Writing

Joel Morris

Joel Morris is a BAFTA-winning comedy writer. A long-time collaborator with Charlie Brooker and the co-creator of dimwit pundit Philomena Cunk, he has written for countless TV and radio shows, including Mitchell and Webb, Miranda and Murder in Successville, as well as the Paddington films. He co-created cult spoof newspaper The Framley Examiner, the hit Bollocks to Alton Towers tourist guides and …

Known For

Cunk on LifeCunk on Life · 2024
Cunk on Life
★ 7.42024
MovieComedyTV Movie
Pioneering documentary maker Philomena Cunk returns with her most ambitious quest to date: venturing right up the universe and everything to examine life and existence in an attempt to find out the point of it all. Along the way, she interrogates experts on subjects from the big bang to biology and art to artificial intelligence. Really get to the nub of it.
Death to 2020Death to 2020 · 2020
Death to 2020
★ 6.52020
MovieComedy
2020: A year so [insert adjective of choice here], even the creators of Black Mirror couldn't make it up… but that doesn't mean they don't have a little something to add. This comedy event that tells the story of the dreadful year that was — and perhaps still is? The documentary-style special weaves together some of the world's most (fictitious) renowned voices with real-life archival footage.
Death to 2021Death to 2021 · 2021
Death to 2021
★ 6.02021
MovieComedyDocumentary
This comedic retrospective mixes archival footage and scripted sketches as it revisits all the dread — and occasional delight — that 2021 had to offer.
Cunk on ShakespeareCunk on Shakespeare · 2016
Cunk on Shakespeare
★ 7.42016
MovieComedy
Fresh from her triumphs on Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe investigating time, Winston Churchill, and Donald Trump, Philomena Cunk has finally been given her own show - about William Shakespeare. Cunk will leave no stone unturned as she gets to the bottom of the Bard, visiting his birthplace, exploring the Globe, studying priceless artefacts and interviewing literally six different experts.
Cunk on ChristmasCunk on Christmas · 2016
Cunk on Christmas
★ 7.22016
MovieComedy
Philomena Cunk is on a festive mission to track down the true meaning of Christmas, and find out exactly what it wants. It's an insightful documentary which takes her on a journey from pagan winter festivals and the nativity story, via 'Sir Charles Dickings', all the way up to today's obsession with Santa. Along the way Philomena will be grilling a variety of experts, trying to expose the truth about Christmas, such as why people still put up with 'brussels sprouts'.
Charlie Brooker's Antiviral WipeCharlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe · 2020
Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe
★ 6.02020
MovieComedy
In this one-off special, Charlie Brooker returns to take a look at life under lockdown. Contributors include the ever-insightful Philomena Cunk and Barry Shitpeas.
A Touch of ClothA Touch of Cloth · 2012
A Touch of Cloth
★ 7.22012
SeriesComedyCrime
Hannah plays DI Jack Cloth, who is called in to investigate an apparent series of serial killings alongside his new partner, DC Anne Oldman, described as a "plucky, no-nonsense sidekick". Playing with the cliches and conventions of British police dramas, subplots include Cloth dealing with visions of his dead wife and the bisexual DC Oldman coming to grips with her feelings for both her female fiancee and Cloth.
YonderlandYonderland · 2013
Yonderland
★ 7.32013
SeriesComedySci-Fi & Fantasy
A bored young mum steps through a portal and discovers a world of incompetent knights, monks who are incapable of lying, and a race of people intent on firing the cleverest amongst them into the sun.

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