Justin Pollard

Film & TV Historian / Writer

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Film, TV & Theatre

Agent: Jonny Jones

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Books

Agent: James Gill

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Assistant: Amber Garvey

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Film, TV & Theatre

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In Development

Production	Company	Notes
MONACO	Green Pavilion	Executive Producer and Historical Consultant
OPIUM	Tiger Aspect	Exec Producer and Historical Consultant
UNTITLED PROJECT	Mandabach TV	Historical Advisor
UNTITLED PROJECT	STX	Historical Advisor
12 CAESARS	Green Pavilion	Co-Writer

Television

Production	Company	Notes
THE INTERESTING BITS	Impossible Factual	Writer and Exec Producer
VALHALLA, Seasons 1, 2 and 3)	MGM	Associate Producer and Historical Consultant
BROOKLYN 2018	HBO	Historical Advisor
BORGIA	Company of Wolves	Research Consultant.
BRITANNIA	Vertigo Films	Historical Consultant
WILL	Monumental / TNT	Historical Consultant
THE VIKINGS, Series 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5	MGM/ History Channel	Associate Producer & Historical Consultant. 10 part drama series based on Viking Europe in the 9th century.
PAGE EIGHT	Carnival Films/ BBC	Research Consultant. Film noir thriller starring Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz. Directed by David Hare.
QI	Quite Interesting Ltd/ Talkback Thames/ BBC1	Writer/ Associate Producer. (Series 2 onward).
PEAKY BLINDERS	Tiger Aspect/ BBC	Research Consultant. Drama series set amongst Birmingham gangs in the early 1920s.
THE DRAGONS OF MIDDLE EARTH	National Geographic Television	Writer. Animated special on the symbolism of the dragon in the medieval Christian world.
CAMELOT	Starz/ GK-TV	Script Consultant. 10 part drama series based on the Morte D’Arthur, starring Joseph Fiennes and Eva Green.
THE TUDORS: SERIES I-IV	Reveille/ Working Title/ TM Productions/ Peace Arch Entertainment Group, Inc. for Showtime	Research Consultant. Drama series starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Henry VIII.
ALEXANDRIA, GREATEST CITY ON EARTH	Lion Television/ Channel 4	Writer/ Producer. Documentary presented by Bettany Hughes.
GUNPOWER PLOT- EXPLODING THE LEGEND	Darlow Smithson/ ITV1	Drama writer / Contributor. Primetime ninety minute special exploring what would have happened if Guy Fawkes had succeeded.
GELDOF IN AFRICA	Brook Lapping/ BBC 1	Script Consultant. 6 part travel series.
TERRY JONES' BARBARIANS	Oxford Film and Television for BBC	Development Producer. 4 part BBC history series presented by Monty Python’s Terry Jones.
SEVEN AGES OF BRITAIN	Wildfire Television/ Channel Four	Producer and Writer. Primetime 7 hour Channel 4 series on the social history of Britain (8000 B.C. – 1700 A.D) presented by Bettany Hughes.
ANCIENT DISCOVERIES	WildDream Films for S4C/ A&E	Writer .
LEGENDS OF THE LIVING DEAD	Transatlantic Films for S4C/ Discovery	Writer .
$100 RIDE	Alliance Atlantis for National Geographic.	Writer. 13 part travel series narrated by Alexei Sayle.
EGYPT'S GOLDEN EMPIRE	Lion Television for BBC/PBS/DDE	Writer. Major 3x1 hr documentary series on Ancient Egypt. 2003 EMMY nomination – Best Historical Documentary
TIME TEAM HISTORY OF BRITAIN	Videotext Communications/ Picture House for Channel 4	Writer. 90 min Christmas Time Team Special
TIME TEAM LIVE FROM YORK	Videotext Communications/ Picture House for Channel 4	Writer. Scripting 6 live Time Team episodes from an OB over three days.
TIME TEAM SERIES VII	Videotext Communications/ Picture House for Channel 4	Assistant Producer/ Writer/ Unit Director.
TIME TEAM LIVE	Videotext Communications/ Picture House for Channel 4	Assistant Producer. Scripting 7 live Time Team episodes from a OB over 3 days.
ROYAL SECRETS	Principal Film Company for TLC	Writer/ Researcher. 13-part documentary series for TLC.

Film

Production	Company	Notes
MULAN	Disney	Historical Consultant
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS	Warner Independent Pictures/Relativity Media	Research Consultant
MARY POPPINS RETURNS	Disney	Historial Consultant
LES MISERABLES	Working Title Films/ Cameron Mackintosh Ltd	Research Consultant
MARY'S RIDE	OkoFilm Productions/ Skiapode/ Pathé	Research Consultant. Movie on the life of Mary Queen of Scots starring Camille Rutherford.
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN- ON STRANGER TIDES	Walt Disney Pictures	Research Consultant.
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN- ON STRANGER TIDES	Walt Disney Pictures	Research Consultant.
RED TAILS	Lucas Films	Research Consultant
ALICE IN WONDERLAND	Bandersnatch Films/Disney	Research Consultant
AGORA	MOD Producciones	Research Consultant
THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS 2008	Miramax	Research Consultant
ELIZABETH:THE GOLDEN AGE 2007	Working Title Films/Universal Studios	Research Consultant. A sequel to Elizabeth directed by Shekhar Kapur.
ATONEMENT	Working Title Films/Relativity Media	Research Consultant.
THE FOUR FEATHERS	Paramount/ Miramax	Script and Research Consultant
ELIZABETH	Working Title Films/ PolyGram	Research Consultant.

Radio

Production	Company	Notes
THE REST IS HISTORY	Avalon	Writer / Producer series 1 & 2

Books

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Justin also has columns in BBC History Magazine and E&T Magazine and is a regular contributor to History Today & The Idler and an occasional contributor to The Telegraph, The Independent, The Guardian, The Express, The Daily Mail and Lloyd's List.

Shortlisted Columnist of the Year 2008 (Press Gazette)

Shortlisted Columnist of the Year 2010 (PPA)

Shortlisted Columnist of the Year 2012 (PPA)

Children's

Publication Details	Notes
BIG QUESTIONS FROM LITTLE PEOPLE......ANSWERED BY SOME VERY BIG PEOPLE 2012 Faber & Faber	Contributor. Charity children’s book for the NSPCC.

Non-Fiction

Publication Details	Notes
ALEXANDRIA: CITY OF MIND 2006 Viking/ Penguin	A biography of the Hellenistic City of Alexandria.
ALFRED THE GREAT: THE MAN WHO MADE ENGLAND 2005 John Murray	A biography of Alfred the Great
SEVEN AGES OF BRITAIN 2005 Hodder and Stoughton
BUSES, BANKERS & THE BEER OF REVENGE: An Eccentric Engineer Collection 2012 The IET
BOFFINOLOGY 2010 John Murray	The real stories behind out greatest scientific discoveries.
SECRET BRITAIN: THE HIDDEN BITS OF OUR HISTORY 2009 John Murray	Secret passages, events, societies, loves, identities and dark secrets of the grave.
THE INTERESTING BITS: THE HISTORY YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED 2007 John Murray	All the best historical facts and stories that get left out of history books.
A HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY 2007 Querus	A history of the development of archaeology from the 16th century to the present day.
CHARGE! THE INTERESTING BITS OF MILITARY HISTORY 2008 John Murray	The truth behind man’s favorite hobby.
WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD 2008 Quercus	A history of the 40 greatest wonders on the ancient world from across the globe.

Other

Publication Details	Notes
THE QI ANNUAL 'E' 2007 Faber & Faber	Contributor.
THE QI BOOK OF GENERAL IGNORANCE 2006 Faber & Faber	Contributor.
THE QI BOOK OF ANIMAL IGNORANCE 2007 Faber & Faber	Contributor.
THE QI ANNUAL 'H' 2009 Faber & Faber	Contributor.
THE QI ANNUAL 'G' 2009 Faber & Faber	Contributor.
THE ART OF WAR Quercus	Contributor. Great Commanders of the Ancient and Medieval Worlds 1600 BC - AD 1600.
THE QI ANNUAL 'F' 2008 Faber & Faber	Contributor.