Join Paul Merton as he screens extracts from the very best silent comedians in some of their funniest films. Chaplin, Keaton, Laurel & Hardy and many others are highlighted by an infectious and enthu

Paul Merton has become one of the best know and best loved performers on both British television and the Live Comedy Circuit since starting out in the business over 20 years ago. One of the founder members of The Comedy Store Players along with other comedians including Josie Lawrence, Jim Sweeney and Richard Vranch, Paul has also toured in several successful one-man shows. He has also become an established face on television with popular shows such as Room 101 and the hugely popular Have I Got News For You.

Neil Brand has been accompanying silent films for over 25 years performing regularly at the NFT on London's south bank and film festivals and special events throughout the UK and the world. He is considered one of the finest exponents of improvised silent film accompaniment in the world.

He has written the title music and scores for many TV documentaries including Paul Merton’s Silent Clowns, Silent Britain and Great Britons and scores for over 50 Radio 4 dramas including War and Peace, The Box of Delights, several of the BBC audio Shakespeare Collection plays and Sony award winner A Town Like Alice. Neil is also highly regarded as a writer of radio plays including the Sony-nominated Stan, which he adapted last year to great acclaim for BBC4 TV.

He has appeared across the UK and US with his own show, Where Does the Music Come From? This year he has performed at Finland’s ‘Midnight Sun’ Festival, Padua Opera House and Kilkenny Comedy Festival as well as presenting a new show, The Silent Pianist Speaks, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to the acclaim of critics and audiences alike.

Paul Merton’s new book, Silent Clowns, the definitive history of a golden age of Comedy, will be published by Random House at the end of October 2007

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COMPETITION: 1x Pair of tickets to see Paul Merton's 'Silent Clowns' at the Hackney Empire on Sunday, 11th Nov.

To claim your tickets, send an email with the correct answer in the ‘subject’ box. The winner will be randomly selected.

Q: What is the title of the film that includes the classic scene of Harold Lloyd hanging from the clock hundreds of feet above the street?

A: 1) Safety Last .2) Safety Pins .3) Safe Bet .4) Too Safe for Sir

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