Cunk on Life

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

Diane Morgan

Philomena Cunk

Douglas Hedley

Self

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Rupert Sheldrake

Self

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Alison Wright

Self

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Celia Deane-Drummond

Self

Paul Nurse

Self

Jim Al-Khalili

Self

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Joyce Harper

Self

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Prokar Dasgupta

Self

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Anil Seth

Self

Ruth Adams

Self

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Joanna Woodall

Self

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Gregory Dart

Self

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Stephen Case

Self

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Ruth Chang

Self

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Peter Kail

Self

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Richard Thomson

Self

Brian Cox

Self

Michelle Greenidge

Jacqui Flink

Charles Aitken

Waylon Jackalope IV

Crew

Art

• Dave Whyte Graphic Designer
• Ros Cumberland Production Design

Camera

• Jon Kassell Steadicam Operator
• Sam Hardy Director of Photography
• Loui Sharman First Assistant Camera
• Jonathan Jedburgh Camera Trainee

Costume & Make-Up

• Su Judd Wardrobe Supervisor
• Liz Owens Makeup Designer
• Melanie Szabo Makeup Artist

Crew

• Charlie Brooker Creator

Directing

• Al Campbell Director

Editing

• Damon Tai Online Editor
• Jason Chambers Online Editor
• Rich Wilson Online Editor
• Jason Boxall Additional Editing

Production

• Susie Hall Producer
• Lizzie Search Line Producer
• Charlie Brooker Executive Producer
• Annabel Jones Executive Producer
• Alison Marlow Executive Producer
• Ben Cavey Executive Producer
• Jamie Kelly Producer
• Mike Tyas Producer
• Holly Sait Head of Production
• Tanya Qureshi Executive Producer

Sound

• James Ridgway Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Tom MacLellan Sound Designer
• Amelia Hartley Music Supervisor
• Wes Tastard Sound Supervisor

Visual Effects

• Josie Henwood Visual Effects
• Dan Pryor Visual Effects

Writing

• Charlie Brooker Writer
• Diane Morgan Writer
• Ben Caudell Writer
• Erika Ehler Writer
• Charlie George Writer
• Eli Goldstone Writer
• Jason Hazeley Writer
• Lucia Keskin Writer
• Joel Morris Writer
• Michael Odewale Writer

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