Career: Walsh's big TV break came in 1993, when he appeared on the Royal Variety Show. It led to a stint presenting the National Lottery, and he also hosted the game shows Wheel of Fortune and Win, Lose or Draw. After fearing his brand of light entertainment was becoming dated he moved into acting, taking parts in the TV version of Lock, Stock, the soap Night and Day and movie Mike Bassett: England Manager before Coronation Street's bosses created the role of Danny Baldwin for him in 2004. He stayed in Weatherfield for two years before leaving to pursue other projects. He's since appeared in Torn, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Law and Order: UK and SunTrap. He moved back into presenting in 2009 with ITV quiz show The Chase, and is a team captain on Play to the Whistle.

Career: Dawson's career as a scrum-half took off when he was selected to play for England in 1995. During his time with the squad, he was a member of the victorious 1997 British Lions tour, captained the English national side in 2000 and was a member of the team that won the World Cup in 2003. A year later, he left Northampton and moved to London Wasps. In 2006, he announced his retirement from the sport. Two years earlier he had begun his assault on TV, joining the long-running quiz A Question of Sport as a team captain. The year he gave up rugby saw him take part in cookery show Celebrity MasterChef, which he won, and Strictly Come Dancing, where he was beaten into second place by Mark Ramprakash. More recently, he has presented Monster Munchies for the Good Food channel and Real Food Family Cook Off on Channel 5.

Career: Bercow's husband became a Conservative MP in 1997 and she has political ambitions of her own. She unsuccessfully stood for Labour in the St James Ward of Westminster City Council in the 2010 local elections. Since her husband became Speaker of the House of Commons in 2009, Bercow has raised her own profile. In 2011, she was a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother.

Career: He replaced Thomas Ormson in the role of David Platt on Coronation Street in 2000. During Shepherd's time on the famous cobbles, David has turned from an innocent schoolboy into a scheming sociopath. Shepherd has taken time out from the soap to do theatre work, including Oliver! and West Side Story, and appeared on TV with other Corrie cast members in Ghosthunting with Coronation Street on the Isle of Man.

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.