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is asked. The probability of being chosen each time is 25% but probability of being chosen at least once across the 4 events is higher. In this case, the correct answer is around 68%, calculated as the complement of the probability of not being chosen in any of the four quarters: 1 – (0.75).
On May ... | 8,600 |
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"1555", for instance). So, the correct answer is to take all possible combinations minus the combinations in which each digit is not a 5 to the n power, or 10,000 - 9 = 3439.
On June 22, 2014, Savant made an error in a word problem. The question was: If two people could complete a project in six hou... | 8,601 |
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to add up to 24 with a difference of 4. However, this ignores the fact that the two people get different amounts of work done per hour: if they are working jointly on a project, they can maximize their combined productivity, but if they split the work in half, one person will finish sooner and can't ... | 8,602 |
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One is $30,000 with a $1,000 raise every year. The other is $30,000 with a $300 raise every six months. Which option is best in the long run?" Savant claimed that the semi-annual $300 raises were better than the annual $1000 raise. Comments of a reader of her webpage pointed out that this was the sam... | 8,603 |
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(October 1993), which surveys the history of Fermat's last theorem as well as other mathematical problems. Controversy came from its misguided criticism of Wiles' proof; she was said to misunderstand mathematical induction, proof by contradiction, and imaginary numbers.
Especially contested was her ... | 8,604 |
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proof of Fermat's last theorem."
Specialists flagged discrepancies between the two cases, distinguishing the use of hyperbolic geometry as a "tool" for proving Fermat's last theorem and from its use as a "setting" for squaring the circle: squaring the circle in hyperbolic geometry is a different pro... | 8,605 |
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geometry and adding numbers.
Savant retracted the argument in a July 1995 addendum, saying she saw the theorem as "an intellectual challenge'to find another proof using only tools available to Fermat in the 17th century.
The book came with a glowing introduction by Martin Gardner whose towering rep... | 8,606 |
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ers to America's Most Frequently Asked Questions"
- 1993 – "The World's Most Famous Math Problem: The Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem and Other Mathematical Mysteries"
- 1994 – "More Marilyn: Some Like It Bright!"
- 1994 – ""I've Forgotten Everything I Learned in School!": A Refresher Course to Hel... | 8,607 |
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The Secret Policeman's Ball
The Secret Policeman's Ball is the name informally used for the long-running series of benefit shows staged initially in the United Kingdom to raise funds for the human rights organisation Amnesty International. The shows started in 1976 featuring popular British... | 8,608 |
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and albums that have since been widely seen and heard internationally. The three subsequent eras (1987–1989, 1991–2001 and 2006 onwards) have primarily featured locally popular British performers – and spin-off products have been released mainly in the UK.
In March 2012, "The Secret Policem... | 8,609 |
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with Peter Walker (Amnesty's Fund-Raising Officer from 1978). Cleese, Lewis and Luff worked together on the first two shows (1976 and 1977). After this, Cleese and Lewis worked on the next two shows (1979 and 1981) with Luff's replacement at Amnesty, Peter Walker – using the "Secret Policema... | 8,610 |
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in 1979, the two preceding shows in 1976 and 1977 were retrospectively treated as part of the "Secret Policeman's" canon.
Cleese and Lewis subsequently worked individually on other Amnesty projects. Cleese made brief cameo appearances in the 1987 and 1989 shows and co-directed the latter. L... | 8,611 |
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three of the first four shows were filmed and released theatrically as movies with corresponding record albums. Because multi-artist benefit shows with contemporary performers were a new phenomenon in Britain in the mid-1970s and early 1980s, they were accorded considerable media coverage an... | 8,612 |
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generated less media attention. The shows from 1987 onwards were videotaped to be shown as TV specials and/or released on home video in Britain rather than filmed as movies with prospects for international release. The sole exception to the smaller scale events was an ill-fated attempt in Ju... | 8,613 |
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benefit events and though they were comedy shows in the same vein as their predecessors, none of them carried the "Secret Policeman's Ball" title. When Amnesty staged a 40th anniversary show in 2001 it was stated that the "Secret Policeman's Ball" title had run its course and would not be re... | 8,614 |
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stars Bob Geldof, Bono and Sting have all attributed their involvement in humanitarian issues to their exposure to the "Secret Policeman's Ball" shows: Geldof, Sting and Clapton as participants with Bono as an audience member.
Bono told "Rolling Stone" magazine in 1986: "I saw 'The Secret P... | 8,615 |
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not know about Amnesty, I did not know about its work, I did not know about torture in the world." Bob Geldof and Ultravox singer Midge Ure first met and worked together at 1981's "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball" which was the first benefit show that either of them had performed at. Geldo... | 8,616 |
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that helped inspire the later shows.
Amnesty directly attributes the leaps in awareness of the human rights issue, the significant increases in its membership (especially among the young) and its dramatically increased fundraising achievements to the impact of the various shows, their spin-... | 8,617 |
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that public awareness of Amnesty increased by 700 % between the first and third shows. Membership of the organisation increased exponentially.
## Introduction to an American audience.
The films and records of the first three Amnesty benefit shows did not initially receive much exposure in ... | 8,618 |
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Bros. Records in March 1982 and became a Top Thirty album in the "Billboard" charts.
The third major element in bringing the Secret Policeman's Balls to the U.S. was the acquisition of the UK films by American distributors Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein, founders of the independent dist... | 8,619 |
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US.
Original producer Martin Lewis distilled the best performances from both films into one new 110-minute film for the American market, with an opening sequence narrated by "Saturday Night Live" announcer Don Pardo. The new film premiered in New York in May 1982 as a fund-raiser for the U.... | 8,620 |
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marketplace because of the success of the music soundtrack album and media coverage of the film festival screenings.
In 1983, the Weinsteins and Lewis produced an 80-minute sequel TV special for HBO/Cinemax later released on home video by Media Home Entertainment titled "The Secret Policema... | 8,621 |
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for a way to raise the organisation's profile, especially among young people. In a 1986 profile in "Rolling Stone" Healey related how he decided to find out if the goodwill towards Amnesty of rock musicians that he had seen in the US version of "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball" could be pu... | 8,622 |
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Browne, Lou Reed, Joan Baez, The Neville Brothers and Bryan Adams. The tour was promoted by rock impresario Bill Graham. The tour concluded with a major all-day concert at Giants Stadium in New Jersey that was televised live by MTV. The final concert featured additional artists including Bob... | 8,623 |
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Lewis and Healey's intention was to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by staging a tour that would visit all five continents. The aim was to raise consciousness of human rights issues rather than fund-raising.
The six-week/20-concert tour was prod... | 8,624 |
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between 1986 and 1998.
# First four shows 1976–1981.
## 1976 – "A Poke In The Eye".
In early 1976, the British section of Amnesty International was seeking a way to simultaneously raise funds for itself and elevate the very low profile of human rights issues in British public discourse. I... | 8,625 |
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a one-off event.
Amnesty's Assistant Director Peter Luff approached John Cleese of the Monty Python comedy troupe to seek his participation. Cleese was taken with the idea and volunteered to assist the event by helping to "round up a few friends".
Cleese's "few friends" turned out to be co... | 8,626 |
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free of charge. The tickets for the show were advertised solely in the satirical magazine "Private Eye" and were sold out within four days.
The other member of the production team was Martin Lewis, a young record industry executive who initially undertook to produce a record album of the sh... | 8,627 |
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the show and its film and record spin-offs.
### Show.
The show – titled by Cleese "A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick)" – took place on 1–3 April 1976 as a series of late-night galas at Her Majesty's Theatre in London's West End theatre district. The show was directed by "Beyond The Fri... | 8,628 |
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1976 at the 20th annual London Film Festival, and was broadcast by the BBC in December 1976. Subsequently, the film received a modest theatrical release at art-house cinemas in 1977. A record album of the show, titled "A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick)", was released in November 1976 by... | 8,629 |
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momentum for a regularly scheduled benefit show. The returning production team included Amnesty Assistant Director Peter Luff and Martin Lewis. The show was directed by Monty Python member Terry Jones. This show was unlike the first show and its primary successors in three key aspects. It wa... | 8,630 |
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of the discarded working title of the previous year's show.
The comedic performers in the 1977 show included several who had performed in the first show – such as Peter Cook, Terry Jones, John Cleese – joined by his then wife Connie Booth – and some newcomers including Sir Peter Ustinov. Th... | 8,631 |
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of the TV show and record album has since become the name by which the original stage show itself is referred to.
## 1979 – "The Secret Policeman's Ball".
Amnesty decided not to present a benefit show in 1978 in order to consider how to make better use of the performing talent so favourabl... | 8,632 |
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theatrical release) but with a more professional approach to exploiting the film. They approached John Cleese who agreed to be involved again. He also agreed to direct the show though requesting that his credit read ""slightly" directed by John Cleese." Cleese recruited the majority of the c... | 8,633 |
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proposed to Cleese that in addition to the comedy performances the show should feature some contemporary rock musicians. Cleese delegated this responsibility to Lewis who recruited Who guitarist Pete Townshend to perform, as well as new wave singer-songwriter Tom Robinson.
Cleese and Palin ... | 8,634 |
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film – also titled "The Secret Policeman's Ball" was released theatrically by ITC in June 1980 heralded by a special preview attended by many of the show's participants. (A one-hour TV special drawn from the performances aired on Britain's ITV network by London Weekend Television in December... | 8,635 |
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"Entirely a Matter for You," was so successful that the audio recording of the live performance was released as an album on Virgin Records entitled "Here Comes the Judge: Live".
The film and record albums enjoyed critical and commercial success in the UK and sparked international interest. ... | 8,636 |
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albums made its first appearance in 1979. It was created by New Statesman cartoonist Colin Wheeler who had been commissioned by Peter Walker.
This film, plus four others, is included on the "Secret Policeman's Balls" DVD.
## 1981 – "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball".
Following the succes... | 8,637 |
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such as Rowan Atkinson's colleagues from the BBC TV show "Not the Nine O'Clock News" including Pamela Stephenson and Griff Rhys Jones; comedian Victoria Wood and regional comic Jasper Carrott. Lewis secured a return appearance by Billy Connolly and a debut appearance by "alternative" comedia... | 8,638 |
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Ron Eyre to co-direct the show with him. Walker secured funds to have the show filmed (at Lewis’ suggestion) by new wave filmmaker Julien Temple. For the first time an Amnesty show was filmed with a full 35 mm film crew. The resulting film was released in the UK by UIP in March 1982. It beca... | 8,639 |
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from the show, photographs and some specially written comedic notes by Michael Palin and Terry Jones.
## Distinctive elements of early shows.
The reputation of the original four shows has endured and grown over the years. In September 2006, 30 years after the first show, a profile in the r... | 8,640 |
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performers who came of age in the 1960s and 1970s. Media reviews at the time described the 1976 show as a gathering of the tribes.
- They were the first stage shows in the UK to present comedic performers (such as Monty Python and Rowan Atkinson) in the same setting and shows as their conte... | 8,641 |
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The Fringe" became an honorary member of "Monty Python" for their "Courtroom Sketch". Terry Jones of "Monty Python" took the place of the absent Dudley Moore in "Beyond The Fringe's" "Shakespeare skit". In a later show, Rowan Atkinson was a guest performer with three members of "Monty Python... | 8,642 |
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for rock guitarist Pete Townshend to duet with classical guitar virtuoso John Williams on The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again". Lewis also arranged for new-wave rock performers Sting and Bob Geldof to perform in a specially assembled super-group (named "The Secret Police") with 1960s guitar ic... | 8,643 |
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several skits from the cult 1960s TV show "At Last the 1948 Show" were resuscitated by John Cleese (one of that show's creators) and performed by him with cast members, including fellow Pythons (Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman) and other peers (John Bird, John Fortune and Tim Broo... | 8,644 |
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and 1991–2001, respectively), "alternative comedians" had become the new mainstream, succeeding the Oxbridge comedy school of the 1960s and 1970s. The later Amnesty shows followed the lead of the earlier shows in presenting the most popular comedy performers of the era, such as Ben Elton, Fr... | 8,645 |
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described as "benefit fatigue" a term coined to describe the attitude towards the glut of benefit shows – many featuring the same group of performers – that were taking place each year.
By 1982, Amnesty had lost the services of two key staff members, Peter Luff and Peter Walker, who had gui... | 8,646 |
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Amnesty shows finally resumed in 1987 after a six-year hiatus, the show format was retooled in an effort to take advantage of the growing number of rock musicians supporting Amnesty. Instead of the live show being primarily a comedy show with a few musical cameos, the event made a point of g... | 8,647 |
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Party and Duran Duran.
Most of the comedic performers in the 1987 show were talents familiar primarily just to British audiences. This made the film of the show far less appealing to overseas audiences and unlike its predecessors; it did not find major international distribution in lucrativ... | 8,648 |
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was created integrating performances from the two comedy nights and two music nights. It was released by Virgin Vision. Two TV specials were created and transmitted – one featuring musical performances, the other featuring comedy performances. Following the pattern established by the 1979 an... | 8,649 |
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edited heavily. The TV version also prominently featured spoof documentary segments by newcomer Ruby Wax, which took time from the performances of the comedians and musicians. This reflected the fact that, unlike the previous shows (which had been stage events that integrated comedy and musi... | 8,650 |
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Policeman's" shows. In early 1988, the US Section of Amnesty announced plans for a world tour featuring major musicians to take place later that year. Titled Human Rights Now! the tour would commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The primary artists wh... | 8,651 |
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deployment of rock musicians for Amnesty's benefit, and the presence in the line-up of two prominent English musicians, Sting and Peter Gabriel.
Shortly after the announcement of the forthcoming concert in England, the British Section of Amnesty International announced that it too had decid... | 8,652 |
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the 65,000 capacity Milton Keynes Bowl and at very short notice staged a weekend-long extravaganza titled "Amnesty International Festival Of Youth". Fatally for the event, Amnesty's in-house producer Pat Duffy scheduled the event to follow just one week after the long-announced "Nelson Mande... | 8,653 |
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new Amnesty show taking place just one week later. This made it virtually impossible for the comparatively last-minute Amnesty event, with less celebrated performers, organised by people without much previous experience, to succeed. Amnesty resisted recommendations to postpone or cancel the ... | 8,654 |
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between the two previously announced major benefit concerts that summer in the UK – the "Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert" and Amnesty's own "Human Rights Now!" concert, both of which featured far more stellar line-ups. Thus the "Festival Of Youth" was a major financial disaster for Amne... | 8,655 |
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financial disaster of its music-only "Festival Of Youth" weekend concert in 1988, Amnesty returned to the original formula that had been so successful in the 1976–1981 era with a primary focus on comedy. Pat Duffy was dropped from organising any further benefit events for Amnesty and for the... | 8,656 |
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& Jennifer Saunders, Lenny Henry, Rory Bremner, Ben Elton, Robbie Coltrane, Willie Rushton and the "Spitting Image" puppets.
The shows took place at the Cambridge Theatre from 30 August – 2 September 1989. It was directed by Jennifer Saunders and John Cleese. The show was videotaped and tel... | 8,657 |
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Soan, Eddie Izzard and Richard Vranch. The show was videotaped and televised by Granada TV in August 1991.
At the end of 1991, a second event commemorating Amnesty's 30th anniversary was organised as a TV special. The cast included Ben Elton, Lenny Henry, Steve Coogan, Julian Clary, Frank S... | 8,658 |
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studio. The performers were videotaped at Central Independent Television Studios, Nottingham, on 13 and 15 December 1991 and the resulting TV show was televised later that month.
## 1997 & '98 – "So You Think You're Irish" and "So You Think You're Irish 2".
In early 1997, Amnesty held a co... | 8,659 |
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Milo O'Shea, Barry Murphy, Pauline McLynn, Dylan Moran, Dara Ó Briain, Tommy Tiernan, Ed Byrne, Kevin McAleer, Owen O'Neill, Ian Coppinger, Eddie Bannon, Brendan Dempsey and Kevin Gildea. The show was videotaped and televised on ITV in August 1998.
## 2001 – "We Know Where You Live".
In Ju... | 8,660 |
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Harry Enfield, Vic Reeves, Phill Jupitus, and Jonathan Ross – with cameo appearances by actors Alan Rickman, Colin Firth, Richard E. Grant, Tim Roth, Emma Thompson, and Julie Walters.
In a salute to the original "Secret Policeman's Ball" – the finale of the show was a re-creation by Alan Ri... | 8,661 |
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Policeman's Ball" – so they're more acoustic than electric..."
Explaining the show's new title, Izzard told the Evening Standard: "The title is designed to streamline the message of "Secret Policeman's Ball", which was a bit more ambiguous. "We Know Where You Live" is about gangsters or gov... | 8,662 |
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(Notwithstanding the description of the show as "live" the U2 performance had actually been pre-recorded in Toronto two weeks earlier on 21 May 2001.)
# Shows since 2006.
On 18 August 2006, Amnesty International announced that it was reviving the "Secret Policeman's Ball" title for its for... | 8,663 |
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place at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 14 October 2006.
Unlike the first (1976–1981) era of Amnesty shows featuring mainly internationally known stars – the line-up mirrored the later (1987–1989 and 1991–2001) eras of Amnesty shows with the vast majority of performers being little known... | 8,664 |
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a cameo from actor Richard E. Grant and animations featuring familiar voices including Jennifer Saunders. Music was supplied by The Zutons and The Magic Numbers.
The 2006 edition of "The Secret Policeman's Ball" was not filmed for international theatrical release, but was instead videotaped... | 8,665 |
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Secret Policeman's Ball 2008". Like its immediate predecessor, the show was a single-night event at London's Royal Albert Hall which took place on Saturday 4 October 2008.
The majority of the performers were again British (or UK-based) and not well known outside Great Britain, (one Canadian... | 8,666 |
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appearances from Frank Skinner, Alan Carr, Graham Norton, Sean Lock, Kristen Schaal, Fearne Cotton, Matt Berry, Katherine Parkinson, Mitchell and Webb, Jason Manford, Shappi Khorsandi, Russell Howard, Katy Brand, Tim Minchin, Sarah Millican, Kayvan Novak, Meera Syal, Shaun Williamson, Sharon... | 8,667 |
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the event was shown live in 35 cinemas in major British cities in addition to four cinemas in Australia and cinemas in six of Canada's thirteen provinces and territories. The Cineplex cinema chain made the film available on 50 of its 1,317 screens.
## 2012 – "The Secret Policeman's Ball 201... | 8,668 |
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lineup included US comedic performers: Jon Stewart, Ben Stiller, Fred Armisen, Kristen Wiig, Seth Meyers, Jason Sudeikis, Bobby Moynihan, Jay Pharoah, and Taran Killam from "Saturday Night Live"), Rachel Dratch, David Cross & Bob Odenkirk, Hannibal Buress, Sarah Silverman, Paul Rudd, Rashida... | 8,669 |
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imprisoned Burmese comedian and political activist Zarganar. There was a cameo appearance by Richard Branson in one skit. There were music sets, each of three songs, by Mumford & Sons and Coldplay. There were real-time comedic commentaries on the show from Statler and Waldorf of the Muppets ... | 8,670 |
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"Pleasure at Her Majesty's" – (Her Majesty's Theatre, London, 1–3 April 1976)
- 1977: "An Evening Without Sir Bernard Miles" – TV and album versions were titled "The Mermaid Frolics" – (The Mermaid Theatre, London, 8 May 1977)
- 1979: "The Secret Policeman's Ball", (Her Majesty's Theatre, ... | 8,671 |
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1989)
- 1991: "Barf Bites Back", (Duke of York's Theatre, London, 1991)
- 1991: "The Big 3-0" (Amnesty's 30th Anniversary), (Central Independent Television Studios, Nottingham, 13 & 15 December 1991)
- 1997: "So You Think You're Irish", (Gaiety Theatre, Dublin)
- 1998: "So You Think You'... | 8,672 |
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Comic performers.
#### Comedy troupes.
- The Monty Python team of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. (The sole exception is Eric Idle who did not participate in any Amnesty shows until the 2012 Secret Policeman's Ball)
- The Beyond the Fringe team:... | 8,673 |
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Rhys Jones, John Bird, John Fortune, Jimmy Mulville, Sir Peter Ustinov, Robbie Coltrane, Clive James, Jonathan Lynn, John Wells, Ben Elton, Adrian Edmondson, Alexei Sayle, Carol Cleveland, Jennifer Saunders, Victoria Wood, and Ruby Wax.
### Musical performers.
#### Solo performers.
Joan A... | 8,674 |
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Moss
# Film, video and audio formats.
Adaptations of the shows have been released in various film, video and audio formats over the years. Because there have been many different versions released in different configurations in different countries over the years, there has been some public ... | 8,675 |
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Her Majesty's" (1976) and "The Mermaid Frolics" (1977) have only been released on home video in truncated form. Video reissues of "The Secret Policeman's Ball" (1979) and "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball" (1981) have also had original sequences edited out.
The US compilation "The Secret P... | 8,676 |
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The discs feature the edited, truncated versions of the earlier films.
The original audio albums of comedy and music from the shows have not been commercially available since the early 1990s.
Shout! Factory released "The Secret Policeman's Balls" in January 2009. The 3-DVD set includes "Pl... | 8,677 |
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Secret Policeman's Ball, Shout! Factory partnered with Amnesty International on a collection of musical highlights entitled "The Secret Policeman Rocks." The 14-track CD was released on 29 September 2009. A DVD of the 2012 US edition was released in North America in 2013.
# Books.
- The Ve... | 8,678 |
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skits and monologues, lyrics of songs, photographs, of the 1981 show. Also features production notes and comedic observations about the show by Michael Palin and Terry Jones.
# Print media.
- Jim Henke, "Human Rights Now!" (Bloomsbury 1988)
- Douglas L. McCall, "Monty Python: A Chronologi... | 8,679 |
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, lyrics of songs, photographs, of the 1981 show. Also features production notes and comedic observations about the show by Michael Palin and Terry Jones.
# Print media.
- Jim Henke, "Human Rights Now!" (Bloomsbury 1988)
- Douglas L. McCall, "Monty Python: A Chronological Listing of the T... | 8,680 |
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University of Zimbabwe
The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) is a public university in Harare, Zimbabwe. It opened in 1952 as the University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and was initially affiliated with the University of London. It was later renamed the University of Rhodesia, and adopted its p... | 8,681 |
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The university is accredited through the National Council for Higher Education, under the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education. English is the language of instruction. Although once a very successful university, UZ has been facing challenges since 2008 and now the University is on a reboundi... | 8,682 |
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(after whom a residence hall is now named) formed the "Rhodesia University Association", inspired by the promise of £20,000 by Robert Jeffrey Freeman for establishing such a university. The following year, the Legislative Assembly of Southern Rhodesia adopted a motion proposed by Hodson for the e... | 8,683 |
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and constitution of the university. First classes began for some 68 students on a temporary site at 147 Baker Avenue (now Nelson Mandela Avenue). Independent of the initiatives of Hodson and the Legislative Assembly, the Central African Council's commission on higher education, led by Sir Alexand... | 8,684 |
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Corporation, the British South Africa Company, the Rhodesia Selection Trust, the Beit Trust, the Ford Foundation and the Dulverton Trust and in July 1953 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother laid the foundation stone. In 1955 the British government formally adopted the institution, estab... | 8,685 |
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In 1963 the Medical School opened and was affiliated to the University of Birmingham. After the dissolution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, the University College continued as an independent institution of higher education and research, open to all races. In 1970 a phased termination... | 8,686 |
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by 1985. In December 1998, the university hosted the Eighth Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC). The Assembly, the WCC's chief governing body, met in the Great Hall on the UZ campus.
On 5 October 1989, thousands of students at the university gathered to protest the arrests of two stu... | 8,687 |
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amended in 1990, giving the government more powers and, according to many faculty, students and observers, attacking academic freedom. The late 1980s and most of the 1990s saw a rise in student protest, resulting in several closures and mass expulsions. Despite the ongoing tensions, the universit... | 8,688 |
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began to fail to recruit lecturers and professors to fill vacancies. By 2007, the shortage of staff was preventing the teaching and examination of some programmes. Problems with water and electricity supply, as well as maintenance of infrastructure became critical by the late 2000s. The decline o... | 8,689 |
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fraudulent degrees to members of the Mugabe regime; in 2014, Grace Mugabe was given a doctorate in sociology, only two months after being registered on the programme, and although a dissertion does not exist in the university archives. Also other senior members of the Mugabe regime were given doc... | 8,690 |
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on 21 November 2017 as head of state and government. Many claimed that the University of Zimbabwe's students will go down in history as those who gave the Mugabe regime the 'final push' of his 37 year reigned as Zimbabwe's leader.
# Campus.
The main campus of the University of Zimbabwe is locat... | 8,691 |
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Pleasant School, and the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council headquarters. There are 171 buildings on the main campus, including academic facilities, all but two of the student residence halls, and much of the staff housing. The main campus also features sporting facilities and the College Green... | 8,692 |
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outside the Mount Pleasant campus. The university's main satellite campus, located at the Parirenyatwa Hospital in central Harare, houses the College of Health Sciences. Besides the medical school, additional university properties within Harare include blocks of flats for staff and student housin... | 8,693 |
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in Teviotdale, Mazowe District, Mashonaland Central. The farm, in size, is used by the UZ Faculty of Agriculture for teaching and research. Several of Zimbabwe's newer universities began as colleges and satellite campuses of UZ, such as Bindura University of Science Education, Chinhoyi University... | 8,694 |
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is graded for a practical coursework grade. Theory, and in some cases practical, examinations are administered.
The degree programmes follow the Course Unit model, and in many programmes it is possible for students to select some of the courses from a range of options. Honours degrees have a com... | 8,695 |
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nursing science, science, social work, dental surgery, medicine and surgery and veterinary science. Registered undergraduate Bachelor (Honours) programmes are in agriculture, agricultural engineering, applied environmental science, arts, accountancy, business studies, law, engineering, mining eng... | 8,696 |
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postgraduate honours degrees, two types of master's degree and doctoral degrees. Postgraduate honours programmes, also known as "special honours" programmes last are for one-year duration and incorporate coursework, examinations and a compulsory project module. Master's degrees by coursework and ... | 8,697 |
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to upgrade their study to the D.Phil. programme.
## Suspension of programmes.
Due to the heavy staff vacancies that UZ began suffering from in the 2000s, many programmes and specialisations have been suspended.
## Rankings.
Although UZ has not generally featured in major international ranking... | 8,698 |
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to number 17 in Africa and number 4,001 globally. In 2010, according to University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP), University of Zimbabwe is the best university in Zimbabwe and 1340th university in the world.
# Administration and organisation.
## Central governance.
The titular head of... | 8,699 |
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