Cunk on Britain

If you’re unfamiliar with spoof presenter Philomena Cunk, don’t miss her hilarious romp through British history.
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If you’re unfamiliar with spoof presenter Philomena Cunk, don’t miss her hilarious romp through British history.

If you’re unfamiliar with spoof presenter Philomena Cunk, don’t miss her hilarious romp through British history.

Brilliantly played by a deadpan Diane Morgan (Motherland), Philomena is confidently clueless as she bamboozles real-life historians with daft questions.

Tonight she travels from prehistory to Richard III – and next week it’s the Tudors, or as Philomena calls them, ‘the Kardashians of British history’.