Simon Bird studies at Birkbeck College, Bird set up the sketch comedy group "The House of Windsor" with former Footlights contemporaries Joe Thomas (who plays Simon Cooper in "The Inbetweeners") and Jonny Sweet. They performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 2007 and in 2008 with a show called "The Meeting", described as a site-specific comedy installation set in an actual boardroom, which received national media attention and a clutch of five-star reviews. Bird and Thomas were also regulars on series 1 and 2 of "The Weekly Show", a podcast for Channel 4 Radio (2006–07). Bird also performs stand-up comedy and took part
Neil Fitzmaurice episode of "Truckers". In 2014 he starred as Dad in the BBC comedy series "Hank Zipzer". Since 2011 Fitzmaurice has been starring in the Sky comedy-drama "Mount Pleasant", playing the part of office manager Fergus. Fitzmaurice is a Liverpool FC fan. He is a Hillsborough disaster survivor and was featured in the Sky/History Channel documentary "Hillsborough Remembered" on 15 April 2009, the 20th anniversary of the tragedy. Neil Fitzmaurice Neil Simon Fitzmaurice (born 20 August 1969 in Liverpool) is an English actor, comedian and writer. He is perhaps best known for his acting role as Jeff, the love rival for