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 Earth, Episode 4 - Rise Of The Machines
Cunk sees how science and industry ushered in an age of convenience but also threatened all life on earth. So swings and roundabouts really.
Further details
Cunk continues her ambitious march across the face of mankind into an age of industry and science.
With the help of historians, and a science-historian, she explains the scientific breakthroughs of Marie Curie and Albert Einstein. She demonstrates the inventions that changed the world, and covers how the US Civil War, World War I and World War II taught humanity how to use its new grasp of technology to shoot, blow up and irradiate itself in huge numbers.
Notes
Jon Agar was credited in this episode but did not appear.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 11th October 2022
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
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Cast & crew
| Diane Morgan | Philomena Cunk |
| Ruth Adams (as Dr. Ruth Adams) | Self |
| Jim Al-Khalili (as Prof. Jim Al-Khalili CBE) | Self |
| Shirley J. Thompson (as Dr. Shirley J. Thompson OBE) | Self |
| Brian Klaas (as Dr. Brian Klaas) | Self |
| Jonathan Ferguson | Self |
| Patricia Fara (as Dr. Patricia Fara) | Self |
| Aleksander Kolkowski (as Dr. Aleksander Kolkowsk) | Self |
| Ashley Jackson (as Prof. Ashley Jackson) | Self |
| Charlie Brooker | Writer |
| Jason Hazeley | Writer |
| Joel Morris | Writer |
| Ben Caudell | Writer |
| Eli Goldstone | Writer |
| Michael Odewale | Writer |
| Tom Baker | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Diane Morgan | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Sam Ward | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Christian Watt | Series Director |
| Sam Ward | Series Producer |
| Tom Baker | Producer |
| Helen Carrie | Producer |
| Rebecca Robinson | Producer |
| Annabel Jones | Executive Producer |
| Charlie Brooker | Executive Producer |
| Tanya Qureshi | Executive Producer |
| Alison Marlow (as Ali Marlow) | Executive Producer |
| Jason Hazeley | Associate Producer |
| Joel Morris | Associate Producer |
| Samantha Ames | Line Producer |
| Milena Cave | Executive Post Producer |
| Damon Tai | Editor |
| Ros Cumberland | Production Designer |
| Liz Owens | Make-up Designer |
| Dave Whyte | Graphics |
| Claudio Cadman | Director of Photography |
| Andrea Gambadoro | Director of Photography |