![Paul Merton's Weird and Wonderful World of Early Cinema](https://i3.wp.com/image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/hZtjPFlPk0J1s3H0FPtfnzfYg3S.jpg)
Plot
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.
Writer | N/A |
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Director | Paul Merton |
Actor | Paul Merton, Neil Brand, Suki Webster |
Country | United Kingdom |
Production | BBC Bristol Productions |