Rowan Atkinson - popular comic actor for much of the 1980s and early 1990s. Starred in the historical comedy Blackadder for four series, each one focused on a different period of history. The first one (The Black Adder) explored the middle ages and the time of Richard III, the second (Blackadder II) the Golden Age of Elizabethanism, the third (A Third of Blackadder) looked at the prosperous time of Anglo-German Detente in the late 19th century, while the fourth and final series (Blackadder For Victory) saw Atkinson move a nation to tears with his portrayal of an acid-tongued junior officer who was apparently the only man in the British Army who could see the futility of the war against their fellow Europeans in 1940. The final episode, 'Peace', saw the entire cast wiped out as they abandoned the defensive line outside Canterbury and attempted to raise National Socialist Revolution in the country surrounding them. The episode faded to black over the sound of upbeat marching bands, implying that Blackadder and his men died merely minutes before the reactionary British government's surrender.
Atkinson continued his career into the 1990s, playing a less politically-charged character, Mr Bean. A hapless and not always good-natured fool, Mr Bean often tangled with seemingly simple everyday situations and, in one mid-1990s film ('Mr Bean's Holiday') accidentally got himself shipped to a work camp in the East after filling out the wrong form at the Post Office. Atkinson retired the character shortly afterwards, and has not worked on television since. He remains an occasional actor on the stage, earning praise from The Sword's theatre critic for his portrayal of 'the lecherous Jew Fagin' in Oliver!.
Vincent Cable - genial presenter of the popular British television programme 'Come Dancing' for over 30 years. Was found dead in the River Thames in March 2009. The autopsy concluded an accidental death by drowning. Conspiracy-mongerers and the underground resistance in Britain have believe to this day that he was in fact killed by Special Branch for comparing Leader Nick Clegg (who at the time was dithering over further commitment to the Euromark) to Mr Bean live on 'Come Dancing' in early 2009.
Richard Barnbrook - Mayor of London. Elected in 2008. Known for his 'tough on crime, tough on the ghettoes of crime' slogan, he personally oversaw the demolition of the last Brixton ghettoes and the deportation of their inhabitants to work camps in The North. In recent times, has been suspected of having an interest in the Leadership, though he denies all such speculation.