Trivia: Began acting with the Oldham Theatre Workshop at age 10. Starred in a school production of West Side Story. Left school before completing her A-levels to play Meg Demoys in the BBC mini-series Blackout. Was offered an audition for The Secret of Crickley Hall by director Joe Ahearne on the recommendation of his friend Bill Gallagher, who directed her in her TV debut, Blackout.

Trivia: Moved to England with his family when he was 3. Won several music scholarships to attend private schools as a child. Released his first album, A Larum, with his band Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit, in 2008. Performed in the all-male 2012 Globe Theatre productions of Richard III (as Lady Anne) and Twelfth Night (as Viola), both opposite Mark Rylance.

Trivia: Father was a surgeon in the British Army who was stationed in the Federation of Malay when Simon was born. Attended boarding school in England as a chorister while the rest of his family continued to live in Asia. Joined the Royal Shakespeare Company after attending Guildhall School, and met Sam Mendes, who directed him as the title character in Richard III and as Ariel in The Tempest. Toured with the Royal National Theatre's production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead in 1996. Appointed a CBE (a Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 2003. Replaced Tim Curry as King Arthur in Spamalot on Broadway in 2005.

Trivia: Attended kindergarten with Peter Morgan, the British film writer and playwright. Had his first television role at 22. Featured in art duo Gilbert and George's photographic work The World. Enjoys driving camper-vans. Is close friends with Harry Enfield. Was awarded an honorary doctorate from Bournemouth University in 2007. Elected president of the British Horse Society in June 2011. Became patron of Animal Care in Egypt in 2011. Appointed an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth II in her 2015 Birthday Honours. Owns a farm where cart horses are bred. Supports Weldmar Hospicecare Trust in Dorset and The Dog Resue Federation. Has been involved with the Comic Relief charity which funds Survival International and African Initiatives.

Trivia: Has French, Greek and Irish ancestry. Joined the RSC (Royal Shakespeare Company) in 1965, but left after six years. Is a socialist and was a member of the Workers' Revolutionary Party in the 1970s. Has a son Josh and daughter Tamasin. Most famous for her role as Miss Jones in Rising Damp but in fact has won a Tony Award and three Olivier Awards for her work on the stage. Sister of Andy de la Tour.

Trivia: In 2007, made his theatre debut as Mercutio in Carl Heap's production of Romeo and Juliet, National Theatre, London. In 2011, was part of the original London production of 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which also featured Steve Pemberton. Nominated for the Evening Standard Theatre Outstanding Newcomer award for his performance in She Stoops to Conquer, National Theatre, 2012. In 2016, played the role of Dewey Finn in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical School of Rock.

Trivia: Anthony Head (often credited by his full name, Anthony Stewart Head) became most widely recognized in the U.S. for his role on the WB prime-time drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar. However, on his British home-front, he is perhaps more well known for his recurring role in the dramatic Taster's Choice commercials. Wherever he is, his abundant credits both on television and on-stage have earned him notice as a talented performer.Head was born February 20, 1954, in Camden, London, England. The son of an actress mother, and documentary-filmmaker father, show business was in his blood. At an early age, his interest in the field his parents had pursued was already apparent, and would also be reflected in his brother Murray Head's acting career. Anthony Head started acting in school plays at the age of six, and was writing his own within just a few years. After high school, he attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, where he studied until 1976. He began a long-term relationship with Sarah Fisher, ten years his junior, in 1982. The couple had two daughters, Emily Rose (1989) and Daisy May (1991).In addition to decades of theatrical experience in Britain, Head has earned recognition to mass audiences with his roles on television. His first TV role came in 1978 with the British series Enemy at the Door, a World War II drama (which would perhaps go on to inspire the name of the 2001 film Enemy at the Gates). That same year he appeared on a miniseries called Lillie. After a lengthy focus on his career in theater and smaller television appearances, Head returned to starring dramatic TV roles with Buffy the Vampire Slayer in 1997. On the program, he portrayed Rupert Giles, the mentor to Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), who followed her in disguise as the school librarian, in order to be on guard against evil powers. The character provoked a spin-off to the original series that features Rupert "Ripper" Giles as a "watcher," who returns to England after watching Buffy. Entitled Ripper, the program began its run in 2002. Also that year, Head played the role of James on the TV series Manchild. He was in the cast of Little Britain and appeared in a variety of projects including Imagine Me & You, Sparkle, and Amelia and Michael. In 2008 he landed a recurring role on the series Merlin playing King Uther, and that same year he appeared in the big-screen musical Repo! The Genetic Opera. In 2011 he appeared in the Oscar winning drama The Iron Lady, and he had a small part in the 2012 sequel Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.

Trivia: Starred as Karen McDonald in 'Coronation Street' between 2000 and 2004. Won the British Soap Award for Best Actress twice for her role in 'Coronation Street', in 2004 and 2005. In 2016, won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her role in 'Doctor Foster'. Between February and May 2018, appeared in a critically-acclaimed revival of Bryony Lavery's play 'Frozen'. In 2019, starred as Anne Lister in BBC/HBO co-production 'Gentleman Jack'.

Trivia: Began acting in television commercials and modeling for billboards as a young child. Won Best Supporting Actor at the Los Angeles New Wave International Film Festival for his role in the short film Disco (2010). At 16, became the youngest actor ever cast in a leading role at London's renowned Old Vic Theatre (portraying the title role in the 2013 revival of playwright Terence Rattigan's The Winslow Boy).

Trivia: As a child, she neglected her schoolwork, but focused intently on drama as she desired to become an actress. Met her husband, director Charles Palmer, on the set of A Dance To The Music Of Time, where she played the role of Jean in 1997. Played Hermione in a theatre production of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale in 2001 at the Royal National Theatre in 2001. Attended Shop With The Stars at Fenwick of Bond Street in 2014 to raise funds and awareness for the charity Acting For Others.

Trivia: In 2011, made his film debut as Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing. Portrayed the role of William Shakespeare in the original 2014 West End production of Shakespeare in Love. In 2015, starred as the titular characters in ITV fantasy drama Jekyll and Hyde. Appeared as Bouc in Kenneth Branagh's 2017 adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express. In 2018, received the Breakthrough Actor award at the GQ Men of the Year Awards.

Trivia: British actor/satirist Michael Palin first demonstrated his writing and performing skills at Oxford University's Experimental Theatre Club. Almost immediately upon graduation, Palin was snatched up by the BBC, which made excellent use of his scathing wit and thespic versatility in such series as Twice a Fortnight and The Complete and Utter History of Britain. A relative latecomer to the fabled Monty Python troupe, Palin made up for lost time, writing and performing in the group's long-running TV series and in such big-screen projects as Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) and Life of Brian (1978); he also wrote much of the musical score for Monty Python's the Meaning of Life (1983). To date, Palin and Cleese have been the two ex-Pythonites most active as solo performers. Palin was hilarious as the green-as-grass Reverend Charles Fort, ministering to "fallen women" ("Women who've tripped?") in The Missionary (1982) and as stuttering doofus Ken in A Fish Called Wanda (1988), winning a British Film Association award for the latter performance. Palin remained active in television into the 1990s with cheeky projects like Ripping Yarns (1976), Do Not Adjust Your Set (1977-79) and Palin's Column (1994). An inveterate globetrotter, Michael Palin channelled his wanderlust into several tongue-in-cheek TV miniseries, beginning with Around the World in 80 Days (1989). Palin mostly retired from acting after appearing in the Fish Called Wanda "sequel" Fierce Creatures in 1997, and has mainly focused on his travel documentaries in recent years.

Trivia: Her father worked for the local council and her mother was an executive assistant.Grew up in Ealing, a district of West London.Participated in youth theater as she knew she wanted to be an actor.Worked as a writing consultant before studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.Met co-star and creator of Fleabag, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, while attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.Founder of the online wellness and meditation platform Still Space.

Trivia: Decided to become an actor when attending a production of The School for Scandal with his class at school. Aged 21, dropped out of university to audition for RADA, but didn't learn his lines and wasn't accepted; worked as a bin man to make ends meet while attending night classes at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Wrote the Welsh television series We Are Seven (1989-91) and the made-for-television films Better Days (1988) and Ballroom (1988), both starring Glyn Houston. In 2015, took part in the Hackers Cup charity golf tournament at the Mid Ocean Club and Port Royal Club, Bermuda.