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Landmark mockumentary-maker Philomena Cunk traces the history of Britain and Earth.
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Cunk on..." is "Rise of the Machines", rated 8.8/10 from 8 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Rise of the Machines" aired on 10/11/2022 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "War(s) of the World(s)?".
8.8/10 8 votes#1 - Rise of the Machines
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/2022
Cunk sees how science and industry ushered in an age of convenience but also threatened all life on earth. So swings and roundabouts really.
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8.6/10 9 votes#2 - War(s) of the World(s)?
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/2022
Cunk concludes her profound and accurate history of humanity, bringing us up to the present day - which at the time of writing is Tuesday.
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8.2/10 14 votes#3 - Faith/Off
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/2022
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.
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8.1/10 14 votes#4 - In the Beginnings
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/2022
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.
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8.0/10 1,334 votes#5 - Beginnings
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/3/2018
Philomena takes us right back to the beginning with the Big Bang and interviews Robert Peston about British politics.
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8.0/10 835 votes#6 - Twentieth Century Shocks
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/24/2018
Philomena and Mark Lawson examine the first half of the 20th century, with two world wars but no world cup.
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8.0/10 762 votes#7 - The Arse End of History
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/1/2018
In the final episode, Cunk has made it to the 21st century and Brexit.
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8.0/10 13 votes#8 - The Renaissance Will Not Be Televised
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/2022
Philomena Cunk explores the Renaissance and revolutions, including but not limited to the American one.
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7.9/10 1,068 votes#9 - The Empire Strikes Back
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/10/2018
Philomena's odyssey takes her from King Henry VIII to Lord Horatio Nelson.
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7.8/10 905 votes#10 - The Third Episode
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/17/2018
Philomena examines the Victorians and is joined by Chris Packham who tries to shed some light on Darwin's discoveries.
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