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Pleasure at Her Majesty's

6.5 74 mins Comedy   Documentary   1976
Director(s): Roger Graef Jonathan Miller

The first of the Amnesty International comedy benefit galas. The title is a play on the phrase at Her Majesty's pleasure (the show was performed at Her Majesty's Theatre, London). This show came to be considered part of the Secret Policeman's Ball series of shows that it inspired, although it pre-dated the first show in the series by three years. The event was organized by a team of three: Monty Python member John Cleese, Amnesty's Assistant Director Peter Luff and Transatlantic Records executive Martin Lewis. It featured the cream of Britain's comedic talent of the era, setting a precedent that would inspire many subsequent Amnesty galas...

Casts of Pleasure at Her Majesty's

John Cleese

as Self

Alan Bennett

as Self

Graham Chapman

as Self

Peter Cook

as Self

Terry Gilliam

as Self

Barry Humphries

as Edna Everage

Terry Jones

as Self

Jonathan Lynn

as Self

Dudley Moore

as Narrator

Michael Palin

as Self

Graeme Garden

as Self

Bill Oddie

as Self

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