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#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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- 8.5/1010 votesLoading...
#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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- 8.3/1015 votesLoading...
#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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- 8.2/1015 votesLoading...
#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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- 8.1/1014 votesLoading...
#5 - 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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- 8.0/101,347 votesLoading...
#6 - 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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- 8.0/10843 votesLoading...
#7 - 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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- 8.0/10770 votesLoading...
#8 - 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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- 7.9/101,078 votesLoading...
#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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- 7.8/10914 votesLoading...
#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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The Best Episodes of Cunk on...
Every episode of Cunk on... ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Cunk on...!
Landmark mockumentary-maker Philomena Cunk traces the history of Britain and Earth.
Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC Two
Best Episodes Summary
"Rise of the Machines" is the best rated episode of "Cunk on...". It scored 8.7/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/11/2022. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "War(s) of the World(s)?".