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📊 Film Specifications
Director Margy Kinmonth
Release Date December 9, 2004
Runtime 77 min (1h 17m)
Country United Kingdom
Language EN
Budget N/A
Box Office N/A
Studios BBC Four
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? (2004)
Directed by Margy Kinmonth
⭐ 2.4 / 5 (3 votes) ⏱️ 77 min 🎬 Comedy, Documentary
Ratings Breakdown:
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Synopsis
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.