Cunk On Britain The Empire Strikes Back 

it would be an honor

Bwahaha

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.

HAHAHAHA true

😭😭😭omg true🤣

Glad other people caught this joke

@@jonmann4980 which is ?

Technically correct.

@@muuubiee more than a week

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

Quite apart from the fact that Richard V never existed.

So good

The origins of "Catholic" tops this, I think. By a small margin, true.

😂😂😂

I would like to argue, he was phat too

Submerged*

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.

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

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

Churches!

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

what? I'm so confused

@@AiRandomHandle try picking up a book

@@ilovecairns5181 what's a book?

my brain did that thing lol

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

Lmao trye

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

What's a gullybill?

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

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

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

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

Just like the Protestants...

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

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".

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

Newswipe was also good 😅

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."

This part nearly broke me

can someone explain?

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

"how did Sir Walter Raleigh invent the potato?"

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

"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."

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.

🤣

Relatable.

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

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

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

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

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

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

How very Tudor of you

😂

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. )

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

these 30 minutes are rich with such statements

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

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

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."

except for the bringing air in tanks bit.

More scurvy on the ISS

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.

And likewise, space will sometime be our everyday seas.

except sailors are real

damn me too haha this lady so funny

I lost my shit there too

Elvis Costello, fuming: "Bloody hell, why didn't I come up with that? I'm gettin'er for that. Show me up, will she!"

still laughing :D

The way she says Elizabeth One

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

Lol, sounds like something she would say indeed

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

Because Cunk's a fictional character created for a comedy program (which led to this spinoff)! The actress playing her is named Diane Morgan.

Philomena cunk/ Diane Morgan

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.

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

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

@@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?

@@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.

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

That line had me laughing for 30 minutes 😂😂😂

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.

That line was amazing

@@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

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

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

Very accident prone! 😂

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

He almost broke character but he held it back. 👍

9:00

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]".

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

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 😂😂

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.".

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

Disco...? Like this? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qTFEyFEu1Fk.html

Disco what? That's some big ass word

@@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

The writing is good, very good.

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

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

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

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

We historians ALL have wit and humour!

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

It's not mockementary, all of it is staged

She's so cute 😍

Diane morgan

Diane Morgan is awesome and great presenter but funny and hilarious same time.

Totally awesome broski! Yea dude! Lmfaooo You didn’t have to mention you are American. We all know. Yank.

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.

She's probably just use to it. LoL

9:25 this guy was actually pretty good.

O yes! Spannish Amanda made my day!

Luv me some Spanish Amanda.

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

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

😂😂😂

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

@@aussiechris5904 nobody asked.

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

It prevails in the rural areas.

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

It is true today in Republican States.

@@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

Early?

It's so lame when real documentaries do that.

This was the best part

It just works! 😅

I laughed so hard

🤣🤣🤣

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

12:55

He clearly has a great sense of humor himself.

Love how he matched the energy

He knew he knew 😂

And that was Ron Hutton! Tudors methinks

I could not stop laughing at that part lol

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

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.

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

Stewarts

@@juliantheapostate8295 Stuarts*

@@wahay636 Stoourts

@@TimboTbagz Storts

@@spookzer16 Sharts

Brilliant

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

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

International treasure, one might say

Said like a true Brit

I think its called the cabbage jack.

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

@@djert24 i think you mean the wabbajack

Charlie, you are now an honorary brit ❤

With great urgency and relentless vigilance!

And how you gonn protect her mr.hero😆?

😂

BBC 4 is brilliant,it has plenty of great drama series.👍🍌

@@BaldricksTurnip1 no

@@st20332 ey up from Yorkshire 👍

@@BaldricksTurnip1 gross

@@BaldricksTurnip1 It's my favourite TV channel...documentaries, music, Scandinoir

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

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.

@@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.

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

Your icon makes this even better

@@FishOniDeviantArt Practising what they preach

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

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

​@@damonedwards1544I like fresh potatoes 😂👌🏻

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

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

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

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.

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

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

@@aSpectreAppears 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

Yeah, you'd have a larger one. (Like, actually like the character. Obviously she's just trying to make it funny)

Mostly just propaganda from the news and corporate lobbying that has made people uneducated. Teachers have been gutted of their wages and resources that has definitely exarcebated the issue.

@@Nocure92 what? The point is people are still being educated but in a entertaining way

I'd like to agree with you, but i can't remember back that far whether if i did history or not...!? 🤔 😅

@@lizf1353 Yeah, like I wrote. Obviously she's playing dumb to make it entertaining. But what if you had a teacher that was actually dumb like this? The Newton gravity bit being a prime example 😅

El rey está furioso!

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

The cries in spanish meme 💀

¡Felipe estaba de muy mala hostia!

Probably because you're not innocent.

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

So are they.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

@@sumerandaccad brainrot

@@sumerandaccad NPC humor

Plank

Lol lol

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

Layers to that joke 🤣

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

@@MaxLikesStuff The witch-hunting or him?

*Stuarts

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

Princess Diana was a Stuart afterall🧐

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

Subtle and simple but made me laugh pretty hard 🤣

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!