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The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

1982 · 1h 30m · Comedy, Music, TV Movie

At Last the Truth Can Be Told - The Other Ball is Bigger

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.

Cast

• Rowan Atkinson as Self - Various Roles
• Jeff Beck as Self
• Alan Bennett as Self - Various Roles
• Graham Chapman as Self - Various Roles
• Eric Clapton as Self
• John Cleese as Self - Various Roles
• Phil Collins as Self
• Billy Connolly as Self
• Peter Cook as Self - Various Roles
• Sheena Easton as The Secret Policeman Choir
• Bob Geldof as Self
• Barry Humphries as Self - Various Roles

Details

Director

Julien Temple

Released

March 1, 1982

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Comedy, Music, TV Movie

Studio

Amnesty International

Status

Released

TMDB score

6.3 / 10 from 6 votes