Liz Pichon is one of the UK's best-loved and bestselling creators of children's books. Her Tom Gates series has been translated into 47 languages, sold millions of copies worldwide and has won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Story and the younger fiction category of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. In the 12 years since The Brilliant World of Tom Gates first published, the books have inspired the nation's children to get creative, whether that's through reading, drawing, doodling, writing, making, music or performing.
Joanna Scanlan is a well-loved English actress and screenwriter. She has worked in film, television, theatre and live comedy. Some of her notable television credits include Nancy in Stella (2012), Terri Coverley in The Thick of It (2005–2012), Sister Den Flixter in Getting On (2009–2012), Toria in Heading Out (2013) and Sandra in Hold the Sunset (2018–2019).