@@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.
@@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.
@@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”
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...
"(...) 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!
"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.
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.
"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.
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!!
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...
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
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 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.
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.
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.
Just found out about this, after watching Cunk on Earth. Both hilarious. I've never laughed this much in my entire life. I'm in tesrs every 5 minutes. This is brilliant!
