1 of 11Stephen Fry met Emma Thompson and Hugh Laurie at Cambridge University and started writing with Laurie in 1981. This partnership led to a series of Footlights revues such as this one from 1982.
WATCH THE TRAIL "It just made me sick with laughter..."
THE SECRET LIFE OFTHE MANIC DEPRESSIVE Wed 22 & Thu 23 Aug - another chance to catch Stephen Fry's two-part documentary
"SOMETHING OF A NATIONAL ICON" h2g2 on one of Britain's favourite sons
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