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The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

60 %|Mar 1, 1982|Comedy, Music, TV Movie

Following the success of the 1979 show and the financial benefits accruing to Amnesty from the spin-off movie, TV special and record albums – Cleese, Lewis and Walker planned the next show to be a more spectacular event. Cleese focused on broadening the comedic talent to be presented at the show. In addition to the Amnesty show stalwarts drawn from the Oxbridge/Monty Python/Beyond The Fringe orbit, he invited newcomers such as Rowan Atkinson’s colleagues from the BBC TV show Not the Nine O'Clock News including Pamela Stephenson and Griff Rhys Jones; comedian Victoria Wood and regional comic Jasper Carrott. Lewis secured a return appearance by Billy Connolly and a debut appearance by "alternative" comedian Alexei Sayle who Lewis had recently discovered and was managing. Building on the success of Pete Townshend's 1979 appearance Lewis recruited other rock musicians to perform at the 1981 show including Sting, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Donovan and Bob Geldof.

Featured Crew

Julien Temple
Director
Paul Carr
Sound
Brian Herlihy
Camera Production Assistant
John Metcalfe
Camera Operator
Simon Ransley
Camera Operator
Alison Thorne
Continuity
John Altman
Music Director
Alan Brewer
Music Arranger

Cast

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Rowan Atkinson
Self - Various Roles
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Alan Bennett
Self - Various Roles
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Graham Chapman
Self - Various Roles
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John Cleese
Self - Various Roles
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Peter Cook
Self - Various Roles
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Sheena Easton
The Secret Policeman Choir
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Barry Humphries
Self - Various Roles
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Michael Palin
Self - Various Roles
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David Rappaport
Various Roles
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Sting
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John Bird
Self - Various Roles
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Tim Brooke-Taylor
Self - Various Characters
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John Fortune
Self - Various Roles
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Chris Langham
Self - Various Roles
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Griff Rhys Jones
Self - Various Roles
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Pamela Stephenson
Self - Various Roles
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John Wells
Self - Various Roles
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Daryl Stuermer
Various Roles
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Maynard Williams
Various Roles
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Doreen Chanter
The Secret Policeman Choir
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Chris Cross
The Secret Policeman Choir
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Micky Moody
The Secret Policeman Choir
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Midge Ure
The Secret Policeman Choir