Cunk on Britain - S01E02 - The Empire Strikes Back (HD)

[michaelvillasis]

"The pope hated divorce, so Henry decided to divorce him."

[misanthrophex]

Strange how with this silliness the transfer of information is actually very effective.

[Wiiguyface]

I love watching the experts actively trying not to have an aneurysm every time Cunk speaks

[crustyacres]

“During Elizabeth’s reign, British culture flourished, especially the world of theater, which is sadly still with us.”

[LaurennM]

I loved the line,
“Henry was a Catherine-aholic. Catholic for short.” Haha. That’s very witty. I love her humor and the writers probably had so much fun doing these series. I hope she does many more!

[TimDay-npwb]

"I do think he was able to take on and manage his emotions whilst engaging with the potatoes at first sight"

[vsb]

"It was in this ship, Drake became the 1st person to circumcise the Globe. Which is probably why this ship is called a Clipper"
I'm wheezing

[katielynch]

“Edward died age 15, the youngest anyone had ever died of oldest age”. 😂

[superjay]

"Was it just bad luck being named James then?"

"No, the Stuarts were an astonishingly accident-prone family."

[yiannis]

"Because like the drink, she was horrible " 🤣🤣🤣

[philalethistry]

the guy at 12:49has the best, most appropriate, 90's-movie-esque vibes in the world. The suit, the hair, the unflappability, "let me tell you about the brutal deaths of all five of these James[es] unprompted." i want him to be my history teacher

[xwixy]

"Elisabeth died without ever marrying, so she went down in histury as the Vegan Queen"
HELP ME NOW I'M DEAD

[katrinafraser]

I like how some of the experts keep trying to explain to her the basics she clearly doesn’t understand, some of them are so baffled they can’t really answer, and some just completely go along with her ridiculous questions

[ujjwaldixit]

"Elizabeth I was a new sort of king, in that she was a queen which meant she got paid less and sat on horses sideways" 😭😭

[niki_bbb]

"Manage his emotions whilst engaging with potatoes" -- I can't, I'm going to pass out.

[RyanAtlus]

"Matthew Hopkins? He went to my school!"

Bloody brilliant.

[shanehall]

You’re doing the lords work by putting these on YouTube, america thanks you

[caitling]

love ronald hutton, he's not even phased by all her cunkness, every time she asks him a normal question in a profoundly deranged way, he just infodumps at her until she's forced to be interested in whatever he's talking about, then infodumps some more to prevent follow-up questions. i hope he's in every episode

Dr Somara was also a very good sport.

[nicvolcano]

I guess I need to watch Brush Strokes now, since it was such a pivotal moment in British history

[willswalkingwest]

I want to see the outtakes of the interviews with the scholars.