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 Grainger of Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks playing the role of DS Callard. Neil Grainger Neil Grainger (born 18 June 1979) is an English actor and comedian. Appearing in television and theatre, Grainger first rose to prominence after appearing as a main character in the soap opera "Crossroads". As well as acting, Grainger performs stand-up comedy and co-runs a comedy club in London. Grainger was born and brought up in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire. He attended Nunthorpe School and trained at Middlesex University, graduating in 2000. Early in his professional career, Neil Grainger worked extensively with Alan Ayckbourn at the Stephen Joseph