Cunk on... - S02E01 - In the Beginnings

2022 · 29 MIN · IMDB 8.1 · 856 VOTES

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline - 569 lines

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00:00:02 This is our planet.
00:01:09 This is the story of the world we live on. Or both.
00:02:40 They were the first men to use tools, which is something most men
00:04:04 Don't worry, it gets better.
00:05:07 In fact, we'll probably never even know the name of the artist
00:06:26 if they were pretty enough.
00:07:42 So, it wasn't just one man
00:08:59 The circle bit here revolves around a sort of sticky out bit
00:10:20 That's where this came in.
00:11:30 The first kind of writing that appeared in the world -
00:12:46 Rather than being put up in public
00:13:56 in your life was die, and the more important you were,
00:15:04 Not that I know of, no.
00:16:21 Well, again, tragedy is often about human situations.
00:17:29 to ensure Greece would win.
00:18:44 and open a packet of biscuits.
00:19:46 My favourite is, "You've got to dance like nobody's watching."
00:21:08 You know how the human brain is full of pipes?
00:22:29 Alexander the Great became a king at 20,
00:23:41 No, no great roof.
00:24:49 the most notorious Roman until Polanski.
00:26:09 I'll say some things and you tell me if the Romans invented them
00:27:04 I have no idea what that would have done.
00:28:15 and finally answering the question, which is best?

Cast & Characters

Diane Morgan Philomena Cunk
Paul Bahn Self - Archaeologist
Jim Al-Khalili Self - Professor of Public Engagement in Science
Irving Finkel Self - Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian Script
Eleanor Robson Self - Professor of Ancient Middle Eastern History
Joyce Tyldesley Self - Professor of Egyptology, University of Manchester
Lyndsay Coo Self - Senior Lecturer in Ancient Greek Language and Literature
Myrto Hatzimichali Self - Senior Lecturer in Classics (Ancient Philosophy)
Douglas Hedley Self - Professor of the Philosophy of Religion
John Man Self - Historian / Author, The Great Wall
Nigel Spivey Self - Senior Lecturer in Classics

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed569
Dialogue density19.6 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line00:28:15

Production Record

LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes856

Factoids

Episode

Cunk on..., season 2, episode 1: In the Beginnings.

https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/79063/season/2/episode/1
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