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: 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: 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: Carr began performing on the stand-up circuit, doing up to 300 shows a year for three years, before taking his act to the Edinburgh festival in 2002. This brought him to the attention of TV bosses, and before long he was presenting series such as Your Face or Mine and Distraction. Since then, he's rarely been off TVscreens, hosting the first run of the Friday Night Project, 8 Out of 10 Cats and numerous Channel 4 list shows. He's also made a move into acting, appearing in Alien Autopsy, Confetti, Stormbreaker and Telstar. He is one of Britain's busiest comics and his DVDs are big sellers.

Career: During his time as a student, Brigstocke performed in the comedy trio Club Seals. Since then, he has toured as a stand-up and worked extensively on Radio 4 in The Now Show, Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off, Just a Minute, The Museum of Everything and The Unbelievable Truth. On TV, he has starred in The Savages, We Are History and Sorry I've Got No Head. He was also a team captain on comedy panel show Argumental. In 2010, he made his musical theatre debut as King Arthur in a touring version of Spamalot. In early 2014, he was a celebrity contestant on Channel 4 reality series The Jump.

Career: Jamelia's first single, So High, was released in 1999, but it flopped. The follow-up, I Do, fared better. She went on to enjoy a string of hit singles and albums, but has preferred to concentrate on other aspects of her career in recent years. Jamelia has modelled for various companies, launched a fragrance, co-hosted the MOBO Awards and presented various TV shows. She has also been a judge on Let's Dance for Comic Relief and took part in The Preston Passion. Jamelia's acting career also includes roles in the film Jericho's Walls Are Falling and ITV docudrama Crime Stories. She is currently a judge on The Voice of Ireland and a panellist on Loose Women. In August 2015, it was announced that she would be a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.