Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Cunk On Cinema’ on Netflix, Seeing the History of Film Through a Foolish Lens

Diane Morgan returns as Philomena Cunk in *Cunk on Cinema*, a mockumentary that traces the history of film through her character’s foolish questions and mangled phrases. The series combines comedy with interviews featuring actors, directors and academics, and the review says it should appeal to film fans as well as comedy viewers.

The programme was originally made as three episodes for BBC Two, while Netflix presents it in six parts. Its roughly chronological tour includes silent cinema, Soviet montage, German Expressionism and stop-motion animation; interviewees include Benedict Cumberbatch and Gordon Ramsay. The review notes that the guests appear to be in on the joke, and mentions brief full-frontal scenes in one episode.