Career: Atkinson's first professional success came in 1978 via the radio show The Atkinson People; it was co-written by Curtis and produced by Griff Rhys Jones. He then became part of the Not the Nine O'Clock News team before creating the character of Edmund in The Black Adder 1983. The sitcom ran for four series and a number of specials. He also created the affable idiot Mr Bean, who appeared in a number of one-off TV specials and two hugely successful films. Other projects include Johnny English and its sequel, The Thin Blue Line, The Witches, Four Weddings and a Funeral and Rat Race. Atkinson also appeared at the Olympics opening ceremony and returned to the West End stage to star in Quartermaine's Terms. He was awarded a CBE in 2013.

Career: Riches had small roles in such TV series as A Touch of Frost and Always and Everyone before he did his first comedy show at Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2003 with Jim Johnson. In 2007, he returned to the Fringe with the show Victor and again in 2008 with Alpha Males. His 2011 show, Bring Me the Head of Adam Riches, won the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award and was transferred to Soho Theatre in London in 2012. Since then, he has had acting roles on TV, including as Tony in Detectorists and various historical figures in Drunk History: UK and Horrible Histories. His next comedy show, Adam of the Riches, was on at Edinburgh Fringe in 2014. He was also a panelist on an episode of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and he appeared in the film A Street Cat Named Bob (2016).