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Lawrence Gray (the one in between Lord Bragg and Alan Plater, then head of The UK Writers Guild) is an award winning TV scriptwriter, with credits in UK drama series - The Bill, Yellowthread Street, Medics, Dracula, Paradise Club - and has worked in the Chinese and Indian movie industry - EDKO Communications, IDOL Productions. He was a founder member and Chair of the London Screenwriters' Workshop, (now The Screenwriters' Workshop) and The Hong Kong Writers' Circle. He lectured in screenwriting at The London University extramural studies school and other London colleges. He travels extensively, writes newspaper articles and columns on politics, travel and literature. He was editor of "The Wild East", a magazine about art and politics in SE Asia.

Alex Ross is the founder of the Hollywood Talent Scout Management company. He started off in the M.G.M story department, then worked as a story analyst for Sally Field and Dick Clark. Subsequently he became an agent at the Gray/Goodman agency which represented Quentin Tarantino, Christopher De Vore (Elephant Man) & Mardik Martin (Raging Bull). He subsequently founded Fortis Entertainment, a management company, and discovered Andrew Niccol who wrote and produced "The Truman Show" and directed "Gattaca". Sales of screenplays & books by writers discovered by the company having reached $8 Million. Alex sold the company to Sandra Bullock in 1998. In 2000 he was asked to become a consultant to the National Academy of Writing of Great Britain, (headed by Lord Bragg).

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