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The History Boys - Whatever happened to the likely lads?

They're all grown up, but have The History Boys graduated to bigger and better things?
James Corden
James Corden (Timms) Has found considerable success both as an actor and as co-creator of the award-winning BBC3 sitcom Gavin & Stacey, which also offered juicy parts to some of his History Boy classmates…

Samuel Anderson
Samuel Anderson (Crowther) Played Fingers in the first two episodes of Gavin & Stacey, and has now joined the cast of Emmerdale as new cop in the Dales, Ross Kirk.

Andrew Knott
Andrew Knott (Lockwood) Another cast member to feel the benefit of a part in Gavin & Stacey, he's also recently featured in another BBC3 show, Drop Dead Gorgeous.

Russell Tovey
Russell Tovey (Rudge) Catch him on Christmas Day in Doctor Who on BBC1. He's also appeared in Gavin & Stacey and Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive.
Jamie Parker
Jamie Parker (Scripps) Appeared in Silent Witness, and will next be seen on the big screen in Valkyrie, the Tom Cruise drama about a plot to assassinate Hitler.
Dominic Cooper
Dominic Cooper (Dakin) Can be seen as the dashing but heartless Willoughby in Sense and Sensibility on BBC1 on New Year's Day. In the works: thriller The Escapist with Brian Cox, and the film of the hit musical Mamma Mia!
Samuel Barnett
Samuel Barnett (Posner) Currently treading the boards in London's West End in the revival of Patrick Marber's Dealer's Choice. Recently played Wilfred Owen in Jeremy Paxman's BBC1 portrait of the First World War poet.
Sacha Dhawan
Sacha Dhawan (Akhtar) Won a Royal Television Society award for his role in the hard-hitting drama Bradford Riots, and recently appeared at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester in the play Pretend You Have Big Buildings by Ben Musgrave.
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