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Oliver Crocker is a Ghostwriter and TV Historian who loves helping people tell their stories. With a background in archive television research, Oliver is the author of three TV guidebooks, including the bestselling All Memories Great & Small endorsed by the James Herriot estate and featuring memories from 75 cast and crew who worked on the classic BBC series. Oliver has also interviewed hundreds of cast and crew for two Witness Statements: Making The Bill guidebooks and The Bill Podcast played over 500,000 times in 50 countries worldwide. His ghostwriting credits include Barry Appleton's extraordinary true crime memoir Twentieth Century Cop, published by Pen & Sword Books. Oliver also writes feature articles for Best of British magazine.
Larry Dann's acting career began with a knock on the door, when a seven year old schoolboy was talent scouted by London's Corona Academy and invited to be in a film shooting at Denham Studios. This was the start of a career that saw him perform in hundreds of stage productions all over the world, star in four of the iconic Carry On movies and play Sgt Alec Peters in ITV's The Bill. In his autobiography Oh, What a Lovely Memoir, Larry shares the highs and lows of his 70-year career in showbiz. Visit the News & Press page for a list of book signings and events Larry will be attending.
Edward Kellett is a TV historian, podcaster and business administrator from Eastbourne. He is author of the critically acclaimed Reaching a Verdict: Reviewing The Bill books, the most in-depth critical studies ever published about the iconic police drama. The books regularly chart in Amazon's Television History & Criticism Top 10 and have been reviewed as "an essential purchase". Edward also a chapter about The Bill for Rodney Marshall’s New Waves: 1980s TV in Britain anthology book in 2024.
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TV historian Rob Cook (above left) is currently researching and writing Case Studies: Making Peak Practice - The Early Years, an unofficial guidebook to ITV's popular drama series, featuring new interviews with cast and key creatives, including series creator Lucy Gannon, producer Tony Virgo (above right) and executive producer Ted Childs. For enquiries about this title, please Contact us.
TV historian Patrick Stratford is currently researching and writing The Road to Glendarroch: Making Take The High Road, an unofficial behind-the-scenes look at the early years of the STV drama serial, featuring new interviews with cast and crew. For enquiries about this title, please Contact us.
Jim Trenowden is an archive TV researcher and historian, focussing primarily on sixties and seventies British TV dramas. He is currently writing Operation Black Gold: The Untold Story of Mogul and The Troubleshooters, an unofficial book detailing the episodes and behind the scenes stories of the largely forgotten BBC One drama which followed the exciting international exploits of the fictional oil company Mogul. For enquiries about this title, please Contact us.
We will be announcing new authors and further titles in 2026.