Diane Morgan
- English
- Actor, writer, director and comedian
Press clippings
Philomena Cunk is Diane Morgan's superhero alter ego
When Cunk On Earth, Charlie Brooker's triumphantly dumb mockumentary series about the history of human civilization, became an international sensation on Netflix in 2023, Diane Morgan, who plays the show's host, Philomena Cunk, was as surprised as anyone.
Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 2nd January 2025Philomena Cunk On Life review - Diane Morgan is absolutely peerless
The comic actor returns as the worst-informed person on TV for a one-off that tackles the big issues - and quite possibly causes permanent damage to the baffled academics she interviews.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 30th December 2024Philomena Cunk's shtick is starting to grow tedious
Cunk's latest musings on the meaning of life is classic Charlie Brooker - but it's time to give Diane Morgan's fool something new to do.
Rachael Healy, i Newspaper, 30th December 2024Cunk On Life, review: latest skewering of pretentious documentaries is exhaustingly funny
Diane Morgan's spoof character takes aim at large-scale science, the politics of offence, and asks 'is God a toxic narcissist?'
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 30th December 2024Philomena Cunk: "Oasis? You may as well just watch it on YouTube and throw lager at yourself"
The investigative reporter and presenter gives Big Issue the lowdown on her 2024.
The Big Issue, 26th December 2024Mandy to return for Series 4
Diane Morgan is reportedly set to film a fourth series of her sitcom Mandy.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd December 2024Philomena Cunk on Life, being bored, Brat Winter and wisdom teeth
Philomena tackles some of the most complex concepts to have ever been discovered, including Quantum Physics, Existentialism, Nihilism, Hedonism - and at least four other isms.
BBC, 17th December 2024Philomena Cunk meets Charlie Brooker: "You make me look a right plum half the time"
Philomena Cunk - the interviewer, visionary and fictional dimwit played by Diane Morgan - has been terrorising TV experts for years in her parody documentaries. Now she's back to tackle even bigger questions in Cunk On Life, so we thought it was high time she tackled the biggest expert on her own existence, aka Cunk's original creator, screenwriter Charlie Brooker. Here's what happened...
Charlie Brooker, Radio Times, 10th December 2024I Talk Telly Awards 2024 nominations announced
Big Mood, Boarders, Daddy Issues, Ludwig, Mammoth, Mr. Bigstuff, Spent, Such Brave Girls, Things You Should Have Done and We Might Regret This are amongst the nominees in the I Talk Telly Awards 2024.
British Comedy Guide, 9th November 2024Philomena Cunk: 'A mind is for speaking, not for thinking'
The amateur historian and presenter discusses which law she would abolish, her search for the meaning of life, and how she had to write her latest book herself.
Rich Pelley, The Guardian, 28th September 2024