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   7.8/10(1286 votes)

   #1 - The Empire Strikes Back

   S1:E24/10/2018

   Philomena's odyssey takes her from King Henry VIII to Lord Horatio Nelson.

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   7.8/10(1108 votes)

   #2 - The Third Episode

   S1:E34/17/2018

   Philomena examines the Victorians and is joined by Chris Packham who tries to shed some light on Darwin's discoveries.

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   8.0/10(1586 votes)

   #3 - Beginnings

   S1:E14/3/2018

   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(1024 votes)

   #4 - Twentieth Century Shocks

   S1:E44/24/2018

   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(932 votes)

   #5 - The Arse End of History

   S1:E55/1/2018

   In the final episode, Cunk has made it to the 21st century and Brexit.

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   8.0/10(24 votes)

   #6 - 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.

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   8.0/10(23 votes)

   #7 - 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.

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   8.1/10(21 votes)

   #8 - 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.

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   8.3/10(16 votes)

   #9 - 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.

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    8.3/10(15 votes)

    #10 - 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.

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