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  • Опубликовано: 9 апр 2018
  • 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
    @adamdavis5961 Год назад +5866

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

    • @jonmann4980
      @jonmann4980 Год назад +40

      Glad other people caught this joke

    • @KittyTittyAnonymity
      @KittyTittyAnonymity Год назад +5

      @@jonmann4980 which is ?

    • @muuubiee
      @muuubiee Год назад +52

      Technically correct.

    • @NG-sz2xi
      @NG-sz2xi Год назад +5

      @@muuubiee more than a week

    • @muuubiee
      @muuubiee Год назад +78

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

  • @_Samuraii_1
    @_Samuraii_1 Год назад +7218

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

    • @Toinkity
      @Toinkity Год назад +591

      it would be an honor

    • @virgin-gardener
      @virgin-gardener Год назад +27

      Bwahaha

    • @andrewfalconer8599
      @andrewfalconer8599 Год назад +341

      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
      @Lans888 Год назад +10

      HAHAHAHA true

    • @mimisolo7778
      @mimisolo7778 Год назад +6

      😭😭😭omg true🤣

  • @eyeq7730
    @eyeq7730 Год назад +1655

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

  • @ChrisOfRivia
    @ChrisOfRivia Год назад +2855

    "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
      @made-line7627 Год назад +35

      Submerged*

    • @kanonierable
      @kanonierable Год назад

      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
      @pommunist 11 месяцев назад +60

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

    • @Bluefox1978
      @Bluefox1978 10 месяцев назад +9

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

    • @smadaf
      @smadaf 10 месяцев назад +5

      Churches!

  • @hellomynameisname4270
    @hellomynameisname4270 Год назад +7552

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

    • @ankanbads
      @ankanbads Год назад +208

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

    • @AiRandomHandle
      @AiRandomHandle Год назад +11

      what? I'm so confused

    • @ilovecairns5181
      @ilovecairns5181 Год назад +43

      @@AiRandomHandle try picking up a book

    • @AiRandomHandle
      @AiRandomHandle Год назад +96

      @@ilovecairns5181 what's a book?

    • @nunosimoes3270
      @nunosimoes3270 Год назад +19

      my brain did that thing lol

  • @Luke-jo4to
    @Luke-jo4to Год назад +13520

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

    • @daniel_sc1024
      @daniel_sc1024 Год назад +479

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

    • @malikabd2902
      @malikabd2902 Год назад +18

      Lmao trye

    • @chris94kennedy
      @chris94kennedy Год назад +381

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

    • @IsiahTomas
      @IsiahTomas Год назад +98

      What's a gullybill?

    • @eggrollorsoup6052
      @eggrollorsoup6052 Год назад +109

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

  • @JustaSillySailor
    @JustaSillySailor 6 месяцев назад +76

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

    • @TranNguyen-sw7wu
      @TranNguyen-sw7wu Месяц назад

      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".

  • @LucasLassance
    @LucasLassance Год назад +448

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

    • @jeshland
      @jeshland 8 месяцев назад +16

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

    • @historyismyplayground1827
      @historyismyplayground1827 8 месяцев назад +1

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

    • @historyismyplayground1827
      @historyismyplayground1827 8 месяцев назад

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

    • @ltcarlsen2152
      @ltcarlsen2152 7 месяцев назад +1

      Just like the Protestants...

    • @thesubhumancomedy
      @thesubhumancomedy 7 месяцев назад

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

  • @Dominian1
    @Dominian1 3 года назад +4075

    "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
      @TunedSongs 3 года назад +100

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

    • @ollieb9875
      @ollieb9875 3 года назад +29

      Newswipe was also good 😅

    • @1515327E
      @1515327E 2 года назад

      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
      @mryanmcc 2 года назад +24

      This part nearly broke me

    • @different_stuff
      @different_stuff Год назад +5

      can someone explain?

  • @tsumichama
    @tsumichama Год назад +4309

    "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
      @damienflinter4585 Год назад +69

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

    • @c.xyz_
      @c.xyz_ Год назад +47

      "how did Sir Walter Raleigh invent the potato?"

    • @reivax5742
      @reivax5742 Год назад +49

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

    • @reivax5742
      @reivax5742 Год назад +72

      "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
      @whereswaldo5740 Год назад +14

      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.

  • @bgdassassin92
    @bgdassassin92 Год назад +149

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

  • @alicec-m3403
    @alicec-m3403 Год назад +37

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

  • @jeffcolorado
    @jeffcolorado Год назад +2900

    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
      @tonygluk1 Год назад +160

      Lol, sounds like something she would say indeed

    • @Snout007
      @Snout007 Год назад +63

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

    • @creamyhorror
      @creamyhorror Год назад +1

      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
      @montanna2012 Год назад

      Philomena cunk/ Diane Morgan

    • @jeff3482
      @jeff3482 Год назад +36

      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
    @BLINDrOBOTFILMS Год назад +779

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

    • @JanMike9
      @JanMike9 Год назад +2

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

    • @Sam1878Henry
      @Sam1878Henry Год назад +4

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

    • @525Lines
      @525Lines Год назад +2

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

    • @JonLundy0
      @JonLundy0 Год назад

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

    • @alberton.1601
      @alberton.1601 Год назад

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

  • @madiantin
    @madiantin 8 месяцев назад +25

    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

  • @natalierozean5989
    @natalierozean5989 10 месяцев назад +282

    😂😂😂. “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
      @MrClauried 7 месяцев назад +7

      these 30 minutes are rich with such statements

    • @anzyroadside2374
      @anzyroadside2374 7 месяцев назад +8

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

    • @davidgoosen1633
      @davidgoosen1633 6 месяцев назад

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

    • @estefencosta1835
      @estefencosta1835 5 месяцев назад +4

      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
      @markscott6414 Месяц назад +1

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

  • @cyberdude8888
    @cyberdude8888 2 года назад +3675

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

    • @HarcusCGTV
      @HarcusCGTV Год назад +77

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

    • @TheMijman
      @TheMijman Год назад +41

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

    • @Demun1649
      @Demun1649 Год назад +24

      @@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
      @TheMijman Год назад +47

      @@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
      @Demun1649 Год назад +15

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

  • @StrangelyBrownNo1
    @StrangelyBrownNo1 Год назад +1845

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

    • @morpher44
      @morpher44 Год назад +19

      except for the bringing air in tanks bit.

    • @madzen112
      @madzen112 Год назад +28

      More scurvy on the ISS

    • @Kaarna5
      @Kaarna5 Год назад +8

      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
      @humayoonrashdi249 Год назад +16

      And likewise, space will sometime be our everyday seas.

    • @basedbane787
      @basedbane787 Год назад +3

      except sailors are real

  • @parkcaliii1313
    @parkcaliii1313 Год назад +30

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

  • @sebastianwagner7334
    @sebastianwagner7334 Год назад +26

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

    • @Peter-gi3re
      @Peter-gi3re Месяц назад +3

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

  • @airotsa
    @airotsa 5 лет назад +2480

    “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
      @morpher44 Год назад +22

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

    • @jeremiahgabriel5709
      @jeremiahgabriel5709 Год назад +4

      How very Tudor of you

    • @Pneumavlr
      @Pneumavlr Год назад

      😂

    • @CaalamusTube
      @CaalamusTube Год назад

      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
      @dashroodle9507 Год назад +15

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

  • @killuaxxx315
    @killuaxxx315 Год назад +1542

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

    • @TheLazyDuck
      @TheLazyDuck Год назад +7

      damn me too haha this lady so funny

    • @NormAppleton
      @NormAppleton Год назад +3

      I lost my shit there too

    • @dixonpinfold2582
      @dixonpinfold2582 Год назад +2

      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
      @siberarmi Год назад

      still laughing :D

    • @PiglipsMaximus
      @PiglipsMaximus Год назад +2

      The way she says Elizabeth One

  • @richardpena7153
    @richardpena7153 10 месяцев назад +29

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

  • @mrdarklight
    @mrdarklight Месяц назад +3

    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.

  • @johnorr726
    @johnorr726 2 года назад +672

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

  • @enkephalin07
    @enkephalin07 Год назад +877

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

    • @jacobnash9755
      @jacobnash9755 Год назад +35

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

    • @francisjones174
      @francisjones174 Год назад +13

      We historians ALL have wit and humour!

    • @stephenreeds3632
      @stephenreeds3632 Год назад +33

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

    • @arbaazshaw8123
      @arbaazshaw8123 10 месяцев назад

      It's not mockementary, all of it is staged

    • @SamuelBlack84
      @SamuelBlack84 9 месяцев назад

      She's so cute 😍

  • @Brinta3
    @Brinta3 Год назад +61

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

  • @Mondomeyer
    @Mondomeyer 11 месяцев назад +12

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

  • @NullHand
    @NullHand Год назад +1850

    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
      @cnj67 Год назад +75

      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
      @dreamcrusher112 Год назад +51

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

    • @amalgamy
      @amalgamy Год назад

      Disco...? Like this? ruclips.net/video/qTFEyFEu1Fk/видео.html

    • @illyrusemperor9278
      @illyrusemperor9278 Год назад +15

      Disco what? That's some big ass word

    • @nobody1747
      @nobody1747 Год назад +11

      @@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

  • @manofcorn5930
    @manofcorn5930 Год назад +2582

    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
      @knowahnosenothing4862 Год назад +137

      He almost broke character but he held it back. 👍

    • @neolexiousneolexian6079
      @neolexiousneolexian6079 Год назад +23

      9:00

    • @cnj67
      @cnj67 Год назад +58

      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
      @gonzalohiguain2589 Год назад +11

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

    • @JamesHamp93
      @JamesHamp93 Год назад +37

      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 😂😂

  • @johnthooker
    @johnthooker Год назад +19

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

  • @brianmcrock
    @brianmcrock 6 месяцев назад +8

    "...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.

  • @AusNav09
    @AusNav09 3 года назад +1054

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

    • @Trollificusv2
      @Trollificusv2 3 года назад +33

      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
      @Sebbir 2 года назад +22

      That line was amazing

    • @dzonbrodi514
      @dzonbrodi514 Год назад +65

      @@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
      @terryriley6410 Год назад +17

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

    • @cjerp
      @cjerp Год назад

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

  • @Gracchus66
    @Gracchus66 Год назад +788

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

  • @ultimatesoup
    @ultimatesoup 7 месяцев назад +8

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

  • @cqwt6103
    @cqwt6103 Год назад +25

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

  • @TheCzmauricio
    @TheCzmauricio Год назад +229

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

  • @theseustoo
    @theseustoo Год назад +398

    "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
      @MspPiip Год назад +8

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

    • @CodeDreamer68
      @CodeDreamer68 Год назад +5

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

  • @lost_boy
    @lost_boy 4 месяца назад +21

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

  • @Aeternum_Gaming
    @Aeternum_Gaming Год назад +36

    8:11 i can literally hear the dial-up connection sound of his brain breaking at this very moment from asking if "anyone has ever tried to sail into the sky" i absolutely love this show. there have to be tons of bloopers.

    • @aussiechris5904
      @aussiechris5904 Год назад +1

      Please learn what the difference is between 'literally' and 'figuratively.'

    • @Aeternum_Gaming
      @Aeternum_Gaming Год назад +3

      @@aussiechris5904 nobody asked.

    • @RamathRS
      @RamathRS 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@Aeternum_GamingIf you don't like being called out for being an illiterate fool, learn your vocabulary like everyone else!

  • @osochara
    @osochara Год назад +733

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

    • @MarcusHawksley
      @MarcusHawksley Год назад +26

      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
      @nikhildesai7715 Год назад +3

      She's probably just use to it. LoL

    • @Daaab89
      @Daaab89 Год назад +3

      9:25 this guy was actually pretty good.

  • @ineedabetterusername7424
    @ineedabetterusername7424 2 года назад +729

    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
      @EcoMythos 2 года назад +25

      It prevails in the rural areas.

    • @ineedabetterusername7424
      @ineedabetterusername7424 2 года назад +17

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

    • @janinewetzler5037
      @janinewetzler5037 Год назад +18

      It is true today in Republican States.

    • @elias_xp95
      @elias_xp95 Год назад

      @@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
      @alexvasquez537 Год назад +2

      Early?

  • @orfeo793
    @orfeo793 8 месяцев назад +27

    "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

  • @Obelisk57
    @Obelisk57 22 дня назад +2

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

  • @InvictusByz
    @InvictusByz Год назад +272

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

    • @casualsatanist
      @casualsatanist Год назад +13

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

    • @benjamintillema3572
      @benjamintillema3572 Год назад +3

      12:55

    • @bensanterre9478
      @bensanterre9478 Год назад +16

      He clearly has a great sense of humor himself.

    • @AP-dx4mq
      @AP-dx4mq Год назад +6

      Love how he matched the energy

    • @daveshif2514
      @daveshif2514 Год назад

      He knew he knew 😂

  • @joshuageckles802
    @joshuageckles802 Год назад +570

    "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
      @thesubhumancomedy Год назад +2

      The writing is good, very good.

    • @jamesmccormick211
      @jamesmccormick211 Год назад +10

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

    • @ABlair-dv3ki
      @ABlair-dv3ki 11 месяцев назад +4

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

    • @LaLaLaAllDayLong
      @LaLaLaAllDayLong 11 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @mdh6977
    @mdh6977 11 месяцев назад +22

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

    • @Ilikebigbooties
      @Ilikebigbooties 4 месяца назад +1

      International treasure, one might say

  • @rbilleaud
    @rbilleaud 2 месяца назад +8

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

  • @debasishraychawdhuri
    @debasishraychawdhuri Год назад +169

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

  • @charliehorton1839
    @charliehorton1839 Год назад +1555

    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
      @chrisbaxter3597 Год назад +29

      Said like a true Brit

    • @djert24
      @djert24 Год назад +8

      I think its called the cabbage jack.

    • @paulstewart6293
      @paulstewart6293 Год назад +5

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

    • @lunacalypso5208
      @lunacalypso5208 Год назад +3

      @@djert24 i think you mean the wabbajack

    • @Lady.B.ellinor4971
      @Lady.B.ellinor4971 Год назад +3

      Charlie, you are now an honorary brit ❤

  • @nimrod2550
    @nimrod2550 5 месяцев назад +8

    Professor Ashley Jackson takes deadpan to another dimension. Legend

  • @seanwetson1895
    @seanwetson1895 Год назад +25

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

  • @Naegimaggu
    @Naegimaggu 2 года назад +179

    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.

  • @squamish4244
    @squamish4244 Год назад +272

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

  • @jakubmesaros2092
    @jakubmesaros2092 10 месяцев назад +32

    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
    @MB-dg3lr Год назад +14

    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" 🤣🤣

  • @Ogrecoxy
    @Ogrecoxy 6 лет назад +436

    "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
      @niviamaeva 3 года назад +18

      Brilliant

    • @kwerk2011
      @kwerk2011 Год назад +6

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

    • @vituperation
      @vituperation Год назад

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

  • @virtualatheist
    @virtualatheist Год назад +213

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

  • @JumpingTomato
    @JumpingTomato 6 месяцев назад +4

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

  • @Jim_The_Fish
    @Jim_The_Fish 4 месяца назад +5

    Philomena Cunk changed my life

  • @austinmount8575
    @austinmount8575 Год назад +565

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

    • @Kobe29261
      @Kobe29261 Год назад +20

      With great urgency and relentless vigilance!

    • @jonathantv269
      @jonathantv269 Год назад +1

      And how you gonn protect her mr.hero😆?

  • @Recessionist
    @Recessionist Год назад +676

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

    • @ericdavison6186
      @ericdavison6186 Год назад +15

      And that was Ron Hutton!
      Tudors methinks

    • @KevinBessey
      @KevinBessey 9 месяцев назад +6

      I could not stop laughing at that part lol

    • @purplefood1
      @purplefood1 9 месяцев назад +7

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

    • @HeliosTheCharizard
      @HeliosTheCharizard 7 месяцев назад +8

      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
      @globalheart 5 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @fedos
    @fedos Год назад +53

    "No, the Stewarts are an incredibly accident prone family."
    He read the assignment.

    • @gangisspawn1
      @gangisspawn1 Год назад +1

      Very accident prone! 😂

    • @alyh3721
      @alyh3721 4 месяца назад +1

      Ronald Hutton's lectures are amazing and very entertaining, they're usually on Gresham College's RUclips!

  • @enriquesanchez2001
    @enriquesanchez2001 Месяц назад +1

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

  • @fransb8543
    @fransb8543 Год назад +477

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

  • @Stefarooh
    @Stefarooh Год назад +365

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

    • @gpwerner
      @gpwerner Год назад +78

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

    • @prabhakarnaidugidda1223
      @prabhakarnaidugidda1223 Год назад +25

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

    • @HaniZucker
      @HaniZucker 9 месяцев назад +2

      😂😂😂

  • @JoelsVideoJunk
    @JoelsVideoJunk 7 месяцев назад +5

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

  • @markparris3890
    @markparris3890 Год назад +24

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

  • @pastlesandfish
    @pastlesandfish Год назад +460

    "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
      @SqwarkParrotSpittingFeathers Год назад +1

      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
      @pastlesandfish Год назад

      @@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
      @iapetusmccool Год назад +4

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

    • @FishOniDeviantArt
      @FishOniDeviantArt Год назад +4

      Your icon makes this even better

    • @TheCalmack
      @TheCalmack Год назад +5

      @@FishOniDeviantArt Practising what they preach

  • @ipsygypsy16
    @ipsygypsy16 Год назад +515

    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
      @ashleythaxton9667 Год назад +30

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

    • @ashtton_tapiwa
      @ashtton_tapiwa Год назад +8

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

    • @guapelea
      @guapelea Год назад +6

      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
      @relfyem Год назад +4

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

    • @NoobOfShame
      @NoobOfShame Год назад +1

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

  • @zephyrinne1
    @zephyrinne1 Год назад +20

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

  • @ghostomato3122
    @ghostomato3122 9 месяцев назад +50

    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

  • @snarksss
    @snarksss Год назад +522

    “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
      @charlesconlon5865 Год назад +1

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

  • @logann7942
    @logann7942 Год назад +325

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

    • @zinussan50
      @zinussan50 Год назад +9

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

    • @damonedwards1544
      @damonedwards1544 Год назад +2

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

    • @burvjuzizlis22
      @burvjuzizlis22 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@damonedwards1544I like fresh potatoes 😂👌🏻

  • @ClarkRahman
    @ClarkRahman 6 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @kalulew
    @kalulew Год назад +4

    I have always loved history, Philomena makes me adore history.....

  • @patriciobalian1920
    @patriciobalian1920 Год назад +368

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

  • @bernbsy
    @bernbsy Год назад +864

    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
      @nunyabizznez2805 Год назад

      Morgan? Is she not Philomena Cunk?

    • @K._Oss
      @K._Oss Год назад +11

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

    • @atvheads
      @atvheads Год назад +15

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

    • @CharlesLaughlin
      @CharlesLaughlin Год назад +2

      As someone from the US, I agree completely!

    • @hunterhalo
      @hunterhalo Год назад +9

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

  • @sambabisky4742
    @sambabisky4742 3 месяца назад +3

    So entertainingly, humorous, thank you Philomena.

  • @jamescanada3712
    @jamescanada3712 Год назад +4

    Truly amazing! I love documentaries, and the humor in this is rich and deserves more attention! Hilarious!

  • @darkphoenix1836
    @darkphoenix1836 Год назад +1826

    "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
      @budle89 Год назад +54

      Probably because you're not innocent.

    • @Mozzie7920
      @Mozzie7920 Год назад +18

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

    • @ln5321
      @ln5321 Год назад +7

      So are they.

    • @skyfalldeadpool1633
      @skyfalldeadpool1633 Год назад +4

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

    • @FalconTheFries
      @FalconTheFries Год назад +14

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

  • @rdhunkins
    @rdhunkins 4 года назад +1520

    "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
      @MaxLikesStuff 3 года назад +85

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

    • @Psmith-ek5hq
      @Psmith-ek5hq Год назад +37

      @@MaxLikesStuff The witch-hunting or him?

    • @ShubhamBhushanCC
      @ShubhamBhushanCC Год назад +14

      *Stuarts

    • @morpher44
      @morpher44 Год назад +11

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

    • @christopherwithers9019
      @christopherwithers9019 Год назад +12

      Princess Diana was a Stuart afterall🧐

  • @averagejoe8255
    @averagejoe8255 Год назад +12

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

  • @dmays67
    @dmays67 3 месяца назад +1

    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.

  • @penheartpaper
    @penheartpaper Год назад +586

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

    • @danidejaneiro8378
      @danidejaneiro8378 Год назад +33

      El rey está furioso!

    • @woozertoo
      @woozertoo Год назад +33

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

    • @letomas625
      @letomas625 Год назад +8

      The cries in spanish meme 💀

    • @Vlad-1986
      @Vlad-1986 Год назад +1

      ¡Felipe estaba de muy mala hostia!

  • @charc0al_tv
    @charc0al_tv Год назад +1261

    "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.
      @ericawillis. Год назад +37

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

    • @sumerandaccad
      @sumerandaccad Год назад +3

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

    • @TesseractPleiadesOrion
      @TesseractPleiadesOrion Год назад +1

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

    • @SirRichard94
      @SirRichard94 Год назад +17

      @@sumerandaccad brainrot

    • @An0xymoron127
      @An0xymoron127 Год назад +21

      @@sumerandaccad NPC humor

  • @fredmiller1358
    @fredmiller1358 Год назад +1

    The concept is brilliant.🤯 How she seems to totally ambush the professionals in their field!🤓🤓🤓 Brilliant.

  • @josephhubisz8610
    @josephhubisz8610 Год назад +2

    she says so many funny things you really have to pay close attention to keep up....love it

  • @M4M1610
    @M4M1610 Год назад +323

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

    • @constancemiller3753
      @constancemiller3753 Год назад +4

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

    • @BitOfUltraviolence
      @BitOfUltraviolence Год назад +1

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

    • @M4M1610
      @M4M1610 Год назад +1

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

    • @flosa1995
      @flosa1995 Год назад

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

    • @eugenekrabs869
      @eugenekrabs869 Год назад

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

  • @hemlyns9916
    @hemlyns9916 Месяц назад +1

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

  • @richardpark3054
    @richardpark3054 6 месяцев назад

    Best history videos ever! I'm learning so much! Thanks, Mr Tomasi!

  • @sydheather
    @sydheather Год назад +581

    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
      @CineSoar Год назад +16

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

    • @adriancastillo1957
      @adriancastillo1957 10 месяцев назад +7

      Subtle and simple but made me laugh pretty hard 🤣

    • @baabaabaa-yp2jh
      @baabaabaa-yp2jh 7 месяцев назад +3

      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!

  • @kayleemiddlebrook5082
    @kayleemiddlebrook5082 5 лет назад +248

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

    • @niviamaeva
      @niviamaeva 3 года назад +2

      Lol lol

    • @goodnamestaken
      @goodnamestaken 3 года назад +8

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

    • @warrenmanning7991
      @warrenmanning7991 Год назад +6

      Layers to that joke 🤣

  • @calendulakurbisbaum3645
    @calendulakurbisbaum3645 Месяц назад

    Haven't watched her for a while, put a massive smile on my face 😊

  • @adamdyer6601
    @adamdyer6601 10 месяцев назад +1

    one of the best shows out there - ever!

  • @Cesarini77
    @Cesarini77 Год назад +342

    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!

  • @leek964
    @leek964 2 года назад +119

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

  • @mikesheehan5946
    @mikesheehan5946 9 месяцев назад

    Clips of this have been popping up on my "shorts" so I've been thinking this was a new thing. Can't believe it's 5 years old and I've not heard of it until recently. Big fan

  • @Othique
    @Othique 4 месяца назад +2

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

  • @niteshchoudhary294
    @niteshchoudhary294 Год назад +105

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