Oliver Crocker (pictured with Dr Rosie Page, daughter of Alf Wight (James Herriot), who wrote the Foreword for All Creatures Great & Small) is a professional Ghostwriter, Author and TV Historian who loves helping people tell their stories. With a background in archive television research, Oliver has written three published TV tie-in 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 450,000 times in 50 countries worldwide. As a ghostwriter, Oliver has collaborated with Larry Dann on his acclaimed memoir Oh, What A Lovely Memoir and in 2025 he completed a 96,000 true crime memoir.
Edward Kellett is an award-winning writer and author of three 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's fourth book is currently in development.
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.
TV historian Robert Cook (above left, with producer Tony Virgo) is currently researching and writing Case Studies: Making Peak Practice (Series 1-3), a new unofficial guidebook to ITV's popular drama series, featuring new interviews with key creatives. 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.