Career: While still presenting, Brydon ventured into comedy, and made ends meet by providing voices for adverts and animations. A small role in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels inspired him to make a short film of his comic characters; series of Marion & Geoff, A Small Summer Party and The Keith Barret Show followed. Other credits include Director's Commentary, Human Remains, Supernova, A Cock and Bull Story, Little Britain, Annually Retentive and Gavin & Stacey. He's also hosted his own BBC chat show and has chaired the comedy panel show Would I Lie to You? since 2009. In 2010, he starred alongside Steve Coogan in the partially improvised BBC Two sitcom The Trip and has since appeared in its follow-up.

Career: After graduating, Mitchell worked an usher at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. He and Webb took a number of shows to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival before being asked to write for Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller and for surreal comedy series Big Train. In 2001, they made their first sketch show, The Mitchell and Webb Situation, which ran for six episodes on the now-defunct cable channel Play UK. Their next project came in 2003, with the award-winning Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show. They've also worked together on That Mitchell and Webb Sound, That Mitchell and Webb Look and the film Magicians. Solo, Mitchell has appeared on 10 O'Clock Live and numerous panel shows, including Would I Lie to You?, where he's a regular team captain. His autobiography, Back Story: A Memoir, was published in 2012.

Career: His success as a stand-up was crowned when he won an award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He came to the attention of TV bosses after a stint on the radio. Lee was cast in The Sketch show alongside long-term collaborator Tim Vine. After a short-lived stint presenting They Think It's All Over, Mack and Vine began work on Not Going Out. The series revolves around two friends with opposite backgrounds and personalities, much like the two comics themselves. Mack has recently become a regular on comedy panel shows such as Would I Lie to You? and Have I Got News for You. He also has sell-out tours and best-selling DVDs to his name.

Career: Woodall landed a job with the Daily Telegraph and designed accessories for leading department stores before setting up Internet business Ready2Shop.com with her friend Susannah Constantine. The company ceased trading in 2000, but the duo's showbusiness career has gone from strength to strength since then. What Not to Wear made them huge stars almost overnight when it began its run in 2002 thanks to their forthright - and sometimes rude - opinions. In 2005 they lent their vocal talents to an episode of Doctor Who. In 2006, the duo announced they were quitting the BBC and moving to ITV1 for Trinny & Susannah Undress, which combined makeovers with relationship advice, and Trinny & Susannah Undress the Nation.

Career: In 1997 the quartet won the Perrier Award, and their subsequent radio series, On the Town with The League of Gentlemen, set in the fictional town of Spent, won a Sony Award. In 1999 the League moved to TV - and Royston Vasey - with subsequent series in 2000 (including a typically sinister Christmas special) and 2002; plus a film, The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, in 2005. Outside of the League, Shearsmith has appeared alongside Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer in the comedies Catterick and House of Fools. He also popped up in Spaced and TLC. His other work includes Eric and Ernie, The Widower and Chasing Shadows on the small screen, and Burke and Hare, The World's End and A Field in England on the big screen. He has also appeared on the stage in Art, The Producers and Betty Blue Eyes. He re-teamed with fellow League star Steve Pemberton for Psychoville and Inside No 9.

Career: From 1999 to 2003, Brooker penned the satirical TVGoHome website, a regular series of mock TV schedules; a TV sketch show based on the site was broadcast on UK digital station E4 the same year. Brooker wrote Screen Burn, a TV review column for The Guardian newspaper's Saturday entertainment supplement The Guide, from 2000 to 2010. Brooker was one of the writers of Channel 4's The Eleven O'Clock Show and a co-host (with Gia Milinovich) on BBC Knowledge's The Kit. Together with Brass Eye's Chris Morris, Brooker co-wrote the sitcom Nathan Barley, before launching his signature show, Screen Wipe, in 2006; News Wipe followed in 2009. He also wrote zombie satire Dead Set and many episodes of acclaimed drama Black Mirror.