Career: In 1968, May and Staffell formed a new band, Smile, with drummer Roger Taylor. When Staffell left two years later, May and Taylor added singer Freddie Mercury and bass player Brian Deacon to the line-up and renamed the group Queen. They went on to enjoy a string of massive hits, including Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You and Under Pressure (with David Bowie); Deacon has now retired, but May and Taylor continue to perform as Queen, with other frontmen following Mercury's death. May has also performed as a solo artist.

Career: In 1994, Lucas appeared at the Edinburgh Festival, returning a year later with Walliams. The pair enjoyed a sell-out tour in 1997. Lucas also worked with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer on The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer, Shooting Stars, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Vic and Bob in Catterick. He reunited with Walliams for the spoof documentary series Rock Profiles, before creating the radio show Little Britain, which moved to TV in 2003; they also created Come Fly With Me in 2010. Lucas has enjoyed success on the stage in a number of production and popped up in Casanova, The Wind in the Willows, Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland and Bridesmaids. He also fronts BBC One comedy show The Matt Lucas Awards.

Career: In 1985, Yentob became the BBC's Head of Music and Arts and stayed in the post until 1988, when he was appointed Controller of BBC Two. Under Yentob's five-year stewardship, he introduced many innovations in programming including The Late Show, Have I Got News For You, Absolutely Fabulous and Wallace and Gromit's The Wrong Trousers. He was appointed Controller of BBC One in 1993 and worked at the BBC under the title of Creative Director until he resigned in 2015. He has fronted the Imagine strand, the BBC's answer to the South Bank Show, since 2003.