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SILENT CINEMA SEASON
Thursday 25 May - Thursday 15 June 2006 TBC
From the slapstick antics of Laurel & Hardy to the sublime beauty of Anna May Wong, BBC Four celebrates cinema's golden silent era with a season of documentaries, films and drama.
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PAUL MERTON'S SILENT CLOWNS
Thursday 25 May - Thursday 15 June 2006 TBC
In this new four-part documentary series, Paul Merton shares his passion for some of the greatest comedians of the silent age: Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
 Watch the Silent Clowns trailer
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SILENT BRITAIN
Wednesday 31 May 9pm-10.30pm; 12.50am-2.20am; Saturday 3 June 9.10pm-10.40pm; 1.40am-3.10am; Saturday 10 June 1.40am-3.10am (Friday night)
In his enlightening new documentary, Matthew Sweet (Shepperton Babylon) goes in search of Britain's earliest silent films and interviews archivists, screenwriters, a silent film pianist and a veteran cinematographer.
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HOLMFIRTH HOLLYWOOD
Monday 5 June 2006 9pm-10pm
How a Yorkshire milltown became the unlikely home of a silent film empire. James Bamforth's company turned out many witty and innovative shorts but the company gave up the screen trade in favour of saucy seaside postcards.
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STAN
Tuesday 6 June 2006 9pm-10pm; 12.20am-1.20am; 3.20am-4.20am; Wednesday 7 June 10pm-11pm; 2.10am-3.10am
Neil Brand's poignant drama explores the last days in the relationship of one of cinema's most celebrated double acts. When Oliver Hardy suffers a massive stroke, Stan Laurel pays his old friend an emotional visit.
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THE TRAMP AND THE DICTATOR
Saturday 27 May 9.15pm-10.10pm
Do Chaplin and Hitler have more in common than just a little black moustache? Featuring behind-the-scenes footage from Chaplin's Nazi satire The Great Dictator, this documentary offers revelations about both men.
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CLASSIC SILENT FILMS
A Cottage on Dartmoor: Saturday 3 June 10.45pm-12.10am
Hindle Wakes: Monday 5 June 10pm-midnight
Piccadilly: Tuesday 6 June 10.30pm-12.20am
BBC Four screens three classic silent movies: the melodrama Hindle Wakes (1927), Anthony Asquith's A Cottage on Dartmoor (1930) and the spellbinding Piccadilly (1929), starring Anna May Wong as an exotic dancer.
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