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How Britain's comedy scene is dominated by Cambridge graduates: Footlights - where tragic Tony Slattery got his start - has spawned our best-loved and most affluent comics including Eric Idle, Miriam Margolyes, Stephen Fry and Richard Osman

Tune in tonight to a panel show, a bill of stand-up comics or even a TV quiz and chances are you will see some showbiz royalty alumni of Cambridge's famous Footlights society.