Paul Merton goes in search of the origins of screen comedy in the forgotten world of silent cinema - not in Hollywood, but closer to home in pre-1914 Britain and France. Revealing the unknown stars and lost masterpieces, he brings to life the pioneering techniques and optical inventiveness of the virtuosos who mastered a new art form. With a playful eye and comic sense of timing, Merton combines the role of presenter and director to recreate the weird and wonderful world that is early European cinema in a series of cinematic experiments of his own.
Paul Merton
Director, Writer
Suki Webster
Writer
Paul Merton
Himself
Neil Brand
Himself
Suki Webster
Herself
Serge Bromberg
Himself
Suzie Plumb
Herself
Maud Linder
Herself
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