The character, created by Charlie Brooker and played by Diane Morgan, started as an anti-intellectual talking head on Brooker’s Screenwipe and Newswipe, cutting through media artifice by repeating back everything it told her in revealingly simple terms.
Diane Morgan is so at home in her character that she never drops the persona (Photo: BBC/Broke & Bones)
Now, her creators explore whether the unlikely reporter can sustain laughs across a feature-length special, which draws on the knowledge of 17 experts and skims over religion, quantum physics and existentialism, asking “deep questions that strike at the very core of our arseholes”. Sorry, that’s “our souls”.
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Read MoreIn early iterations, you questioned whether the experts interviewed by Cunk were in on the joke. Now, we know they must be (some have appeared in her previous programmes) – so credit to them too for keeping straight faces.
Screenwipe and Newswipe always excelled when they deconstructed media conventions or forced us to confront our role as media consumers. Happily, there are sprinklings of this here, too. As one expert contemplates the meaning of life, videos of cute animals appear to hold our attention. After Cunk interviews a man on death row, she makes him record a TikTok promo from the electric chair.
‘Cunk on Life’ relies on the contrast between high production values and Cunk’s blasé attitude (Photo: BBC/Broke & Bones)
These interludes are crucial. I wonder how much mileage is left in the central joke, watching academics improvise answers to yet another inane or disrespectful question. After so many episodes, the result rarely surprises, the tension is missing.
Cunk on Life is classic Brooker, with another flawless performance from Morgan. Its creators have made the most of the feature-length format, rewarding us with something that steps beyond the standard mockumentary. But, with the final scene teasing a potential extraterrestrial follow-up, if Cunk returns, I hope she has the chance to try something new.
‘Cunk on Life’ is streaming on BBC iPlayer
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