Cunk on Britain Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

Beginnings

Tue, Apr 3, 201829 mins

Philomena begins at the beginning, taking us right back to the beginning with the Big Bang. She also asks how dinosaurs became extinct and where in England the Romans came from.

Episode 2

The Empire Strikes Back

29 mins

Philomena explores The Tudors, The Georgians and the English Civil War, King Henry VIII and his chronic addiction to wives, William Shakespeare, Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins, and Lord Horatio Nelson.

Episode 3

The Third Episode

29 mins

This week Philomena examines the Victorian era. Naturalist Chris Packham has the unenviable task of explaining to her how Charles Darwin's discoveries led to his Theory of Evolution.

Episode 4

Twentieth Century Shocks

Philomena Cunk takes a comic look at the 20th century and what she refers to as War One and War Two.

Episode 5

The Arse End of History

Cunk has made it to the 21st century and Brexit.