Justin Pollard

Justin Pollard was educated at St. Albans School and Downing College, University of Cambridge.

After college he worked for the Museum of London before founding Visual Artefact, a company created to produce popular history television series and provide historical and script consultancy for historical feature films and TV dramas. His credits include Elizabeth,  The Four Feathers, Atonement, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Pirates of the Caribbean. He was the historical consultant on all four seasons of The Tudors and is currently the Associate Producer on Vikings.

Justin is the author of 12 books including the Amazon bestseller ‘Alfred the Great – the Man Who made England’ - a biography of King Alfred the Great.

He is a regular columnist for History Today and was the British Society of Magazine Editors Columnist of the Year 2014.

Stephanie Pollard

Having completed her degree in Modern and Mediaeval Languages (German and Spanish)  at Queens' College, Cambridge, Stephanie worked for Cassells publishers before beginning a freelance career in factual television. She has worked on historical documentaries, children's factual programmes and schools television for broadcasters such as the BBC, Channel Four and Discovery.

As a co-founder of Visual Artefact, she works closely with Justin to provide the detailed research required for projects such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Peaky Blinders and Vikings, as well as assisting with all projects in development.

As a linguist, Stephanie also organises the Company's various translation work.

Representation

Film and television by Thea Martin at United Agents.

Books by Jim Gill at United Agents and Julian Alexander at Lucas Alexander Whitley