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.

Career: In 1995, Buxton and Cornish submitted a video sketch for a comedy show on Channel 4 called Takeover TV. This led to them being hired to do continuity links and a year later, they were given their own show on Channel 4 called The Adam and Joe Show. This ran for four series between 1996 and 2001 and it took the form of short sketches interspersed with links filmed from a bedsit. Buxton's father, Nigel, appeared in a weekly sketch as the character BaaadDad. Buxton and Cornish went on to present radio shows on Xfm and BBC Radio 6 Music. Buxton boosted his acting CV with roles in Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Swiss Toni, The IT Crowd, Hot Fuzz (2007), Son of Rambow (2007), Stardust (2007), The Persuasionists and Country Man. Since 2007, he has hosted the BFI's music video showcase Bug. A TV version, Adam Buxton's Bug, was shown on Sky Atlantic in 2012. Buxton guest starred in several episodes of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown in 2014 and 2015. He has produced The Adam Buxton Podcast since September 2015.