Career: Weir's big break came in 1994 when she began playing various roles in BBC sketch comedy The Fast Show alongside Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson and John Thomson. The show had a number of catchphrases and the one mostly attributed to Weir was "Does My Bum Look Big in This?" She later used this as the title for a best-selling book. The Fast Show ran until 1997 and returned in 2000 for a one-off special. Weir went on to star in Posh Nosh, Hana's Helpline, Skins and Doctor Who. More recently, she has appeared in one-off drama Two Doors Down, Midomer Murders and House of Fools.

Career: Smith's big break came in 1990 when she began playing Mary Nesbitt in the BBC sitcom Rab C Nesbitt alongside Gregor Fisher. The popular series ran for eight series until 1999. It returned for a one-off Christmas special in 2008, a ninth series aired in 2010 and tenth series followed a year later. It returned for a one-off special in January 2014. Away from Rab C Nesbitt, Smith has starred in Two Thousand Acres of Sky and 55 Degrees North. She has also headlined a number of Scottish pantomimes in Glasgow and Aberdeen, and toured with a number of productions, including Guys and Dolls, Shirley Valentine and Calendar Girls. In 2012, she played Susan Boyle in I Dreamed a Dream, a stage musical she co-wrote with Alan McHugh.

Career: Specialising in comedy roles, Mackichan has appeared in Brass Eye, Knowing Me, Knowing You… with Alan Partridge, The Comic Strip Presents…, and Nathan Barley. She is best known for starring in Channel 4 sketch series Smack the Pony alongside Fiona Allen and Sally Phillips. On the stage, she has appeared in Joe Orton's farce Loot, Boeing Boeing, and Jumpy. She has also featured in a number of shows on Radio 4, including Doon Your Way, and The Nick Revell Show. More recently, she has starred in Plebs, Toast of London, and Psychobitches.