After meeting at film school in Edinburgh, Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns formed the Cardinal Burns sketch duo, making their debut at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe. In 2011 they began working on their first television series for E4, for which they received three British Comedy Awards and nominations for a Bafta and the Rose d'Or. A second series followed in 2014. They have also appeared together in Steve Coogan’s Saxondale.