The two put together their first project, "Innocent Millions Dead or Dying – A Wry Look at the Post-Apocalyptic Age (With Songs)", in January 1995, a show about World War I. Webb later described it as being "fucking terrible". From this the duo were given the chance to write for Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller and for series two of "Big Train". After minor work on "The Jack Docherty Show" and "Comedy Nation", their first break into television acting was in 2000, on the short-lived BBC sketch show "Bruiser", which they primarily wrote, and starred in.