Cast
The original line-up of the cast was Lee Mack, Jim Tavare, Tim Vine, Karen Taylor and Ronni Ancona. The gender balance of this line-up enabled considerable variation in the dramatic setups for the sketches, in that all three men could be paired with either of the two women.
The second cast line-up consisted of Mack, Tavare, Vine, Taylor and Kitty Flanagan; replacing Ancona, who left to concentrate on BBC One's Alistair McGowan's Big Impression (which was shortened to simply Big Impression to reflect Ancona playing as many parts as McGowan himself). Again, sketches featured performers using their own names.
With the exception of some child actors in certain sketches, there were no guest stars at any point during the programme.
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