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Cunk on Life

She's back and ready to take on life.

Pioneering documentary maker Philomena Cunk returns with her most ambitious quest to date: venturing right up the universe and everything to examine life and existence in an attempt to find out the point of it all. Along the way, she interrogates experts on subjects from the big bang to biology and art to artificial intelligence. Really get to the nub of it.

20241h 10mRComedy, TV Movie

About Cunk on Life

Directors
Al Campbell
Cast
Diane Morgan, Douglas Hedley, Rupert Sheldrake, Alison Wright, Celia Deane-Drummond, Paul Nurse
Genres
Comedy, TV Movie
Content rating
R
Original language
English
Production countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

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