Clive Merrison's many theatre appearances have included The Madness of George the Third at the Royal National Theatre, The Front Page at the Old Vic and Much Ado About Nothing for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

His films include An Awfully Big Adventure, Heavenly Creatures, Photographing Fairies, The English Patient and The Sign of Four (as Bartholomew Sholto, with Ian Richardson as Holmes).

Among many other TV appearances, he has been seen in in Yes, Prime Minister, Miss Marple, Dr Who, The Borgias, The Labours of Erica, A Very British Coup, Pie in the Sky, Shine on Harvey Moon, Private Schultz and Bergerac. He starred opposite Michael Williams in the sitcom Double First.

Clive Merrison is a past winner of the Sony Radio Award for Actor of the Year.

Andrew Sachs is best-remembered and much-loved for his role as Manuel the Spanish waiter in the classic TV sitcom Fawlty Towers, but his long career has encompassed stage, film and radio as well as TV, and he has also enjoyed much success as a writer.

On stage he has been particularly associated with comedy and farce, appearing alongside such masters of the genre as Brian Rix and Ray Cooney. Films include The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Hitler, the Last Ten Days, Frightmare and Are You Being Served?

Andrew Sachs' television work covers a range of programmes from Callan to Fraud Squad and from the black comedy Dead Ernest to Shakespeare's The Tempest. In recent years, he has been much in demand as a voice-over artist, being especially connected with BBC TV's wildlife documentaries and the long-running Children's Hospital.