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
Will Poulter played various acting roles before landing the role of Lee Carter in the 2007 movie "Son of Rambow", which was released to positive reviews, and praise for the performances of Poulter and his co-star Bill Milner. He also performed with other young comedic actors in "School of Comedy", which aired its pilot on Channel 4's Comedy Lab on 21 August 2008. "School of Comedy" was then commissioned for a full series by Channel 4, which began airing on 2 October 2009. The programme finished after a second series. In 2009, he was selected to play the role of Eustace Scrubb