It's the best thing since sliced bread. And probably the best thing since before sliced bread, but we don't know what happened before then, because that was the start of time. During a segment on math, Cunk tells an academic that she saw a video on YouTube saying numbers only go up to 700, after which they are just given different names so people think they’re still going up. “That’s something that frightens me in the real world,” Brooker said. “The confidence with which people will start asserting things that they’ve read.”

TV tonight: Diane Morgan crashes The League of Gentlemen cast reunion". The Guardian. 20 April 2022 . Retrieved 20 April 2022. Some of the political jokes are are too overwhelmingly basic and cliche, id expect a bit more cleverness. Cunk began life on “Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe,” a BBC satirical news show which premiered in Britain in 2013. She was originally conceived as upper-class and clueless, but the character’s trajectory changed after Morgan suggested in her audition that she should speak in her own northern British accent. Initially a bit part as a talking head, the character soon had longer segments on the show, which led to spinoffs and even a book, “ Cunk on Everything,” released in 2019. Pat & Cabbage – Cast & Crew". comedy.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 September 2013 . Retrieved 2 September 2014. Philomena Cunk ( Diane Morgan) travels around the world, interviewing (real-world) experts such as Paul Bahn, Martin Kemp, Nigel Spivey, and Shirley Thompson about world history. [4] The series introduces subjects such as the development of agriculture and early civilization, the rise of Christianity and Islam, the Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution, the First and Second World Wars, and the Cold War and Space Race. With an eye to the future, Cunk concludes the series with a speculative comment on the possibility of AI takeover. [5] Episodes [ edit ] List of Cunk on Earth episodes No.Despite being a collection of short definitions, rather than one cohesive piece, there’s something quite compelling about it. You can sit for ages just reading through random rubbish. It’s very much the internet of books.

I wish there were more episodes, and I would have hoped for a less western-centered focus... although they do criticize this themeselves. Everett, Lucinda (8 October 2010). "Virgin Media Shorts: director Jonathan van Tulleken on his short film The Boot Sale". The Telegraph . Retrieved 2 September 2014.Read by Diane Morgan as Philomena Cunk, the star of Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe and Cunk on Britain This book is great because it covers everything in existence apart from the 95% of stuff not worth bothering with’ Philomena Cunk, star of Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe, Moments of Wonder and Cunk on Earth, Cunk & Other Humans

This book is great because it covers everything in existence apart from the 95% of stuff not worth bothering with’ Philomena CunkYou might think our closest planet is the Moon. But you’d be wrong. Because our closest planet is Earth. Earth is the science name for the world, so it has two names, like Puff Daddy and everything in Wales. Chelsea (28 December 2022). "Motherland's Diane Morgan & Singer Peter Andre Do Veganuary". Veganuary . Retrieved 24 July 2023.