Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere (1622-73), the French actor-manager and dramatist, was one of the theatre's greatest comic classics. Inspired by traditions of French farce and the 'commedia dell'arte', he courted controversy with his satiric commentaries on the society of his time and on eternal human foibles, but was saved by the patronage of the 'Sun King' Louis XIV. Anil Gupta is a British comedy writer and producer. He has produced many shows on radio and television including Goodness Gracious Me, the spoof chat show The Kumars at No. 42, The Office, Citizen Khan and Bromwell High. He wrote the Cinderella episode of the 2008 comedy drama series Fairy Tales and ElvenQuest. Richard Pinto is a British writer. For radio he co-created and wrote Elvenquest with Anil Gupta, and he was the lead writer on both the radio and the TV series of Goodness Gracious Me.

Other television writing credits include Small Potatoes, The Kumars at No. 42, Bromwell High, Mutual Friends, Fresh Meat, Armstrong and Miller and Citizen Khan.