Diane Morgan’s Philomena Cunk Questions Movie History in Cunk on Cinema
Diane Morgan as Philomena Cunk in Cunk on Cinema. Credit: Matt Kennedy/Netflix.
What to Know
Cunk on Cinema premieres on Netflix on Nov. 15.
Diane Morgan plays fictional interviewer Philomena Cunk.
Diane Morgan is back as Philomena Cunk, the fictional interviewer with questions for the experts. Her new series, Cunk on Cinema, premieres Sunday, November 15 on Netflix.
The comedy from Charlie Brooker follows Cunk through movie history, from the invention of the camera to the filmmakers of the 1960s. It also covers computer-generated imagery, known as CGI, and the future of artificial intelligence in filmmaking.
Cunk questions 23 experts whose work spans acting, directing, writing, music and film history. Among them are director Michael Bay, actor Benedict Cumberbatch, composer Daniel Pemberton, screenwriter Steven E. de Souza and cinematographer Seamus McGarvey.
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Diane Morgan in Cunk on Cinema. Credit: Matt Kennedy/Netflix.
Film critics Mark Kermode and Helen O’Hara also take part, alongside filmmaker Mark Cousins and British Film Institute silent-film curator Bryony Dixon. Jim Al-Khalili and Ashley Jackson appear again after earlier interviews with Cunk.
Netflix lists six episodes lasting 15 minutes each. Cunk on Cinema is a Pacesetter production for BBC iPlayer and BBC Two, with Netflix handling streaming outside the U.K. and Ireland.
Al Campbell directs. Brooker heads the writing team, which includes Morgan, and executive produces alongside Jessica Rhoades, Morgan and Sam Ward.
Watch Netflix’s official trailer for Cunk on Cinema ahead of its November premiere.
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