@@alexeymarkov8675 no, she is neither scientist nor historian: Philomena Cunk is a comedy character played by (actor, comedian and writer) Diane Morgan. Philomena is a minor celebrity who is confident and likeable, but almost totally ignorant on the subject of the documentaries she narrates and the people she interviews.
@@rainbowsandclouds The dictionary has accepted that "literally" can be used for emphasis while not being literally true. e.g. "I was literally blown away by the response I got." Don't be a dick about it. You LiTeRaLLy know what the fuck that person meant.
@@Maialeen Christ on a bike! That's pretty fucking retarded. So is there a word actually means `literally` literally anymore? How about `virtually`? I suppose that is somewhat redundant now that people can just use `literally` instead. Fuck all the words, let's just use one for everything and be done with it. People will know what they mean if they pay close enough attention to the context, I'm sure.
“The romans ruled over Britain for years until suddenly they had to rush home because they remembered they’d left a complete collapse of civilization on”
@@Saurischian pretty sure he said "Tory"...not Tony you melon. And its Robert Peston..an out and out gobshite if ever there was one. Pest by name, pest by nature.
"(...) The only thing to eat, was bread. It was a particularly challenging time for the gluten intolerant but luckily, nobody was yet middle class(...)" Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
18:42 I can't believe they actually made the people take out the fragile and important book for them just to make a lol out of it. This is why this show is so great, the effort are so real and not half-assed.
@Usasodead Dunno. Can't remember the bit anymore and I'm going to score in 5 minutes, so the ingestion of further drugs makes any future recollection even less likely...
"As this actual footage shows, the mains ones were the across ones who ate grass and the up and down ones who ate the across ones." The most brilliant way I've heard to describe dinosaurs, gonna use this with my kids.
"As you can see, Harold triumphantly won when he caught an arrow in his eye. Sadly, this wasn't enough...and he died soon after..no one knows why." Excellent. lol. I remember this being on.
I found her recently and introduced her to my husband and sons. The house is now filled with loud, raucous, joyful laughter after every dinner time. She's a gift.
13:37 "We don't know where or when George slayed the dragon. But we know it definitely happened, because a bystander took this painting of the event" Just the thought of a bystander drawing a picture like someone taking a photo. Theses jokes are so awesomely imaginative.
2 years, so many comments and no one mentions the ultimate savage in this bit: prof. vanessa harding. "it depends what your major concerns were" is the most precise and wittiest comeback answer of them interviewees!!
21:21 "What's the most political thing that's ever happened in Britain" is actually a really interesting question. It's not a question that could ever have a scholarly answer, but a list by some historians and political scientists of "X might be a candidate because Y" could be a really interesting discussion.
@@LTPottenger id say the American revolutionary War, due to how slow and inept the government was so the Americans tried to no longer renew their subscription to being ruled.
Political is a weird metric. The way I understand it is „What is the event that is most heavily associated with the political process in britian“… but the way she phrases it can also mean „What political process/event influenced the history/politics of britian the most“ Whats the most political thing… the standardization of fishing net sizes or William the Conquerors exploits. lol
@@sworddomo1951 The government has always sucked though, and the US breaking away didn’t have very long-lasting effects on us, whereas the Magna Carta marked a major turning point in internal politics and has repeatedly been a symbol of liberty throughout the centuries.
Finally, a documentary about British history that actually makes SENSE!!! I'm glad that true historians aren't an extinct breed just yet -- like those poor emaciated dinosaurs kept in appalling conditions in the zoo she visited...
Finally, a compact yet comprehensive history of Britain that I as an American don't have to pause and look for something else in the sidebar after six minutes.
Thank you so much for posting this. I was having a hard morning and just a few minutes of Cunk lifted my spirits greatly! I’m in the states so I don’t have access to this show normally. Not all heroes wear capes 🙌 “They had armor, and They were naked?” Lmaooo
The only thing to eat was bread. It was a particularly challenging time for the gluten intolerant. But luckily no one was yet middle class, so they just put up with it.
I got recommended a short clip of this show and I instantly fell in love with it. How I miss British shows. I wonder when the staff contacted all these experts, professors and so on, were they told they it was going to be a proper interview or were they informed about the the jokes and stuff.
They have a looooong tradition of these kind of things, from John Cleese to Rowan Adkinson to modern times, I am sure they get some sort of heads-up and are delighted to cooperate. Note that almost every expert interviewed has some previous experience being in BBC or ITV (serious) shows , so they know how to act in front of a camera
The way they responded, almost looked like they were specifically instructed to take this very serious interviewer as seriously as possible and if they laughed they wouldn't get included, a la John Cleese + Biggus Dickus style.
They know that this is a comedy format, but they sure don't know what exactly is being asked ... they edited out when they broke into laughter, so that is what keeps the humor so very dry. British humor is simply the best - Greetings from from an old German guy in Munich - I discovered this today by coincidence and I am hooked.
"castles were built by kings to protect their land and set in, now they are being used as extorsionist wedding venues" i love this joke so much because it tells me something i never knew about modern english life
19:46 I love how she somehow manages to randomly drop incredibly dumb yet deeply philosophical questions about the nature of metaphysics and the human soul in each of her episodes. In another episode she asks something similar from a choir as to how they produce the words from a page. 🤣
Or the time she was talking to a philosopher and said something about pipes inside the head and the professor went 'youve just described the two main cornerstones of thought in philosophy actually' and Philomena said 'Have i? Is that good?' and the guy went 'brilliant'. I think thats approximately how that conversation went anyway but it was... almost heartwarming in a way lol
“Without lights or hope......just like Plymouth today” 🤣🤣🤣🤣 “the Big Bang...it was probably deafening.....It was lucky that ears didn’t exist back then” 😂😂😂😂
The reaction of the woman being asked about whether King Arthur came a lot is one of the best things I've ever seen
is she scientist?
@@alexeymarkov8675 probably not
@@alexeymarkov8675 Historian, google her.
@@alexeymarkov8675 no, she is neither scientist nor historian: Philomena Cunk is a comedy character played by (actor, comedian and writer) Diane Morgan.
Philomena is a minor celebrity who is confident and likeable, but almost totally ignorant on the subject of the documentaries she narrates and the people she interviews.
@@stephena1196 He meant the person being interviewed...
There’s something dumb and hilarious in every sentence without getting redundant or repetitive, what a masterpiece.
@James Coleman I wouldn't call it a rip off. It's definitely inspired by Sacha but she's got her own style.
@@bodhisativaa They are both heavily inspired by Norman Gunston, who was probably the original "troll interviewer" comedian.
@James Coleman no it isn't
@James Coleman well done
So clever
7:02 "he didn't have super powers like the ability to fly or tolerate Gwyneth Paltrow" 💀💀💀
Was about to make the same comment, but you beat me to it. Kudos!
She literally walks through the entire United Kingdom. Not even a real documentary can visit that many places within 30 minutes.
She "literally" doesn't though.
@@rainbowsandclouds The dictionary has accepted that "literally" can be used for emphasis while not being literally true. e.g. "I was literally blown away by the response I got."
Don't be a dick about it. You LiTeRaLLy know what the fuck that person meant.
attom-ic.com.br/cunk-on-britain/
@@Maialeen mad respect
@@Maialeen Christ on a bike! That's pretty fucking retarded. So is there a word actually means `literally` literally anymore? How about `virtually`? I suppose that is somewhat redundant now that people can just use `literally` instead. Fuck all the words, let's just use one for everything and be done with it. People will know what they mean if they pay close enough attention to the context, I'm sure.
“The romans ruled over Britain for years until suddenly they had to rush home because they remembered they’d left a complete collapse of civilization on”
She forgot to blame that on the Germans, which would have been pretty accurate!
@@calebfuller4713 lol yeah, it's always the Germans😂
Seriously though, so much respect for the expert who sincerely puts in the effort to think of the most political thing to ever happen.
Ah that Tory man
@@Mscape7 His name wasn't Tony. It was something else.
@@Saurischian His name is robert, I just watched it
@@Saurischian pretty sure he said "Tory"...not Tony you melon. And its Robert Peston..an out and out gobshite if ever there was one. Pest by name, pest by nature.
@@swish3432 Robert Peston. Very famous political commentator
If school was taught like this imagine how much smarter we would be
Did king Arthur come a lot?
@@OcelotSF 100000 IQ right here ;)
bravo kind sir :)
@@pokerbob05, I thought I am opposite of dumb, thanks for proving that
@@OcelotSF I recommend you screenshot my comments before the CZcams overlords delete it lol
@@pokerbob05, king Arthur came a lot
"(...) The only thing to eat, was bread. It was a particularly challenging time for the gluten intolerant but luckily, nobody was yet middle class(...)" Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Ooops, I quoted that above two months later.
Interestingly enough, the part about the beer is true.
Sadly that is, probably, why gluten intolerance is fairly rare, because they kept dying.
@@AlexanderRM1000 This became a theme in the middle ages.
You missed out the funniest part in that: “so they just put up with it” :)
18:42 I can't believe they actually made the people take out the fragile and important book for them just to make a lol out of it. This is why this show is so great, the effort are so real and not half-assed.
Yeah. For a woman, the historian lady is doing a great job of mansplaining things to 'Philomena.'
@Usasodead
Dunno. Can't remember the bit anymore and I'm going to score in 5 minutes, so the ingestion of further drugs makes any future recollection even less likely...
@@Raz.C whatcha shootin' there, tex?
@@Raz.C based
@@Raz.C mansplaining is a stupid word
A comedy masterpiece. How did I only find this a few days ago?
same here - I literally chocked on my Tea at the "across ones" and ""up and down ones" for the dinosaurs
Same here. She should interview Richard Dawkins and pretend to be a flat earther and creationist...
sameeee
this is so fuckin funny
Right!!!! 😂
Same here, idk how I didn't find her long ago
she sounds like my essays when I run out of words to write lmao
My essays ended up as 'it was all a dream' as I couldn't think of the ending
@@lesley9989 couldn't relate more hahahah
The patient but irritated attitude of the interviewees.brilliant!
@James Drake I'm a brit but haven't lived there for about 30 years - is that a fact what you just said?? cheers.
@@pauljohnson5190 I think some must click on
Thoroughly British.
"The Romans were so advanced, they came with Latin pre-installed" 🤣
Her oblivious expression during the interviews is what made this show gold. 😂😂😂
"Back then, they were cutting-edge, because they had a cutting edge" - funniest line ever
It would have been funnier without the explainer. Just shows that even supposedly smart jokes are actually dumbed down.
That was the best one!!!
“King Arthur came a lot, didn’t he?” 😂
but do we know if came a lot?
About a tablespoon!? Haha! Totally cracked me up! :-)
Kam a lot Harris
About a tablespoon
Dunno
Talk about a country's history and she goes way back to the big bang.
I laughed SO hard🤣
😂😂😂😂 8=✊️D-',😂
"This Iron Man didn't have super powers. Like tolerating Gwyneth Paltro. I lost it at that one. Thank you!
I actually laughed out loud for a good amount of time when she says, "some are still visible, which means you can see them."
12:57 her facial expression is priceless
yeah well, King Arthur did Camelot. what is the joke here? :=)
I didn’t notice
"luckily a bystander was there to do a quick tapestry. this is the baywatch tapestry...."
Trying to picture a bystander doing a quick tapestry of a battle caused me to laugh some more. I love jokes that keep on giving.
to "take" a quick tapestry.
Battles lasted days back in the middle evils. No biggie to loom a quick snapchat tapestry.
A baystander..??
"...al built by one man...Norman Architecture.." Absolute genius! :D
john kennedy i laughed so loud my neighbours dogs started barking.
There are dozens of great jokes in this video, but this one made me hysterical I had to stop the video for a minute and just laugh it out.
Ancient man to Ed Sheerhan basically killed me
RIP you
One small step for Ed Sheeran, one giant leap for mankind.
You had to scrape me off the floor after that one 😂
"As this actual footage shows, the mains ones were the across ones who ate grass and the up and down ones who ate the across ones." The most brilliant way I've heard to describe dinosaurs, gonna use this with my kids.
When she said "actual footage" I lost it 😂👏🏻
In a rare instance for this series they got one important detail wrong in that grass only became widespread after the dinosaurs died out.
Classy British humour.
krisitak I’m British but sadly dot live there anymore :( I’m losing my accent
@@marsbarzz4408 I'm still living in Britain, and have still got mine
I'm British and still live here. Unfortunately I'm not as witty as her
Might not fly in USA 🤣
I'm not British and still don't have a British accent.
I love it when experts are good sports about being part of mockumentaries
"As you can see, Harold triumphantly won when he caught an arrow in his eye. Sadly, this wasn't enough...and he died soon after..no one knows why."
Excellent. lol. I remember this being on.
“And they took a tapestry of it.”
Maybe the best sentence ever spoken lol.
The one that follows shortly after it isn't bad: the Baywatch Tapestry 😂😂
Those experts have some patience
acting
@@tomdaly4275 well than it's good it's not her real name.
@@l.plantagenet *then
@@MalcolmCooks they’re real experts, not actors
''Why did stone age people bury all their stuff underground? Were they worried someone might steal it?'' I can't stop laughing 🤣
5:50
I found her recently and introduced her to my husband and sons. The house is now filled with loud, raucous, joyful laughter after every dinner time. She's a gift.
You have her round for dinner?
I love how amazing of a parody this is of normal BBC documentaries. This woman is a fantastic comedian. Hard to believe she is 46.
The BBC are good at mockumentaries. The Office is a brilliant example of this.
@Real Aiglon Hello from the future!
Seriously, though: I'm 48. There are people even older than 46!
@@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494 That's hard to believe..
Probably more like 36 in this episode though. She's well saggy now she's in her mid 40’s.
@@chrisjames1924 She’s around 40 in here.
I love the combination of history lessons, sarcasm and british humor and two steps form hell music in the background. 10/10
Of course none of this would work if Diane didn't play it all dead straight. The slightest hint of Philomena knowing better would kill it xxx
I wonder how many takes she needs to do for some of these.
13:37 "We don't know where or when George slayed the dragon. But we know it definitely happened, because a bystander took this painting of the event"
Just the thought of a bystander drawing a picture like someone taking a photo. Theses jokes are so awesomely imaginative.
I honestly haven’t laughed out loud as much as this in a long time. Diane Morgan is wonderful.
Yep me too 🤣
This Woman's retarded shouldn't laugh at people with disabilities.
21:16 I lost it at the "what's the most political thing that's happened in Britain" joke. Brilliant!
Can you explain the joke please
@@harit4699 Its just a ridiculous question, basically impossible to answer lmao
That guy's head almost exploded!
“A place without light or hope - just like Plymouth today”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That made me chuckle too!
'the across ones who ate grass, and the up and down ones who ate the across ones'
I can already tell that this is going to be great
"Until suddenly, they had to rush home, because they remembered they'd left a complete collapse of civilization on." Fucking amazing writing XD
“All built by one man, Norman Architecture “😹
This is elite level comedy
2 years, so many comments and no one mentions the ultimate savage in this bit: prof. vanessa harding. "it depends what your major concerns were" is the most precise and wittiest comeback answer of them interviewees!!
The way she sold “and when I looked up, Paul was crying.” has cracked me up a dozen times
She's brilliant. "Middle evil ages", so subtle and so funny. How have I missed this?
@Real Aiglon her delivery is just amazing tho
It is so refreshing to see there is still outstanding comedy like this being made. A++
British humor is still up there to be honest.
"ALONG THE WAY, I'LL BE YELLING AT HELICOPTERS"
21:21 "What's the most political thing that's ever happened in Britain" is actually a really interesting question. It's not a question that could ever have a scholarly answer, but a list by some historians and political scientists of "X might be a candidate because Y" could be a really interesting discussion.
magna carta
So like SCP-01
@@LTPottenger id say the American revolutionary War, due to how slow and inept the government was so the Americans tried to no longer renew their subscription to being ruled.
Political is a weird metric.
The way I understand it is „What is the event that is most heavily associated with the political process in britian“… but the way she phrases it can also mean „What political process/event influenced the history/politics of britian the most“
Whats the most political thing… the standardization of fishing net sizes or William the Conquerors exploits. lol
@@sworddomo1951 The government has always sucked though, and the US breaking away didn’t have very long-lasting effects on us, whereas the Magna Carta marked a major turning point in internal politics and has repeatedly been a symbol of liberty throughout the centuries.
Finally, a documentary about British history that actually makes SENSE!!! I'm glad that true historians aren't an extinct breed just yet -- like those poor emaciated dinosaurs kept in appalling conditions in the zoo she visited...
"Dinosaurs came in many flavours, just like kettle chips"
He couldn't fly or tolerate Gwyneth Paltrow. HAhahahahaha!
Not many people can
“-so probably not.
+probably not.” i shit my pants laughing out loud
Finally, a compact yet comprehensive history of Britain that I as an American don't have to pause and look for something else in the sidebar after six minutes.
Erm its not all true you know ,,,,,,,, eg Walliam Willis lmao
@@russelljbriscoe Close enough.
@@russelljbriscoe it fucking is all true
😂😂😂😂😂 it's self-irony, right?
@@russelljbriscoe it’s all true what are you on about
The bit about medieval people having to just deal with gluten intolerance is absolutely mint! 😆
"It's just like being there, but in wool" Actually spat my coffee out 😂😂😂
How she maintains an air of sincere reverence towards her topics is very well done.
I'm a secondary school history teacher...and this is the best thing I have ever seen!!!
It's brilliant.
@@lawrencegleason4666 It's so much easier than reading all those books.
''King Arthur came a lot, didnt he?''
-reevaluates life choices-
“The William Shakespeare of Bum Jokes was Geoffrey Chaucer” omfg I’m dead.
21:21 Poor man just had an existential crisis. 😂
how do people have the patience to talk and explain stuff to philomena, i would burst in laughter asap
The struggle was real, I'm sure.
12:24 this is the moment for which you came here 😂
Merci !
"History, a sort of rear view mirror for time". Just perfect.
"All built by one man:
Norman Architecture"
Lost it. This is hilarious. How did I only discover this yesterday?
Had me crying, then after managing to stop for a few mins, I was crying again. So funny...
Thank you so much for posting this. I was having a hard morning and just a few minutes of Cunk lifted my spirits greatly! I’m in the states so I don’t have access to this show normally. Not all heroes wear capes 🙌
“They had armor, and They were naked?” Lmaooo
Her elegant documentarian dress is her super-cape!
This woman needs to win an award!!!
Credit to the experts for keeping a straight face LOL 12:26 such a sweet moment, i love that tiny moment of almost breaking so much. 😂😂
how does she not just absolutely burst into laughter
The only thing to eat was bread. It was a particularly challenging time for the gluten intolerant. But luckily no one was yet middle class, so they just put up with it.
Third time so far!
Can you explain the joke please
12:21 The legendary moment
One long bad student's History essay. Her deadpan delivery is genius.
She can even process the question. Respect to her being so flexible and still can come with an proper answer and keep her face straight.
Having watched the full series, I was disappointed that we never got a full answer to "Why did they call John Major 'the Prince of Onions'?".
google it
Onion Jack Major
I am just the right amount of stoned for these videos.
Just discovered this. Best thing on TV at the moment. Hope they do more.
Philomena learned so much in this episode. Well done.
I got recommended a short clip of this show and I instantly fell in love with it. How I miss British shows.
I wonder when the staff contacted all these experts, professors and so on, were they told they it was going to be a proper interview or were they informed about the the jokes and stuff.
They have a looooong tradition of these kind of things, from John Cleese to Rowan Adkinson to modern times, I am sure they get some sort of heads-up and are delighted to cooperate. Note that almost every expert interviewed has some previous experience being in BBC or ITV (serious) shows , so they know how to act in front of a camera
@@Blackadder75 Ah! Cheers mate!
The way they responded, almost looked like they were specifically instructed to take this very serious interviewer as seriously as possible and if they laughed they wouldn't get included, a la John Cleese + Biggus Dickus style.
They know that this is a comedy format, but they sure don't know what exactly is being asked ... they edited out when they broke into laughter, so that is what keeps the humor so very dry. British humor is simply the best - Greetings from from an old German guy in Munich - I discovered this today by coincidence and I am hooked.
This is one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. This lady needs to be protected.
24:08 “Like a gorey Scottish pez” Absolutely fan-fucking-tastic
This is great, she's good in tv shows as well. Comedy/drama series, versatile.
Good on her, you go girl. Her expressions are so funny.
She is, but Cunk is my fav
Bit patronising, aren’t we?
@@SjorsHoukes what? patronizing? what are you talking about
"castles were built by kings to protect their land and set in, now they are being used as extorsionist wedding venues" i love this joke so much because it tells me something i never knew about modern english life
Castles were originally built by kings to protect their land and to sit in. Whereas today they’re mainly used as extortionate wedding venues.
"And when I looked up Paul was crying..." OMG.
19:46 I love how she somehow manages to randomly drop incredibly dumb yet deeply philosophical questions about the nature of metaphysics and the human soul in each of her episodes. In another episode she asks something similar from a choir as to how they produce the words from a page. 🤣
Or the time she was talking to a philosopher and said something about pipes inside the head and the professor went 'youve just described the two main cornerstones of thought in philosophy actually' and Philomena said 'Have i? Is that good?' and the guy went 'brilliant'. I think thats approximately how that conversation went anyway but it was... almost heartwarming in a way lol
2:22
I found her through “came a lot” and I love it.
"From ancient man to Ed Sheeran"
Absolutely genius
I felt so bad for all those polite brits that contributed so nicely to this tomfoolery. Thanks! We're laughing with you.
United Britain of great kingdom is officially my favorite motto
"Not like the ironman from film. He couldn't fly or tolerate Qweneth Parltro" way too good lol
This will actually be GCSE History Key Stage 3 in about 5 years.
Is that the one that Karl Pilkington got an E on
You say that but this is pretty much what I got taught at school- all of it wrong.
When they brought out the book specially for her and all she does is ask the most insane questions is the best history interview Ive ever seen.
King Arthur came a lot that conversation wasn't awkward was it 😀.
she would date beavis.. from beavis n butthead.
what a woman!! we all need her in our lives....
I've never enjoyed history so much. Brilliant!
"He couldn't fly. Or tolerate Gwyneth Paltrow" that's when I lost it
Thanks for the upload!
United Britain of Great Kingdom. I'm not even two minutes in and I'm laughing my ass off
That was more than two minutes in wasn't it?
@@johnr797 no, it was one minute and a half.
It's been a very long time since I've laughed out loud! Absolutely hilarious! Really looking forward to the talk in April about this!
“Without lights or hope......just like Plymouth today” 🤣🤣🤣🤣
“the Big Bang...it was probably deafening.....It was lucky that ears didn’t exist back then” 😂😂😂😂