Richard Ayoade is a writer and director. In addition to directing and co-writing Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, he has adapted and directed Joe Dunthorne's novel Submarine for the screen, and is the co-writer (with Avi Korine) and director of the film, The Double.

As an actor he is best known for his roles as Dean Learner in Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and Maurice Moss in the Emmy Award-winning The IT Crowd, for which he was awarded a BAFTA as Best Performance in a Comedy.

David Roberts is the author-illustrator of the Dirty Bertie books and the illustrator of many books for children, including the Kate Greenaway-shortlisted The Dunderheads, written by Paul Fleischman, the bestselling Rosie Revere, Engineer and Ada Twist, Scientist, both written by Andrea Beaty and Julian Clary's The Bolds series. Born in Liverpool, he now lives in London.