List of former Footlights members
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List of former Footlights members. This is a listing of those former members who have achieved notability after graduating from Cambridge University. The careers of many prominent figures in the world of entertainment began in Footlights – while prominent figures in other industries also took part in Footlights. They include:
Name | Birth | Death | Career |
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Douglas Adams |
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Comedy writer, known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
Clive Anderson |
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Comedian, television presenter, barrister |
David Armand |
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Comedian, actor, member of The Hollow Men |
Alexander Armstrong |
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Comedian, television presenter, half of Armstrong and Miller |
Pete Atkin |
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Singer-songwriter, radio producer, known for This Sceptred Isle |
Richard Ayoade |
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Comedian, actor, director, co-creator of Garth Marenghi |
James Bachman |
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Comedian, actor, writer |
David Baddiel |
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Comedian, novelist, television presenter, half of Newman and Baddiel |
Morwenna Banks |
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Comedian, actor |
Humphrey Barclay |
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Comedy executive, producer of I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again |
Brian Barder |
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Diplomat, popular blogger |
Tom Basden |
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Comedy writer and performer, singer-songwriter, member of Cowards |
Robert Bathurst |
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Actor |
Cecil Beaton |
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Photographer, interior designer, stage and costume designer |
Peter Bennett-Jones |
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Television producer and agent, co-founder of Tiger Aspect and Comic Relief |
Martin Bergman |
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Producer, writer, director |
John Bird |
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Comedian, actor, satirist, member of Bremner, Bird and Fortune |
Simon Bird |
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Comedian, actor, known for The Inbetweeners |
Timothy Birdsall |
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Cartoonist |
Christopher Booker |
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Journalist, author, founding editor of Private Eye |
Leslie Bricusse |
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Lyricist, composer, playwright, known for Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory |
Eleanor Bron |
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Actress, writer |
Tim Brooke-Taylor |
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Comedy writer and performer, member of The Goodies |
Gus Brown |
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Comedian, actor, half of Laurence and Gus |
Spencer Brown |
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Comedian |
Robert Buckman |
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Comedian, writer, television presenter, columnist, physician |
Tony Buffery |
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Psychologist, actor, comedian, writer, known for Twice a Fortnight |
John Cameron |
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Composer, arranger, conductor, musician |
Jon Canter |
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Comedy scriptwriter, principal writer for Lenny Henry |
Graham Chapman |
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Comedian, actor, writer, member of Monty Python |
John Cleese |
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Comedian, actor, writer, member of Monty Python |
Olivia Colman |
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Comedian, actor |
Peter Cook |
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Comedy writer and performer, proprietor of Private Eye, member of Beyond the Fringe |
Joe Craig |
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Novelist, musician, known for the Jimmy Coates series |
Thurston Dart |
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Keyboard player, conductor, musicologist |
Russell Davies |
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Journalist, broadcaster, presenter of Brain of Britain |
Hugh Dennis |
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Comedian, actor, writer, satirist, voice-over artist, half of Punt and Dennis |
Penny Dwyer |
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Comedian, actor, writer, metallurgist |
Jimmy Edwards |
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Comedy actor, writer, star of Take It From Here and Whack-O! |
Mark Evans |
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Comedian, actor, writer |
Julian Fellowes |
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Screenwriter, director, actor, novelist, known for Gosford Park and Downton Abbey |
Peter Fincham |
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Television producer and executive, Director of Television at ITV |
John Finnemore |
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Comedy writer and performer |
Jason Forbes |
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Actor, comedian |
John Fortune |
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Comedian, actor, satirist, member of Bremner, Bird and Fortune |
Michael Frayn |
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Playwright, novelist, known for Noises Off and Copenhagen |
Robin French |
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Playwright, scriptwriter, songwriter |
David Frost |
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Television presenter, interviewer, satirist, star of The Frost Report |
Stephen Fry |
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Comedian, writer, actor, novelist, half of Fry and Laurie, Jeeves in Jeeves and Wooster and presenter of QI |
Graeme Garden |
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Comedy writer and performer, illustrator, member of The Goodies |
Bamber Gascoigne |
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Television presenter, author, known for hosting University Challenge |
Mel Giedroyc |
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Actor, writer, television presenter, half of Mel and Sue |
Stefan Golaszewski |
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Comedian, writer, director, member of Cowards |
Matt Green |
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Comedian, writer, actor |
Germaine Greer |
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Writer, broadcaster, academic |
John Grillo |
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Actor, playwright |
Lawrence Grossmith |
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Actor |
Nick Hancock |
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Comedian, actor, television presenter, known for Room 101 |
Norman Hartnell |
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Fashion designer |
David Hatch |
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Broadcasting manager, producer of Just a Minute and I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue |
Natalie Haynes |
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Comedian, writer |
Tony Hendra |
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Satirist, writer, creator of Spitting Image |
Kit Hesketh-Harvey |
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Comedy writer and performer, half of Kit and The Widow |
Tom Hollander |
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Actor, co-creator and star of Rev. |
Matthew Holness |
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Comedian, co-creator of Garth Marenghi |
Alex Horne |
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Comedian |
Kenneth Horne |
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Comedian, businessman, star of Round the Horne |
Claude Hulbert |
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Comic actor |
Jack Hulbert |
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Actor |
Tristram Hunt |
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Politician, historian, broadcaster, newspaper columnist |
Nicholas Hytner |
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Film and theatre producer, Director of the National Theatre |
Eric Idle |
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Comedian, actor, writer, songwriter, member of Monty Python |
Clive James |
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Writer, poet, critic |
Jonathan James-Moore |
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Comedy producer, theatre manager |
Peter Jeffrey |
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Actor |
Rufus Jones |
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Comedy writer and performer, member of Dutch Elm Conservatoire |
Simon Jones |
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Actor |
Jo Kendall |
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Actor |
Tim Key |
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Comedian, actor, poet, member of Cowards |
Paul King |
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Comedy director, known for The Mighty Boosh |
Matt Kirshen |
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Comedian |
Ian Lang |
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Politician, business executive |
Hugh Latimer |
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Actor, toymaker |
Hugh Laurie |
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Comedian, actor, writer, musician, half of Fry and Laurie, Wooster in Jeeves and Wooster and also in House |
John Lloyd |
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Comedy producer and writer, creator of Have I Got News for You and QI |
Nicholas Luard |
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Satirist, travel writer, owner of Private Eye, co-founder of The Establishment |
Jonathan Lynn |
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Comedy writer, actor, director, creator of Yes, Minister |
Miriam Margolyes |
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Actor |
Dan Mazer |
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Comedian, producer, screenwriter, known for work with Sacha Baron Cohen |
Simon McBurney |
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Actor, writer, director, founder of Complicite |
Kevin McCloud |
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Writer, designer, television presenter |
Geoffrey McGivern |
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Comedy actor |
Rory McGrath |
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Comedian, co-founder of Hat Trick Productions |
Ben Miller |
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Comedian, director, actor, half of Armstrong and Miller |
Jonathan Miller |
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Theatre and opera director, humorist, sculptor, member of Beyond the Fringe |
David Mitchell |
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Comedian, actor, writer, half of Mitchell and Webb |
Nick Mohammed |
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Comedian, actor, writer |
Lucy Montgomery |
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Comedian, actor, writer |
Charles Mountbatten-Windsor[1] |
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Prince of the United Kingdom British Royal Family |
Neil Mullarkey |
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Comedian, actor, writer, founding member of The Comedy Store Players |
Jimmy Mulville |
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Comedian, writer, television presenter, co-founder of Hat Trick Productions |
Simon Munnery |
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Comedian |
Richard Murdoch |
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Comic actor |
Jon Naismith |
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Comedy producer, creator of The Unbelievable Truth, producer of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue |
Henry Naylor |
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Comedy writer and performer, half of Parsons and Naylor |
David Nobbs |
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Comedy writer, creator of the Reggie Perrin series |
Trevor Nunn |
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Theatre and film producer, Director of the National Theatre |
Des O'Connor |
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Television presenter, burlesque performer, musician, lyricist |
Bill Oddie |
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Comedian, actor, musician, naturalist, television presenter, member of The Goodies |
Michael O'Donnell |
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Journalist, author, broadcaster, physician |
John Oliver |
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Comedian, host of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, former correspondent of The Daily Show |
Richard Osman |
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Producer, Creative Director of Endemol UK, co-presenter of Pointless |
Andy Parsons |
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Comedian, comedy writer, half of Parsons and Naylor |
Sue Perkins |
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Comedian, actor, writer, television presenter, half of Mel and Sue |
Steve Punt |
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Comedian, actor, writer, half of Punt and Dennis |
Jan Ravens |
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Actor, impressionist |
Griff Rhys Jones |
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Comedian, actor, writer, co-founder of Talkback, half of Alas Smith and Jones |
Blake Ritson |
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Actor, director, writer |
John-Luke Roberts |
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Comedy writer and performer, known for Spats |
Salman Rushdie[2] |
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Booker Prize-winning novelist |
Tanya Seghatchian |
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Film producer, former Head of the Development Fund at the UK Film Council and British Film Institute |
Peter Shaffer |
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Playwright, known for Equus and Amadeus |
Charles Shaughnessy |
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Actor |
Paul Shearer |
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Comedy writer and performer, known for The Fast Show |
John Shrapnel |
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Actor |
Richard Sisson |
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Pianist, composer, half of Kit and The Widow |
Julian Slade |
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Musical theatre composer, known for Salad Days |
Tony Slattery |
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Comedian, actor |
Ali Smith |
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Novelist, short story writer, journalist, known for Hotel World |
Michael Marshall Smith |
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Novelist, screenwriter, short story writer |
Gregory Snegoff |
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Voice-over artist, writer, director |
Sarah Solemani |
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Writer, actress |
Dan Stevens |
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Actor |
Richard Stilgoe |
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Songwriter, lyricist, musician |
William Sutcliffe |
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Novelist |
Jonny Sweet |
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Comedian, writer |
Edward Taylor |
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Comedy writer, radio producer, creator of The Men from the Ministry |
Joe Thomas |
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Comedian, actor, writer, known for The Inbetweeners |
Emma Thompson |
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Comedian, actress, screenwriter |
Sandi Toksvig |
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Comedian, writer, presenter of The News Quiz |
David Tyler |
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TV & radio producer (aka David Meek) |
Richard Vranch |
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Comedian, actor, musician, founding member of The Comedy Store Players |
Nicola Walker |
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Actress, known for Spooks |
Ian Wallace |
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Opera singer, actor, broadcaster |
Mark Watson |
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Comedian, novelist, radio presenter |
Robert Webb |
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Comedian, actor, writer, half of Mitchell and Webb |
Ed Weeks |
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Comedian, actor, writer |
Liam Williams |
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Comedian, actor, writer, director |
Christopher Winchester |
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Actor, writer, musical comedian |
Mark Wing-Davey |
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Actor, director |
Sophie Winkleman |
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Actress |
David Wolstencroft |
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Scriptwriter, creator of Spooks |
Richard Wordsworth |
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Character actor |
Maury Yeston |
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Broadway and Film Composer/lyricist, musicologist, known for Nine, Titanic, Grand Hotel |
Martin Young |
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Television reporter, interviewer, co-creator of Rough Justice |
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