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Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? (2004)

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? (2004)

Comedy Documentary
Release Date: 2004, December 9
Directors: Margy Kinmonth
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: BBC Four
Cast: Stephen Fry, John Cleese, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Rowan Atkinson, Billy Connolly, Lenny Henry, Barry Humphries, Sting, Alexei Sayle, Peter Cook, Phil Collins

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.