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When Comedy Was King

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Written and produced by Robert Youngson.
A pageant of the screen's most famous laughter-makers.
Including: Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, Harry Langdon, Ben Turpin, Fatty Arbuckle, Charlie Chase, Chester Conklin, Andy Clyde, Billy Bevan, Gloria Swanson, Mabel Normand, Wallace Beery, Snub Pollard

Contributors

Writer/Producer:
Robert Youngson
Narrator:
Dwight Weist
Music composed by:
Ted Royal
Source: Radio Times

BBC Two England

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