"Yeah, well the first day, I was in the dressing room and looking in the mirror, and looking down at the arena. And they were pulling the robots into the arena on an invisible twine because nothing was working. And I was thinking: "Oh my God, what have I done with my career?" And you know, within the blink of an eye, it was the most watched show on BBC2."

"Martin Savage — Nick Hanway"

"Tim Bentinck — Cliff Lawton"

"Rebecca Gethings — Helen Hatley"

"Lucinda Raikes — Angela Heaney"

"Chris Langham — Hugh Abbot"

"Geoffrey Streatfeild — Fergus Williams"

"Roger Allam — Peter Mannion"

"Vincent Franklin — Stewart Pearson"

"Olivia Poulet — Emma Messinger"

"Will Smith — Phil Smith"

"Polly Kemp — Robyn Murdoch"

"Chris Addison — Oliver "Ollie" Reeder"

"James Smith — Glenn Cullen"

"Rob Edwards — Geoff Holhurst"

"Ben Willbond — Adam Kenyon"

"Joanna Scanlan — Terri Coverley"

"Alex MacQueen — Julius Nicholson"

"Rebecca Front — Nicola Murray"

"Eve Matheson — Clare Ballentine"

"Paul Higgins — Jamie McDonald"

"Peter Capaldi — Malcolm Tucker"

"Justin Edwards — Ben Swain"

"Rory Kinnear — Ed"

"Tony Gardner — Dan Miller"

"Steve Speirs - Loquasto"

"Matt Lucas - Chancellor Donold David Dongalor"

"India de Beaufort - Aneka"

"Sean Maguire - Kröd Mändoon"

"Marques Ray - Bruce"

"Kevin Hart - Zezelryck"

"Rachel and Eddie share their first kiss*"

"Kim and Andrew kiss*"

"Rachel bowls the ball*"

"David Ryall"

"Rosalind Ayres"

"Claire Skinner"

"Tyger Drew-Honey"

"Daniel Roche"

"Hugh Dennis"

"Ramona Marquez"

"Samantha Bond"

"You know, dolls make the very best friends. Just because they can't speak doesn't mean they don't listen. And did you know that when we leave them alone in our room, they come to life?"

"Because it's magic. Magic has to be believed. It's the only way it's real."

"All women are princesses, it is our right."

"One knock means, "I'm here." Two knocks means, "All is well." Three knocks means, "The coast is clear - the demon Minchinweed is asleep.""

"Didn't your father ever tell you that you were a princess?"

"Anthony Head - Uther Pendragon"