About Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
- Released on December 09, 2004
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.
Full Cast of Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Dawn French plays Self - Narrator
Rowan Atkinson plays Self
Michael Palin plays Self
Michael Edward Palin, CBE FRGS (born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best ...
See Michael Palin's other roles →Jennifer Saunders plays Self
Jennifer Jane Saunders is an English comedienne, screenwriter, singer and actress. She has won two BAFTAs, an Interna...
See Jennifer Saunders's other roles →Stephen Fry plays Self
Stephen John Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presen...
See Stephen Fry's other roles →John Cleese plays Self
John Marwood Cleese (born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, writer and film producer. He achieved succe...
See John Cleese's other roles →Sting plays Self
Sting (aka Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, activist, actor and philanthropis...
See Sting's other roles →Peter Cook plays Self
Graham Chapman plays Self
Terry Jones plays Self
Terry Gilliam plays Self
Hugh Laurie plays Self
James Hugh Calum Laurie CBE is an English actor, director, singer, musician, comedian, and author. He is known for po...
See Hugh Laurie's other roles →Billy Connolly plays Self
Alan Bennett plays Self
Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English playwright, screenwriter and author. Born in Leeds, he attended Oxford U...
See Alan Bennett's other roles →Barry Humphries plays Self - Edna Everage
John Barry Humphries, AO, CBE (17 February 1934 - 22 April 2023) was an Australian comedian, satirist, dadaist, artis...
See Barry Humphries's other roles →Jonathan Lynn plays Self
Connie Booth plays Self
Neil Innes plays Self
Pete Townshend plays Self
Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend (born 19 May 1945) is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and aut...
See Pete Townshend's other roles →Bob Geldof plays Self
Alexei Sayle plays Self
Phil Collins plays Self
While other major artists trudge painfully through a handful of over promoted releases each decade; this drummer/acto...
See Phil Collins's other roles →John Williams plays Self
John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. Widely regarded as one ...
See John Williams's other roles →Ruby Wax plays Self
Jimmy Mulville plays Self
Lenny Henry plays Self
Sir Lenworth George Henry CBE, known as Lenny Henry, is an English stand-up comedian, actor, singer, writer and telev...
See Lenny Henry's other roles →Crew of Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Discover the backstage crew of Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? →
- Dawn French
- Rowan Atkinson
- Michael Palin
- Jennifer Saunders
- Stephen Fry
- John Cleese
- Sting
- Peter Cook
- Graham Chapman
- Terry Jones
- Terry Gilliam
- Hugh Laurie
- Billy Connolly
- Alan Bennett
- Barry Humphries
- Jonathan Lynn
- Connie Booth
- Neil Innes
- Pete Townshend
- Bob Geldof
- Alexei Sayle
- Phil Collins
- John Williams
- Ruby Wax
- Jimmy Mulville
- Lenny Henry