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#1 - 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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#2 - 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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#3 - 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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#4 - 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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#5 - 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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#6 - 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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#7 - 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 - 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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#9 - 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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#10 - 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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The Worst Episodes of Cunk on...
Every episode of Cunk on... ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Cunk on...!
Landmark mockumentary-maker Philomena Cunk traces the history of Britain and Earth.
Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC Two
Episodes
10
Avg. Rating
8.2
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
8.0
8.2
7.9
8.3
7.8
8.2
Worst Episodes Summary
"The Third Episode" is the worst rated episode of "Cunk on...". It scored 7.8/10 based on 973 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/17/2018. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Empire Strikes Back".