The Story Of Slapstick
Documentary narrated by Miranda Hart charting the highs and lows of physical comedy and examining the audience's love of visual humour
- Genre
- Documentary
- Broadcast
- 2009
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Episodes
- 1
- Features
- Vic Reeves, Mathew Horne, Reece Shearsmith, Ben Miller, Sally Phillips, Graeme Garden, Neil Innes, Barry Cryer and others
- Director
- Breid McLoone
- Producer
- Breid McLoone
The Story Of Slapstick featuring pies and pratfalls from over a century of comedy and entertainment programming including Monty Python, Charlie Chaplin, Morecambe and Wise and even Hole in the Wall. Featuring analysis from great physical gag practitioners including Vic Reeves, Mathew Horne, Reece Shearsmith, Ben Miller and Sally Phillips.
- Production company
- Laugh track
- None
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Saturday 26th December 2009 on BBC Two at 10:15pm
- Episode length
- 1 hour
- Last repeat
- Sunday 25th May 2014 at 12:45am