S8, E11: Diane Morgan, actor

Comfort Eating with Grace Dent

The Guardian

Arts, Food

4.5 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Actor and comedian Diane Morgan joins Grace for another helping of Comfort Eating. Diane is best known for playing mockumentary historian Philomena Cunk, droll antihero Liz in the critically acclaimed BBC sitcom Motherland, and Mandy in … Mandy. Diane reveals how she keeps a straight face when asking world experts very silly questions, why she was sacked from her waitressing job, and what happened when she tried to introduce hugging to the Morgan family. If you liked this episode then have a listen to Grace’s conversations with Aisling Bea, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, and Jamie Demetriou

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0:00.0	This is The Guardian.
0:07.4	A quick warning.
0:09.5	There is some strong language in this episode.
0:13.1	I'm Grace Dent and this is Comfort Eating from The Guardian.
0:18.9	A podcast where we pay homage to the lesser celebrated foods in life.
0:25.0	Because even as a restaurant critic, I believe the food that matters most is often that
0:30.7	snack you cobble together when you're curled upon the sofa.
0:34.8	Each week, I ask my guest to lift the lid on what comfort foods have seen them
0:40.7	through their lives, because you can tell a lot about a person from what they eat behind closed
0:46.3	door. Oh, hello that. Now, I have been re-watching some of what I think to be the funniest TV made in recent years. In anticipation of today's guest, it is the comedian, Diane Morgan. I am thrilled to have finally pinned this woman down. It has taken me ages, but I have done it. And I've got to
1:12.3	get my house looking. It's absolute best. I've got a sense that she's got an eye for detail.
1:18.7	Just moving this house plant to be a little more visible. Because if you need to add the smoke and mirrors
1:24.8	of extra elegance into your life.
1:29.0	Houseplants are your friends.
1:30.0	There you go.
1:31.9	Problem solved.
1:37.1	Diane Morgan was a job in comedian before her big break in 2013 when she landed the role of Philomena Cunk in Charlie Brooker's weekly wife.
1:41.8	The character, Philomena Cunk, has since spawned an ecosystem of books and TV shows
1:48.3	and a huge cult following online.
1:52.5	If you've been under a rock, Philomena is a mockumentary historian who makes you do
1:57.1	multiple double takes to check if she really did just ask an Oxford Don, if King Arthur
2:02.7	really did come a lot. She does it with an extra deadpan face. I don't know how she does that.
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