Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh as Self
- Andrew Mountbatten Windsor as Self
- Anne, Princess Royal as Self
- Sarah Ferguson as Self
- Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester as Self
- Rowan Atkinson as Lord Knock of Alton
- Barbara Windsor as Lady Knock of Alton
- Paul Daniels as Chief Judge
- Guy David Innes-Ker as Self
- Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor as Self
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