Season 2
5 episodes · first aired 2022-09-20
| Still | # | Title | Overview | Air date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 01 | In the Beginnings 2022-09-20 | 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. | 2022-09-20 | 7.8 |
 | 02 | Faith/Off 2022-09-27 | 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. | 2022-09-27 | 7.7 |
 | 03 | The Renaissance Will Not Be Televised 2022-10-04 | Philomena Cunk explores the Renaissance and revolutions, including but not limited to the American one. | 2022-10-04 | 7.9 |
 | 04 | Rise of the Machines 2022-10-11 | Cunk sees how science and industry ushered in an age of convenience but also threatened all life on earth. So swings and roundabouts really. | 2022-10-11 | 7.9 |
 | 05 | War(s) of the World(s)? 2022-10-18 | Cunk concludes her profound and accurate history of humanity, bringing us up to the present day - which at the time of writing is Tuesday. | 2022-10-18 | 7.9 |
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