Jim Cregan was born in Yeovil, Somerset. Music has dominated his life since the age of 9 and led to a highly successful career taking him around the world. He has received three ASCAP awards for outstanding songwriting. In 2012 he founded his own band, Cregan and Co.

Andy Merriman is the author of acclaimed biographies Hattie: The Authorised Biography of Hattie Jacques and Margaret Rutherford: Dreadnought with Good Manners, as well as Greasepaint and Cordite: How ENSA Entertained the Troops During World War Two. He lives in London.