She has tackled Britain, conquered the world and even grappled with life itself. Now Philomena Cunk is back on our screens – looking as miserable and confused as ever – to take on her biggest subject yet: cinema. Cinema, the iconically stupid presenter explains, is not just mankind’s greatest achievement but also a world where “men can be heroes, women can get off with heroes, and nobody ever goes to the toilet – unless you’re watching a specialist film from Japan”.
So if you’ve ever wanted to know why “Citizen Ken” always has carrots in his pockets, where the word auteur comes from (“They felt they oughta get all the credit”) or how Benedict Cumberbatch reacts to the hardest-hitting questions of his career (such as “Who are you?”), this is quite literally the only place you’ll ever find the answers. It has been 13 years since Diane Morgan and Charlie Brooker’s comic creation hit our screens, growing from an amusing segment on Brooker’s show Weekly Wipe into one of the most beloved figures on TV. To celebrate this new three-part series we’ve brought Morgan and Brooker together to chat about everything from defecating robots to dinner dates with Kanye West, and what it feels like to imagine a blue horse (there’s weirdly quite a lot about this).
It’s a busy time for them both. Brooker is preparing for the launch of Blackmere, his deadpan detective show due on Netflix early next year, which he says will be in the vein of Airplane! and The Naked Gun. So, before we get to anything else, what on earth were they chatting about?
Diane Morgan Well she’d just done a film with Brett Goldstein, so I told her that I used to do standup with him and that I enjoyed the film. Charlie Brooker Is that the best you could do? DM Well it’s something isn’t it?
Asked her what she’s doing later? Who’s the most unlikely person you’ve been in conversation with, Charlie? CB Oh, I know the answer to this!
It was a couple of years ago. I actually had dinner with him. I don’t know if this is an anecdote for public consumption, really, but … it was quite a bizarre and sad occasion.
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