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    Secret Policeman’s Other Ball, The (1982)

    Following the success of a film featuring the comedy and musical highlights of the third Amnesty International charity concert in London in 1979 – released as The Secret Policeman’s Ball – the fourth Amnesty International Concert in 1982 was also filmed and released as The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball.

    Performed in the aid of charity, the Amnesty International Concert presented 24 top personalities from the worlds of music and comedy staged over four consecutive nights (9 – 12 September 1981) at London’s Theatre Royal in Drury Lane.

    The originator of the event, John Cleese, collected together the talents of Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Donovan, Bob Geldof, Sting, Phil Collins (the first time he had sung and performed solo on the piano), Midge Ure, Sheena Easton and Johnnie Fingers (from The Boomtown Rats) from the world of music.

    They were joined by an all-star cast of comedians, including Rowan Atkinson, Billy Connolly, Victoria Wood, Pamela Stephenson, Alexei Sayle (who performed “What’s On in Stoke Newington”), Griff Rhys Jones, Graham Chapman, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Jasper Carrott, John Fortune, and Barry Humphries (as Dame Edna Everage).

    Two vinyl soundtrack LPs for the film were released, one of the comedy sketches and one of the musical acts.

    Rowan Atkinson
    Jeff Beck
    Alan Bennett
    John Bird
    Tim Brooke-Taylor
    Graham Chapman
    Eric Clapton
    John Cleese
    Phil Collins
    Billy Connolly
    Donovan
    John Fortune
    Chris Langham
    Griff Rhys Jones
    Alexei Sayle
    Pamela Stephenson
    Sting
    Victoria Wood
    Michael Palin
    David Rappaport
    Jasper Carrott
    Peter Cook
    Sheena Easton
    Bob Geldof
    Tom Robinson
    Midge Ure
    Johnnie Fingers
    Neil Innes
    Barry Humphries

    Director
    Roger Graef
    Julien Temple

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