Cunk on Britain
Investigative reporter Philomena Cunk returns with this landmark mockumentary series journeying through British history. She asks eminent figures important questions such as: "Is a rock made of stone, or is a stone made of rock?"
Cast:Diane Morgan , Ronald Hutton , Ashley Jackson , Robert Peston , Howard Goodall , Mark Lawson , Vanessa Harding , Shini Somara , Kate Williams , Neil Oliver , Ruth Adams , Laura Ashe , Stephen Gunn , Tom Holland , Jessica Nelson , Francis Pryor , Lasco Atkins , Jay Rayner
S1.E1 ∙ Beginnings
Philomena begins at the beginning, taking us right back to the beginning with the Big Bang. She also asks how dinosaurs became extinct and where in England the Romans came from.
S1.E2 ∙ The Empire Strikes Back
Philomena explores The Tudors, The Georgians and the English Civil War, King Henry VIII and his chronic addiction to wives, William Shakespeare, Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins, and Lord Horatio Nelson.
S1.E3 ∙ The Third Episode
This week Philomena examines the Victorian era. Naturalist Chris Packham has the unenviable task of explaining to her how Charles Darwin's discoveries led to his Theory of Evolution.
S1.E4 ∙ Twentieth Century Shocks
Philomena Cunk takes a comic look at the 20th century and what she refers to as War One and War Two.
