Philomena Cunk returns to BBC iPlayer and BBC Two with brand new series Cunk On Cinema

Diane Morgan and Charlie Brooker are reuniting for Cunk on Cinema, another in their critically lauded series of faux documentaries, this time examining the world’s love affair with movies.

Made by Pacesetter Productions, Philomena Cunk's latest landmark mockumentary series sees the long-awaited return of the pioneering documentary-maker on her most glamorous series to date.

Production started on the three-part series this week and along the way, Philomena (Diane Morgan) will be asking experts all of the hard-hitting questions about the history of cinema, from the invention of the camera, to the New Wave filmmakers of the 60s, right up to entrance of CGI and what the future of AI holds. Cunk will attempt to demystify it all while sitting in lumpy seats with stale popcorn, asking herself where did cinema come from? And why? What does it want? And why can’t it tell us?

Philomena Cunk said: "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. There will, unfortunately, be some bits in black and white, but we'll keep that to the barest minimum."

Charlie Brooker said: “Now that Sora has killed off Hollywood and itself (presumably as part of a murder-suicide pact), it's the perfect time to look back at two hundred centuries of cinema, in the company of an idiot we’re apparently cursed to employ: Philomena Cunk.”

Jon Petrie, Director of Comedy at the BBC says: “Philomena Cunk is back! As our leading intrepid documentary filmmaker, who better to investigate the world of cinema? This series follows in the hugely successful footsteps of other Cunk projects, so we can’t wait to see what she unearths this time around. A huge thank you to the incredibly talented team at Pacesetter, Diane and Charlie for bringing Philomena back onto our screens.”

Cunk On Cinema (3 x 30’) is a Pacesetter Production for BBC iPlayer and BBC Two. It was commissioned by Jon Petrie, BBC Director of Comedy. Charlie Brooker leads a team of writers and is also an executive producer alongside Diane Morgan and Sam Ward. The director is Al Campbell. Jessica Rhoades executive produces and Mark Kinsella is co-executive producer for Pacesetter Productions. The commissioning editor for the BBC is Navi Lamba. Cunk On Cinema will debut on BBC iPlayer and BBC Two and on Netflix outside of the UK and Ireland.

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