Footlights At 125: A Retrospective

Radio programme celebrating 125 years of the Cambridge Footlights in which a number of sketches from the archive are performed

Genre:

Sketch Show

Broadcast:

2008 (BBC Radio 4)

Episodes:

3 (1 series)

Starring:

Steve Punt, Mel Giedroyc, Lucy Montgomery, James Bachman, John Finnemore, Simon Munnery, Geoffrey McGivern

Production:

Avalon Television

Full Details

A series of three programmes celebrating 125 years of comedy at Cambridge Footlights. Former alumni come together to recreate past gems in the club's history, sourced from the extensive archives and performed anew.

The original material used came from Peter Cook, David Mitchell, Griff Rhys Jones, Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson and others.

Our Review: Some funny sketches, but it felt slightly odd that they were performed fresh in 2008, rather than by the original writers.