Cunk on...

Landmark mockumentary-maker Philomena Cunk traces the history of Britain and Earth.

Genre: Comedy,

Actor:

Creator: Charlie Brooker,

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America,

Type: tv

Season: 2

Episode: N/A

Duration: 30 minutes

Release: 2018-04-03

Rating: 7.9

Season 1 - Cunk on...
2018-04-03
Philomena takes us right back to the beginning with the Big Bang and interviews Robert Peston about British politics.
2018-04-10
Philomena's odyssey takes her from King Henry VIII to Lord Horatio Nelson.
2018-04-17
Philomena examines the Victorians and is joined by Chris Packham who tries to shed some light on Darwin's discoveries.
2018-04-24
Philomena and Mark Lawson examine the first half of the 20th century, with two world wars but no world cup.
2018-05-01
In the final episode, Cunk has made it to the 21st century and Brexit.

Season 2 - Cunk on...
2022-09-20
In this opening episode Cunk travels the world, heading down caves and up mountains in her search for Mankind’s first moments, and with the help of a variety of experts she explains how the earliest societies were formed: from the easier ones to spell like Rome and Greece, to the ones that are harder to spell, like Egypt and Mesopotamia.
2022-09-27
Cunk tells the story of the birth of two of the world’s great religions and learns what came next: the fall of the Roman Empire, the Dark Ages, the Crusades, and Genghis Khan. So a bit of a rough patch for Mankind, if we’re honest.
2022-10-04
Philomena Cunk explores the Renaissance and revolutions, including but not limited to the American one.
2022-10-11
Cunk sees how science and industry ushered in an age of convenience but also threatened all life on earth. So swings and roundabouts really.
2022-10-18
Cunk concludes her profound and accurate history of humanity, bringing us up to the present day - which at the time of writing is Tuesday.