Would I Lie to You?

David Mitchell (Team captain)

Born: July 14, 1974 in Salisbury

Best Known For: Being one half of hysterical duo Mitchell and Webb.

Early-life: Born David James Stuart Mitchell in Salisbury on July 14, 1974. He has a younger brother called Daniel. His parents were hotel managers who later moved to Oxford, where they became lecturers in hotel management. He claims he always wanted to be an actor or comedian, but told people he planned to become a barrister to please his parents. In 1993 David went to Peterhouse College, Cambridge, to study history. He performed with the famous Cambridge Footlights, eventually becoming the society president. It was in his first year at university that he met Robert Webb at an audition for a student pantomime production of Cinderella.

Career: After graduating, Mitchell worked an usher at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. He and Webb took a number of shows to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival before being asked to write for Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller and for surreal comedy series Big Train. In 2001, they made their first sketch show, The Mitchell and Webb Situation, which ran for six episodes on the now-defunct cable channel Play UK. Their next project came in 2003, with the award-winning Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show. They've also worked together on That Mitchell and Webb Sound, That Mitchell and Webb Look and the film Magicians. Solo, Mitchell has appeared on 10 O'Clock Live and numerous panel shows, including Would I Lie to You?, where he's a regular team captain. His autobiography, Back Story: A Memoir, was published in 2012.

Quote: "I think, fundamentally, the people I want to make laugh are British. I can't ever imagine living abroad."

Trivia: He writes columns for The Observer and The Guardian.

Lee Mack (Team captain)

Born: August 04, 1968 in Southport

Best Known For: His role as namesake Lee in BBC comedy Not Going Out.

Early-life: Born Lee Gordon McKillop in Southport, Manchester. He lived with his parents above a pub before their divorce and he relocated to Blackburn. He left school at sixteen and worked as a stable boy and a bingo caller before his talent for performing was realised. He joined Pontin's as a Bluecoat but was sacked for shouting profanities at the audience and going on stage drunk. He entered an open-mike competition in 1994 and his talent was so obvious that he was to become a full-time comic within 18 months.

Career: His success as a stand-up was crowned when he won an award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He came to the attention of TV bosses after a stint on the radio. Lee was cast in The Sketch show alongside long-term collaborator Tim Vine. After a short-lived stint presenting They Think It's All Over, Mack and Vine began work on Not Going Out. The series revolves around two friends with opposite backgrounds and personalities, much like the two comics themselves. Mack has recently become a regular on comedy panel shows such as Would I Lie to You? and Have I Got News for You. He also has sell-out tours and best-selling DVDs to his name.

Quote: "I'm not as bothered about being as cool as I was 10 years ago. I quite like the idea of being phenomenally uncool."

Trivia: In June 2012, Mack was one of the comperes at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert outside Buckingham Palace.

Rob Brydon (Host)

Born: May 03, 1965 in Swansea

Best Known For: His chat show and Gavin & Stacey.

Early-life: Born Robert Brydon Jones in Swansea, South Wales, on May 3, 1965. His early years were spent in Baglan near Port Talbot before he and his family moved to Porthcawl. He attended two secondary schools, one alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones, the other with Ruth Jones. Under the guidance of his drama teacher at the local comprehensive school, his interest in acting grew, leading to him attending The Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff. During the second year of his course, he quit to work for BBC Wales and enjoyed six years of presenting work on local TV and radio stations.

Career: While still presenting, Brydon ventured into comedy, and made ends meet by providing voices for adverts and animations. A small role in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels inspired him to make a short film of his comic characters; series of Marion & Geoff, A Small Summer Party and The Keith Barret Show followed. Other credits include Director's Commentary, Human Remains, Supernova, A Cock and Bull Story, Little Britain, Annually Retentive and Gavin & Stacey. He's also hosted his own BBC chat show and has chaired the comedy panel show Would I Lie to You? since 2009. In 2010, he starred alongside Steve Coogan in the partially improvised BBC Two sitcom The Trip and has since appeared in its follow-up.

Quote: "I was always very good with girls, I could talk to them no problem at all. But I could never close the deal. You need Dutch courage to do that, to kiss them."

Trivia: He released an autobiography, Small Man in a Book, in 2011.

Joan Bakewell (Panellist)

Born: April 16, 1933 in Stockport

Best Known For: Being the 'Thinking Man's Crumpet'.

Early-life: Born Joan Dawson Rowlands on April 16, 1933, in Stockport, the eldest child of ambitious working class parents. She was educated at Stockport High School for Girls before heading off to Newnham College, Cambridge, where she read history. Bakewell began her working life as a studio manager for BBC radio, later becoming an advertising copywriter before leaving to marry and have a family - a matter which upset her mother.

Career: Bakewell eventually returned to work in the early 1960s, and quickly made a name for herself thanks to numerous arts, travel and current affairs programmes. TV's Late Night Line Up made her a national pin-up. Since then she's presented the religious affairs programme Heart of the Matter, written radio plays, published numerous books and become one of the BBC's most respected broadcasters. She currently presents Something Understood for BBC Radio 4 and Belief for BBC Radio 3 and continues to write articles for various newspapers. Her autobiography, The Centre of the Bed, was published in 2004, which hit the headlines thanks to its account of her affair with playwright Harold Pinter, which inspired his 1978 play Betrayal. Her first novel, All the Nice Girls, came out in 2009.

Quote: "I'm not a star. I never have been. I have a pretty average media life. It's not a career. I just work. I'm a worker."

Trivia: She was made a Dame in 2008, and two years later received a life peerage.

Susan Calman (Panellist)

Mel Giedroyc (Panellist)

Born: June 05, 1958 in Epsom, Surrey

Best Known For: Being the blonde half of TV personalities Mel and Sue.

Early-life: Melanie Clare Sophie Giedroyc was born on June 5, 1968, in Epsom, Surrey, and grew up in Leatherhead. Her father is a Polish-Lithuanian history writer who settled in England in 1947. Mel also has Belgian and Belarusian ancestry. She attended Oxford High School before going on to Trinity College, Cambridge, where she studied Modern Languages. Her sister, Coky, is a TV director whose credits include The Hour, Blackpool and What Remains.

Career: Like bread and butter, Giedroyc and Sue Perkins go well together - in fact, they're almost inseparable in professional terms. They were a hit at the Edinburgh Festival in 1993, and went on to write scripts for French and Saunders before presenting comedy chat show Light/Late Lunch and RI:SE. She was also in the children's sketch show Sorry I've Got No Head. More recently she has scored another hit with The Great British Bake-Off, alongside Sue, and daytime ITV show, Mel and Sue. Her radio work has included The 4 O'Clock Show on Radio 4 Extra.

Quote: On her relationship with Sue Perkins: "She's like Don Corleone with her friends, which I must say can at times be trying: she will always get the truth out of you, you can't hide anything."

Trivia: She has written two books: From Here to Maternity and Going Gaga.

Jason Manford (Panellist)

Born: May 26, 1981 in Salford

Best Known For: His comedy musings.

Early-life: Jason John Manford was born in Salford on May 26, 1981. His mother was 16 when she gave birth to him. He and his three brothers and one sister grew up in a tough area of Salford. At 17 he was a glass collector in a comedy club. He got up on stage to perform one night when a comedian failed to turn up and that was the start of his showbiz career. Six gigs later he was crowned The City Life North West Comedian of the Year. He cites Billy Connolly, Tommy Cooper and Les Dawson as major influences.

Career: Manford was nominated for the Perrier Award in Edinburgh in 2005 for his show Urban Legends. He then became a regular at comedy clubs across the UK. His first major TV appearance was as a guest on the Channel 4 panel show 8 Out of 10 Cats; he later replaced Dave Spikey as a team captain. His stand-up shows are hugely popular and he has given snippets of his routine on shows such as Live at The Apollo and Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow. He was an instant hit as host of The One Show but quit after some Twitter indiscretions. In July 2012, he revealed some versatility by appearing in the West End revival of the musical Sweeney Todd. In 2015, he starred in the BBC One drama Ordinary Lies and played Leo Bloom in a touring version of Mel Brooks' The Producers.

Quote: "My dad had narcolepsy. He'd just fall asleep. My brother and me would change into our school uniforms so when he woke up he'd think he'd slept all night and was late for work."

Trivia: Manford supports Manchester City.

Sarah Millican (Panellist)

Born: May 29, 1975 in South Shields

Best Known For: Her north east accent.

Early-life: Born Sarah Jane King on May 29, 1975, in South Shields. She was raised in what she describes as a typical working-class household. Married at 22, she hoped to become a playwright. After the sudden collapse of her marriage she attended a performance workshop and discovered a gift for comedy, although she had never attended a comedy club before taking to the stage for the first time. Sarah began touring, quickly building a large following who were impressed with her honest, or very blue, approach.

Career: Her debut Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Sarah Millican's Not Nice, won the if.comedy award for Best Newcomer in 2008; she hasn't looked back since. She has appeared as a panellist on 8 Out of 10 Cats, Have I Got News for You, You Have Been Watching and as a performer at The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008 and 4 Stands Up. She was featured in the Manchester edition of Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, broadcast in June 2009, and provided vocal work to the BBC's natural history footage for Walk on the Wild Side. She briefly joined the Loose Women panel in January 2011 and launched her own show, The Sarah Millican Television Programme, in 2012.

Quote: "It's all very well to be a feminist, but it's nice to know you've got good knockers."

Trivia: In 2012 she won £20,000 for charity while appearing in a celebrity edition of Deal or No Deal.

Stephen Mangan (Panellist)

Born: July 22, 1972 in London

Best Known For: Green Wing and Episodes.

Early-life: Born on July 22, 1972, in London, and was raised in Hertfordshire. His parents were Irish, and his father owned a building company. He became interested in acting after appearing in numerous school plays, but never thought he would tread the boards professionally. Instead, he studied law at Cambridge University, but decided against being a solicitor after taking a year out to care of his terminally ill mother. After a spell at Rada, he began landing theatre roles.

Career: Mangan became a regular on the West End stage, and apart from some foreign adverts, steered clear of TV work for years. He made his film debut in Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence in 1998, and had a small role in Billy Elliot. Early TV appearances came in Big Bad World, Sword of Honour, In Defence and Human Remains before his big break as the lead in Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years. He's worked consistently in movies and on TV ever since, with roles in Jane Hall, Marple, Never Better, I'm Alan Partridge, Hyperdrive, and the acclaimed Green Wing. His recent work includes Dirk Gently and Episodes on TV, as well as several well-received stage performances.

Quote: "I love playing unattractive parts. I want to be really horrid. I want people to really hate me. Maybe one day in analysis, I'll discover what that's all about."

Trivia: Away from showbiz, Mangan is a Tottenham Hotspur fan. He attends games with Tamsin Greig's husband, actor Richard Leaf.

Dermot O'Leary (Panellist)

Born: May 24, 1973 in Colchester

Best Known For: Presenting The X Factor and his show on Radio 2.

Early-life: Sean Dermot Fintan O'Leary Jr was born in Colchester, Essex, on May 24, 1973. While at school, he became a keen supporter of the Catholic aid agency Cafod. He wanted to work in TV from an early age, but his builder dad warned him there was no money in it. Despite this, Dermot went on to study media and politics at Middlesex University. After graduation, he distributed approximately 200 CVs to production companies and received mostly rejection letters, which he has kept.

Career: O'Leary got his big break as a DJ on BBC Radio Essex. He gave that up to be a TV runner working on the series Century Road, about a street in Walthamstow. He later landed a presenting slot on Sunday show Fully Booked. Following a move to Channel 4, he hosted T4 before fronting Big Brother's Little Brother in 2001. He has his own production company called Murphia and has helped to launch Cafod's youth-fundraising scheme, Fast Track. His other TV credits include SAS: Are You Tough Enough?, UK Music Hall of Fame, Shattered and the National Lottery quiz 1 vs 100. He also presents his own show on Radio 2 and, of course, ITV's The X Factor.

Quote: On being a Catholic: "I'm not interested in preaching from the rooftops. I was brought up with it and I still practise, but I don't think that my God is any more worthy than that of a friend of mine who happens to follow Allah."

Trivia: O'Leary has hosted a number of spin-off editions of Question Time aimed at first-time voters. He co-owns a restaurant in Brighton.

Richard Osman (Panellist)

Born: November 28, 1970 in Billericay

Best Known For: Pointless.

Early-life: Richard Thomas Osman was born in Billericay on November 28, 1970, but grew up in West Sussex. He was raised by his single mum after his father left home - they didn't see each other for 20 years. Richard studied politics and sociology at Trinity College, Cambridge, where his future Pointless colleague Alexander Armstrong was reading English literature. He claims that one of his proudest moments came when his mum and grandfather watched his graduation.

Career: Osman has worked behind the scenes as an executive producer on a number of TV programmes, including Deal or No Deal, 8 Out of 10 Cats, and 10 O'Clock Live. As the UK creative director of TV production company Endemol, he pitched the quiz Pointless to the BBC. As a way of explaining the rules, he played the co-host during a run-through. He was asked to do the role for real when the show was commissioned. Pointless started on BBC Two in 2009 and was an immediate hit. It quickly made the switch to BBC One. Since being in the spotlight on Pointless, he has made guest appearances on QI, Have I Got News for You and Would I Lie to You? He also guest presented an episode of The One Show alongside Alex Jones.

Quote: "Whenever I turn up to pub quizzes now, I see people going: ‘Urgh, that's the guy who knows everything.'"

Trivia: He is the younger brother of Mat Osman, bassist with Suede, and suffers from nystagmus, a condition that results in uncontrolled movement of the eyes.

Jon Richardson (Panellist)

Born: September 26, 1982 in Lancaster

Best Known For: 8 Out of 10 Cats.

Early-life: Jon Joel Richardson was born on September 26, 1982, in Lancaster. He has a sister. His parents split up when he was very young, and he was raised by his mother and her long-term partner; he also maintained a relationship with his father. Jon's teachers often noted what a good sense of humour he had on his school reports, and although he dreamed of being a comedian, didn't think it would be possible. He studied Spanish and Portuguese at university but dropped out, became a chef, then decided to give stand-up a go.

Career: In 2003, Richardson won his heat of the BBC New Talent Comedy Search, and a year later did well in the Laughing Horse New Act of the Year competition and J20 Last Laugh Comedy Search. Encouraged by these successes and kind words from Jasper Carrott and Dave Spikey for a performance at the Criterion Theatre in London, his confidence grew. More stand-up followed, including appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He went on to feature on numerous radio shows before moving into TV. Richardson appeared on Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Have I Got News For You before becoming a team captain on 8 Out of 10 Cats. He's since published his first book, It's Not Me, It's You! and taken part in various documentaries.

Quote: "My big thing is that you should be comfortable on your own in the dark. There's nothing eating away at you."

Trivia: Richardson fronted the documentary A Little Bit OCD in which he examined the lives of OCD sufferers while trying to work out if he also had the condition. It won a Mind Award for best documentary in 2013.

Greg Rutherford (Panellist)

Isy Suttie (Panellist)

Kirsty Young (Panellist)

Born: November 23, 1968 in East Kilbride

Best Known For: Being the glamorous face of televised crime-fighting.

Early-life: Born November 23, 1968 in East Kilbride. Her father, a policeman, walked out when she was two months old. Her mother then married a joiner and the family moved to Stirling in central Scotland. She overcame teenage bulimia and unlike many fellow newsreaders, isn't a university graduate or a trained journalist. Instead, Kirsty left school with few qualifications and went to Switzerland to work as an au pair after leaving school. On her return, she took up bar work.

Career: Young's first break was working as a continuity announcer on BBC Radio Scotland. She went from reading the 6am fishing reports to hosting phone-in radio shows, before being poached by STV to co-anchor the lunchtime news programme. After a spell as a roving reporter for Film 96, she was snapped up Channel Five to be an anchorwoman on its news bulletins when the station was launched in 1997. She joined ITN in January 2000 as the co-presenter of the lunchtime news, and won praise for her professionalism during the rolling ITV news coverage on September 11. Her two-year stint at ITV ended when she returned to a new-look Five News as the main anchor; she left in August 2007 and currently presents Radio 4's Desert Island Discs and the BBC's Crimewatch.

Quote: "There's nothing more fascinating than the human experience, so the opportunity to meet people whose lives have somehow been beyond normal human experience is a gift for me."

Trivia: She once shattered her prim and proper image by winning an edition of Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes thanks to her impersonation of Peggy Lee.

Charles Dance (Panellist)

Born: October 10, 1946 in Redditch, Worcestershire

Best Known For: The Jewel in the Crown.

Early-life: Born Walter Charles Dance on October 10, 1946, in Redditch, Worcestershire. His engineer father died when Dance was four, after which he and his mother moved to Devon. She struggled to make ends meet, working in a café to support them both. After leaving school he enrolled at art college, but claims his heart wasn't in it. He took odd jobs to earn some cash, and spent his spare time doing amateur dramatics, prompting him to take acting lessons.

Career: Dance spent five years with the Royal Shakespeare Company and made his TV debut in miniseries Edward the King in 1975, following it up with appearances in Tales of the Unexpected and Fatal Spring. His first film was 1981 Bond movie For Your Eyes Only, but his big break came in 1984 when he was cast in The Jewel in the Crown. He went on to star in White Mischief, Alien3, The Last Action Hero, Gosford Park, Ali G InDaHouse and First Born. Dance also produced, directed, and wrote the screenplay for the acclaimed film Ladies in Lavender. He was awarded an OBE in 2006. More recent projects include Your Highness, Strike Back, Secret State, Game of Thrones, and Dracula Untold.

Quote: "If someone calls you suave and debonair you only get offered parts in a suit and a collar and tie. It just so happens I wear them reasonably well."

Trivia: Dance had no idea his Dracula Untold character was a resurrected Caligula until after the film was made.

Warwick Davis (Panellist)

Born: February 03, 1970 in Epsom, Surrey

Best Known For: The sitcom Life's Too Short.

Early-life: Warwick Ashley Davis was born in Epsom, Surrey, on February 3, 1970, with Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, a rare form of dwarfism. Aged 11, his grandmother heard a radio advert seeking actors of a certain height to be in Return of the Jedi. Warwick landed the key role of Wicket the Ewok, later reprising it for two TV movies. In 1987, he was cast as the eponymous hero of Ron Howard's fantasy adventure Willow, and also featured in BBC adaptations of CS Lewis's Narnia books.

Career: History later repeated itself when Davis landed bit parts in Star Wars: Episode One, and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. Over the past 30 years he has become one of Britain's most in-demand actors, featuring in Jack the Giant Slayer; the Leprechaun movies; several Harry Potter films; Ricky Gervais projects Extras, Life's Too Short, and An Idiot Abroad, and Oscar-winning drama Ray. More recently he's been involved in ITV projects Perspectives: Warwick Davis - The Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz, and Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davis. In 2014, he hosted a relaunched version of quiz show Celebrity Squares.

Quote: "The world worries about disability more than disabled people do."

Trivia: He runs the talent agency Willow Management, which represents actors under five feet tall.

Matt Dawson (Panellist)

Born: October 31, 1972 in Birkenhead

Best Known For: Being part of the 2003 World Cup-winning England rugby union squad.

Early-life: Matthew James Sutherland Dawson was born on October 31, 1972, in Birkenhead. At the age of four, he and his family, mum Lois, dad Ron and sister Emma, moved to the edge of the New Forest. Throughout his school years, Matt preferred sport to academic study and, with support from his father, grew to love rugby union. He started playing at the age of six, and by the time he should have been studying for his A-levels, Matt was hard at work trying out for the England 16-18 squad and landing a place at club side Northampton in 1991.

Career: Dawson's career as a scrum-half took off when he was selected to play for England in 1995. During his time with the squad, he was a member of the victorious 1997 British Lions tour, captained the English national side in 2000 and was a member of the team that won the World Cup in 2003. A year later, he left Northampton and moved to London Wasps. In 2006, he announced his retirement from the sport. Two years earlier he had begun his assault on TV, joining the long-running quiz A Question of Sport as a team captain. The year he gave up rugby saw him take part in cookery show Celebrity MasterChef, which he won, and Strictly Come Dancing, where he was beaten into second place by Mark Ramprakash. More recently, he has presented Monster Munchies for the Good Food channel and Real Food Family Cook Off on Channel 5.

Quote: "One of the great things about the England side in 2003 was that we had a great bond on and off the pitch. Sometimes we'd sneak out for a drink and talk about anything other than rugby."

Trivia: He is married to former model Carolin Hauskeller, now a marketing manager, and they have a son.

David Harewood (Panellist)

Paul Hollywood (Panellist)

Born: March 01, 1966 in Wallasey, Merseyside

Best Known For: The Great British Bake Off.

Early-life: Paul John Hollywood was born in Wallasey, Merseyside, on March 1, 1966. He studied sculpture at the Wallasey School of Art before quitting to work at his father's bakery.

Career: Hollywood went on to become head baker at a number of hotels, including The Dorchester, Chester Grosvenor and Spa and the Clivedon Hotel. He began making a number of guest appearances on TV shows such as The Generation Game, This Morning, and The Alan Titchmarsh Show. His big break came in 2010 when he started working alongside fellow judge Mary Berry on popular BBC Two baking show The Great British Bake Off. In May 2013, he began appearing on US TV as a judge on The American Baking Competition.

Quote: "The real Paul Hollywood is shy, likes nothing better than going home, putting on slippers and dressing gown, having a cup of tea and watching telly."

Trivia: Hollywood has written a number of books on baking, including 100 Great Breads, How to Bake, and American Baking Competition.

Carol Kirkwood (Panellist)

Born: May 29, 1962 in Morar, Inverness-shire

Best Known For: Being a weather presenter.

Early-life: Born Carol MacKellaig in Morar, Inverness-shire, on May 29, 1962. One of eight children, her parents ran a hotel in Morar. Carol gained a degree in commerce from Napier College of Commerce and Technology in Edinburgh, before joining the BBC as a secretary. She went on to present radio slots on BBC Radio Scotland, Radio 2 and Radio 4.

Career: After a stint presenting on The Weather Channel, she trained with the Met Office in 1998 for a weather presenting role at the BBC. Away from predicating if it will rain or shine, Kirkwood has been a reporter on The One Show and appeared on the panel show Would I Lie to You? In August 2015, it was announced that she would be taking part in Strictly Come Dancing.

Quote: "The power of nature is immense and it is only when you see the impact a hurricane has on mankind that you realise how vulnerable we are against it."

Trivia: Kirkwood has won the Television and Radio Industries Club (TRIC) award for best TV weather presenter a number of times.

Bob Mortimer (Panellist)

Born: May 23, 1959 in Middlesbrough

Best Known For: Being Vic Reeves' comedy partner

Early-life: Born Robert Renwick Mortimer on May 23, 1959, in Middlesbrough. He was seven when his father was killed in a car crash. Mortimer and his three brothers were raised by their mother Eunice. He had a trial with Middlesbrough FC, but didn't make it as a professional. Mortimer later studied law and became a solicitor, but grew disillusioned with his career. His life changed when he and a friend went to see fellow northerner Jim Moir, performing as Vic Reeves, in a London nightclub.

Career: Mortimer became involved with the act, which gained a cult following among celebrities. This led to Channel 4 series Vic Reeves's Big Night Out. Its success prompted him to give up his law career. A move to the BBC in 1993 saw Mortimer get equal billing for the first time. Since then, their shows The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer, Shooting Stars, Bang, Bang It's Reeves and Mortimer, and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) have been hits. They also penned and appeared in The All Star Comedy Show (with colleague Steve Coogan), and Vic and Bob in Catterick. For years he's claimed that he and Reeves are working on a sitcom about superheroes, but it's yet to see the light of day. Instead, their most recent project has been House of Fools for BBC Two.

Quote: "Whenever Vic and I do something, we like to get really involved and do a bit of everything, from the casting to the costumes. Any mistakes are our own, and you can't pass the buck."

Trivia: Mortimer supports Middlesbrough FC.

David O'Doherty (Panellist)

Joanna Scanlan (Panellist)

Gok Wan (Panellist)

Born: September 09, 1974 in Leicester

Best Known For: Fronting How To Look Good Naked

Early-life: Born Ko-Hen Wan in Leicester on September 9, 1974. His father, John, came from Hong Kong and moved to Leicester where he met his British wife Myra. The family ran a restaurant and Gok spent a lot of time with his older sister Oilen. Gok also has a brother called Kwoklyn. He attended the Central School of Speech and Drama, but soon realised he wanted to work in fashion.

Career: After learning the fashion world ropes, Wan became a stylist and went on to build up an astonishing portfolio of clients. Among the famous faces he has styled are Bryan Ferry, All Saints, Damien Lewis, Vanessa Mae and Lauren Laverne. His work has been published internationally in magazines such as Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan. In 2006, he was asked by Channel 4 to front a new programme, How to Look Good Naked, and he also penned the accompanying book. Since the series became a huge hit, he has appeared on numerous panel shows and landed several columns. He's also hosted Miss Naked Beauty, the documentary Too Fat Too Young, Gok Wan's Clothes Roadshow, and even become a celebrity chef.

Quote: "Get your foundations right - get your underwear sorted and your silhouette looking beautiful."

Trivia: Wan has openly discussed his battle with weight as a teenager, and was later treated for anorexia after shedding the pounds using a dramatic and dangerous method.

Henning Wehn (Panellist)

Josh Widdicombe (Panellist)

Born: April 08, 1983 in Dartmoor

Best Known For: Being a comedian and a regular on The Last Leg.

Early-life: Joshua Widdicombe was born in Dartmoor on April 8, 1983. He has a brother, Henry. Josh went on to study linguistics at the University of Manchester. He began performing stand-up in 2008 and made it to the final of So You Think You're Funny at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival the same year.

Career: In 2011, Widdicombe performed his debut solo show in Edinburgh and was nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award in the best newcomer category. Since 2012, he has been a regular on Channel 4's The Last Leg, alongside Adam Hills and Alex Brooker. He has also appeared on Mock the Week, QI and Have I Got News for You.

Quote: "The thing about stand-up is that you end up meeting your idols."

Trivia: In December 2013, Widdicombe won his edition of Celebrity Mastermind - his specialist subject was Blur.

Ruth Phillips (Executive producer)

Peter Holmes (Executive producer)

Rachel Ablett (Series producer)

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