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The Secret Policeman's Third Ball (1987)
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96 min | Comedy, Documentary, Music

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The Secret Policeman's Third Ball (1987)

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96 min | Comedy, Documentary, Music

Victims of their own success in recruiting stars to appear at fund-raisers, Amnesty took a six-year sabbatical from producing benefit shows in the mid-1980s as a multitude of other good causes staged charity concerts that took the ...See moreVictims of their own success in recruiting stars to appear at fund-raisers, Amnesty took a six-year sabbatical from producing benefit shows in the mid-1980s as a multitude of other good causes staged charity concerts that took the limelight. Amnesty returned in 1987 with refreshed zeal. A new generation of British comedians took up the Amnesty mantle, including Robbie Coltrane, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and the Spitting Image puppets. On the musical side, Amnesty show veteran Bob Geldof was joined by several newcomers including Kate Bush, David Gilmour, Joan Armatrading and Duran Duran, as well as three musicians who had recently performed for Amnesty in the USA: Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed and Jackson Browne. The two evenings of comedy and two separate nights of music at the London Palladium in March 1987 were subsequently fused into one TV special -- and the Ball continued rolling See less

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23 cast members

Name	Known for
Joan Armatrading Self Self See fewer	Kill List (2011)
Chet Atkins Self Self See fewer	Michael (1996)
Jackson Browne Self Self See fewer	Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Kate Bush Self Self See fewer	The Line, the Cross & the Curve (1993)
John Cleese Jim Cleese Jim Cleese See fewer	A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Robbie Coltrane Self Self See fewer	Cracker (1993)
Phil Cool Self Self See fewer	Phil Cool (1992)
Duran Duran Themselves Themselves See fewer	A View to a Kill (1985)
Ben Elton Self Self See fewer	The Young Ones (1982)
Stephen Fry Self Self See fewer	Gosford Park (2001)
Peter Gabriel Self Self See fewer	WALL·E (2008)
Bob Geldof Self Self See fewer	Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
David Gilmour Self Self See fewer	Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
Lenny Henry Self Self See fewer	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Bob Hoskins The Secret Policeman (voice) The Secret Policeman (voice) See fewer	The Long Good Friday (1980)
Nik Kershaw Self Self See fewer	Source Code (2011)
Mark Knopfler Self Self See fewer	Local Hero (1983)
Hugh Laurie Self Self See fewer	House (2004)
Nick Mason Self Self See fewer	The Big Boss (1971)
Youssou N'Dour Self Self See fewer	Amazing Grace (2006)
Emo Philips Self Self See fewer	UHF (1989)
Lou Reed Self Self See fewer	V for Vendetta (2005)
Ruby Wax Self Self See fewer	Girls on Top (1985)