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Justin David Pollard (b.
1968)
MA,
BA in Archaeology and Anthropology (
Cambridge University), is a British
historian,
television producer and
writer.
Biography
Justin is a popular historian and screenwriter working in the field of feature films, television and print. He was born in
Hertfordshire in 1968 and was educated at
St Albans School and
Downing College, Cambridge where he graduated with honours in
Archaeology and
Anthropology.
After college he worked for a year as an archaeologist at the
Museum of London on the excavation of
Thomas Becket’s old monastery of
Merton Priory. During that time he also developed an educational programme for schools visiting the Surrey Heath Archaeological and Heritage Trust in Surrey for which the Trust was awarded the Graham Webster Laurels at the British Archaeology Awards for their contribution to education in archaeology.
Leaving the Museum of London in 1990, Justin moved into documentary production initially as a researcher, and then a writer and producer. His television credits include development and scripting for the
BBC’s
QI,
Channel Four’s
Time Team including writing the Christmas special
Time Team’s History of Britain, script editing
Bob Geldof’s
Geldof in Africa, and developing
Terry Jones' Barbarians. He has also written the 3x1 hour history of the Egyptian New Kingdom for the BBC and Lion Television,
Egypt’s Golden Empire, which was nominated for an
Emmy Award. As well as these he's written and produced documentaries on everything from
cannibalism amongst the
Dongria Kondh in
India to the career of
Vlad the Impaler, for presenters including
Terry Jones,
Bettany Hughes,
Alexei Sayle,
Tony Robinson and
Bob Geldof, and broadcasters including
BBC,
ITV,
Channel 4,
National Geographic,
PBS,
A&E,
Discovery Channel,
Canal+,
ZDF,
S4C,
ITN and others.
Apart from producing documentaries, Justin runs a company that provides historical and script consultancy for historical feature films. He has a long association with Indian director
Shekhar Kapur and was historical consultant on his features
Elizabeth and
The Four Feathers, coaching cast (including
Cate Blanchett,
Joseph Fiennes,
Geoffrey Rush,
Richard Attenborough,
Fanny Ardant,
Vincent Cassel,
John Gielgud and
Heath Ledger) and crew in the historical background to the stories. He has also worked closely in developing other history-based features for directors, including
Gillies MacKinnon,
Sam Mendes,
Jan De Bont and
Neil Jordan. He is the historical consultant on
Shekhar Kapur's new movie for
Working Title Films, and
Joe Wright's new movie,
Atonement.
Feature films
Television series
QI (Series 4). 13 part comedy panel show hosted by Stephen Fry for BBC2
The Tudors (Series 1 & 2). Drama series starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers for Showtime
Gunpowder Plot for ITV1
QI (Series 3). 12 part comedy panel show hosted by Stephen Fry for BBC2
Geldof in Africa for BBC1
Terry Jones' Barbarians. Series for BBC
Seven Ages of Britain. 7 hour series for Channel 4 presented by Bettany Hughes
Ancient Discoveries. 3x1 hr history series for S4C/ A&E
$100 Ride. 13 part travel series narrated by Alexei Sayle for National Geographic.
Egypt's Golden Empire. 3 hr documentary series for BBC/PBS/DDE.
Time Team History of Britain for Channel 4
Time Team Live from York for Channel 4
Time Team series VII for Channel 4
Time Team Live for Channel 4
Royal Secrets for TLC
Books
The Interesting Bits - the History You Might Have Missed (Hardcover), 2007. ISBN 0719524202.
The Story of Archaeology (Hardcover), 2007. ISBN 1847241832.
, (with Howard Reid) 2006. ISBN 0-670-03797-4.
, 2005. ISBN 0-7195-6665-7.
Seven Ages of Britain (Paperback), 2003. ISBN 0-340-83040-9.Further Information
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