Editing Footlights (section)

==Presidents==
The elected leader of the University of Cambridge Footlights Dramatic Club is known as the president, who is assisted by a vice-president, treasurer, archivist and several other posts to form the committee.

Notable past presidents have included the following:
* [[Peter Cook]] (of ''[[Beyond the Fringe]]'', ''[[Pete and Dud]]'' and ''[[Not Only... But Also]]'')
* [[Tim Brooke-Taylor]] (of  ''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]'', ''[[I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again]]'' and ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'')
* [[Graeme Garden]] (of  ''The Goodies'', ''I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again'' and ''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue'')
* [[Eric Idle]] (of [[Monty Python]])
* [[Clive James]] (author of [[Cultural Amnesia (book)|''Cultural Amnesia'']] and ''Unreliable Memoirs'')
* [[Clive Anderson]] (of ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (UK TV series)|Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'')
* [[Jan Ravens]] (of ''[[Dead Ringers (comedy)|Dead Ringers]]''), the first woman president
* [[Hugh Laurie]] (of ''[[Fry and Laurie]]'', ''[[Jeeves and Wooster]]'' and ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'')
* [[Tony Slattery]] (of ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (UK TV series)|Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'')
* [[Neil Mullarkey]] (of [[Austin Powers]])
* [[Sue Perkins]] (of ''[[The Great British Bake Off]]'' and ''[[Mel and Sue]]'')
* [[David Mitchell (comedian)|David Mitchell]] (of ''[[That Mitchell and Webb Look]]'' and ''[[Peep Show (British TV series)|Peep Show]]'')
* [[Robert Thorogood]] (creator of [[BBC One]]'s ''[[Death in Paradise (TV series)|Death in Paradise]]'')
* [[Richard Ayoade]] (of ''[[Garth Marenghi's Darkplace]]'' and ''[[The IT Crowd]]'')
* [[Simon Bird]] (of ''[[The Inbetweeners]]'' and ''[[Friday Night Dinner]]'')

===List of presidents===
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* 1886 – F. W. Mortimer
* 1887 – J. J. Withers
* 1890 – [[Oscar Browning]]
* 1891 – C. M. Rae
* 1892 – Oscar Browning
* 1894 – Oscar Browning
* 1895 – Oscar Browning
* 1896 – [[Herbert Charles Pollitt|H. C. Pollitt]]
* 1897 – H. C. Pollitt
* 1898 – M. V. Leveaux
* 1899 – S. W. Burgess
* 1900 – O. J. Goedecker
* 1901 – R. J. White
* 1902 – E. K. Fordham
* 1904 – G. S. Heathcote
* 1905 – G. S. Heathcote
* 1906 – H. Rottenburg
* 1907 – H. Rottenburg
* 1908 – J. S. Murray
* 1909 – L. B. Tillard
* 1910 – A. R. Inglis
* 1911 – A. R. Inglis
* 1912 – P. D. Ravenscroft
* 1913 – C. A. A. Douglas Hamilton
* 1914 – M. Cutherston
* 1919 – B. D. Nicholson
* 1920 – B. D. Nicholson
* 1921 – [[Dar Lyon|M. D. Lyon]]
* 1922 – M. D. Lyon
* 1923 – F. E. Powell
* 1924 – J. A. C. Barradale
* 1925 – H. J. Warrender
* 1926 – J. D. Houison Craufurd
* 1927 – [[Henry Martineau|H. C. Martineau]]
* 1928 – H. E. R. Mitchell
* 1929 – J. Fell Clark
* 1930 – J. C. Byrom
* 1931 – R. S. Hill
* 1932 – P. E. Lyon
* 1933 – J. A. Coates
* 1934 – [[Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin|Lord Killanin]]
* 1935 – Harry Lee
* 1936 – Peter Crane
* 1937 – Albert E. P. Robison
* 1938 – P. B. Meyer
* 1939 – Sir Robert Ricketts, Bt.
* 1947 – D. C. Orders
* 1948 – D. C. Orders
* 1949 – [[Simon Phipps (bishop)|Simon Phipps]]
* 1950 – Adrian Vale
* 1951 – Ian Kellie
* 1952 – Andrew Davidson
* 1953 – Peter Firth
* 1954 – [[Leslie Bricusse]]
* 1955 – Brian Marber
* 1956 – Tim Berington
* 1957 – Allan Mitchell
* 1958 – Peter Stroud
* 1959 – [[Adrian Slade]]
* 1960 – [[Peter Cook]]
* 1961 – Peter Bellwood
* 1962 – Robert Atkins
* 1963 – [[Tim Brooke-Taylor]]
* 1964 – [[Graeme Garden]]
* 1965 – [[Eric Idle]]
* 1966 – Andrew Mayer
* 1967 – [[Clive James]]
* 1968 – [[Jonathan James-Moore]]
* 1969 – Barry Brown
* 1970 – Adrian Edwards
* 1971 – Richard MacKenna
* 1972 – Steve Thorn
* 1973 – Robert Benton
* 1974 – [[Jon Canter]]
* 1975 – [[Clive Anderson]]
* 1976 – Chris Keightley
* 1977 – [[Jimmy Mulville]]
* 1978 – [[Martin Bergman]]
* 1979 – [[Robert Bathurst]]
* 1980 – [[Jan Ravens]]
* 1981 – [[Hugh Laurie]]
* 1982 – [[Tony Slattery]]
* 1983 – [[Neil Mullarkey]]
* 1984 – [[Nick Hancock]]
* 1985 – Kathryn Crew
* 1986 – Nick Golson
* 1987 – Tim Scott
* 1988 – [[Peter Bradshaw]]
* 1989 – Roland Kenyon
* 1990 – [[Henry Naylor]]
* 1991 – [[Sue Perkins]]
* 1992 – Dan Gaster
* 1993 – [[Mark Evans (comedian/writer)|Mark Evans]]
* 1994 – [[Robert Thorogood]]
* 1995 – Charlie Hartill
* 1996 – [[David Mitchell (comedian)|David Mitchell]]
* 1997 – Sarah Moule
* 1998 – [[Richard Ayoade]]
* 1999 – Kevin Baker
* 2000 – [[Matt Green (actor)|Matt Green]]
* 2001 – James Morris
* 2002 – [[Ed Weeks]]
* 2003 – [[Stefan Golaszewski]]
* 2004 – Ed Riches
* 2005 – Raph Shirley
* 2006 – [[Simon Bird]]
* 2007 – [[Will Sharpe]]
* 2008 – Sam Sword
* 2009 – Alastair Roberts
* 2010 – Abi Tedder
* 2011 – [[Mark Fiddaman]]
* 2012 – [[Phil Wang (comedian)|Phil Wang]]
* 2013 – Harry Michell
* 2014 – Ben Pope
* 2015 – Thomas Roper Fraser
* 2016 – Oliver Taylor
* 2017 – Dillon Mapletoft
* 2018 – Ruby Keane
* 2019 – No president; committee-led
* 2020 – Jade Franks
* 2021 – Adédàmọ́lá Láoyè
* 2022 – Ayush Prasad
* 2023 – Niamh Howat
* 2024 – Margaret Saunderson
* 2025 – James Allen

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