
Search interest for Pump Up the Jam has surged since featuring on Cunk on Earth. Klaas and Thompson have even shared their appreciation for being included.

Throughout the five episodes, Cunk speaks to British classicist and academic Nigel Spivey, archaeologist Paul Bahn, global politics professor Brian Klaas, and award-winning composer Shirley Thompson, among others. The interviewees in Cunk on Earth are real, genuine experts. If Philomena isn't real, are the experts real? She first debuted the character on Brooker's Weekly Wipe, and then later on Cunk on Britain, where her ill-equipped alter ego, armed with spotty research and rock-solid obliviousness, explored British history. Morgan's been playing Philomena on and off for about a decade. Philomena Cunk is a fictional character created by Morgan, who you might recognise from the dark comedy series After Life.

No, which is unfortunate as it's a great name.

The series was created by presenter and satirist Charlie Brooker, and written in collaboration with British comedian Diane Morgan.īrooker might not be a household name here in Australia, but there's a decent chance you've stumbled upon his other works, like Black Mirror.
