The Grand Knockout Tournament (1987)
The Grand Knockout Tournament (colloquially also known as It's a Royal Knockout) was a one-off charity event which was shown on British television on 19 June 1987. It followed the format of It's a Knockout, 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-cum-theme park.
- Date of release
- 1987-06-19
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Genres
- Comedy, Family
- Director
- Geoffrey C.D. Wilson, Martin Hughes
Casting
- Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh — Self
- Andrew Mountbatten Windsor — 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
- Paul Daniels — Chief Judge
- Guy David Innes-Ker — Self
- Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor — Self
- John Cleese — Self
- Jenny Agutter — Self
Interesting facts
The Grand Knockout Tournament was a one-off charity event which took place on 15 June 1987, and was shown on British television on 19 June 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.
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