The line up consists of Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn, Marty Reid and Michael McDowell, all of whom were born in 1964.

They then won a Royal Television Society Award for Best Regional Programme in 1996, for Two Ceasefires and a Wedding, the prelude to Give My Head Peace.

A Perforated Ulster won a Celtic Media Festival award in 2019.

[1] The success of Give My Head Peace led to a new sketch show in 2006 entitled Dry Your Eyes, two seasons of which were broadcast on BBC One Northern Ireland before being cancelled.

Since, they have worked on several films, scripts and non-comedy television and radio shows, examples including "Pop Goes Northern Ireland," a documentary series, and "The Titanic Inquiry," also a film.