The Grand Knockout Tournament (1987)
June 19, 1987Release Date
The Grand Knockout Tournament (1987)
June 19, 1987Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh
Self
Prince Andrew, Duke of York
Self
Stuart Hall
Self
Anne, Princess Royal
Self
Sarah Ferguson
Self
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
Self
Rowan Atkinson
Lord Knock of Alton
Barbara Windsor
Lady Knock of Alton
Peter Blake
Self
Paul Daniels
Chief Judge
Guy David Innes-Ker
Self
Geoff Capes
Self
Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor
Self
John Cleese
Self
Jenny Agutter
Self
Anthony Andrews
Self
Michael Brandon
Self
Ben Cross
Self
Sheena Easton
Self
Tom Jones
Self
Margot Kidder
Self
Kevin Kline
Self
George Lazenby
Self
Hal Linden
Self
Gary Lineker
Self
Nicholas Lyndhurst
Self
Meat Loaf
Self
Jennifer O'Neill
Self
Michael Palin
Self
Christopher Reeve
Self
Cliff Richard
Self
Jane Seymour
Self
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
The Grand Knockout Tournament (also known as It's a Royal Knockout) was a one-off charity event which took place on 15 June 1987, and was shown on British television on 19 June 1987 (BBC1, repeated on 27 December 1987), in addition to airing on American TV via the USA Network on 12 August 1987, and European satellite channel Superchannel on 6 March 1988 (repeated on Christmas Day 1988). It followed the format of It's a Knockout (the British version of Jeux sans frontières), a slapstick TV gameshow which was broadcast in the UK until 1982.
The event was staged on the lakeside lawn of the Alton Towers stately home and theme park in Staffordshire. However, the event used its own specially created immersing set, meaning that the location was not very recognisable in the TV broadcast.
Although regarded as a failure, a similar show without royal involvement was made the following year at Walt Disney World in Florida, featuring teams of celebrities representing the United Kingdom, USA, and Australia.