Cunk On Britain Episode 4 - Twentieth Century Shocks

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  • čas přidán 23. 04. 2018
  • Philomena and Mark Lawson examine the first half of the 20th Century, with two world wars but no world cup.
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  • @KeshavGaur90
    @KeshavGaur90 Před 5 lety +2828

    "Radio made it possible for you to listen to other people without the use of thin walls or a devastating mental condition"

    • @douglaskay9959
      @douglaskay9959 Před 5 lety +23

      The word RADIO is an American word meaning the device invented in England by an Italian and he called it WIRELESS for obvious reasons. I was a WIRELESS mechanic in the Royal Signals.

    • @catherinerobilliard7662
      @catherinerobilliard7662 Před 5 lety +18

      Keshav Guar, I really did laugh out loud

    • @Criomorph
      @Criomorph Před 4 lety +2

      @@douglaskay9959
      You're old and senile, go do those things old people do like fishing and forgetting why you're in rooms.

    • @larrylewis5721
      @larrylewis5721 Před 3 lety +36

      @@douglaskay9959 Lighten up, seriously......Chrissakes. Go back and read what you wrote.

    • @CourierSiix
      @CourierSiix Před rokem +12

      @@douglaskay9959 dont care, its called radio

  • @noone3216
    @noone3216 Před rokem +1498

    "The show got a record audience of 400 - the sort of viewing figures BBC4 still dreams of." 😂😂

  • @KeithPenrod
    @KeithPenrod Před 5 lety +1829

    "He narrowly avoided tragedy by dying." ROFL I LOVE her. LOL

    • @alexlogan7559
      @alexlogan7559 Před 5 lety +41

      This needs to go on my tombstone

    • @eelllieeee
      @eelllieeee Před rokem +67

      Its like when she refferred to charles darwins death by saying "he evolved into a corpse"

    • @piwetshombe4684
      @piwetshombe4684 Před rokem +4

      That's my favourite part as well!! "Little did he know it at the time....."🤣🤣🤣

    • @piwetshombe4684
      @piwetshombe4684 Před rokem

      @@eelllieeee 🤣🤣

    • @thewhisper4269
      @thewhisper4269 Před rokem +4

      @JZ's BFF He evolved into a scientist, then he evolved into a corpse

  • @JS-te2vj
    @JS-te2vj Před rokem +1485

    "We know it will be hard, and we will expect it to be long"
    - Winton Churchill

    • @masterchuck8772
      @masterchuck8772 Před rokem

      That's really sexy

    • @wiltsunen8244
      @wiltsunen8244 Před rokem +229

      "We shall fight them bitches"
      - Winton Churchill

    • @current9300
      @current9300 Před rokem

      "Nobody's dick is that long, not even Long Dick Johnson, and he had a fucking long dick. Thus the name."
      -Rose of Sharon Cassidy

    • @floridanews8786
      @floridanews8786 Před rokem +47

      Insert "that's what she said" joke here

    • @circularisnotthis4316
      @circularisnotthis4316 Před rokem +13

      Insert “‘insert that’s what she said joke here’” here. I think you’ve been twatted open.

  • @indricotherium4802
    @indricotherium4802 Před 5 lety +2138

    "Teenagers that looked like adults but had the brains of children - like professional footballers today." What an absolute gem!

  • @Kauffy901
    @Kauffy901 Před 3 lety +3885

    I declare this informative, educational, and entertaining.

    • @period5304
      @period5304 Před rokem +5

      I am डॉलरPERIOD and I condone this message.

    • @margaretkairu7418
      @margaretkairu7418 Před rokem +11

      Hardly accurate but EXTREMELY FUNNY!

    • @trollmeistergeneral3467
      @trollmeistergeneral3467 Před rokem +3

      @Fletcher901
      And I declare it puerile, infantile, childish and decidedly unfunny. I cannot, for the life of me, understand why these eminent academics and historians participated in this stupid send-up of real history.
      “Why did they call it ‘Norman’s (sic) land?’ Were only people called Norman allowed in there?”
      Is that supposed to be funny?

    • @Kauffy901
      @Kauffy901 Před rokem +31

      Username checks out.

    • @Woosaidthat
      @Woosaidthat Před rokem +21

      @@trollmeistergeneral3467 no one invites you to parties do they?

  • @thascuzza7316
    @thascuzza7316 Před 5 lety +799

    ''We will fight them bitches'' Actually genius.

    • @woongah
      @woongah Před rokem +5

      Wait, it's not an actual, direct quote of the man itself?

    • @israelasiku3975
      @israelasiku3975 Před rokem +54

      @@woongah "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender"

    • @blackporscheroadster6415
      @blackporscheroadster6415 Před rokem

      We will fight them bitches on the beaches.

    • @quintomalley1196
      @quintomalley1196 Před rokem +6

      Also sounds like something the man would've actually said.

    • @benrobertson7855
      @benrobertson7855 Před rokem +8

      “…..And you madam will still be ugly…”

  • @prashanthmachalef
    @prashanthmachalef Před rokem +750

    "buried him under soil to rule over fellow potatoes for eternity " 😂😂

    • @adriannzekwue1382
      @adriannzekwue1382 Před rokem +12

      I was looking for this comment 😂

    • @bobjohnson6946
      @bobjohnson6946 Před rokem +19

      Funniest one, just because of how random it was.

    • @marcosteffen94
      @marcosteffen94 Před rokem +2

      😂😂

    • @rme1383
      @rme1383 Před rokem +4

      What Edward had to do with potato?

    • @danschwarz
      @danschwarz Před rokem +20

      @@rme1383 apparently a King Edward potato is a cultivar grown in the UK. I was confused too

  • @praveenb9048
    @praveenb9048 Před rokem +3193

    What I want to see is a blooper compilation where the profs / experts just fail to keep up their solemn expressions and laugh till they cry.

    • @matteomerlini604
      @matteomerlini604 Před rokem +162

      I have a very sneaky suspicion it may be the case they've not been made aware of the oke until after the interview

    • @hughmoore963
      @hughmoore963 Před rokem +383

      @@matteomerlini604 there was a great chat at the BFI with Charlie Brooker and Diane Morgan, and they both explain that the experts are in on the joke. Imagine there’d be a lot more walkouts if they weren’t!

    • @matteomerlini604
      @matteomerlini604 Před rokem +36

      @@hughmoore963 I see - I stand corrected, then

    • @dontbefatuousjeffrey2494
      @dontbefatuousjeffrey2494 Před rokem +313

      The "in on the joke" thing is why I love Professor Ashley Jackson the most: he always seems on the verge of losing his s**t, yet keeps answering the questions in good faith with facts 'n' that.
      Honestly, my favourite of their experts 😀

    • @guywhocantgrowabeard
      @guywhocantgrowabeard Před rokem +50

      @@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494 same here! He always seems like he's just about done with phelomina's BS.

  • @vollsticks
    @vollsticks Před rokem +306

    "...even women male prostitutes." I never get tired of this series, there are so many jewels that reveal themselves with each watch.

  • @blupunk01
    @blupunk01 Před 5 lety +469

    I'd never heard of Brush Strokes before, but I now know when it occurred in relation to many major events in British history.

    • @rollingwave2732
      @rollingwave2732 Před rokem +11

      I actually went and watched an episode of Brush Strokes😂

    • @joshthesandwich
      @joshthesandwich Před rokem +23

      @@rollingwave2732 how was it? Is the pump up the jams of sitcoms?

    • @rollingwave2732
      @rollingwave2732 Před rokem +1

      @@joshthesandwich No, it wasn’t. It was sweet and old fashioned. He was a ladies’ man but he didn’t take advantage of a drunk lady! It’s a very random sitcom to have selected. I suppose it adds a further dimension to Cunk’s personality that she likes it so much.

    • @abelq8008
      @abelq8008 Před rokem +5

      I kind of want to watch some now.

    • @jaysinha0
      @jaysinha0 Před rokem +3

      I suddenly remembered watching it in the 90s (or whenever) because there had been nothing else on at the time.

  • @glocke380
    @glocke380 Před 3 lety +489

    "Hitler thought the German's where an elite race like the Grand Prix." Brilliant

    • @blackdragoncyrus
      @blackdragoncyrus Před rokem +14

      Germans were*

    • @phily8093
      @phily8093 Před rokem +14

      No they weren't 😉

    • @Demun1649
      @Demun1649 Před rokem

      @@blackdragoncyrus No one is an elite race. Every single one of us is an accident. YOU had no control over your conception, nor your colour, nor your race, nor your language. You had no control of your education until over 18 years old. Your "impression" that you are better is caused by conversations, or brain washing, by inferior intellects you came across in whatever life you tried to live. Racism is taught, not born with by the subject.

    • @radvelvetcakez
      @radvelvetcakez Před 7 měsíci

      We really aren't

  • @ricecrispsandspaghetti2111
    @ricecrispsandspaghetti2111 Před rokem +150

    “His brother George also vacated unexpectedly early to spend more time in his coffin ” 😂

  • @josephesposo
    @josephesposo Před 5 lety +383

    "Why did they call World War I, "World War I"? It's quite pessimistic numbering, isn't? Or did they just know it this is the start of a franchise?"

  • @adriannzekwue1382
    @adriannzekwue1382 Před rokem +1165

    "Hitler wanted to make Britain German, to match it's Royal family 👀' I swear if you're not re-winding her videos every 5 seconds you're gonna miss a whole lot 😂

    • @cathhl2440
      @cathhl2440 Před rokem +20

      I’m not native; I know I’ve missed much!

    • @rme1383
      @rme1383 Před rokem +1

      @@cathhl2440 me too.

    • @davidgoosen1633
      @davidgoosen1633 Před rokem +1

      Yes this woman, speaks a lot of Truth between the lines, like Hitler wanting to make Britain German like it's royal family! With the Queen's passing recently, you'll notice how no one, no one said anything about that fact!

    • @jovangorgi
      @jovangorgi Před rokem

      Everybody wanted to be killed. It was a bigger craze than the fidget spinners.

    • @thomaslutro5560
      @thomaslutro5560 Před rokem +2

      @@cathhl2440 Me three.

  • @chrisofnottingham
    @chrisofnottingham Před 5 lety +282

    It cracks me up when she suddenly swears in the middle of talking normally.

    • @hiimterry2009
      @hiimterry2009 Před rokem +23

      The first time she did that, in the first episode, I had to pause until I stopped laughing. Then I watched it 10 more times! "And the queue for Nemesis at Alton Towers, in that it never fucking moves."

    • @urieldaboamorte
      @urieldaboamorte Před rokem +3

      it reminds me of The Onion's Sony video. the deadpan coupled with swearing is chef's kiss

    • @thescandinavian2487
      @thescandinavian2487 Před rokem +1

      In Swedish tv for instance is very common to swear in family programs, important part of expression and...Scandic's are not as stuck up as lets say the people who live in the U.S

    • @PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim
      @PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim Před rokem

      @@thescandinavian2487 swearing is considered low-class, uncultured, unprofessional and rude in most civilized countries, not just U.S.

    • @thescandinavian2487
      @thescandinavian2487 Před rokem

      @@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim You need to get out more kid, swearing is not even remotely a sign of being uncultured or low class, being judgmental and girlsplaining things on the other hand is, have a nice day !

  • @Justmt6940
    @Justmt6940 Před 5 lety +261

    “Today racist bigotry has no place in contemporary Britain...except Kent” LOL (24:48)

  • @DorkJedi96
    @DorkJedi96 Před 2 lety +322

    "Soon it caught on and everybody wanted to be killed. It was a bigger craze than fidget spinners." - LMAO 😂

  • @jonpavlovsky
    @jonpavlovsky Před 5 lety +329

    They soon settled into a british way of life, not smiling and being permanently tired

  • @kss3837
    @kss3837 Před rokem +190

    “He narrowly avoided tragedy by dying” makes sense

  • @dennisgalvin2521
    @dennisgalvin2521 Před 3 lety +129

    "..his tv was finalized but idiotically he'd invented it without checking to see if there were any programmes on yet".

  • @MatthewMcVeagh
    @MatthewMcVeagh Před 4 lety +563

    27:13 "More research needed, make sure script amended before voiceover record."
    That's the hilariousest thing in all these episodes!

  • @heatherrockwell9012
    @heatherrockwell9012 Před rokem +63

    "But he turned out to be a monster who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals, a bit like Boris Johnson"

  • @aaron.aaron.v.b.9448
    @aaron.aaron.v.b.9448 Před rokem +126

    This is probably the best summarization of the reasons for wwI I ever heard. "His assassination triggered a serious of other killings. Soon it caught on and everyone wanted to be killed."

  • @pigpuke
    @pigpuke Před rokem +122

    "Why did the British build bombers to attack their own territory?"
    "How do you mean?"
    "Well, the Lancaster Bombers."
    The look on his face was priceless. It's like his brain just melted. Brilliant stuff.

    • @It-b-Blair
      @It-b-Blair Před 11 měsíci

      🫠

    • @gustavosarabia4899
      @gustavosarabia4899 Před 8 měsíci +1

      i didn’t get that one, can sb explain me?

    • @doswillrule
      @doswillrule Před 7 měsíci +11

      @@gustavosarabia4899 Lancaster is a city in England, so the implication is that the Lancaster bomber (a WW2 plane) was designed to bomb Lancaster

  • @brittanyhodge736
    @brittanyhodge736 Před rokem +521

    Damn the Brits’ humor is top tier. This show is killing me 😂

    • @Jumpoable
      @Jumpoable Před rokem +1

      Where are you from?

    • @brittanyhodge736
      @brittanyhodge736 Před rokem +4

      @@Jumpoable the US. Arizona to be more specific. Where are you from?

    • @Jumpoable
      @Jumpoable Před rokem +11

      @@brittanyhodge736 Oh, I'm also from a former British colony! It's called Hong Kong.

    • @avalonjustin
      @avalonjustin Před rokem +9

      Hello friends I'm from Canada.👋Diane Morgan has fans all over the world!

    • @MatecaCorp
      @MatecaCorp Před rokem +1

      Nah man this is all they got

  • @colinr0380
    @colinr0380 Před 6 lety +189

    "Before the war King Edward abdicated, so that he could spend more time in his mistress..."

    • @TheNefastor
      @TheNefastor Před 4 lety +10

      So many awesome jokes in show just by changing or omitting a word or two... "We shall fight them bitches !" 🤣

    • @helenziegenfus6754
      @helenziegenfus6754 Před 3 lety +1

      😂😂

  • @Falconlibrary
    @Falconlibrary Před rokem +200

    I think this series has hit on the perfect way to educate the public: Philomena makes us laugh and listen to these very learned scholars and gives them a wider audience than they otherwise might find. Brilliant on so many levels.

    • @OneOfTheLoveless
      @OneOfTheLoveless Před rokem +18

      Also he frequent but not distracting spelling mistakes and inaccuracies made me Google/inform myself about the historic events. Brilliant.

  • @zoe547
    @zoe547 Před 4 lety +330

    "Luckily Britain had a hero on its side. A man who's name will never be forgotten; Winton Churchill"

    • @blackdragoncyrus
      @blackdragoncyrus Před rokem +18

      Whose*

    • @HomoLegalMedic
      @HomoLegalMedic Před rokem +12

      @@blackdragoncyrus you must be fun at parties.

    • @Demun1649
      @Demun1649 Před rokem +18

      @JZ's BFF I do, but I'm not gonna tell you. You win your own pub quizzes.

    • @Mermete8
      @Mermete8 Před rokem +13

      Winter Church Hill is a legendary name to Brits as Napoleon Cumberbatch is to French

    • @Mskitso1111
      @Mskitso1111 Před rokem

      "Hero" my foot, he caused death of millions in his persuit of victory. dude literally caused a famine with his policy. I wonder how much of the British army were originally british, Britain won relying on the manpower of its colonies and military and weaponry support from USA.

  • @adzdahlman9724
    @adzdahlman9724 Před 3 lety +439

    Straight in with , "if you sang Land of Hope and Glory in Portuguese , would it still sound alright ; or would it fucking ruin it." World class - more more more please. I'm still smiling hours after every episode*

    • @blackmore4
      @blackmore4 Před rokem +8

      Personally I think everything's improved with Portuguese (especially Brazilian Portuguese) vowels.

    • @adzdahlman9724
      @adzdahlman9724 Před rokem +4

      @@blackmore4 I honestly wouldn't know , I was picking up on the rhetoric humour , not the linguistics - it's not a complicated joke , any non English speaking country would suffice . She should've , inappropriately ,,, said Wales ha ha

    • @urieldaboamorte
      @urieldaboamorte Před rokem +10

      @@adzdahlman9724 imo Wales would be a bit too tired for this show. "they speak weird haha" is always the joke when Wales is mentioned. I think Portuguese balances the divide between "English/mainstream" and "too foreign" pretty well.
      Edit: I say this because I think "what if it was in Spanish?" or "what if it was in Mongolian?" (respectively) would make the joke more stale

    • @adzdahlman9724
      @adzdahlman9724 Před rokem +3

      @@urieldaboamorte Ha haa , you're pushing my intellect at this time of day . I'm WELL accustomed to everything North Wales has to offer - from my love of the terrain , the hatred of my dialect / English bastard I was , their hatred of me STEALING THEIR WOMEN , it was an interesting time . I moved onto an unoccupied tidal island , CRASHED the locale . I've never previously known / or since , experienced , such hostility . Unique bunch .

    • @aminemaia921
      @aminemaia921 Před rokem +1

      @@blackmore4 I thank you on behalf of my people

  • @kathowed
    @kathowed Před 3 lety +320

    Brilliant writing, sublime delivery. This is what television was invented for.

    • @ppsh43
      @ppsh43 Před rokem +14

      TV was invented for this and Brush Strokes

    • @ABCDEFG-ce4eu
      @ABCDEFG-ce4eu Před rokem +6

      Content worth putting your iphone down for.

    • @Barbreck1
      @Barbreck1 Před rokem

      You said that about the Generation Game too, Geof...

    • @paulstewart6293
      @paulstewart6293 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Exactly. Don't forget Monty python either. Bise

  • @Haffmatthew
    @Haffmatthew Před rokem +130

    I just adore “United Britain of Great Kingdom”. It makes me feel both silly and full of whimsy

  • @bard6184
    @bard6184 Před rokem +36

    "Before the war, King Edward had abdicated, so he could spend more time in his mistress. His brother George also vacated the throne unexpectedly early, to spend more time in his coffin."

  • @fredmila
    @fredmila Před 6 lety +180

    The kind of audience BBC4 still dreams of

  • @PatrickLongest
    @PatrickLongest Před rokem +81

    I will never not laugh at the "Brush Stokes" drop-ins. 🤣

    • @maazkalim
      @maazkalim Před 4 měsíci

      running-gag. 🤣* There! FTFY

  • @boredlawyer3382
    @boredlawyer3382 Před rokem +26

    23:28 -- "Once the NHS arrived, if you were poor and you got sick, you weren't on you own anymore. You were in a crowded waiting room full of other sick people."
    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @shipwreck9146
    @shipwreck9146 Před rokem +50

    "If you sang it in like Portugueses, would it still feel British, or would that just *FUckin* ruin it?"
    Oh my god, I lost it. It was so unnessarily agressive, but so perfect.

  • @gianni2083
    @gianni2083 Před rokem +82

    They soon settled into a British way of life: not smiling and being permanently tired

  • @TheNefastor
    @TheNefastor Před 4 lety +150

    "We shall fight them bitches." I laughed so hard my cat fell out of my desk. I love you, miss Cunk.

  • @dandy5948
    @dandy5948 Před rokem +67

    i’m australian and studied modern history in highschool, naturally we studied mostly the australian side of the story but ironically i learnt more in this satirical masterpiece than i did in 6 years of studying it in a classroom

  • @dirkbonesteel
    @dirkbonesteel Před 6 lety +5495

    Love these but hope she never comes to US. No one will understand she is a character or that it's comedy so she will probably be elected President.

    • @sparXKuijper
      @sparXKuijper Před 6 lety +76

      LOL XD

    • @Sam-lr9oi
      @Sam-lr9oi Před 5 lety +92

      I'd like a Shitpeas Goes American series, it'd be like old Colbert Report when people still thought the character was genuine.

    • @ghett0bla5t
      @ghett0bla5t Před 5 lety +118

      She wouldn't even have a choice. She'd just walk off the plane and they'd be like "you're president now", then they'd carry her to the Whitehouse.

    • @psammiad
      @psammiad Před 5 lety +169

      I think even if she was real, she'd do a better job of it than Trump.

    • @ghett0bla5t
      @ghett0bla5t Před 5 lety +128

      @@psammiad Her shoes would do a better job than Trump.

  • @ellisonny
    @ellisonny Před rokem +27

    Whenever she “corrects” the professionals and just interrupts them mid sentence I cry

  • @CataLinaMurariu
    @CataLinaMurariu Před rokem +11

    ‘He was dead important. By which I mean he was only important when he was dead.’

  • @alexjoeluke
    @alexjoeluke Před rokem +46

    That guy was so mad at her calling it “war 2”

  • @gorillaguerillaDK
    @gorillaguerillaDK Před 6 lety +185

    "A bit like Boris Jonson" - I'm laughing so hard that I have tears in my eyes!

    • @francis4293
      @francis4293 Před 4 lety +10

      Suddenly it doesn’t feel so funny anymore 😢

    • @DarkAngelEU
      @DarkAngelEU Před rokem +3

      @@francis4293 Welcome to 1984, served straight on a silver platter.

  • @bmxt939
    @bmxt939 Před 5 měsíci +7

    It's so childish yet so clever, it makes me just adore her.

  • @sensennsen
    @sensennsen Před rokem +25

    "Awarded Churchill by voting him out of office." brilliant!

  • @Dcook85
    @Dcook85 Před rokem +45

    25:03 "so he could spend more time in his mistress" LMAO so subtle but so sharp!

  • @smackednoodle
    @smackednoodle Před rokem +27

    "Even thought it looks like Charlie Chaplin, it's actually not funny at all" cracked me up. I felt so guilty

  • @darrenrobinson9041
    @darrenrobinson9041 Před rokem +59

    The badly timed train wave and the shouting at helicopters - a few seconds in and I'm already laughing.

  • @erickoontz6835
    @erickoontz6835 Před 4 měsíci +2

    You know, I almost never laugh out loud at CZcams videos. But in the case of Philomena Cunk, it never fails.

  • @foreignparticle1320
    @foreignparticle1320 Před rokem +33

    Brush Strokes is the glue that holds the United Kingdom together.

  • @falconbritt5461
    @falconbritt5461 Před rokem +99

    I still love "a fork in its crossroads." Every time. (As a former English teacher in America, let me say she is so much like a poorly educated 8th grader. You wouldn't believe the questions they ask or what they write in papers.)

    • @Pantuflas295
      @Pantuflas295 Před 5 měsíci +2

      I still remember a college friend's student teaching essay assignment in 7th grade 20th c. history in the mid 1980s.
      Instructions: Write a two page essay on an historical figure from WWll. Use and cite sources. For example Encyclopedia Brittanica.
      The title, followed by three laboriously copied consecutive encyclopedia entries, that to this day make me chuckle was:
      "Hitler, Hittites and Hives."

  • @giantbluewhale
    @giantbluewhale Před 5 lety +71

    her reactions are what makes the whole series

  • @Daijyobanai
    @Daijyobanai Před 6 lety +74

    Mark Lawson trying to keep a straight face, haha. You can see the tears in his eyes, he's half a second away from cracking up every time.

  • @glazdarklee1683
    @glazdarklee1683 Před rokem +14

    I love the way the experts work so hard at not breaking character. As an American, it reminds me a lot of what Stephen Colbert used to do.

  • @auntdyann
    @auntdyann Před 10 měsíci +8

    “how we went from ancient man to Ed Sheeran” 😂😂😂

  • @descoiatorul
    @descoiatorul Před 5 lety +91

    This is brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. Top-notch British humor.

    • @Demun1649
      @Demun1649 Před rokem

      There is NO SUCH THING AS BRITISH HUMOUR. It is all just HUMOUR. Trashy nationalists get everywhere.

    • @patagualianmostly7437
      @patagualianmostly7437 Před rokem +5

      @JZ's BFF We have a rather unique ability to laugh at ourselves. We never take criticism seriously at any level.... we can laugh at our detracters...& laugh along with them.
      Something newer arrivals fail to grasp....and would wish to condemn us for.
      Duck 'em I say, Duck the Duckers.

    • @DataLal
      @DataLal Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@patagualianmostly7437 I wouldn't say it's totally unique. Canadians can do this too. Then again, we were a British colony and in some small ways still are. 😄

  • @dersteve4240
    @dersteve4240 Před 7 měsíci +8

    Quotes like "King Edward had abdicated so he could spend more time in his mistress" are what makes this so brilliant

  • @donaldb1
    @donaldb1 Před 5 lety +75

    Shouting at helicopters - a vital skill for all historians.

    • @meisteremm
      @meisteremm Před rokem +4

      So all of those people that I thought were homeless and mentally ill were just historians the whole time. Huh.

    • @terraflow__bryanburdo4547
      @terraflow__bryanburdo4547 Před rokem

      @@meisteremm Being an historian who is homeless and mentally ill is not mutually exclusive.

    • @PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim
      @PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim Před rokem

      @@meisteremm where do you live that you have homeless shouting at helicopters 😂

    • @meisteremm
      @meisteremm Před rokem +2

      @Ellie #PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim I don't know if it's the helicopters that they are shouting at, really.
      They could just be shouting in general and a helicopter happens to be there.
      For all I know, they're shouting at squirrels.

    • @ImNotADeeJay
      @ImNotADeeJay Před rokem

      Now they shout at drones, which is harder because those motherfuckers are small

  • @theonesillyboy
    @theonesillyboy Před rokem +44

    "we shall fight them bitches" got me in stitches 🤣 - genius writing perfectly delivered!!

  • @greyquinn
    @greyquinn Před 5 lety +92

    Does anybody else want to watch Brush Strokes by now?

    • @psammiad
      @psammiad Před 5 lety +12

      No. Really no.

    • @rogermunns9206
      @rogermunns9206 Před 5 lety +2

      Yes, Dexys Midnight Runners..................

    • @Rojoco88
      @Rojoco88 Před 3 lety +8

      Every episode I forget about it. Then bang - Brush strokes intro.
      Gets me every time 😂

    • @samuelchristie570
      @samuelchristie570 Před 3 lety +2

      Ross Coburn It’s the joke that just keeps giving

    • @jaysinha0
      @jaysinha0 Před rokem

      No. 😡

  • @geoffreyngugi9941
    @geoffreyngugi9941 Před rokem +139

    14:50
    "Churchill speeches were stirring and powerfully erotic"
    Churchill: We know it will be hard, we expect it will be long..
    😂😂😂😂

    • @lancemousel3457
      @lancemousel3457 Před rokem +5

      Watching her would make me both of these if you get the drift!

    • @margaretcaine4219
      @margaretcaine4219 Před 10 měsíci

      Thanks! I'd missed that one.

    • @MeowZer_ing
      @MeowZer_ing Před 6 měsíci

      I laughed so hard. Had to be my favorite comment.

  • @Imaveryniceguy
    @Imaveryniceguy Před rokem +28

    The woman is absolutely magnific. Perfect delivery and that face...my God 🤣🤣🤣

  • @AgentDigits
    @AgentDigits Před rokem +30

    "I think I'd kill myself if I couldn't have crisps"
    I love this show

  • @samsheep1234
    @samsheep1234 Před 4 lety +62

    "A bit like Boris Johnson"... The irony is hurtful at this point.

  • @Xth3Z
    @Xth3Z Před rokem +35

    How anyone being interviewed by her can sit through this with a straight face is beyond me. 🤣

    • @madyjules
      @madyjules Před rokem +6

      she said recently on a US chat show (Seth Meyers) that these experts bust out laughing all the time & they have to do more takes…
      brilliant 😂

  • @KeiferElliott
    @KeiferElliott Před 10 měsíci +9

    This is an EXTREMELY refreshing series. Let’s all sit back and have a laugh. God knows we need it! I think Diane Morgan is hysterical! How she says those things and keeps a straight face…..I haven’t laughed this hard in ages. British tv is so much better than American in my opinion and experience.

    • @Mizmoon2020
      @Mizmoon2020 Před 5 měsíci

      You’re just pissed we never got to watch Brush Strokes over here. We had to settle for Welcome Back Kotter.

  • @memph1ston
    @memph1ston Před rokem +10

    The Brush Strokes cutaway gets me EVERY time. I never expect it.

    • @maazkalim
      @maazkalim Před 4 měsíci

      running-gag gets me* There! FTFY

  • @dontcare7086
    @dontcare7086 Před rokem +26

    I spit up my coffee when she said "even women male prostitutes" 😂

  • @muddshshshark
    @muddshshshark Před 5 lety +57

    Just discovered Miss Philomena couple days ago , love her . How do they keep a straight face?

    • @Demun1649
      @Demun1649 Před rokem

      @JZ's BFF Gosh you are a regionalist fart.

  • @TheRimma1987
    @TheRimma1987 Před rokem +39

    I'm feeling so big priveleges to being in west Ukraine and listening your show now.
    Thanks for that our army and support of your great country)

  • @sebasfrankes6501
    @sebasfrankes6501 Před 9 měsíci +9

    Her question on whether “land of Open Glory” still works in Portugese is actually shockingly sharp. That is what makes this brilliant, you never know when she is gonna say nonsense or something incisive.

  • @rondonnis6588
    @rondonnis6588 Před 4 lety +35

    the trench conditions were so bad that they wouldn't even get a two star rating on trip adviser lol

  • @relativeparadox9567
    @relativeparadox9567 Před rokem +4

    I have a customer that comes to my store in Montreal, she was in the Royal Ballet during The Blitz. They were instrumental(as was the music) in helping people cope with the harrowing experience. She said that whenever the sirens went off as they were preforming, everybody would shhh them and the performers just kept going and help the crowd enjoy what could be their last moment.
    I'm transferring stores this week.
    Going to miss her.

  • @evifnoskcaj
    @evifnoskcaj Před rokem +17

    These are so hilariously done. I'm addicted.

  • @kb7clx
    @kb7clx Před rokem +19

    The thing about Portuguese was brilliant. But I was waiting for her to ask the expert if he knew why Americans were always playing a British patriotic song at their graduations lol.

  • @tkondor
    @tkondor Před 2 lety +74

    "Hitler thought that the Germans were an elite race, like the Grand Prix." I keep losing my shit on this show :D

  • @valentingjorgjiovski4896
    @valentingjorgjiovski4896 Před rokem +12

    "or the band named after him" oh that touched my heart, this is amazing

  • @swaggerjagg22
    @swaggerjagg22 Před 5 lety +46

    She is obsessed with brush strokes hahhahaahhaha

  • @seanfitzgerald9320
    @seanfitzgerald9320 Před rokem +8

    "The viewership was up to 400, numbers that BBC4 can still only dream of." got me good

  • @anyscaleclassics6880
    @anyscaleclassics6880 Před rokem +16

    Why have I literally only just found out about this? And her? Borderline comedy genius masked by sublime silliness. 👌

  • @fittyrightonpoint6466
    @fittyrightonpoint6466 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Classic British humour
    Extremely funny dry wit
    Philomena is top tier.🔥🔥💯💯👍👍👏👏⭐⭐

  • @73whitezz
    @73whitezz Před 4 lety +47

    Been a fan of hers for years. She's brilliant!

  • @SpeedFranklin
    @SpeedFranklin Před rokem +6

    The commitment to the Brush Strokes gag is laudable. I almost want to see it now...almost

    • @Dragodol
      @Dragodol Před rokem +1

      For real haha she has you all invested in each episode and then bam out of nowhere BRUSH STROKES

  • @ToutCQJM
    @ToutCQJM Před rokem +16

    “Along the way, I’ll be shouting at helicopters” I’m done for. Hahahahaha

  • @standpharrison
    @standpharrison Před 5 lety +47

    'Things were shithouse bad' abavahaha

  • @piwetshombe4684
    @piwetshombe4684 Před rokem +13

    "Little did he know it at the time, but he'd narrowly avoided tragedy by dying." 🤣🤣🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

  • @laurawareitsat
    @laurawareitsat Před 5 lety +43

    Not smiling and being permanently tired. I'm dying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @mason2me
    @mason2me Před rokem +9

    that "first world" line is absolute comedic genius.

  • @flannelsykes0
    @flannelsykes0 Před 5 lety +257

    This series makes me proud to be a Brit. That perfect blend of British humour which is poignant yet doesn't mind mocking every part of its poignancy by turning it into pure farce.

    • @Demun1649
      @Demun1649 Před rokem +4

      You don't have much going for you, do you? Diane Morgan creates a ficticious character, and that makes you "proud to be a Brit". WHY? Humour is humour everywhere, it is not limited to this poxed island.

    • @flannelsykes0
      @flannelsykes0 Před rokem +36

      @@Demun1649 Dave Mons creates a sentence and he's proud of his witty retort. Verily would he laugh were it not for the tears of closed curtain solitude that dilute his Tomato soup for one.

    • @patagualianmostly7437
      @patagualianmostly7437 Před rokem

      @@Demun1649 You just don't get it do you?
      The British have always had the ability to laugh at themselves.....
      And then along came another group that failed to grasp that simple premise and cried "Foul" & even worse...."Racism".... Totally missing the point that the British have done this for centuries.... Came here, but totally, and utterly FAILED to integrate.
      Interesting that you call Britain a "poxed island".... Fair description these days, but....
      Ever paused to consider how it got that that way?

    • @Demun1649
      @Demun1649 Před rokem

      @@patagualianmostly7437 Answer your own last question, might do some good.
      FIRST, When you use the term "British" how far back in history are you going?
      SECOND, Do you think that the two Polish men, killed on their own doorsteps by Anglo-Saxon mongrels, think it was just a joke and a laugh.
      THIRD, This country was ruined way back in the period between 400-600 when the Angles, Saxe and Jutes invaded us from Germany.
      FOURTH, I have experienced RACISM from the bloody English since I was six years old. White, born and educated in England, but still a foreigner to the racist ENGLISH MONGRELS, and abused my whole life.
      FIFTH, Call out YOUR own side, and ask THEM your last question.

    • @OneOfTheLoveless
      @OneOfTheLoveless Před rokem +4

      @@flannelsykes0 oh no a critique. Better retort with a character attack. :^)
      Besides it's perfectly valid to attach yourself to a work of art that you have nothing to do with, besides vague origin, to leech off it's prestige. :^)

  • @ic1815
    @ic1815 Před rokem +3

    “Like most sequels, War 2 was proving less fun, than War 1.”

  • @michaelsalmon3450
    @michaelsalmon3450 Před rokem +18

    my dream woman, never afraid to call a dead king a potato

  • @eezyclsmooth9035
    @eezyclsmooth9035 Před rokem +6

    Britons are World Re known for having "A Stiff Upper Lip". What is truly astounding is: the highly educated scholars
    and historians in this series never even flinch, scratch their heads or roll their eyes at the questions.

  • @CrackinACold1
    @CrackinACold1 Před rokem +9

    "Frankie goes to Hollywood singing about spunk." Good lord I wasnt ready for that 😳😭

  • @marktuggle5609
    @marktuggle5609 Před rokem +18

    I love how they always use the show brush strokes in every episiode.

    • @maazkalim
      @maazkalim Před 4 měsíci +1

      Defined as: Running-gag.

  • @lucysmith2197
    @lucysmith2197 Před 3 lety +24

    “Today, racist bigotry has no place in contemporary Britain... except Kent.”
    Boy, don’t I know it.

  • @JK_Clark
    @JK_Clark Před rokem +11

    "Churchill's speeches were stirring and powerfully erotic.
    He was one of the greatest orators of all time.
    And some of the phrases he used still resonate today;
    such as 'finest hour',
    'never surrender' and of course
    We shall fight them bitches."
    Fucking nearly dying here, lmao, watered down my beer too!

  • @voltss1235
    @voltss1235 Před rokem +13

    "Or NHS for less long" made me laugh, it's brilliant when you think about it.

  • @stianmathisen4284
    @stianmathisen4284 Před rokem +7

    Smartest and most sublime funny showbizz woman i ever saw, this Philomena character voice, and manners is out of this world brilliant