Its stars included the actor Kevin Eldon, Mark Heap, and Simon Pegg in both series one and two, with Julia Davis and Amelia Bullmore in the first series (Nick Frost also appeared in two episodes), and Rebecca Front, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Catherine Tate in the second series. All its lead actors have starred in a variety of other comedy shows including "I'm Alan Partridge", "Look Around You", "Spaced", "Smack the Pony", "Brass Eye" and "Green Wing." Catherine Tate went on to get her own show on the BBC, "The Catherine Tate Show". The first series was directed by Graham Linehan and other series contributors included David Mitchell.