";s:4:"text";s:4795:"During our interview I also slipped in a weird question. she asks. "I'm going on a journey right up Christmas," Cunk warned us – and she did. “Occasionally I miss writing something down and going out in the evening to see if it works.” Maybe she could do Cunk onstage? "You see yourself back to front, don't you, in a mirror? Being thumped would make great telly. I t wasn't the first time Cunk had brought Cox down a peg or two. “Women were coming up to me in the street and saying they were so grateful. “I get a list of questions but you never know how it will go — it’s my favourite bit as there are less lines to learn.”Sometimes it looks like the guests may have twigged that this is a wind-up. Women usually have to play people who are warm, not absolute bastards.”Morgan is currently trying to write something for her friend, actress Maxine Peake, but keeps getting distracted. “Mostly by the fridge and Seventies YouTube clips. "What powers a mirror?" S01E02 The Empire Strikes Back 10/04/2018 Why's that?" People identified with Morgan’s unconventional, alcohol-fuelled approach to parenting. I’ve got ideas but it’s getting the buggers out that’s the problem.” Home is a flat in Bloomsbury where she lives with TV producer Ben Caudell.She started out as a stand-up after studying drama at the E15 Acting School in Loughton, which had an unconventional approach to drama. He came up with the name and the idea. It’s a technique that has been used before, famously by Sacha Baron Cohen as Ali G. Maybe others spend too much time with their heads buried in the Domesday Book. He got so angry and that’s more entertaining. Breaking out: Philomena Cunk, played by Diane Morgan, now has her own show ( Daniel Hambury/@stellapicsltd ) Arts Diane Morgan interview: 'I prefer playing Philomena Cunk to being myself'
Sitcoms are usually sweet with no viciousness,” she says. Morgan’s character doesn’t seem to have these problems. She is played by Bolton-born comedian Diane Morgan. "It's sad, 'cos he really wants you to understand what he's on about," Cunk pouts. Context and nuance plays its part, and maybe it helps if you are a talented comedian. "It's one of the most misleading and scientifically inaccurate pop songs ever written," he admits. “Possibly? Although many of the people she interviews in her series are not aware of this, as she explains between sips of water. “It’s his baby. We are not taking the piss out of them, but it’s nice to see them struggling and having to recalibrate their ideas.”The result is extremely funny. I prefer being her than me.” The interviews were the most enjoyable aspect. Apart from once.“We had one guy on democracy. “We never make it clear what we are doing. “The thought of it made me feel physically sick, but then 30 started looming and I thought, ‘Oh shit I’d better do something with my life, I’ll give it a go.’”And then Cunk came along. Robert Peston squirmed last night, trying to answer “What was the m See more ideas about Philomena cunk, Elizabeth first, Religious intolerance. In this first episode, Philomena takes us right back to the beginning with the Big Bang and interviews Robert Peston about British politics. As Cunk repeats ad nauseum how the new film "looks really, really brilliant", the skit moves from being merely silly into something oddly poignant.