# 25th anniversary of Secret Policeman's Ball

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/11/01/25th-anniversary-secret-policeman039s-ball/
- Published: 2004-11-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The twenty fifth anniversary of the Secret Policeman’s Ball, the comedy fundraising
event for Amnesty International that spawned a whole new breed of celebrity comedy
and music events for charities such as Comic Relief and Live Aid, is being marked
by a BBC Arena documentary.
The documentary will have a special screeing at the 
Prince Charles Cinema in London on 2 December 2004 at which some of the original
event’s stars including Rowan Atkinson will be prsent for a question and answer 
session.

The original comedy event, and the film of it, led to a number of follow-ups by 
Amnesty including The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball. Comedians and musicians involved
included John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Sting, Lenny Henry, Sir Bob Geldof, Jennifer
Saunders, Stephen Fry, Terry Jones, Alan Bennett, Phil Collins, Rowan Atkinson, 
and Ruby Wax.

Amnesty International reprised the theme back in 2001 with “We Know Where You Live
Live”.

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The BBC Arena documentary will be screened on BBC Four on 9 December and on BBC 
Two in 2005.

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