Career: As an actor, Bird has starred in Dick Turpin, Educating Marmalade, Danger: Marmalade at Work, A Very Peculiar Practice, Yes, Prime Minister, Inspector Morse, Joint Account, EL C.I.D., Chambers, and Absolute Power. His film credits include Jabberwocky (1977). He is best known for his work with John Fortune and Rory Bremner in the Channel 4 satirical TV series Bremner, Bird and Fortune.

Career: Beyond the Fringe went on to perform in the West End and on Broadway to huge success - although the painfully shy Bennett was uncomfortable in the spotlight. He continued to act and write plays, later turning to TV and movies. His most famous works include Forty Years On (his first stage play, produced in 1968), An Englishman Abroad, Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf, A Woman of No Importance, A Private Function (1984), Prick Up Your Ears (1987) and The Madness of King George (1994), for which he gained an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay. Arguably his best work is Talking Heads, a series of award-winning monologues. More recently he's won plaudits for the critically acclaimed The History Boys (2006), The Habit of Art and The Lady in the Van (2015).

Career: While at university, Cook wrote a West End comedy revue for Kenneth Williams. His big break as a performer came when he was a member of the satirical stage show Beyond the Fringe, with Jonathan Miller, Alan Bennett and Dudley Moore. Beyond the Fringe was a great success at the Edinburgh Festival, in London and on Broadway. In 1961, Cook opened the Establishment club in London, which allowed comedians and satirists the opportunity to perform their material in a nightclub setting. It closed in 1964. His comedy partnership with Moore led to TV sketch show Not Only… But Also, which ran for three series on the BBC between 1965 and 1970. They went on to star on the big screen together in The Wrong Box (1966) and Bedazzled (1967). They had less success with a series for ATV in 1968 entitled Goodbye Again. By this point, Cook's dependence on alcohol was affecting his work. During the 1970s, he became a favourite on the chat show circuit and continued to work with Moore, notably on their risqué Derek and Clive albums. They began working less together when Moore's Hollywood film career took off. Cook made occasional appearances on various TV shows in the 1980s and 1990s, notably playing four characters in an episode of Clive Anderson Talks Back in 1993. He died on January 9, 1995 at the age of 57.

Career: Miller was part of the Tony award-winning satirical revue group Beyond the Fringe, alongside Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Alan Bennett, which ran successfully in the West End and on Broadway. From there, he launched his showbusiness career, and in 1964 became editor of BBC Two's Monitor documentary series, and was later Laurence Olivier's right-hand man at the National Theatre. He's also directed numerous stage productions, including plays and opera, enjoys sculpting, and has written and presented various TV documentaries, such as the highly acclaimed The Living Body and Jonathan Miller's Brief History of Disbelief. In 2009, after a break of 12 years, Miller returned to the English National Opera to direct La Boheme.