🎧 Making Comedy from History - Philomena Cunk with Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley
Science and Technology • 23m
Cunk On Britain made fun of the grammar and language of history documentaries, and gave some of our best historians the chance to educate Philomena Cunk. Dan talks to two of the writers, Joel Morris & Jason Hazeley of Great Big Owl podcasts, about how and why they parodied history documentaries.
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