Amanda is an internal communications professional with a large Scottish financial organisation, providing editorial expertise on everything from strategy and planning, key message content and branding, to external media liaison and the use of giant elephant mascots. She’s been available as a sounding board for Hugh for the last five years or so on a wide variety of subjects, and only some of the tangled email exchanges have made her beat her head off the desk in disbelief.

Having worked with real actors on a number of occasions, Murray was delighted by the prospect of animating digital characters around a virtual film set, having these "actors" obey his commands unquestioningly and hitting their marks flawlessly. He now views real actors with a little more respect.

Other duties included helping Johnnie discern his 'left' from his 'right'.

Russell has done numerous stage productions including 'Boots, Boots, Kinky Boots!', 'Fear and Misery in the Third Reich', 'Sleeping Around', 'Mad Forest', 'The Crucible', 'Tristan and Mr. Poppins', 'The Coming of Gowf and Other Golfing Tales' and 'K.'. His radio work includes 'Tsu Ba Sa' and 'Café Conscious'. His short film work includes 'I Got You' and 'Muse Wanted'.

Sian is a part-time stand up and a full time researcher for The List. She became involved with Bloodspell by accident because she could do a northern accent and likes showing off. She's a pathological attention seeker with an addiction to microphones and stages. But she's terrified of pigeons so karma-wise it's all groovy.