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This is a documentary from 1983 presented by Chris Serle, and leaning heavily on the book by Robert Hewison, about the Cambridge Footlights. There are many old clips and interviews with long dead comedians such as Jimmy Edwards and Richard Murdoch, plus the likes of John Cleese, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Frederic Raphael, David Frost and Germaine Greer from the 50s and 60s. Some sketches are recreated for the show featuring many performers who would go on to be famous, such as Tony Slattery, Robert Bathurst, Stephen Fry (although he was already semi-famous) and Kit Harvey (AKA Kit Hesketh-Harvey). N.B. Around a minute has been cut out for copyright reasons.
If this is of interest, I have recently uploaded the 1977 Footlight show Tag!, and will be uploading videos relating to two other Footlights shows in the coming days. Please subscribe to my channel to receive notifications of new content.