The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

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

Sep 23 1982 R 1h 39m
Comedy, Documentary, Music

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.

Plot

The film of an on-stage charity benefit for Amnesty International. The show includes comedy skits by the members of Monty Python, as well as noted comedians Peter Cook, Rowan Atkinson, and others. The show also includes musical numbers by Eric Clapton, Sting, Donovan and Bob Geldof.

Written by

Terence Dackombe

Directed by

Roger Graef, Julien Temple

Cast

Rowan Atkinson, Jeff Beck, Alan Bennett

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Amnesty International

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Trailers
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball Trailer 1981
Scores
# of Votes
548
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA