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• Holy Fools: Challenging Conformity Through Comedy (13 November 2025)
• Coming Full Circle (3 November 2025)
• Michael on Terry Jones at the Hexagon (1 October 2025)
• Celebration of Terry Jones (12 September 2025)
• Rick Wakeman Returns to Slapstick's Silent Comedy Gala 2026 (13 June 2025)
• Announcing Slapstick Festival's Newest Patrons! (22 April 2025)
• W.C. FIELDS – Global Stage to Silent and Talking Films and Radio (2 February 2025)
• Martin Freeman to host birthday gala (11 December 2024)
• Harry Enfield's Comedy Favourites (11 December 2024)
• 20th Anniversary (5 December 2024)
• Slapstick 2025: for the love of silent comedy (8 November 2024)
• Slapstick Festival 2024 (27 February 2024)
• The Big Comedy Bash '24 (22 February 2024)
• 20th Slapstick Festival (23 November 2023)
• Celebrating the Onscreen Comedy of Robert Lindsay: The Aardman Slapstick Comedy Award (21 November 2023)
• The Laurel & Hardy Cabaret (21 November 2023)
• The Dark Comic Genius of Terry Gilliam (21 November 2023)
• The Laugheologists (21 November 2023)
• Adam Hills’ Desert Island Comedy Flicks (21 November 2023)
• Cult Figure: Kenneth Williams (21 November 2023)
• Onscreen: Brazil with Terry Gilliam (21 November 2023)
• Big Jim and The Figaro Club (21 November 2023)
• Phantom of The Paradise (21 November 2023)
• Sylvester McCoy: WHO's Funny (21 November 2023)
• Harry Hill's The Last Caveman (21 November 2023)
• Tim Vine: The Physical Years (21 November 2023)
• Adam Hills & Mike McCartney present: The Timeless Genius of Buster Keaton (21 November 2023)
• Tim Vine's FEARMOTH (21 November 2023)
• Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) (21 November 2023)
• Painfully Funny! When Stunts Go Wrong (21 November 2023)
• Silent Comedy Gala (21 November 2023)
• Live from New York - Buster Keaton: Camera Man (21 November 2023)
• Leading Women: Kiki (1926) (21 November 2023)
• Lloyd Hamilton: The Comedians’ Comedian (21 November 2023)
• Laurel & Hardy – Year One (1927) (21 November 2023)
• The Thinking Woman’s Guide to The Goodies (21 November 2023)
• Laurel & Hardy: Last Dance of The Cuckoos (21 November 2023)
• Live from New York - Halloween in February Spooktacular (21 November 2023)
• Leading Women: Up In Mabel’s Room (1926) (21 November 2023)
• Keaton Speaks! 12A (21 November 2023)
• What Happened to Jones (1926) (20 November 2023)
• Alasdair Beckett-King’s, Even Stranger Films (20 November 2023)
• The Cat & The Canary (1927) (20 November 2023)
• Barry Cryer: Same Time Tomorrow (20 November 2023)
• Leading Women: Exit Smiling (1926) (20 November 2023)
• Slapstick Festival 2023 (9 October 2023)
• Slapstick’s Silent Comedy Gala (6 September 2023)
• Stand Out Stand Up For Slapstick (6 September 2023)
• The Big Comedy Bash, Oct 2023 (14 August 2023)
• Save the Date: Slapstick 2024 (4 August 2023)
• The Big Comedy Bash 2023 (9 May 2023)
• Gender Rebels: Post event notes (24 April 2023)
• Fab Fools: The Beatles, The Rutles & Rock ‘n’ Roll Comedy (13 March 2023)
• Gender Rebels (13 March 2023)
• Victor / Victoria (13 March 2023)
• Beverly of Graustark (1926) (13 March 2023)
• I Don't Want to be a Man (13 March 2023)
• Competition Time (22 December 2022)
• Harold Lloyd in Safety Last! (1923) (29 November 2022)
• Slapstick 2023 Announcement (28 November 2022)
• MICHAEL PALIN: Beyond Python (26 November 2022)
• Good Listening To...Robin Ince (26 November 2022)
• Monty Python’s LIFE OF BRIAN onscreen (26 November 2022)
• Griff Rhys Jones: Why I still love Laurel & Hardy (26 November 2022)
• Monty Python's Book Shambles (26 November 2022)
• A Hard Day's Night (26 November 2022)
• Ode to Joyce (26 November 2022)
• The Rutles: All You Need is Cash (26 November 2022)
• The Scaffold: A Celebration (26 November 2022)
• Comic Strip Stories (26 November 2022)
• The Comic Strip Presents: More Bad News (26 November 2022)
• Harry Hill: Breaking the Silence (26 November 2022)
• The Extraordinary World of Charley Bowers (26 November 2022)
• Harold Lloyd in Speedy (1928) (26 November 2022)
• The Scaffold: Live at Talk Of The Town (1969) (26 November 2022)
• A Violin Over The Head (26 November 2022)
• Harry Langdon: Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926) (26 November 2022)
• Raymond Griffith: You'd be Surprised (Remastered) (26 November 2022)
• A Private Function (1984) (26 November 2022)
• Silent Comedy Gala Special (26 November 2022)
• Monty Python & The Holy Grail (26 November 2022)
• Paths To Paradise (1925) (26 November 2022)
• Free Online Event: Paths to Paradise (26 November 2022)
• I Kiss Your Hand, Madam (1929) (26 November 2022)
• Charlie’s London: A Success Story (26 November 2022)
• East Of Ipswich (1987) (26 November 2022)
• This Is Spinal Tap (26 November 2022)
• Onscreen Wonder Women (26 November 2022)
• Fred Karno: The Legend Behind The Laughter (26 November 2022)
• The Cigarette Girl Of Mosselprom (1924) (26 November 2022)
• Mary Poppins (26 November 2022)
• Some Like it Hot (26 November 2022)
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (26 November 2022)
• The Big Comedy Bash 2022 Review (15 November 2022)
• Slapstick Sunday: Feb 2023 (13 November 2022)
• Stranger Films, With Alasdair Beckett-King (13 September 2022)
• The Big Comedy Bash 2022 (12 September 2022)
• Review of Slapstick Festival 2022 (7 September 2022)
• Slapstick Festival 2022 (7 September 2022)
• Legacy award for the Tiswas team (3 May 2022)
• Tiswas Stars Reunite for One-Off Reunion (18 April 2022)
• Slapstick Sunday (18 April 2022)
• Tiswas: The Reunion (19 February 2022)
• The Big Comedy Bash 2022 (19 February 2022)
• Trafic (1971) (19 February 2022)
• Playtime (1967) (19 February 2022)
• Mon Oncle (1958) (19 February 2022)
• Tati Day: Pass to all 3 films (19 February 2022)
• Barry Cryer: A Tribute (5 February 2022)
• Our Dear Friend Barry Cryer (28 January 2022)
• Screening Notes (25 January 2022)
• THE MYSTERY OF BILLY LANCET – AN ALTERNATIVE THEORY (22 January 2022)
• THE MYSTERY OF BILLY LANCET (?1919-1965) (22 January 2022)
• Stop Motion Animation - A Timeless Art Form (18 January 2022)
• Best of The Best - Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd (18 January 2022)
• The Goodies Forever (12 January 2022)
• Barry Cryer: An Audience With A Comedy Legend (10 January 2022)
• Lee Mack’s Desert Island Comedy Flicks (10 January 2022)
• In The Best Possible Taste! Tim Vine salutes Kenny Everett (10 January 2022)
• BARRY CRYER: A Tribute With a Little Help from His Friends (10 January 2022)
• Paddington (2014): Introduced by Andy Day (10 January 2022)
• Review: The Real Charlie Chaplin (22 November 2021)
• Welcome Back to Slapstick! (9 November 2021)
• Arthur Smith: Laughs, Stories, a Song and a Poem (30 October 2021)
• Armando Iannucci: A Life in Satire (30 October 2021)
• Richard Herring’s The Sunday Chat (30 October 2021)
• Animation Fanatics (30 October 2021)
• Richard Herring’s Desert Island Comedy Flicks (29 October 2021)
• The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021) (29 October 2021)
• Silent Comedy Gala 2022 (28 October 2021)
• Slapstick Conversations: Buster Keaton (28 October 2021)
• The Patsy (1928) (28 October 2021)
• W.C. Fields: Sally of the Sawdust (28 October 2021)
• Slapstick Divas: Hosted by Sally Phillips and Ronni Ancona (27 October 2021)
• David Mitchell's Top Comedy Moments (27 October 2021)
• Lloyd: The Kid Brother (1927) (27 October 2021)
• First Women in Comedy (27 October 2021)
• An Old Gangster Molls (1927) (27 October 2021)
• Chaplin: The Circus (1928) (26 October 2021)
• My Grandmother (1929) (26 October 2021)
• Max Linder: Be My Wife (1921) (26 October 2021)
• Silent Ozu: Days Of Youth (1929) (26 October 2021)
• Ben Model & Steve Massa Live from New York (25 October 2021)
• Slapstick Conversations: W.C.Fields (25 October 2021)
• Slapstick Live Online (10 October 2021)
• Sorry I Haven't a Clue Live (8 October 2021)
• Slapstick Festival 2021 (26 September 2021)
• Big Comedy Bash 23rd September 2021 (22 July 2021)
• Charlie Chaplin – Early Life (21 June 2021)
• Charlie Chaplin's Life - The Beginnings (21 June 2021)
• SLAPSTICK 2021 IS LIVE! (18 May 2021)
• Slapstick Festival 2020 (1 May 2021)
• Fundraisers Archive (30 October 2020)
• Laurel & Hardy: Bacon Grabbers (1929) Live At Slapstick Festival With Marcus Brigstocke (10 July 2020)
• French & Saunders: Live @ Slapstick Festival Comedy Legend Awards with Mel Giedroyc (24 June 2020)
• Laughter In Lockdown #10 - Ken Dodd at the Aardman Slapstick Comedy Awards (19 June 2020)
• Laughter In Lockdown #9 - Jo Brand's Top Comedy Picks (5 June 2020)
• Laughter In Lockdown #8 - Lee Mack hosts Laurel & Hardy's Liberty (1929) (29 May 2020)
• Laughter In Lockdown #7 - Tim Vine's Top Comedy Picks with Richard Herring (22 May 2020)
• Laughter In Lockdown #6 - Remembering the comedy genius of Victoria Wood (15 May 2020)
• Laughter in Lockdown 5 - The Goodies 50th Anniversary LIVE with Robin Ince (8 May 2020)
• Laughter in Lockdown 4 - Harry Hill's Top Comedy Picks (30 April 2020)
• Laughter in Lockdown 3 - I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again... Again! (24 April 2020)
• Laughter in Lockdown 2 - John Cleese, Rory Bremner and Friends hosted by Tim Vine (17 April 2020)
• SLAPSTICK LIVE ONLINE (9 April 2020)
• Laughter In Lockdown – Slapstick To Release One-Off Gems From Its Archives (7 April 2020)
• Gold Rush Competition (15 February 2020)
• Neil Innes 1944 - 2019 (31 December 2019)
• The Goodies 50th Anniversary Poll (25 November 2019)
• Slapstick Volunteer Call Out (15 November 2019)
• Slapstick Sunday At Bristol Hippodrome - In Photos (18 February 2019)
• Modern Times | Charlie Chaplin The Composer (2 February 2019)
• For A Few Days Only - 2 for 1 on Slapstick Festival Tickets! (30 January 2019)
• Slapstick Festival 2019 (28 January 2019)
• Silent Comedy Spectacular with Barry Humphries at the London Palladium (24 January 2019)
• Comedians at Slapstick Festival (15 January 2019)
• A Celebration of Laurel & Hardy at Slapstick Festival (14 January 2019)
• 24hr Flash Sale - Slapstick Festival 2 for 1 Tickets (14 January 2019)
• The Goodies - VIP Competition (2 January 2019)
• The Inbetweeners - VIP Competition (29 December 2018)
• Competition! Win A copy of The Goodies: The Complete BBC Collection (26 October 2018)
• Young Slapstick Reviewers (9 February 2018)
• Slapstick 2018 - In Photos (29 January 2018)
• Three Ages Program Notes (27 January 2018)
• Keaton: The MGM Years Program Notes (27 January 2018)
• The Vagabond Queen Program Notes (26 January 2018)
• Skinner's Dress Suit Program Notes (26 January 2018)
• Spite Marriage Program Notes (26 January 2018)
• Win Tickets To Ronnie Golden: First A Fender – A Beginner’s Guide to Rock (25 January 2018)
• It's Just a Jump to the Left! (30 December 2017)
• Slapstick Festival 2018 (28 November 2017)
• Pordenone Diaries - Day 3 (20 October 2017)
• Pordenone Diaries - Day 2 (8 October 2017)
• Pordenone Diaries - Day 1 (4 October 2017)
• The Boot Cake (1 August 2017)
• Why is Slapstick Violence Funny? (20 July 2017)
• French and Saunders: Bop-a-dooey-oo (21 June 2017)
• Victoria Wood and Julie Walters (6 May 2017)
• Lucy and Ethel - Sitcom's Best Friends (18 April 2017)
• Anita Garvin and Marion Byron - A Classic Comedy Duo (6 April 2017)
• Website & Digital Marketing Volunteer Job (29 March 2017)
• French & Saunders: Comedy Legends (27 March 2017)
• Ronnie Golden and Neil Innes perform a song for Donald Trump (27 March 2017)
• In Photos: Slapstick 2017 (26 March 2017)
• It all started with Alice... (17 March 2017)
• Field Trip (6 March 2017)
• Max Linder - French Silent Star (11 February 2017)
• A Bit About The Freshman (2 February 2017)
• A Few Reviews (27 January 2017)
• A summary of Slapstick 2017 (27 January 2017)
• Day 5 of Slapstick 2017 - A Quick Recap of Yesterday (22 January 2017)
• Day Four at Slapstick Festival 2017 - Reliving the Gala (21 January 2017)
• Slapstick Festival Day 3 - A chat with Daan van den Hurk (20 January 2017)
• Slapstick Festival 2017 - 2 Days In! (19 January 2017)
• The 2017 Slapstick T-shirt: The Year Of The Custard Pie (15 January 2017)
• Simon Callow On His Passion For Charlie Chaplin (10 January 2017)
• Keaton/Beckett (5 January 2017)
• An Epic Day (28 December 2016)
• Tommy Cooper - Intentional Bumbling (20 December 2016)
• 2017 Festival Information (17 November 2016)
• 2017: Wednesday (14 November 2016)
• Slapstick Festival 2017: SUNDAY (13 November 2016)
• Slapstick Festival 2017: SATURDAY (13 November 2016)
• Slapstick Festival 2017: FRIDAY (13 November 2016)
• Slapstick Festival 2017 (12 November 2016)
• In Photos: Michael Crawford - Visual Comedy Legend Award Show (24 October 2016)
• In Photos: Slapstick's Slap Up Feast Of Fun (3 October 2016)
• In Photos: Stand Out - Stand Up For Slapstick (22 September 2016)
• Ken Dodd Award Page (13 September 2016)
• Silent Comedy Gala 2017 (28 July 2016)
• Granddad Defies Odds to Attend Slapstick Festival Every Year (6 July 2016)
• Slap Up Feast of Fun (1 July 2016)
• Slapstick Festival 2016 (28 June 2016)
• Aardman verdict + Slapstick embraces Europe (28 June 2016)
• A Tribute to Victoria Wood (13 May 2016)
• Inside No 9: A Quiet Night In (6 May 2016)
• In Photos: When Victoria Wood Hosted The 2013 Slapstick Festival Gala (22 April 2016)
• Stand Up For Slapstick 2016 - Marcus Brigstocke, Jeremy Hardy, Lucy Porter & More... (8 April 2016)
• Slapstick festival comes to London (19 January 2016)
• Michael Crawford: Visual Comedy Legend (8 January 2016)
• Ian Lavender: Why I Love Ben Turpin (6 January 2016)
• Bed and Sofa (Tretya Meshchanskaya) (1927) (23 December 2015)
• Jollywood! (27 November 2015)
• Here Come The Double Deckers! (27 November 2015)
• Rediscovered and Restored (27 November 2015)
• Chaplin’s the Kid: Inside Story (26 November 2015)
• Mack Sennett: King Of Comedy (26 November 2015)
• SPECIAL EVENT: Chicago (1927) (26 November 2015)
• Way Out West (1937) (26 November 2015)
• Bill Oddie’s Saturday Banana (26 November 2015)
• At Last the 1948 Show Revisited! (25 November 2015)
• Wild and Woolly (1917) (25 November 2015)
• Anita Loos: Hollywood Pioneer (25 November 2015)
• Home James (1928) (25 November 2015)
• The Awful Truth (1937) (25 November 2015)
• Slapstick International: Bed and Sofa (25 November 2015)
• Silent Comedy Westerns (25 November 2015)
• Matt Lucas’ Banana Skin (5 November 2015)
• Tim Vine: Why I Love SGT Bilko (5 November 2015)
• Stephen Merchant's Top Comedy Moments (5 November 2015)
• Danny Baker: Why I Love Ben Turpin (5 November 2015)
• Passionate About Buster (5 November 2015)
• Marcus Meets the Goodies (5 November 2015)
• Barry Cryer & Ronnie Golder: Past Masters (5 November 2015)
• Ken Dodd OBE: Comedy Legend (5 November 2015)
• Hooray For Harold Lloyd, Barry Cryer and Friends! (5 November 2015)
• It's Shaun the Sheep! (5 November 2015)
• Become a Slapsticker! (4 November 2015)
• Intertitle Competition (26 October 2015)
• Matt Lucas's Banana Skin (9 October 2015)
• Slapstick Festival 2015 (25 August 2015)
• Slapstick Festival’s Silent Comedy Gala returns to Colston Hall (15 July 2015)
• Barry Cryer: Comedy Legend - photo gallery by Adam Johnson (13 July 2015)
• SUFS3! Photos from the night! (9 July 2015)
• Buster Keaton’s Seven Chances (1925) (15 June 2015)
• Festival Programme 2016 (15 June 2015)
• Barry Cryer: Comedy Legend - photo gallery by Adam Johnson (23 March 2015)
• Slapstick 2015 - a massive thank you! (4 February 2015)
• NEVER MISS A LUBITSCH! (15 January 2015)
• The Mishaps of Musty Suffer (9 January 2015)
• The Festival Trailer Has Arrived! (28 November 2014)
• Chris Addison Announced as Host for Slapstick Festival Comedy Gala (10 September 2014)
• Keaton Find! Exciting Discovery on Keatons The General! (15 July 2014)
• Slapstick Festival 2014 (9 July 2014)
• Celebrating Dads Army: an Evening of Entertainment with Ian Lavender! (15 June 2014)
• June Whitfield CBE and Nick Park CBE to become Festival Patrons (11 June 2014)
• Slapstick Supports The Grand Appeal (13 May 2014)
• Slapstick Festival 2013 (9 July 2013)
• Slapstick Festival 2012 (9 July 2012)
• Slapstick Festival 2011 (9 July 2011)
• Slapstick Festival 2010 (9 July 2010)
• Slapstick Festival 2009 (15 July 2009)
• Slapstick Festival 2008 (15 July 2008)
• Slapstick Festival 2007 (15 July 2007)
• Slapstick Festival 2006 (15 July 2006)
• Slapstick Festival 2005 (15 July 2005)