Cunk on Britain
Cunk on Britain Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.9 |
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About
"Deadpan idiocy quietly demolishing serious historical pomposity"
Philomena Cunk, a deadpan idiot-savant news presenter, marches through the sweep of British history, quizzing real historians and experts on everything from the Stone Age to the Industrial Revolution. The joke is the gap between her earnest, gormless questions and the baffled, polite academics trying to answer them. It is mockumentary comedy in tiny doses, six episodes of dry narration and cutaway gags rather than a sustained story. Diane Morgan's straight-faced delivery carries the whole thing, and it works best as bite-sized, quotable silliness rather than binge viewing.
Diane Morgan's utterly committed deadpan delivery turning genuine experts into unwitting comic foils.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Beginnings | 7.7 | 286 | 29 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | The Empire Strikes Back | 7.8 | 238 | 29 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | The Third Episode | 7.8 | 217 | 29 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Twentieth Century Shocks | 7.8 | 200 | — | |
| ▶ | 5 | The Arse End of History | 7.9 | 200 | — |