Career: Wilson has film credits, sitcoms and top dramas to his name. Only When I Laugh, Tutti Frutti and A Passage to India are among them, but it is probably for the character of Victor Meldrew in One Foot in the Grave that he will be best remembered. The series was written with him in mind by David Renwick, though Wilson turned it down at first, believing he was too young to play a retired man. Luckily, he changed his mind and a TV legend was born. Since then he's appeared in such projects as Born and Bred, Doctor Who, and he had a regular role in BBC hit Merlin. Away from the small screen, he continues to direct plays and was awarded an OBE in 1994.

Career: After gaining experience with various repertory companies, Crosbie left Scotland at the age of 17 for a scholarship at the Bristol Old Vic theatre school. On graduating, she worked in London's West End. Her film debut came in 1959's The Bridal Path. She later had acclaimed TV roles in The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Edward the King. More recently she has starred in One Foot in the Grave, Doctor Finlay, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, Calendar Girls, Quite Ugly One Morning, New Tricks, Doctor Who and Little Dorrit.

Career: Success in Australia with spoof band the Hebegeebees prompted him to concentrate on comedy. He sold a sketch to The Dick Emery Show in 1978, and in 1983 made his TV debut in The Black Adder. Other small roles followed before his show Radio Active transferred to the small screen as KYTV in 1988. Two years later he became a household name thanks to sitcom One Foot in the Grave and his role as the host of current affairs comedy quiz Have I Got News For You. He left the quiz in 2002 following accusations about his private life. Deayton also appeared in the film Elizabeth, TV shows Mr Bean, Monkey Trousers, Nighty Night and Waterloo Road, and presented Hell's Kitchen, Bognor or Bust and Stick to What You Know.

Career: Duvitski has worked steadily on TV in a number of shows, popping up in the likes of Citizen Smith, Minder, Cowboys, The New Statesman, Midsomer Murders, Foyle's War and Little Dorrit. Her face is better known to audiences as prudish assistant Jane in Waiting for God, Victor and Margaret's neighbour Pippa in One Foot in the Grave and swinger Jacqueline in Benidorm. She has also appeared on the big screen in Dracula (1979), Breaking Glass (1980) and The Madness of King George (1994).

Career: Kelly was a news reporter before landing a position as a TV researcher for BBC Scotland in 1983. It was not well paid and she worked as a waitress in the evenings to make ends meet. Despite once being told that her Glasgow accent would prevent her from gaining small screen success she joined TV-am as its senior Scottish correspondent in 1985, but didn't become a household name until she became co-host of Good Morning Britain in 1990. She's hosted her own weekday morning show since 1994; it's been known by various titles but is currently called Lorraine. Other projects include a Sky One show, a regular column for The Sun and her own fitness videos, as well as guest hosting Have I Got News For You and The Paul O'Grady Show. She began co-hosting Daybreak with Aled Jones in May 2012.