Career: Hailed as the best new stand-up to emerge in a decade, Michael has taken the comedy world by storm. He delivered electrifying sets on both We Are Not Amused (Prince Charles's 60th birthday celebrations on ITV1) and the Royal Variety Performance (BBC One), plus a stand-out performance as host on the first episode of BBC One's Live at the Apollo, leading to the Comedy Roadshow vehicle.

Career: Grant gained good reviews for a performance in short film Honest, Decent and True in 1985, alongside Gary Oldman and Arabella Weir. His big break came when Daniel Day-Lewis dropped out of Withnail and I, and Grant took his place. The film was a cult smash. Since then, he's appeared in various films and TV shows, including Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Age of Innocence, LA Story, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Gosford Park, and The Hound of the Baskervilles. His film diary, With Nails, was a best-seller, but a novel, By Design, was disappointing. In 2005, he made his directing debut with the critically acclaimed, semi-autobiographical Wah-Wah. His recent work includes roles in Colour Me Kubrick, Penelope, Cuckoo and The Iron Lady, in which he played Tory politician Michael Heseltine.

Career: Brand's sense of humour kept her going while dealing with difficult cases at work. She began doing stand-up at London clubs in the mid-1980s and eventually gave up nursing to concentrate on comedy. She was shortlisted for the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival before landing her own comedy show, Jo Brand Through the Cakehole. Since then she has regularly appeared on TV, including as a frequent guest on Have I Got News for You, Question Time and QI. She continues to do stand-up, performing at venues around the country. Brand also took part in Celebrity Fame Academy, and the reality shows Play It Again and Comic Relief Does The Apprentice. She enjoyed a bona fide hit as an actress and writer with dark medical comedy Getting On. She is a judge on ITV reality series Splash!

Career: In 1983, Rice got her big break as the 'skyrunner' on Channel 4 game show Treasure Hunt. She quit in 1988, and a year later fronted Challenge Anneka for the BBC, which ran until 1995. In the mid-1990s, she turned her back on TV to concentrate on family life and spent five years studying art. When she returned to the small screen in 2001, it was behind the camera for an American version of the Challenge programme. Two years later she fronted Dinner Doctors. Rice later featured in The Vagina Monologues, presented ITV cookery show Sunday Feast and co-hosted The Flowerpot Gang.

Career: Haye turned professional as a cruiserweight in 2002 and won his first fight by knockout. He won a number of fights in 2003 and his popularity continued to grow in 2004 when he beat former world champion 'King' Arthur Williams in three rounds. In 2007, Haye challenged Jean-Marc Mormeck for the WBA, WBC and the Ring cruiserweight titles and won with a knockout in the seventh round. In 2009, he became the WBA heavyweight champion after defeating Nikolay Valuev. He went on to defend his WBA title against John Ruiz and Audley Harrison and two years' later faced Wladimir Klitschko in a much-anticipated heavyweight unification fight. Klitschko won by a unanimous decision. Haye came out of retirement in July 2012 to beat Dereck Chisora in front of 30,000 people at West Ham United's ground. Unfortunately, a shoulder injury has forced him to withdraw from his last three planned fights. Away from boxing, Haye participated in the 2012 series of I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, finishing third.