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2018–2022 · 2 seasons

A deadpan comic tour through history where the jokes land through sheer oblivious confidence and the experts' baffled straight faces.

Created by: Charlie Brooker
Genres: Comedy, Documentary
Starring: Diane Morgan, Shini Somara, Mark Lawson

Overview: Landmark mockumentary-maker Philomena Cunk traces the history of Britain and Earth.
How it feels: Satirical, absurd, light and whimsical. Brisk and needs your attention.
About: Media, education, identity, power
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Created by: Charlie Brooker
Genres: Comedy, Documentary
Starring: Diane Morgan, Shini Somara, Mark Lawson

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Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown

Tone: satiricalstrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 3 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: media
education
identity
power
war
Places: None
Era: timeless
Audience: adult
Form: mockumentary
documentary
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	9
Realism	6
Romance	0
Tension	1
Darkness	2
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	1

Cast

Diane MorganPhilomena Cunk
Shini SomaraSelf - Mechanical Engineer
Mark LawsonSelf - Cultural Commentator
Vanessa HardingSelf - London History, University of London
Tom HollandSelf - Historical Writer
Ronald HuttonSelf - British History, University of Bristol
Jessica NelsonSelf - Head of Medieval Collections, National Archives
Neil OliverSelf - Archaeologist and Historian
Robert PestonSelf - Political Editor
Francis PryorSelf - Pre-Historic Archaeology
Stephen GunnSelf - Early Modern History, Oxford University
Ashley JacksonSelf - Imperial & Military History, Kings College London
Kate WilliamsSelf - Royal Historian
Gregory DartSelf - English, University, College, London
Howard GoodallSelf - Composer and Music Historian

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Genres: comedy, documentary
Created by: Charlie Brooker
Written by: Ben Caudell, Charlie Brooker, Jason Hazeley, Joel Morris
Starring: Diane Morgan, Shini Somara, Mark Lawson, Vanessa Harding, Tom Holland, Ronald Hutton, Jessica Nelson, Neil Oliver
Cinematography: Andrea Gambadoro, Claudio Cadman
Length: 2 seasons, 10 episodes
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: Spanish, English

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