Cunk on Christmas

2016 · 30 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 373 VOTES · DIR. Lorry Powles

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Overview

Philomena Cunk is on a festive mission to track down the true meaning of Christmas, and find out exactly what it wants. It's an insightful documentary which takes her on a journey from pagan winter festivals and the nativity story, via 'Sir Charles Dickings', all the way up to today's obsession with Santa. Along the way Philomena will be grilling a variety of experts, trying to expose the truth about Christmas, such as why people still put up with 'brussels sprouts'.

Dialogue Timeline — 541 lines

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00:00:00 Christmas is the most magical time of the year,
00:01:34 it's a festival with traditions stretching back
00:02:46 It's the winter solstice.
00:03:50 who one night got visited by an angel
00:05:08 especially when you think nothing had ever been in or out of her down
00:06:29 Quite possibly, yes.
00:07:40 or did they just think, "This is now"?
00:08:51 So it was a bit like trick or treating then, was it?
00:10:12 Kind of, I guess.
00:11:34 So, what sort of things did Tudor people eat at Christmas?
00:12:38 Just when our ancestors were getting well into Christmas indulgence,
00:13:55 Instead, they should be inside a church, which isn't in the Bible,
00:15:16 and he is a fourth-century Greek saint and bishop,
00:16:23 Now I'm feeling less... happy with him coming down my chimney.
00:17:33 And what was he doing there? Was he shopping or something?
00:18:45 Albert's tree would remain the most heavily decorated piece of wood to
00:19:56 Life in Queen Victorian times was hard.
00:21:14 to be honest, the ghost could have done
00:22:32 Christmas returned with a bang
00:23:47 scientists now believe that 80% of all burps occur at Christmas,
00:24:55 - One computer? - Yeah.
00:26:26 - What are you doing? - Bianca!
00:27:46 God, that man looks really pissed.
00:29:13 Merry Christmas and a very New Year.

Cast & Characters

Diane Morgan Philomena Cunk
Kate Williams Self
Jay Rayner Self
Ronald Hutton Self

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed541
Dialogue density18.0 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line00:29:13

Production Record

DirectorLorry Powles
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes373

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