The Best Episodes of Cunk on... Season 2

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.9/10(26 votes)

   #1 - The Renaissance Will Not Be Televised

   S2:E310/4/2022

   Philomena Cunk explores the Renaissance and revolutions, including but not limited to the American one.

   Director:Christian Watt

   Writers:Charlie Brooker, Jason Hazeley, Ben Caudell, Joel Morris, Eli Goldstone, Michael Odewale

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   Director:Christian Watt

   Writers:Charlie Brooker, Jason Hazeley, Ben Caudell, Joel Morris, Eli Goldstone, Michael Odewale
2. 

   7.8/10(30 votes)

   #2 - In the Beginnings

   S2:E19/20/2022

   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.

   Director:Christian Watt

   Writers:Charlie Brooker, Jason Hazeley, Ben Caudell, Joel Morris, Eli Goldstone, Michael Odewale

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   Director:Christian Watt

   Writers:Charlie Brooker, Jason Hazeley, Ben Caudell, Joel Morris, Eli Goldstone, Michael Odewale
3. 

   7.8/10(21 votes)

   #3 - Rise of the Machines

   S2:E410/11/2022

   Cunk sees how science and industry ushered in an age of convenience but also threatened all life on earth. So swings and roundabouts really.

   Director:Christian Watt

   Writers:Charlie Brooker, Jason Hazeley, Ben Caudell, Joel Morris, Eli Goldstone, Michael Odewale

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   Director:Christian Watt

   Writers:Charlie Brooker, Jason Hazeley, Ben Caudell, Joel Morris, Eli Goldstone, Michael Odewale
4. 

   7.8/10(20 votes)

   #4 - War(s) of the World(s)?

   S2:E510/18/2022

   Cunk concludes her profound and accurate history of humanity, bringing us up to the present day - which at the time of writing is Tuesday.

   Director:Christian Watt

   Writers:Charlie Brooker, Jason Hazeley, Ben Caudell, Joel Morris, Eli Goldstone, Michael Odewale

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   Director:Christian Watt

   Writers:Charlie Brooker, Jason Hazeley, Ben Caudell, Joel Morris, Eli Goldstone, Michael Odewale
5. 

   7.7/10(29 votes)

   #5 - Faith/Off

   S2:E29/27/2022

   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.

   Director:Christian Watt

   Writers:Charlie Brooker, Jason Hazeley, Ben Caudell, Joel Morris, Eli Goldstone, Michael Odewale

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   Director:Christian Watt

   Writers:Charlie Brooker, Jason Hazeley, Ben Caudell, Joel Morris, Eli Goldstone, Michael Odewale