Complex sentence: During their decade long life span the finals of this prestigious event have boasted many well known names that have continued to work in comedy to great acclaim-amongst them are Peter Kay, Julian Barrett & Nina Conti.
Split into simpler sentences: During their decade long life span the finals of this prestigious event have boasted many well known names that have continued to work in comedy today to great acclaim. Amongst them are Peter Kay, Julian Barrett & Nina Conti.