A Lecture by Rowan Atkinson In this spoof lecture, Rowan Atkinson demonstrates in a series of comic sketches how to be funny without saying a word. He shows how to use different parts of the human body for comic effect, the importance of mime, and the right and wrong way to create classic slapstick sequences. With clips from such masters of the genre as Buster Keaton , John Cleese ,
Steve Martin , Harry Langdon and Charlie Chaplin. Director David Hinton
Series producer Sarah Williams A Tiger production for BBCtv