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The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball (1989)
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TV Movie | 92 min | Comedy, Documentary

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The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball (1989)

Not Rated

TV Movie | 92 min | Comedy, Documentary

The 1989 show returned to the roots of the series with an emphasis on comedy and eschewing the music that, by the 1987 show, had come to be an equal component of the Balls. The cast was a blend of the 1960s and '70s generation of ...See moreThe 1989 show returned to the roots of the series with an emphasis on comedy and eschewing the music that, by the 1987 show, had come to be an equal component of the Balls. The cast was a blend of the 1960s and '70s generation of performers (John Cleese, Michael Palin, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore) with '80s newcomers such as Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, Lenny Henry, Rory Bremner, Ben Elton, Robbie Coltrane and Adrian Edmondson (The Young Ones). The show took place over four nights in late August through early September 1989 at London's Cambridge Theatre and was directed -- in a demonstration of cross-generational entente -- by John Cleese and Absolutely Fabulous cocreator/star Jennifer Saunders. The show was the last Ball to feature any of the original performers. When the Amnesty shows resumed in the 1990s and 2000s, the Ball had passed to a new generation See less

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24 cast members

Name	Known for
John Bird Self Self See fewer	Rory Bremner, Who Else? (1993)
Rory Bremner Self (as Spitting Image) Self (as Spitting Image) See fewer	Rory Bremner, Who Else? (1993)
Kathy Burke Self Self See fewer	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
John Cleese Self (as Spitting Image) Self (as Spitting Image) See fewer	A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Robbie Coltrane Self Self See fewer	Cracker (1993)
Peter Cook Self Self See fewer	The Princess Bride (1987)
Adrian Edmondson Self (as Ade Edmondson) Self (as Ade Edmondson) See fewer	Bancroft (2017)
Ben Elton Self Self See fewer	The Young Ones (1982)
Dawn French Self Self See fewer	French and Saunders (1987)
Stephen Fry Self Self See fewer	Gosford Park (2001)
Lenny Henry Self Self See fewer	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Jools Holland Self Self See fewer	Spice World (1997)
Chris Langham Self Self See fewer	The Thick of It (2005)
Hugh Laurie Self Self See fewer	House (2004)
Dudley Moore Self Self See fewer	Arthur (1981)
Jimmy Mulville Self Self See fewer	Alas Smith & Jones (1984)
Steve Nallon Self (as Spitting Image) Self (as Spitting Image) See fewer	Spitting Image (1984)
Michael Palin Self Self See fewer	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Rowland Rivron Self (as Roland Rivron) Self (as Roland Rivron) See fewer	Hello Mum (1986)
William Rushton Self Self See fewer	Nothing But the Best (1964)
Jennifer Saunders Self Self See fewer	Absolutely Fabulous (1992)
John Williams Self Self See fewer	Jurassic Park (1993)
John Williams Self Self See fewer	The Deer Hunter (1978)
Simon Brint Ken Bishop (uncredited) Ken Bishop (uncredited) See fewer	French and Saunders (1987)