Cunk On Britain The Empire Strikes Back

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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 Жыл бұрын

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

@jonmann4980 Жыл бұрын

Glad other people caught this joke

@KittyTittyAnonymity Жыл бұрын

@@jonmann4980 which is ?

@muuubiee Жыл бұрын

Technically correct.

@NG-sz2xi Жыл бұрын

@@muuubiee more than a week

@muuubiee Жыл бұрын

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

@hellomynameisname4270 2 жыл бұрын

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

@ankanbads Жыл бұрын

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

@AiRandomHandle Жыл бұрын

what? I'm so confused

@ilovecairns5181 Жыл бұрын

@@AiRandomHandle try picking up a book

@AiRandomHandle Жыл бұрын

@@ilovecairns5181 what's a book?

@nunosimoes3270 Жыл бұрын

my brain did that thing lol

@eyeq7730 Жыл бұрын

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

@silasfatchett7380 Жыл бұрын

Quite apart from the fact that Richard V never existed.

@bmo14lax Жыл бұрын

So good

@Constantinus213421 10 ай бұрын

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

@user-sn4vk3zr3c 9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@ywoulduchoosetousethis 8 ай бұрын

I would like to argue, he was phat too

@Mondomeyer Жыл бұрын

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

@carlosvalero7638 22 күн бұрын

Diabolical stuff

@Luke-jo4to Жыл бұрын

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

@daniel_sc1024 Жыл бұрын

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

@malikabd2902 Жыл бұрын

Lmao trye

@chris94kennedy Жыл бұрын

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

@IsiahTomas Жыл бұрын

What's a gullybill?

@eggrollorsoup6052 Жыл бұрын

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

@_Samuraii_1 Жыл бұрын

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

@Toinkity Жыл бұрын

it would be an honor

@virgin-gardener Жыл бұрын

Bwahaha

@andrewfalconer8599 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHA true

@mimisolo7778 Жыл бұрын

😭😭😭omg true🤣

@JustaSillySailor 8 ай бұрын

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

@TranNguyen-sw7wu 4 ай бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

, useable ,

@thesubhumancomedy 2 ай бұрын

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

@LucasLassance Жыл бұрын

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

@jeshland 11 ай бұрын

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

@historyismyplayground1827 10 ай бұрын

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

@historyismyplayground1827 10 ай бұрын

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

@ltcarlsen2152 10 ай бұрын

Just like the Protestants...

@thesubhumancomedy 10 ай бұрын

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

@ChrisOfRivia Жыл бұрын

"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 Жыл бұрын

Submerged*

@kanonierable Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@Bluefox1978 Жыл бұрын

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

@smadaf Жыл бұрын

Churches!

@Dominian1 4 жыл бұрын

"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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@ollieb9875 3 жыл бұрын

Newswipe was also good 😅

@1515327E 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

This part nearly broke me

@different_stuff Жыл бұрын

can someone explain?

@alicec-m3403 Жыл бұрын

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

@bgdassassin92 Жыл бұрын

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

@version365 Жыл бұрын

🤣

@YorkshirePirate 8 ай бұрын

Relatable.

@myeljoud 20 күн бұрын

So they decided to have a civil war instead 😂

@jeffcolorado Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Lol, sounds like something she would say indeed

@Snout007 Жыл бұрын

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

@creamyhorror Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Philomena cunk/ Diane Morgan

@jeff3482 Жыл бұрын

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.

@BLINDrOBOTFILMS Жыл бұрын

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

@JanMike9 Жыл бұрын

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

@Sam1878Henry Жыл бұрын

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

@525Lines Жыл бұрын

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

@JonLundy0 Жыл бұрын

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

@alberton.1601 Жыл бұрын

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

@lost_boy 6 ай бұрын

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

@richardpena7153 Жыл бұрын

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

@cyberdude8888 2 жыл бұрын

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

@HarcusCGTV Жыл бұрын

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

@TheMijman Жыл бұрын

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

@Demun1649 Жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

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

@tsumichama Жыл бұрын

"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 Жыл бұрын

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

@c.xyz_ Жыл бұрын

"how did Sir Walter Raleigh invent the potato?"

@reivax5742 Жыл бұрын

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

@reivax5742 Жыл бұрын

"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 Жыл бұрын

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.

@sebastianwagner7334 Жыл бұрын

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

@Peter-gi3re 4 ай бұрын

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

@mrdarklight 3 ай бұрын

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.

@airotsa 5 жыл бұрын

“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 Жыл бұрын

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

@jeremiahgabriel5709 Жыл бұрын

How very Tudor of you

@pneumavlr Жыл бұрын

😂

@CaalamusTube Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@StrangelyBrownNo1 Жыл бұрын

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

@morpher44 Жыл бұрын

except for the bringing air in tanks bit.

@madzen112 Жыл бұрын

More scurvy on the ISS

@scum5 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

And likewise, space will sometime be our everyday seas.

@basedbane787 Жыл бұрын

except sailors are real

@parkcaliii1313 Жыл бұрын

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

@johnthooker Жыл бұрын

Philomena and the guy with the long hair and tweed suit, we need a 1 hour special with them. Good chemistry

@killuaxxx315 Жыл бұрын

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

@TheLazyDuck Жыл бұрын

damn me too haha this lady so funny

@NormAppleton Жыл бұрын

I lost my shit there too

@dixonpinfold2582 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

still laughing :D

@PiglipsMaximus Жыл бұрын

The way she says Elizabeth One

@NullHand Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@amalgamy Жыл бұрын

Disco...? Like this? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p7p2eNx3qtuVdp8.html

@illyrusemperor9278 Жыл бұрын

Disco what? That's some big ass word

@nobody1747 Жыл бұрын

@@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

@natalierozean5989 Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂. “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 9 ай бұрын

these 30 minutes are rich with such statements

@anzyroadside2374 9 ай бұрын

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

@davidgoosen1633 9 ай бұрын

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

@estefencosta1835 8 ай бұрын

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 4 ай бұрын

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

@cqwt6103 Жыл бұрын

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

@AusNav09 3 жыл бұрын

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

@Trollificusv2 3 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

That line was amazing

@dzonbrodi514 Жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

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

@cjerp Жыл бұрын

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

@johnorr726 2 жыл бұрын

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

@jaancastelltortt22 Жыл бұрын

That line had me laughing for 30 minutes 😂😂😂

@brianmcrock 8 ай бұрын

"...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.

@ultimatesoup 10 ай бұрын

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

@84com83 Ай бұрын

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

@enkephalin07 Жыл бұрын

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

@jacobnash9755 Жыл бұрын

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

@francisjones174 Жыл бұрын

We historians ALL have wit and humour!

@stephenreeds3632 Жыл бұрын

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

@arbaazshaw8123 Жыл бұрын

It's not mockementary, all of it is staged

@SamuelBlack84 Жыл бұрын

She's so cute 😍

@manofcorn5930 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

He almost broke character but he held it back. 👍

@neolexiousneolexian6079 Жыл бұрын

9:00

@cnj67 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@JamesHamp93 Жыл бұрын

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 😂😂

@Obelisk57 3 ай бұрын

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

@nimrod2550 8 ай бұрын

Professor Ashley Jackson takes deadpan to another dimension. Legend

@ineedabetterusername7424 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

It prevails in the rural areas.

@ineedabetterusername7424 2 жыл бұрын

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

@janinewetzler5037 Жыл бұрын

It is true today in Republican States.

@elias_xp95 Жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

Early?

@joshuageckles802 Жыл бұрын

"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 Жыл бұрын

The writing is good, very good.

@jamesmccormick211 Жыл бұрын

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

@ABlair-dv3ki Жыл бұрын

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

@LaLaLaAllDayLong Жыл бұрын

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

@orfeo793 11 ай бұрын

"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

@madiantin 10 ай бұрын

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

@TheCzmauricio Жыл бұрын

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

@kiciakp1539 Жыл бұрын

O yes! Spannish Amanda made my day!

@lagrangepoint9386 Жыл бұрын

Luv me some Spanish Amanda.

@Gracchus66 Жыл бұрын

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

@captainpoppleton Жыл бұрын

It's so lame when real documentaries do that.

@pinguman13 Жыл бұрын

This was the best part

@Pantha242 Жыл бұрын

It just works! 😅

@canubeetquad Жыл бұрын

I laughed so hard

@user-ff4tw8uf4b Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@Brinta3 Жыл бұрын

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

@familledelisle2086 8 күн бұрын

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.

@rbilleaud 5 ай бұрын

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

@InvictusByz Жыл бұрын

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

@casualsatanist Жыл бұрын

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

@benjamintillema3572 Жыл бұрын

12:55

@bensanterre9478 Жыл бұрын

He clearly has a great sense of humor himself.

@AP-dx4mq Жыл бұрын

Love how he matched the energy

@daveshif2514 Жыл бұрын

He knew he knew 😂

@charliehorton1839 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Said like a true Brit

@djert24 Жыл бұрын

I think its called the cabbage jack.

@paulstewart6293 Жыл бұрын

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

@lunacalypso5208 Жыл бұрын

@@djert24 i think you mean the wabbajack

@Lady.B.ellinor4971 Жыл бұрын

Charlie, you are now an honorary brit ❤

@seanwetson1895 Жыл бұрын

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

@diamonddylanpage7150 2 ай бұрын

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

@austinmount8575 Жыл бұрын

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

@Kobe29261 Жыл бұрын

With great urgency and relentless vigilance!

@jonathantv269 Жыл бұрын

And how you gonn protect her mr.hero😆?

@squamish4244 Жыл бұрын

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

@marleneorein9484 2 ай бұрын

@mdh6977 Жыл бұрын

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

@Ilikebigbooties 7 ай бұрын

International treasure, one might say

@JumpingTomato 9 ай бұрын

Fantastic, educative and funny at the same time. Very funny if you ask me. This typical British humor, with Cunks deadpan delivery, hilarious!

@pastlesandfish Жыл бұрын

"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 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

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

@FishOniDeviantArt Жыл бұрын

Your icon makes this even better

@TheCalmack Жыл бұрын

@@FishOniDeviantArt Practising what they preach

@osochara Жыл бұрын

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

@MarcusHawksley Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

She's probably just use to it. LoL

@Daaab89 Жыл бұрын

9:25 this guy was actually pretty good.

@Jim_The_Fish 6 ай бұрын

Philomena Cunk changed my life

@JoelsVideoJunk 9 ай бұрын

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

@debasishraychawdhuri Жыл бұрын

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

@Ogrecoxy 6 жыл бұрын

"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 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@kwerk2011 Жыл бұрын

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

@vituperation Жыл бұрын

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

@ClarkRahman 8 ай бұрын

Diana Morgan delivers so well with this character, I can never get enough.

@markparris3890 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant. Diane Morgan is an amazing comedy actress. Love her

@ipsygypsy16 Жыл бұрын

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.

@ashleythaxton9667 Жыл бұрын

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

@ashtton_tapiwa Жыл бұрын

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

@guapelea Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@NoobOfShame Жыл бұрын

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

@theseustoo Жыл бұрын

"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 Жыл бұрын

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

@CodeDreamer68 Жыл бұрын

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

@jakubmesaros2092 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely dig her humour ❤ And man she's going for the throat of the education with such grace and finesse. Im pretty sure there's no blood in her veins, just pure gold mixed with sarcasm. She's a brilliant actress

@MB-dg3lr Жыл бұрын

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" 🤣🤣

@patriciobalian1920 Жыл бұрын

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

@Stefarooh Жыл бұрын

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

@gpwerner Жыл бұрын

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

@prabhakarnaidugidda1223 Жыл бұрын

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

@HaniZucker Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@averagejoe8255 Жыл бұрын

God I love this lady. Hilarious in the extreme. One of the greatest comedians of her generation.

@sambabisky4742 5 ай бұрын

So entertainingly, humorous, thank you Philomena.

@fransb8543 Жыл бұрын

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

@juliantheapostate8295 Жыл бұрын

Stewarts

@wahay636 Жыл бұрын

@@juliantheapostate8295 Stuarts*

@TimboTbagz Жыл бұрын

@@wahay636 Stoourts

@spookzer16 Жыл бұрын

@@TimboTbagz Storts

@msruag Жыл бұрын

@@spookzer16 Sharts

@Naegimaggu 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@madiantin 10 ай бұрын

I saw an interview with Seth Meyers where Diane Morgan said that the experts knew this was a comedy show, but didn't know the questions in advance, and were instructed to play it straight. So they sort of knew what they were getting into, but had to keep it together. Most of them couldn't make it and they had to cut and start again. =D.

@Amezukita 3 ай бұрын

This is the best documentary I have seen.

@virtualatheist Жыл бұрын

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

@logann7942 Жыл бұрын

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

@zinussan50 Жыл бұрын

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

@damonedwards1544 Жыл бұрын

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

@burvjuzizlis22 Жыл бұрын

@@damonedwards1544I like fresh potatoes 😂👌🏻

@lobusdiMortis Жыл бұрын

Amazing!!! As an American, I genuinely love her humor

@sherrie-annhenry9627 20 күн бұрын

This is the absolutely most brilliant series ever made, the most brilliant film. And I've watched many. The writers are geniuses. I love this character Cunk. I could watch this all day. Sometimes I do.

@Recessionist Жыл бұрын

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

@ericdavison6186 Жыл бұрын

And that was Ron Hutton! Tudors methinks

@KevinBessey Жыл бұрын

I could not stop laughing at that part lol

@purplefood1 Жыл бұрын

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

@HeliosTheCharizard 10 ай бұрын

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 8 ай бұрын

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

@charc0al_tv Жыл бұрын

"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. Жыл бұрын

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

@sumerandaccad Жыл бұрын

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

@TesseractPleiadesOrion Жыл бұрын

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

@SirRichard94 Жыл бұрын

@@sumerandaccad brainrot

@An0xymoron127 Жыл бұрын

@@sumerandaccad NPC humor

@dmays67 5 ай бұрын

Surely the mostress off mirth I find myself tearing up often at masterfully crafted lines and dead pan silliness. One of life's great pleasures.

@TheSilentStar 8 ай бұрын

Diane Morgan is a prime example of just how INCREDIBLY attractive an outstanding sense of humour can be. Goodness me she’s something.

@snarksss Жыл бұрын

“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 Жыл бұрын

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

@darkphoenix1836 Жыл бұрын

"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 Жыл бұрын

Probably because you're not innocent.

@Mozzie7920 Жыл бұрын

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

@ln5321 Жыл бұрын

So are they.

@skyfalldeadpool1633 Жыл бұрын

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

@FalconTheFries Жыл бұрын

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

@giovanni5063 5 ай бұрын

This makes so much sense. I have always thought Britain was just a story parents told to scare their kids into behaving.

@ioofmoore5940 22 күн бұрын

I found this by accident and half way through I'm hooked AND in love!! She is brilliant, a goddess, funny... deadpan has a new face! I gotta find more of this woman shtick!

@penheartpaper Жыл бұрын

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

@danidejaneiro8378 Жыл бұрын

El rey está furioso!

@woozertoo Жыл бұрын

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

@letomas625 Жыл бұрын

The cries in spanish meme 💀

@Vlad-1986 Жыл бұрын

¡Felipe estaba de muy mala hostia!

@rdhunkins 4 жыл бұрын

"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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@Psmith-ek5hq Жыл бұрын

@@MaxLikesStuff The witch-hunting or him?

@ShubhamBhushanCC Жыл бұрын

*Stuarts

@morpher44 Жыл бұрын

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

@christopherwithers9019 Жыл бұрын

Princess Diana was a Stuart afterall🧐

@hemlyns9916 3 ай бұрын

This is so magnificent! And the professors et al have such skilful dry humour.

@albertmcmullen2669 Ай бұрын

Everyone is deadpan, which makes the series, wonderfully surreal.

@niteshchoudhary294 Жыл бұрын

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

@bryan5549 5 жыл бұрын

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

@BaldricksTurnip1 3 жыл бұрын

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

@st20332 3 жыл бұрын

@@BaldricksTurnip1 no

@BaldricksTurnip1 3 жыл бұрын

@@st20332 ey up from Yorkshire 👍

@luminisant 2 жыл бұрын

@@BaldricksTurnip1 gross

@marcchrys Жыл бұрын

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

@zephyrinne1 Жыл бұрын

Breaking that forth wall is brilliant “best to say yes we’re trying to get younger viewers” 😂

@Othique 7 ай бұрын

I got so excited when I saw Ronald Hutton... and he did not disappoint.

@Cesarini77 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

*pause it Dumb@$$

@Virini Жыл бұрын

You should try A Touch of Cloth

@angusyoung5398 Жыл бұрын

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

@apseudonym Жыл бұрын

on par with 30 rock and golden era simpsons

@danielleybelly8039 Жыл бұрын

Same! 😂

@enriquesanchez2001 4 ай бұрын

HOW she gets these SERIOUS people to sit and not LAUGH or BREAK a Nervous Smile is a MIRACLE ♥♥♥♥

@ghostomato3122 Жыл бұрын

my favorite part is how the experts aren't allowed to provide misinformation, so they have to struggle to give all her ridiculous questions genuine answers

@bernbsy Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Morgan? Is she not Philomena Cunk?

@K._Oss Жыл бұрын

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

@atvheads Жыл бұрын

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

@CharlesLaughlin Жыл бұрын

As someone from the US, I agree completely!

@hunterhalo Жыл бұрын

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

@sydheather Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@adriancastillo1957 Жыл бұрын

Subtle and simple but made me laugh pretty hard 🤣

@baabaabaa-yp2jh 9 ай бұрын

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!

@daffyf6829 2 ай бұрын

"The Stuarts were an astonishingly accident prone family" is by far my favorite

@Degan1000 3 ай бұрын

At 12:35, that's one of my heroes among historians, Ronald Hutton. And he's so slick at handling her weird questions. I'm not surprised. He's pretty cool for an academic.

@KatWoodland 3 ай бұрын

He enjoyed the banter!

@js500y9 3 жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

24:56 This guy's face 😠

@BreezyE-d3n Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@terryriley6410 Жыл бұрын

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