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Cunk on Earth (2022) #1447
COMEDY
Special
5x30 minute episodes. 1/5 In the Beginnings. Philomena Cunk ponders mankind’s first moments. 2/5 Faith/Off. Cunk explains how mankind got religion. 3/5 The Renaissance Will Not Be Televised. Cunk on revolutions, including the American one. 4/5 Rise of the Machines. Cunk on industrialisation and various classic wars. 5/5 War(s) of the World(s)?. Cunk takes us from 1945 to the present day. |
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Cunk on Britain (2018) #1104
COMEDY
Main
5x30 min. BBC. 1/5 Philomena Cunk explores the Big Bang and interviews Robert Peston about British politics. 2/5 Philomena's odyssey takes her from King Henry VIII to Lord Horatio Nelson. 3/5 Philomena examines the Victorians and is joined by Chris Packham. 4/5 Philomena examines the early 20th century, with two world wars but no world cup. 5/5 The Arse End of History. In the final episode, Cunk has made it to the 21st century and Brexit. |
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Cunk on Shakespeare (2016) #968
COMEDY
Main
30 mins. BBC. Comedy from Charlie Brooker starring Philomena Cunk, the witless commentator from Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe. Philomena knows absolutely nothing about Shakespeare, but that won't stop her attempting to present a groundbreaking documentary about him. Fresh from her triumphs on Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe investigating time ('It'll always be an unknowable mystery, like how phones work') Winston Churchill ('Imagine how good his tweets would have been'), and Donald Trump ('There's this amazing stuff on his head; it's not hair, it's like a sort of furry gas'), Philomena Cunk has finally been given her own show - about William Shakespeare. Cunk will leave no stone unturned as she gets to the bottom of the Bard, visiting his birthplace, exploring the Globe, studying priceless artefacts and interviewing literally six different experts, including renowned actor Simon Russell Beale, Educating Yorkshire teacher Matthew Burton and top Shakespearean scholar Professor Stanley Wells. Shorter than Hamlet, funnier than King Lear and easier to spell than Cymbeline, Cunk On Shakespeare is absolutely the last word in Shakespeare documentaries. |
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Cunk on Christmas (2016) #968
DOCUMENTARY-COMEDY
Main
30 mins. BBC. Mockumentary starring Diane Morgan as Philomena Cunk, who explores the traditions and trappings of Christmas. Philomena looks at pagan winter festivals, the Nativity story, 'Sir Charles Dickings' and Santa Claus, and also grills a variety of experts to try and expose hard truths about Christmas. |
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Ireland's Lost Babies (2014) #850
DOCUMENTARY
Main
1 hour. BBC. In 2013 the movie Philomena was shown in cinemas across the world and earned four Oscar nominations. The film was based on the true story of Philomena Lee, who was forced by the Catholic Church to give up her illegitimate son for adoption, and detailed her journey with journalist Martin Sixsmith to find her child 50 years later. In the weeks and months after the film went out, Martin was contacted by other mothers who had their own stories to tell. Now, Martin Sixsmith goes on a journey to investigate the Irish Catholic Church's role in an adoption trade which saw thousands of illegitimate children taken from their mothers and sent abroad, often with donations to the Church flowing in the other direction. In Ireland and in America, Martin hears the moving stories of the parents and children whose lives were changed forever and discovers evidence that prospective parents were not properly vetted - sometimes with tragic consequences. |
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Philomena (2013) #518
FILM
Main
Directed by Stephen Frears. With Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Mare Winningham. A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent. |