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Cunk on Christmas
Cunk on Christmas

Cunk on Christmas

Genres

Comedy

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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'.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

30 mins

Rating

7.2/10

Release Date

29 December 2016

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Diane Morgan

Diane Morgan

Philomena Cunk

Kate Williams

Kate Williams

Self

Jay Rayner

Jay Rayner

Self

Ronald Hutton

Ronald Hutton

Self

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