Cunk On.... Philomena Cunk (Diane Morgan). Copyright: House Of Tomorrow
Cunk On...

Cunk On...

  • TV comedy
  • BBC Two
  • 2016 - 2022
  • 18 episodes (2 series)

Spin-off from Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe featuring Diane Morgan as Philomena Cunk.

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Cunk On Britain, Episode 2 - The Empire Strikes Back

Cunk On.... Philomena Cunk (Diane Morgan). Copyright: House Of Tomorrow
Philomena's odyssey takes her from King Henry the Eighth to Lord Horatio Nelson.

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Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 10th April 2018
Time
10pm
Channel
BBC Two
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Monday 25th February 2019 10:00pm BBC2
Tuesday 13th July 2021 10:00pm BBC2
Friday 31st March 2023 10:00pm BBC2

Cast & crew

Cast
Diane Morgan Philomena Cunk
Guest cast
Kate Williams (as Professor Kate Williams) Self
Ronald Hutton (as Professor Ronald Hutton) Self
Vanessa Harding (as Professor Vanessa Harding) Self
Stephen Gunn (as Professor Stephen Gunn) Self
Ashley Jackson (as Professor Ashley Jackson) Self
Shini Somara (as Dr. Shini Somara) Self
Writing team
Charlie Brooker Writer
Jason Hazeley Writer
Joel Morris Writer
Ben Caudell Writer
Production team
Lorry Powles Director
Alison Marlow (as Ali Marlow) Series Producer
Matt Hulme Producer
Annabel Jones Executive Producer
Alex Moody Executive Producer
Charlie Brooker Executive Producer
Damon Tai Editor
Jon Kassell Director of Photography

Videos

Why does Nelson live in the sky?

Some wise words from Cunk.

Featuring: Diane Morgan (Philomena Cunk) & Professor Ashley Jackson.

Was the British Empire evil?

"Is Downing Street the British Death Star?"

Featuring: Diane Morgan (Philomena Cunk) & Professor Ashley Jackson.

Press

Philomena Cunk's 10 funniest moments

Philomena Cunk is back on television, effing the ineffable as she ponders the great questions. Questions such as "What is clocks?", "Who was Churchill?" and "Why did Elizabeth I happen?"

Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 11th April 2018

The blissfully stupid Philomena Cunk explores Tudors, Georgians and the civil war, covering everyone from Henry VIII and his "chronic wife addiction" to Will.i.am Shakespeare and Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins: "His method was foolproof, which was handy, because it had to be done by village idiots."

Ali Catterall, The Guardian, 10th April 2018

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