Career: Hawkins made guest appearances in TV shows Casualty and Doctors but her first break in front of the camera came in Mike Leigh's film All or Nothing (2002). Since then, she has starred in Vera Drake (2004), Layer Cake (2004), The Painted Veil (2006) and Cassandra's Dream (2007). She won a number of awards, including a Golden Globe, for her portrayal of Poppy Cross in Happy-Go-Lucky (2008). Her other film credits include An Education (2009), Never Let Me Go (2010), Made in Dagenham (2010), Submarine (2010), Blue Jasmine (2013) and Godzilla (2014).

Career: Considine went on to make an impact in the United States thanks to the movies 24 Hour Party People, and In America. In 2004, he co-wrote Meadows' film Dead Man's Shoes, and Ron Howard cast him opposite Russell Crowe in period boxing epic Cinderella Man. In the years since Considine has starred in a mix of critically acclaimed projects, including The Bourne Ultimatum, Hot Fuzz, The World's End, Submarine, and The Double. He's also an accomplished director, with the BAFTA-winning short film Dog Altogether paving the way for critically acclaimed feature Tyrannosaur. That picked up a string of awards around the world, including the BAFTA for Outstanding debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.

Career: Taylor was cast in the lead role of The Year My Voice Broke (1987), and its sequel Flirting (1991), after catching the attention of director John Duigan while at St Martin's Youth Theatre. He gained international attention when he played David Helfgott in Shine (1996). His film credits since then have included Almost Famous (2000), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Vanilla Sky (2001) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). Taylor has also appeared in a range of TV series, including Game of Thrones, Peaky Blinders, Powers and Preacher.

Career: Ayoade's breakthrough came when he and Matthew Holness created fictional horror author Garth Merenghi; a stage show featuring the character won the Perrier Award, which was followed by the Channel 4 series Garth Merenghi's Darkplace. Ayoade went on to appear in The Mighty Boosh, Nathan Barley, Bunny and the Bull, and The IT Crowd. He made his big-screen directorial debut with the acclaimed Submarine (which he also wrote, adapting it from the novel by Joe Dunthorne), and has since directed The Double as well as numerous music videos for acts such as the Arctic Monkeys, Super Furry Animals, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Kasabian. He's was a team captain on Channel 4 panel show Was It Something I Said? and took over as host of Gadget Man from Stephen Fry.