 He was the historical consultant on Joe Wright's film, "Atonement" and has recently worked on two movies with Johnny Depp - "Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)" directed by Tim Burton, "" directed by Rob Marshall and Les Misérables directed by Tom Hooper.In television he is the historical consultant for the MGM Television/History Channel drama Vikings and has recently worked on all four series of the Showtime hit "The Tudors" starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and "Camelot (TV series)" starring Joseph Fiennes for Starz (TV network).Pollard is a regular columnist for History Today, Engineering & Technology and BBC History Magazine and a contributor to the QI books and Annuals including "The Book of General Ignorance".