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Diane Morgan returns as Philomena Cunk in a series about cinema
Diane Morgan returns as Philomena Cunk in a new satirical series about the history of cinema.
Cunk is a deadpan fictional documentary presenter known for asking experts ill-informed questions.
The series traces film from the invention of the camera to CGI and AI, including the New Wave filmmakers of the 1960s.
Cunk interviews 23 film figures, including actor Benedict Cumberbatch, director Michael Bay and critic Mark Kermode.
The BBC will show it from November 12, with all episodes available on BBC iPlayer that day.
Netflix will release it outside the UK and Ireland on November 15, giving viewers another way to watch.
Cunk on Cinema is scheduled to premiere on BBC Two on 12 November, according to the BBC date reported by Digital Spy and Radio Times.
The three-part series stars Diane Morgan as Philomena Cunk and explores the history of cinema.
All three episodes are due to be available on BBC iPlayer on the same day.
The series features interviews with film-industry figures including Michael Bay, Benedict Cumberbatch and Mark Kermode.
Variety reports a different release date and episode count, saying the six-episode series will debut on 15 November.
- Who
- Diane Morgan stars as Philomena Cunk, alongside a range of film-industry guests.
- What
- Cunk on Cinema is a mockumentary series about the history of cinema.
- When
- Digital Spy and Radio Times say it premieres on 12 November at 10pm; Variety reports a 15 November debut.
- Where
- BBC Two and BBC iPlayer; Variety also reports Netflix availability outside the UK and Ireland.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Radio Times reported that the BBC had confirmed a 12 November premiere.
Digital Spy reported that the first episode would air at 10pm on BBC Two on 12 November.
Variety reported that the six-episode series would debut on 15 November.
- BBC Two premiere
- 12 November at 10pm, according to Digital Spy and Radio Times
- BBC iPlayer
- All three episodes available on 12 November, according to Digital Spy and Radio Times
- Variety release date
- 15 November
- Episode count
- Three, according to Digital Spy and Radio Times; six, according to Variety
- Lead performer
- Diane Morgan as Philomena Cunk
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What people are saying
Cinema has given the world some of the most profound, memorable and moving visual moments in its unswerving depiction of the human condition: the shower scene in ‘Psycho,’ Death playing chess in that Swedish thing, and Tom Selleck’s glistening moustache in ‘Three Men And A Little Lady,’ to name but all three of the only examples I can think of at the moment