The audience at the Slapstick Festival's opening Gala event packed into Colston Hall last night to witness comedy legend and national treasure Michael Palin take part in a star-studded evening of  wonderful anecdotes and visual comedy. Unfortunately, and by no fault of the organisers or splendid guests, the sound quality was pretty dire  – so loud that it became distorted in places and you had to strain to hear. It was a shame, because that was the only blight of an otherwise excellent...

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