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Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

4.8 77 mins Comedy   Documentary   2004
BBC Four  
Director(s): Margy Kinmonth

The Secret Policeman benefit shows for Amnesty International brought together comedy grand masters - from Python and Beyond the Fringe - and performers then relatively unknown, like Rowan Atkinson. Narrated by Dawn French, the programme includes interviews with many of the comedians and musicians who took part: John Cleese, Stephen Fry, Michael Palin, Sting, Lenny Henry and many more. The shows and their stars had a huge effect on modern British comedy. There are few comics today whose careers have not been heavily influenced by the anarchic and surreal humour of these events.

Casts of Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

Dawn French

as Self - Narrator

Rowan Atkinson

as Self

Michael Palin

as Self

Stephen Fry

as Self

John Cleese

as Self

Sting

as Self

Peter Cook

as Self

Graham Chapman

as Self

Terry Jones

as Self

Terry Gilliam

as Self

Hugh Laurie

as Self

Billy Connolly

as Self

Alan Bennett

as Self

Barry Humphries

as Self - Edna Everage

Jonathan Lynn

as Self

Connie Booth

as Self

Neil Innes

as Self

Pete Townshend

as Self

Bob Geldof

as Self

Alexei Sayle

as Self

Phil Collins

as Self

John Williams

as Self

Ruby Wax

as Self

Jimmy Mulville

as Self

Lenny Henry

as Self

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