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Landmark mockumentary-maker Philomena Cunk traces the history of Britain and Earth.
- Charlie Brooker
- Ben Caudell
- Jason Hazeley
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Episode 1 - In the Beginnings
Release Date: 2022-09-20In 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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Episode 2 - Faith/Off
Release Date: 2022-09-27Cunk 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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Episode 3 - The Renaissance Will Not Be Televised
Release Date: 2022-10-04Philomena Cunk explores the Renaissance and revolutions, including but not limited to the American one.
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Episode 4 - Rise of the Machines
Release Date: 2022-10-11Cunk 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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Episode 5 - War(s) of the World(s)?
Release Date: 2022-10-18Cunk concludes her profound and accurate history of humanity, bringing us up to the present day - which at the time of writing is Tuesday.