The Very Best of The Secret Policeman's Ball

Amnesty International

• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Year: 2012
• eBook ISBN:
  9780857867353
• Print ISBN:
  9780857867346

The most celebrated comedy routines in British history, from a remarkable comedy institution.From the infamous Dead Parrot Sketch to Michael Palin's 'I'm a Lumberjack' song; Peter Cook's peerless E.L. Wisty monologues to Rowan Atkinson's school-master's roll-call; and on through to the latest generation led by Eddie Izzard, Dylan Moran and Jack Whitehall. This definitive collection brings together the very best of Amnesty International's Secret Policeman shows.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• THE ASSAULT OF LAUGHTER: A FOREWORD BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
• A POKE IN THE EYE (WITH A SHARP STICK), 1976
• BEGINNINGS: AN INTRODUCTION
• THE MERMAID FROLICS, 1977
• THE SECRET POLICEMAN’S BALL, 1979
• CHANGING THE GUARD: AN INTRODUCTION
• THE SECRET POLICEMAN’S OTHER BALL, 1981
• THE SECRET POLICEMAN’S THIRD BALL, 1987
• INSPIRING THE AGE OF LIVE AID: AN INTRODUCTION
• THE SECRET POLICEMAN’S BIGGEST BALL, 1989
• THE FAMOUS COMPÈRE’S POLICE DOG: THE WORLD TOUR, 1990
• INTERREGNUM: AN INTRODUCTION
• THE BIG 3–0, 1991
• WE KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE, LIVE!, 2001
• THE SECRET POLICEMAN’S BALL 2006: THE BALL IN THE HALL
• THE INTERNATIONAL ERA: AN INTRODUCTION
• THE SECRET POLICEMAN’S BALL 2008
• THE SECRET POLICEMAN’S BALL 2012
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• INDEX