Released:
2004-12-09

Overview:
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.

Director:
Margy Kinmonth

Runtime:
1h 17min

Genre:
Comedy, Documentary

• Cast:
• 
  Dawn French
  as
  Self - Narrator
• 
  Rowan Atkinson
  as
  Self
• 
  Michael Palin
  as
  Self
• 
  Jennifer Saunders
  as
  Self
• 
  Stephen Fry
  as
  Self