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.
@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?
@@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!
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 😀
@@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"
@@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.
@@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.
"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 😂
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!
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."
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 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 !
"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."
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."
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." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"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.
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 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
@@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
@@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 .
"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.
"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.
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.
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
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.)
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
@@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?
@@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.
@@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. :^)
"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!
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.
@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.
@@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. 😄
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.
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.
