Career: Ayoade's breakthrough came when he and Matthew Holness created fictional horror author Garth Merenghi; a stage show featuring the character won the Perrier Award, which was followed by the Channel 4 series Garth Merenghi's Darkplace. Ayoade went on to appear in The Mighty Boosh, Nathan Barley, Bunny and the Bull, and The IT Crowd. He made his big-screen directorial debut with the acclaimed Submarine (which he also wrote, adapting it from the novel by Joe Dunthorne), and has since directed The Double as well as numerous music videos for acts such as the Arctic Monkeys, Super Furry Animals, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Kasabian. He's was a team captain on Channel 4 panel show Was It Something I Said? and took over as host of Gadget Man from Stephen Fry.

Career: French taught briefly at a London school before taking up comedy performance professionally with Saunders, and gaining valuable TV experience in The Comic Strip Presents. She co-wrote and starred in ITV sitcom Girls On Top in 1985 and appeared in early Ben Elton offering Happy Families. She went on to become a household name with the first series of French and Saunders in 1987. While Saunders focused on Absolutely Fabulous, French also went solo, starring in Murder Most Horrid and The Vicar of Dibley. Other projects include Sex and Chocolate, Let Them Eat Cake, Lark Rise to Candleford, Psychoville and Roger & Val Have Just Got In.