Superworm

Olivia Colman (Narrator)

Born: January 30, 1974 in Norfolk

Best Known For: Rev, Peep Show and Broadchurch.

Early-life: Born Sarah Caroline Colman on January 30, 1974, in Norfolk. She claims she relied on making her fellow pupils laugh at school because she wasn't very academic, but went on to study at Cambridge, where she met future collaborators David Mitchell and Robert Webb. Colman initially intended to become a primary school teacher, but switched to drama and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She hasn't looked back since.

Career: Colman's first TV work came in the series Bruiser in 2000, and was followed by appearances alongside her old friends David and Robert in The Mitchell and Webb Situation sketch show. She had a brief role in The Office, but it wasn't until Peep Show, Look Around You and Green Wing came along that people started to sit up and take notice. Since then she's featured in Hot Fuzz, That Mitchell and Webb Look, Beautiful People, Doctor Who, Twenty Twelve and Rev. More recently she made the move from comedy to drama in The Iron Lady, the hugely acclaimed Tyrannosaur and Hyde Park on Hudson. In 2013, she starred in the acclaimed ITV drama Broadchurch, which won her a Bafta TV award for Best Actress.

Quote: "If a script is good, you are 10 steps into the part just reading it. But my choices are not all down to my taste. It is about people you have worked with before."

Trivia: She has voiced a number of TV commercials.

Matt Smith (Actor) .. Superworm

Born: October 28, 1982 in Northampton

Best Known For: Being the current Doctor Who.

Early-life: Matthew Robert Smith was born on October 28, 1982, in Northampton. A promising footballer from a young age, he played for the youth teams at Northampton Town, Nottingham Forest and Leicester City. He looked set for a professional career until a back injury scuppered his chances. A teacher encouraged him to act, and although reluctant at first, he eventually joined the National Youth Theatre. He also studied drama and creative writing at the University of East Anglia. At the same time, his professional stage career began to take off, and he was allowed to miss lectures during his final year so that he could work.

Career: Smith's first professional roles came in the plays Fresh Kills, opposite Christian Slater, and On the Shore of the Wide World. He appeared with Slater again in Swimming with Sharks, and also featured in The History Boys. He was part of the Olivier Award-nominated cast of That Face. His TV roles include The Ruby in the Smoke, The Shadow in the North and Secret Diary of a Call Girl, all alongside ex-Doctor Who assistant Billie Piper. He also starred in political drama Party Animals, and made his debut as the 11th Doctor Who in 2010. He was the youngest actor to play the part, but will bow out at Christmas, when he'll be replaced by Peter Capaldi. Other projects include Christopher and His Kind, Bert and Dickie, Womb, and the forthcoming How to Catch a Monster. He will return to the West End stage in 2014 to play the lead in a musical version of American Psycho.

Quote: "I'm tired of television that's patronising and silly. I think Doctor Who is brave and it's inviting, challenging. For me anyway; I can only speak personally."

Trivia: He's a Blackburn Rovers supporter and loves the band Radiohead.

Patricia Allison (Actor) .. Butterfly

Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Actor) .. Wizard Lizard

Rob Brydon (Actor) .. Crow

Born: May 03, 1965 in Swansea

Best Known For: His chat show and Gavin & Stacey.

Early-life: Born Robert Brydon Jones in Swansea, South Wales, on May 3, 1965. His early years were spent in Baglan near Port Talbot before he and his family moved to Porthcawl. He attended two secondary schools, one alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones, the other with Ruth Jones. Under the guidance of his drama teacher at the local comprehensive school, his interest in acting grew, leading to him attending The Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff. During the second year of his course, he quit to work for BBC Wales and enjoyed six years of presenting work on local TV and radio stations.

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.

Quote: "I was always very good with girls, I could talk to them no problem at all. But I could never close the deal. You need Dutch courage to do that, to kiss them."

Trivia: He released an autobiography, Small Man in a Book, in 2011.

Cariad Lloyd (Actor) .. Mama Toad

Felix Tandon (Actor) .. Baby Toad

Samara Sutariya (Actor) .. Skipping Beetle

Lizzie Waterworth-Santo (Actor) .. Spider

Jac Hamman (Director)

Sarah Scrimgeour (Director)

Martin Pope (Producer)

Barney Goodland (Producer)

Julia Donaldson (Writer)

Axel Scheffler (Writer)

Max Lang (Adapted by)

Suzanne Lang (Adapted by)

09:10 am - 09:35 am, Today on BBC One Yorkshire (1)

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