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Sheila Fay was born in 1926 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for Together (1980), Doctor Who (1963) and The Liver Birds (1969). She was married to Ken Jones. She died on 31 August 2013 in Aberystwyth, Wales, UK.

Oliver Onions was born on 13 November 1873 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. Oliver was a writer, known for Journey to the Unknown (1968) and The Beckoning Fair One (2021). Oliver was married to Berta Ruck. Oliver died on 9 April 1961 in Aberystwyth, Wales, UK.

One of the great talents of British television, John Hefin's work is largely overlooked by critics and historians outside his native Wales, where he served a long and highly successful stint as head of drama for the BBC. In 1983 he oversaw the first drama series to be shot entriely in Welsh, a significant milestone in the campaign to preserve the language (which came very close to extinction in the 1970s, but is now spoken by nearly a quarter of the population.) In the early 90s he was instrumental in founding the Welsh Film Commission, which he also managed for a time, after which he partially retired in order to help create a course in film and television at the University of Wales, in his home town of Aberystwyth. He has recently begun a long-awaited return to film and television directing.

David Jenkins was born on 30 December 1848 in Trecastle, Breconshire, Wales, UK. David was a composer, known for Distant Trumpet (1952). David died on 10 December 1915 in Aberystwyth, Wales, UK.

Geraint Evans was born on 16 February 1922 in Cilfynydd near Pontypridd, Wales, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) (1981), Nitram (2021) and The Gift (1990). He was married to Brenda Evans Davis. He died on 19 September 1992 in Aberystwyth, Wales, UK.

David Trotter died on 24 August 2015 in Aberystwyth, Cardigan, Wales, UK.