Cunk On Britain

[BMW6]

utterly brilliant, thought i may actually die from laughing, am sooo impressed the serious historians etc kept the straight face!
If you missed it please watch via catch up or whatever - i think its the funniest thing i've seen since Motherland (probably no coincidence that its the same main actor)

It's reminded me to read the wonderful 1066 And All That (Sellar & Yeatman) again, which I assume Brooker and Morgan are fans of also

I feel like I'm really missing something but I just didn't find it that funny. And I do have a sense of humour, honest! I find loads of things funny. But it just seemed a bit try-hard, and that faux naive asking silly/funny questions of serious people isn't original - it was done better by Sacha Baron-Cohen.

hard ians wall

:)

Was it true, the bit about inventing fire at one second past midnight on jan 1st and coming out of the stone age at 3pm on dec 31st

As a measure of how long we were "in the stone age" ?

Yup.

(Of course there is the question "which stone age ?" Paleo-, Mezo- (upper and lower) or Neo- ...)

It took me a while to get into her on Charlie Brooker but I think she’s brilliant.
The experts all know exactly what’s happening, they just have to try and keep a straight face while she’s interviewing them (someone involved with the programme answered a question about it on twitter). I wonder how many outtakes there are!

Yup. whoa! I love that fact!

(Of course there is the question "which stone age ?" Paleo-, Mezo- (upper and lower) or Neo- ...) that's a question I don't even understand so I certainly shan't be asking .

I know this I know this!
Paeleo = old stone age tough tuber and cabbage stalk diet
Meso = middle stone age soft avocado and cress diet
Neo = new stone age bad, bad gluten and dairy diet that will kill you dead

Thanks for the reminder forgot it was on

I liked the bit about the Medieval diet and bread - fortunately not one was gluten intolerant because there wasn't a middle class yet

Martina Cole

I loved this show, but I love Philomena Cunk. There were at least 8 proper belly laughs in that opening show.

My husband has coeliac disease and so gluten allergies he didn't like that bit

Oh no, Figgygal, poor lad! I think it wasn't a reference to coeliac disease, but the self diagnosed gluten intolerance that has become widespread

Made me laugh, I do like her.

The doomsday book expert was brilliant - she managed to stay so straight faced even when asked how the souls could be freed

My also celiac DH enjoyed the reference. He kinda likes the influx of middle.class gluten intolerance though as so many places now offer GF options when we eat out.

I'm laughing so hard at episode 2 that I nearly just choked on my tea

Spanish Amanda

horror show nelson

Henry VIII being best remembered because he was fat and took up more room in our heads killed me.

I loved that 'Brush Strokes' still has a part to play! As for Coeliac disease and any other intolerance etc. they would just die.

Horror show >>> Horatio

"why is Sir Walter Raleigh best remembered for his bike?"

That bloke she spoke to about Nelson was fab. He looked properly cross.

I need to watch this. Thanks for the reviews!