Where to watch Cunk on Earth Season 1
Cunk on Earth season 1 is streaming in Australia on Netflix (subscription). Season 1 was released on 20 September 2022.
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Cunk on Earth Season 1 episodes
S01 E01
In the Beginnings
29 mins · Tue, 20 Sep 2022
In this opening episode Cunk travels the world, heading down caves and up mountains in her search for Mankind’s first moments, and with the help of a variety of experts she explains how the earliest societies were formed: from the easier ones to spell like Rome and Greece, to the ones that are harder to spell, like Egypt and Mesopotamia.
S01 E01
In the Beginnings
28 mins · Mon, 19 Sep 2022
Humankind emerges from the caves and starts inventing, from farming to building the Great Wall of China.
S01 E02
Faith/Off
28 mins · Tue, 27 Sep 2022
Cunk tells the story of the birth of two of the world’s great religions and learns what came next: the fall of the Roman Empire, the Dark Ages, the Crusades, and Genghis Khan. So a bit of a rough patch for Mankind, if we’re honest.
S01 E02
Faith/Off
28 mins · Tue, 20 Sep 2022
It's the Middle Ages, when religious messages of peace, unity and tolerance inspire humans to fight until the death for hundreds of years.
S01 E03
The Renaissance Will Not Be Televised
29 mins · Tue, 4 Oct 2022
Philomena Cunk explores the Renaissance and revolutions, including but not limited to the American one.
S01 E03
The Renaissance Will Not Be Televised
29 mins · Tue, 20 Sep 2022
The Renaissance kicks in; from colonialism to Napoleon, humans can't get enough of wars, but here they come with a classical music soundtrack.
S01 E04
Rise of the Machines
29 mins · Tue, 11 Oct 2022
Cunk sees how science and industry ushered in an age of convenience but also threatened all life on earth. So swings and roundabouts really.
S01 E04
Rise of the Machines
29 mins · Tue, 20 Sep 2022
Humankind builds the modern world, then tries to destroy it; the 20th century waits for no one with its scientific development and raging world wars.
S01 E05
War(s) of the World(s)?
29 mins · Tue, 18 Oct 2022
Cunk concludes her profound and accurate history of humanity, bringing us up to the present day - which at the time of writing is Tuesday.
S01 E05
War(s) of the World(s)?
28 mins · Tue, 20 Sep 2022
It's the Cold War, and humans finally get to the moon, the worst travel destination ever; the future may be uncertain, but it will happen on Earth.