Darren Boyd is well known for his BAFTA award-winning role (Best Comedy Performance) in Sky 1’s sitcom Spy (2012) He is also known for playing John Cleese in the BAFTA nominated Holy Flying Circus (Best Single Drama). He is a regular face on British television, having recently starred in ITV dramas The Guilty opposite Katherine Kelly and Case Sensitive opposite Olivia Williams. He also starred opposite Stephen Mangan in the series adaptation of Douglas Adams’ Dirk Gently. Film roles include Imagine Me and You, Four Lions, World’s End and Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa.
Eleanor Lawrence is a writer and actor whose writing for television includes GUM, SOUP (co- written with Meera Syal), Sunshine Simon (co- written with Tom Davis), White Lace & Promises (co-written with Arabella Weir), Welcome to Rochdale and the feature film Peckham to Pembroke. She has also written for theatre stages including the Lyric, Hammersmith, the Old Vic and Waterloo East. Eleanor’s acting credits include Holby City, Common Ground, Dead Boss, PhoneShop, Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge, Skins, Angelos and Ketch and Hiropon Get It On. She is soon to appear on The Javone Prince Show – a new sketch show for the BBC.
Winner of the ‘Best Comedy Breakthrough Artist’ award at the 2012 British Comedy Awards, Morgana Robinson is a comic actress and writer who most recently appeared in Bob Mortimer and Vic Reeve’s House of Fools for BBC Two, as well as Matt Berry’s new Channel 4 sitcom Toast of London. She co-created and starred in The Morgana Show and appeared in Very Important People, both for Channel 4. Other projects include Them From That Thing a two-part sketch show for Channel 4, and The Comic Strip Presents…The Hunt for Tony Blair. Later this year Morgana will be starring in Channel Morgana, a short film to celebrate the re-launch of BBC iplayer, series two of House of Fools and the new series of Sky Art’s Psychobitches.
Morwenna Banks is an award-winning actor, writer and producer. She co-wrote and appeared in four series of the sketch show Absolutely. The team were recently reunited on BBC Radio 4 and in January 2014 won The BBC Audio Drama Award for Best Scripted Comedy. As a writer her debut feature The Announcement won ‘Best International Feature’ at the New York Independent Film Festival. Most recently, BBC Radio 4 broadcast Banks’ drama Goodbye starring Olivia Colman and fellow Warren United cast member Darren Boyd. She has acted in film and television in Britain and the USA: Saturday Night Live (USA), Dream On, Skins, Saxondale, The Thick of It and recently Svengali. She provides the voices for many animations from Monkey Dust to Peppa Pig. In March 2014 Morwenna won ‘Best Voice Performance’ at the British Animation Awards for her role in Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom.
Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee 2012 and triple Chortle Award winner, Tony Law is one of the most in-demand live acts in the UK. He is a regular face on the comedy circuit and a firm Fringe favourite, with his Edinburgh shows a sell-out success. In 2013 Tony made TV appearances on Charlie Brooker’s Screen Wipe, Sue Perkins’ sitcom Heading Out, Have I Got News For You, Never Mind The Buzzcocks and 8 Out Of 10 Cats.
Nitin Ganatra has played Masood Ahmed on EastEnders since 2007, winning ‘Best Onscreen Partnership’ alongside Nina Wadia at the 2009 British Soap Awards. He is known internationally for his role as Prince Pondicherry in Tim Burton’s 2005 adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and starred in Bride and Prejudice, Gurinder Chadha’s Bollywood-style adaptation of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Born in Kenya, Nitin Ganatra came to live in England when he was three-years old. Last summer (2013) he took part in the BBC’s popular series Who Do You Think You Are?
George Glen is a prolific Scottish actress and a familiar face on British television, best known for her roles as Audrey McFall in Waterloo Road and Sergeant Nokes in Heartbeat. She has appeared in films such as Calendar Girls, Les Miserables, My Week with Marilyn, Mrs Brown and Shakespeare in Love. She has also appeared in Harry Enfield and Chums, Little Britain, The Bill and Nighty Night.
Jonathan Kydd is a British actor who has done over 7,000 voiceovers including animation, adverts, promotions, documentaries and computer games. He performs all the male voices in the cult Ferrero Rocher Ambassador’s Reception TV advert and his voice also features in the recent Hobbit game, as well as all the Harry Potter games. He has appeared in various television series including Jonathan Creek and Trial and Retribution. Jonathan has also made several films, including the award-winning short Ahaarrrr!, and written two musicals. He regularly performs live with his band the Rudy Vees. Jonathan is a massive Chelsea fan. He is a contributor to both the Chelsea FanCast and The Chelsea Podcast.
