Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

Overview

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.

Directed by Margy Kinmonth

Top cast

Dawn French

Self - Narrator

Rowan Atkinson

Self

Michael Palin

Self

Jennifer Saunders

Self

Stephen Fry

Self

John Cleese

Self

Sting

Self

Peter Cook

Self (archive footage)

Graham Chapman

Self

Terry Jones

Self

Terry Gilliam

Self

Billy Connolly

Self

Alan Bennett

Self

Barry Humphries

Self - Edna Everage

Jonathan Lynn

Self

Connie Booth

Self

Neil Innes

Self

Pete Townshend

Self

Bob Geldof

Self

Alexei Sayle

Self

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