, gets a bit pissed. They didn't exactly consent to be the butt of jokes. It's good that most all of them are good sports about it, but if somebody wants to get upset, *shrug*. They're not wrong to do so.

[@Sebbir]

That line was amazing

[@dzonbrodi514]

@@Trollificusv2 I think they are all in on the joke, they just don't know what kind of madness she is going to come up with so they look a bit nonplussed at it

[@terryriley6410]

@@Trollificusv2 Not sure how this is relevant to the quote though. The guy was obviously having fun composing that ridiculous sentence.

[@cjerp]

@@Trollificusv2 Yea thats why they keep coming back to do this right

[@Gracchus66]

“On this odyssey I’ll be starting sentences in one location… and finishing them in another.” Brilliant!!

[@captainpoppleton]

It's so lame when real documentaries do that.

[@pinguman13]

This was the best part

[@Pantha242]

It just works! 😅

[@canubeetquad]

I laughed so hard

[@user-ff4tw8uf4b]

🤣🤣🤣

[@richardpena7153]

She’s flipping hysterical! The deadpan delivery is genius.

[@charliehorton1839]

Speaking as an American, I can say this filled all my British history knowledge gaps in ways I never imagined. Thank you Philomena, may the Onion Jack ever wave proudly over your furrowed brow.

[@chrisbaxter3597]

Said like a true Brit

[@djert24]

I think its called the cabbage jack.

[@paulstewart6293]

And nice blue eyes. I had a girlfriend like Philo and she spoke like that. Canny lass! Suzanne where are you?

[@lunacalypso5208]

@@djert24 i think you mean the wabbajack

[@Lady.B.ellinor4971]

Charlie, you are now an honorary brit ❤

[@theseustoo]

"Catholics loved Mary, because they go mad for anyone called Mary, so Elizabeth cut her head off... which made it harder for Mary to take the throne... because she could no longer see where it was..." So many great laughs in this show! Cracks me up every time I watch it! :D

[@MspPiip]

It’s absolutely hilarious. I quite literally died😭 the great fire of London had me aswell😂😂

[@CodeDreamer68]

That line brought tears to my eyes I was laughing so hard I had to pause it

[@joshuageckles802]

"I think he probably was able to take on and manage his emotions whilst engaging with potatoes at first sight." This is a glorious reply.

[@thesubhumancomedy]

The writing is good, very good.

[@jamesmccormick211]

I've been really impressed by how well the academics play along, and he is one of the best.

[@ABlair-dv3ki]

I love how the eminent professors and expert historians manage to keep a straight face when replying 😂

[@LaLaLaAllDayLong]

He’s definitely one of my favorites! Professor Ashley Jackson

[@mrdarklight]

Damn, this kept popping up on my feed and I never clicked until now. Six years is a long time to be without this kind of history.

[@InvictusByz]

"No, the Stuarts are an astonishingly accident prone family." The speed of that response really got me

[@casualsatanist]

Same I was not expecting him to be that quick on his feet, caught me waY off guard

[@benjamintillema3572]

12:55

[@bensanterre9478]

He clearly has a great sense of humor himself.

[@AP-dx4mq]

Love how he matched the energy

[@daveshif2514]

He knew he knew 😂

[@TheCzmauricio]

11:09 "...So he sent his secret weapon to attack England, a woman, named Spanish Amanda" I spilled coffee with this one

[@kiciakp1539]

O yes! Spannish Amanda made my day!

[@lagrangepoint9386]

Luv me some Spanish Amanda.

[@Ogrecoxy]

"It was a hot dry summer, when a thatched wooden bakery - full of highly combustible flour and flaming ovens - inexplicably caught fire, for some reason."

[@niviamaeva]

Brilliant

[@kwerk2011]

Guaranteed that one is Charlie Brooker. I can hear him saying it.

[@vituperation]

@@kwerk2011 I was about to say exactly the same thing. It's got his greasy paw prints all over it.

[@brianmcrock]

"...it was in this ship Drake became the first person to circumcise the globe... which is probably why this sort of ship is called a clipper." Hahaha! That's beautiful.

[@austinmount8575]

She’s a gem. We must protect her at all costs.

[@Kobe29261]

With great urgency and relentless vigilance!

[@jonathantv269]

And how you gonn protect her mr.hero😆?

[@osochara]

The historians that had to endure those interview questions with a straight face should be given an award LOL

[@MarcusHawksley]

Some more than others. Hutton not only rolled with it, but came out the winner of each bout. Good humour, a quick-wit and not a hint of frustration.

[@nikhildesai7715]

She's probably just use to it. LoL

[@Daaab89]

9:25 this guy was actually pretty good.

[@fransb8543]

"No, the Stewards are an astonishingly accident prone family" was my favourite comeback of this entire episode

[@juliantheapostate8295]

Stewarts

[@wahay636]

@@juliantheapostate8295 Stuarts*

[@TimboTbagz]

@@wahay636 Stoourts

[@spookzer16]

@@TimboTbagz Storts

[@msruag]

@@spookzer16 Sharts

[@ultimatesoup]

Best journalist ever. She isnt scared to ask the tough questions.

[@84com83]

And she doesn´t ever know what thy are about!

[@debasishraychawdhuri]

I love how seriously he answered it when he was asked "was he scared when he first saw a potato?"

[@rdhunkins]

"So is it just bad luck being called James, then do ya think?" "No, the Stewarts were an astonshingy accident prone family." I want this guy for a history professor. 😂

[@MaxLikesStuff]

i remember he gave a talk at my school about witch hunting, was proper mental

[@Psmith-ek5hq]

@@MaxLikesStuff The witch-hunting or him?

[@ShubhamBhushanCC]

*Stuarts

[@morpher44]

re: accident prone family.. I wonder why they didn't realize it was because of the witches.

[@christopherwithers9019]

Princess Diana was a Stuart afterall🧐

[@pastlesandfish]

"But not for the dragon even though it's the best bit of the flag." Philomina spitting hard truths here. How can you have a dragon as part of one of your nations' flags and NOT use it?

[@SqwarkParrotSpittingFeathers]

Because Wales is/was technically not a nation, it is/was a principality, a state that had been invaded and subjugated. A boil on England’s arse, that was unwelcome and hard to reach.

[@pastlesandfish]

@@SqwarkParrotSpittingFeathers Try telling a Welsh person their nation is not a nation. A boil on England's arse? That didn't stop England wanting to invade and conquer it.. I'd say England is more like a cancer on Britain.

[@iapetusmccool]

@@SqwarkParrotSpittingFeathers "principality" doesn't mean it's been invaded/subjugated. It means it's ruled by a prince.

[@FishOniDeviantArt]

Your icon makes this even better

[@TheCalmack]

@@FishOniDeviantArt Practising what they preach

[@charc0al_tv]

"If Shakespeare were alive today, he'd be sending his scripts to television and film companies. They wouldn't get made, because they were so long and boring" 🤣this is gold

[@ericawillis.]

"People wonder what hamlet is about. It's about 4 hours long"

[@sumerandaccad]

It wouldn't get made because they aren't left-wing enough

[@TesseractPleiadesOrion]

@@sumerandaccad And... we found the right trash retard! 🤣💩

[@SirRichard94]

@@sumerandaccad brainrot

[@An0xymoron127]

@@sumerandaccad NPC humor

[@virtualatheist]

"They were all pissed to the bollocks on *rum.* " This is just one of the reasons I love Philomena.

[@Naegimaggu]

9:27 "This is a buccaneering character and I think he probably was able to take on and manage his emotions whilst engaging with potatoes at first sight." XD I literally fell from my chair.

[@lost_boy]

This is the BBC's most honest and least biased work.

[@squamish4244]

"What mistakes did the Tudor police make that led him to kill again?" I lol'ed hard at this for awhile.

[@marleneorein9484]

[@_letstartariot]

He really was a serial killer of wives.

[@e_mmmme]

“Puts everything in perspective doesn’t it?” “That’s the great thing about history” I love how stupid the humor is and still there are brilliant small moments like these

[@charlesconlon5865]

"What are you doing here, Eccles?" "Aah, everybody's gotta be somewhere ..." Goons, BBC 1950s.

[@Stefarooh]

"Drake was the first sailor to circumcise the earth" - nearly died from laughing so hard.

[@gpwerner]

"Which is probably why this sort of ship is called the clipper."

[@prabhakarnaidugidda1223]

"Which is Tudor for "arse of gold""😂😂😂

[@HaniZucker]

😂😂😂

[@cqwt6103]

I wasn't a fan of history at school all those years ago. I am now. Thank you Philomena.

[@bernbsy]

As a Canadian, I've grown to love British humour and Morgan carries on this great tradition in line with Monty Python, Benny Hill, and Rowan Atkinson. She's a brilliant, cultural gem!

[@nunyabizznez2805]

Morgan? Is she not Philomena Cunk?

[@K._Oss]

I’d even say the Goons would be proud of her

[@atvheads]

Check out Ali G etc, alias Sacha Baron Cohen. I guess that he was first at this kinda British humor.

[@CharlesLaughlin]

As someone from the US, I agree completely!

[@hunterhalo]

What is his name again? Will i am shake spear?

[@Recessionist]

"No, the Stuarts are an astonishingly accident-prone family." Amazingly, funniest line

[@ericdavison6186]

And that was Ron Hutton! Tudors methinks

[@KevinBessey]

I could not stop laughing at that part lol

[@purplefood1]

@@KevinBessey the guy talking about walter raleigh and potatoes killed me

[@HeliosTheCharizard]

I love how at this point I'm just used to blank looks from the historians, but this time he runs with the joke and absolutely nails it.

[@globalheart]

Yeah, she met her match, lol... Ronald Hutton is totally brilliant in his own right 🤣

[@ipsygypsy16]

I'm totally floored by this nugget of information that Sir Walter Raleigh might have controlled his emotions around potatoes when he first saw them. Sir Walter, you're my hero.

[@JeSuisDeTexas]

I sure as hell can’t contain mine. My inner Irish peasant stops its buccaneering and simply founders at the sight

[@ashtton_tapiwa]

He was blown away by the versatility of the potato (one would imagine)

[@guapelea]

Potatoes have a way of being self centered and basically shapeless that might frighten sensitive people. I don't know whether Sir Walter was really sensitive, given the trade he was in, but nonetheless...

[@relfyem]

Not just around them, but engaging with them! 🤣🤣🤣

[@NoobOfShame]

@@guapelea understandable. One wouldn’t want to show fear or hesitation around potatoes

[@madiantin]

28:30. Hahahaha "This is a buccaneering character and I think he was able to manage his emotions whilst engaging with potatoes at first sight." My gosh this dude nailed it. =D

[@penheartpaper]

“The British’s mastery of the oceans made Catholic King Philip of Spain furious, in Spanish.” 😂😂😂

[@danidejaneiro8378]

El rey está furioso!

[@woozertoo]

That’s when he sent in his secret weapon, the Spanish Amanda.

[@letomas625]

The cries in spanish meme 💀

[@Vlad-1986]

¡Felipe estaba de muy mala hostia!

[@mockturtlesuppe]

12:33 This guy is fantastic, especially compared to some of the other Cunk interviewees who take themselves very seriously (which, albeit, is a huge part of the comedy, but doesn't always endear you to them). "Yes, except it lasted a bit longer." "This is a different Matthew Hopkins _I HOPE!_ " All with a glint in his eye.

[@Kieron19]

Yeah, he's the best.

[@emjayay]

I assume they all knew what they were getting into and were directed on how to approach the interview. Otherwise they would be all rolling their eyes and calling her an idiot.

[@felpswa123]

emjayay . Maybe. I wonder. If so, They’re surprisingly good actors, given that they’re real experts.

[@swish3432]

And he’s exactly what I’d imagine a British historian to look and sound like!

[@laurieislaurie]

They are very clearly all prepped to stay serious, & stay in-historian-character because it's a different sort of joke to Ali G where the goal was always to annoy the interviewee

[@darkphoenix1836]

"If they drowned, they were in innocent, and can go on living a normal life underwater for 2 to 3 seconds." I'm fucking dead 🤣😂💀

[@budle89]

Probably because you're not innocent.

[@Mozzie7920]

@@budle89 well of course he’s not in a cent

[@ln5321]

So are they.

[@skyfalldeadpool1633]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣I am in stitches over her antics as well

[@FalconTheFries]

It’s like another ridiculous law If you ever get caught on attempting suicide, you’ll be sentenced to death 😂

[@mdh6977]

She needs to be declared a national treasure... it doesn't matter which nation

[@Ilikebigbooties]

International treasure, one might say

[@alicec-m3403]

“It’s a story about events beyond Britain’s coastline, so I’ll be using the C word a lot … Sea” this is amazing

[@bryan5549]

"Cromwell outlawed popular entertainment, effectively turning the entire country into BBC4"... LMAO

[@BaldricksTurnip1]

BBC 4 is brilliant,it has plenty of great drama series.👍🍌

[@st20332]

@@BaldricksTurnip1 no

[@BaldricksTurnip1]

@@st20332 ey up from Yorkshire 👍

[@luminisant]

@@BaldricksTurnip1 gross

[@marcchrys]

@@BaldricksTurnip1 It's my favourite TV channel...documentaries, music, Scandinoir

[@logann7942]

I saw her holding that potato and thought “please bite it like an apple. Please.” She did not disappoint. ❤

[@zinussan50]

Haha i was thinking the opposite, "No way she gonna bite the potato" And she did. Hahaha so hilarious 😂😂

[@damonedwards1544]

I tried that once as a kid, and I still remember exactly how it tastes.

[@burvjuzizlis22]

​@@damonedwards1544I like fresh potatoes 😂👌🏻

[@rbilleaud]

The way she delivers her dialog with a straight face is great. Makes the whole bit work.

[@user-kd4xl2dq1c]

"It was in this ship that Drake circumsized the globe"....tears came out laughing so hard. Very cool

[@renny3816]

Not funny. The foreskin is valuable tissue, and people have to stop acting like it’s not.

[@olsim1730]

"That's probably why its called a clipper.."

[@grouchomarxist666]

@@olsim1730 And of course, it's NOT a clipper. Hilarious!

[@user-ff4tw8uf4b]

😭😭😭

[@casperbetz7606]

* circumcised

[@patriciobalian1920]

"not being able to clap wasn't the most annoying thing in Nelson's life". I nearly choked to death laughing

[@js500y9]

The best part I think is the contrast between the short haired expert who you can tell is really irritated by this, and the wild long haired one who’s just rolling with it

[@atomicdancer]

24:56 This guy's face 😠

[@BreezyE-d3n]

Nah, they were all in on it. He's actually acting. If any of them took themselves that seriously it would be a one question interview... which one or two of them were. I'm sure they've all seen Brass Eye and Ali G.

[@mframe360]

@JZ's BFF they talked about this: search "Charlie Brooker and Diane Morgan on Cunk on Earth | BFI Q&A"

[@terryriley6410]

If you mean the potato guy, I think he is having a good time. He is way too funny to be irritated.

[@Brinta3]

0:31 I laughed so hard at this. She starts waving but immediately disappears behind some bushes. Brilliant cinematographic joke!

[@familledelisle2086]

I'm glad I found your comment, I laughed out loud and cried laughing a little ! It's just a brillant blink and you missed it moment. The fact that the camera follows through is hilarious.

[@sydheather]

Sure, the writing and delivery is pitch perfect but I can’t tell you how much I laughed the first time I saw this where Philomena goes to wave from the train and the trees get in the way. It tickled me. These are the small details I love about this show. 😂

[@CineSoar]

I was going to say the same. There were many funny moments throughout the episode. But, that perfectly timed wave was subtle brilliance.

[@adriancastillo1957]

Subtle and simple but made me laugh pretty hard 🤣

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

White Cliffs of Duvva!! Why didn't the Tudor police stop Henry after his first murder!!! Laughed so much, had to watch it twice, kept missing bits! She's absolute gold!

[@morrokbyo]

"Puts everything into perspective, doesn't it?" "That's the great thing about history." Unironically true.

[@M4M1610]

It’s almost like getting the end of a school year and asking my students to recap British history

[@constancemiller3753]

That's what I thought! These sound like test essays.

[@EmperorOfChaos]

Never seen proper history being taught. Merely basic stuff can could be found within seconds online. At least my schools only did a bit about WW2 (missing out the part where France ruin Germany with sanctions which is very convenient) and basic Egyptian stuff. The Tudor stuff was the only interesting thing they did. Even wanted payment for a Shakespeare play that they made us watch. It was a decent play but not sure why they thought all parents had money. There were some on 'free school lunch (tasted like slop so it should have been free anyways) yet they assumed the parents had money to burn. Also, it should be the responsibility of the school to pay for the compulsory stuff in the first place.

[@M4M1610]

@@EmperorOfChaos They’ll never teach real history in class or people would overthrow the system

[@flosa1995]

@@M4M1610 Nah, youth too busy being on tiktok for that

[@eugenekrabs869]

@@EmperorOfChaos Dawg if you think the only thing they didn't tell you about WW2 was that france fucked over Germanys economy to set them down the path if you more research you'll shit yourself. cause you don't know Mussolini's ties to the British spy service how the western capitalists powers allowed nazi germany to get powerful and pointed them at the soviet union. which another thing you definitely didn't learn anything true about was the soviet union it was probably anti soviet propaganda first used by the nazis then americans, basically socialism is the reason why there's still ethnic minorities and why Europe doesn't all speak german now

[@nimrod2550]

Professor Ashley Jackson takes deadpan to another dimension. Legend

[@Cesarini77]

This show has the most jokes/minute I have ever seen. I have to constantly paused it to stop laughing and listen to the next one. This is gold!

[@unrepentantoffender188]

*pause it Dumb@$$

[@Virini]

You should try A Touch of Cloth

[@angusyoung5398]

You should watch Rodney Dangerfield, in jokes/minute terms, he was a Ferrari

[@apseudonym]

on par with 30 rock and golden era simpsons

[@danielleybelly8039]

Same! 😂

[@kayleemiddlebrook5082]

"The Onion Jack" I almost spewed out my tea!!!!!

[@niviamaeva]

Lol lol

[@goodnamestaken]

i can't tell what is the bolton accent and intentional mispronunciation lol

[@warrenmanning7991]

Layers to that joke 🤣

[@leek964]

19:48 - the exchange between Cunk and the historian is hilarious. "Matthew Hopkins - he went to my school!"

[@Obelisk57]

I learned all my European history through Philomena. Excellent professor.

[@TheRowlandstone73]

The reactions of the guy with the grey spiky hair make me laugh just as much as Philomena! If he was 100% in the dark as to what was going on, his facial expressions are brilliant - and if he was [even partially] in on the joke, his timing and ability to keep a straight face are exceptional! 🤣🤣

[@benblair2591]

There all in on the joke, this is corporate television

[@byusaranicole]

He was awesome!

[@eyeq7730]

@@benblair2591 They're not actually. They're told only one thing and that is that it's going to be a comedian interviewing them ,that's all!

[@MichelSchallenberg]

@@eyeq7730 Which I'd say qualifies as being in on the joke ;)

[@nisbend]

He was Diane and Charlie's favourite ("the one that looks a bit like Stewart Lee")

[@JoeShopper]

As a self proclaimed historian, I can suggest that anyone doing a school report should use this as the sole reference for your paper.

[@ewenrd5571]

She's a genius 😆 "a building so impressive it has to be accompanied by harpsichord music" I love it

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

😂

[@diamonddylanpage7150]

I miss Charlie Brookers Screen Wipe but so glad it spawned this legend. I can and will watched Cunk repeatedly. Genuinely genius

[@obriets]

If history teachers were all like her, we wouldn’t have such a large historically illiterate population.

[@Nocure92]

Yeah, you'd have a larger one. (Like, actually like the character. Obviously she's just trying to make it funny)

[@ylleba]

Mostly just propaganda from the news and corporate lobbying that has made people uneducated. Teachers have been gutted of their wages and resources that has definitely exarcebated the issue.

[@lizf1353]

@@Nocure92 what? The point is people are still being educated but in a entertaining way

[@trje246]

I'd like to agree with you, but i can't remember back that far whether if i did history or not...!? 🤔 😅

[@Nocure92]

@@lizf1353 Yeah, like I wrote. Obviously she's playing dumb to make it entertaining. But what if you had a teacher that was actually dumb like this? The Newton gravity bit being a prime example 😅

[@OliBert157]

"If the Tudors were the Kardashians of their time, this was their Kim" *points to portrait of Henry 8th.

[@karinbarger9192]

"We know it was important because it had to be accompanied by harpsichord." She's hilarious!

[@Michael00172]

You hit the button there, I love her humour.

[@qsvui]

@Aero01 i do!

[@jonmann4980]

Her interviewing ability to mess with people is so funny

[@wesleyashworth5061]

She is very funny but she didn’t write the material

[@RayMerrell68]

@@wesleyashworth5061 A team of people write it, her partner is on the team and he is always using her as a sounding board. Plus, they don't know how the experts will answer the questions so quite a lot of the interviews are her improvising. So she kinda does have a hand in writing it.

[@orfeo793]

"I think that he was probably able to take on and manage his emotions whilst engaging with potatoes at first sight" such a great line from that historian lmao, and totally improvved at that

[@steveblackbird]

Brilliant... don't know how Dianne doesn't just collapse in complete laughter...Iron will... Love this woman... really talented, super funny... and gorgeous too!

[@hiepphambui3941]

Thanks Steve

[@jason6433]

Because they do multiple takes

[@MrFizzio]

Shut up Jason

[@sriharshacv7760]

She is the British female version of the legendary Borat.

[@josemexicanmexican7602]

OMG she is!

[@daniel_sc1024]

"A building so impressive it has to be accompanied by harpsicord music." I could listen to her all day

[@16MikeM]

How has it taken 4 years for this video to find me after all the daily show clips with Colbert that I have searched and watched. I absolutely love this humor. This womans a legend as far as I'm concerned.

[@Jim_The_Fish]

Philomena Cunk changed my life

[@simonbyrd6518]

"It was a hot, dry summer when a thatched wooden bakery, full of highly combustible flour and flaming ovens, inexplicably caught fire for some reason." That one really made me laugh, but I had to control myself throughout this whole thing, she's so damn funny.

[@wrc1210]

It's amazing how fast the jokes are coming at you in these things. You can't look away for a second or you'll miss 5 gems.

[@neb4587]

They come exactly where you least expect them as well which makes them so much funnier

[@thesubhumancomedy]

Well written. Diane is also great at improve.

[@parkcaliii1313]

19:52 Her reply was hilarious asf "Matthew Hopkins!? He was at my school" 🤣🤣🤣

[@MB-dg3lr]

What makes this show exceptional (besides "Philomena") is seriousness with which experts answer her questions. And phrases such as "pissed to the bollocks on rum" 🤣🤣

[@wrc1210]

"It was a hot dry summer when a thatched wooden bakery full of highly combustible flour and flaming ovens inexplicably caught fire for some reason." 😂😂😂

[@FuckoMcTim]

😂😂😂

[@DusanPavlicek78]

She is pure genius, but I'd also like to applaud all those experts on the show. They are doing a great job as well 🤣

[@arkaprokashmazumdar2680]

“Well, Gravity was always there.” “So, he (Sir Isaac Newton) just took the credit for it!” 😄

[@JoelsVideoJunk]

Ms. Cunk is a national treasure. Bless her heart.

[@whakjob]

I don't knwo why, I giggled throughout the entire bit but the one that had me dead with laughter was the "someone had written all their names on the wall behind them that's why they got caught"

[@phmagnabosc0]

This one made me giggle uncontrollably like a pre-teen !

[@parulsinghalgarg3491]

I laughed on that so hard😂😂

[@niteshchoudhary294]

"He was fat and therefore took more room in the memory" 🤣🤣

[@henrywahl5633]

This is G.D. hilarious. I saw a couple shorts of her, and I genuinely thought she was serious for the first two. Now that I'm watching this though, it's simply marvelous how it is simultaneously hilarious and educational. The historians manage to get a poignant point across despite her uproarious demeanor.

[@xponen]

It is written by Charlie Brooker, he is funny. Want more? look for "Charlie Brooker Wipe".

[@Kefford666]

@@xponen Which Philomena Cunk features on too!

[@seanwetson1895]

This British humour is so splendid 🤌✨ I love it💔

[@renacleerican7824]

Well as a French, all I can do here, is aknowledging the superiority of British humour🇬🇧❤💙 The whole potatoe's story was pure gold.

[@uncanny_bassman]

As a German, all I can do here is wholeheartedly agree with you 🇬🇧🤓

[@Xarmutinha]

As a greek, i cant disagree🇬🇧

[@blop-a-blop9419]

@@Xarmutinha hehe you can't "disagreek" haha ...

[@Xarmutinha]

@@blop-a-blop9419 xaxaxaxaxa💀😂

[@jedijones]

As an American, it would be funnier if Cunk bent over and talked out of her butt.