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Directing Credits


Justin Hardy is an award winning and much sought-after director renowned for tackling the world’s rich history with tremendous scripts, visual flair and historical rigour.

Director

The Windsors: Behind the Royal Dynasty  2020, Channel 4/CNN
The Green Park Poster
37 Days Poster, BBC2
​​ The Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen 2009, Hardy Pictures for BBC 4
City of Vice Poster, Channel 4
Trafalgar: Battle Surgeon 2005, Hardy Pictures for Channel 4 
Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real 2004, Darlow-Smithson for Discovery Channel 
Lenny Henry in Hope and Glory
A Feast of Midnight Poster with Sir Christopher Lee

An Ill Wind

2025, Carly Pictures, Wicker Pictures, Hardy Pictures

 

Children of the Wicker Man

2024, Carly Pictures, Hardy Pictures

Don't Kill the Art School

2024, Slade School of Fine Art, Academy Pictures, Hardy Pictures

 

50 Ton Pot Run: Locked Up Abroad

Movie of the Week 

Season 14, Episode 8

2021, National Geographic/Disney+

 

The Windsors: Behind the Royal Dynasty 

2020, Channel 4/CNN

A Prince in the Tower

2019, HistoryHit

China's Forgotten War with Rana Mitter

2018, HistoryHit

Lost Reels of Nineveh with Amara Thornton

2018, HistoryHit

Silk Roads with Peter Frankopan

2018, HistoryHit

Theresa V Boris: How May Became PM 

2017, Juniper Productions for BBC 2 

The Halcyon

2017, Left Bank Productions for ITV  

  • Episode 1.6

  • Episode 1.5

The Green Park

2016, Feature Documentary, Definition Films Production

Captain Webb

2015, Marathon Films Production, UK-TV

A Spell On You

2015, House of Film Distribution (Los Angeles)

The Jesus Mysteries

2014, Juniper Productions for National Geographic 

37 Days

2014, Hardy Pictures for BBC 2

  • One Long Weekend

  • One Week in July 

  • One Month in Summer 

Love Me Till Monday

2013, Hardy Films for Verve Pictures & Curzon Cinemas

 

London's Burning

2011, Juniper Productions for Channel 4 

The Man Who Crossed Hitler

2011, Hardy Pictures for BBC 2

Bloody Foreigners

2010, Hardy Pictures for Channel 4 

  • The Untold Great Fire of London 

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The Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen

2009, Hardy Pictures for BBC 4

1066: The Battle for Middle Earth

2009, Hardy Pictures for Channel 4 

  • The Last Battle 

  • Episode 1.1 

Heist

2008, Hardy Pictures for BBC 4 

City of Vice

2008, Hardy Pictures/ Touchpaper for Channel 4 

  • Episode 1.5

  • Episode 1.4

  • Episode 1.1 

The Relief of Belsen

2007, Hardy Pictures for Channel 4  

A Harlot's Progress 

2006, Hardy Pictures/ Touchpaper for Channel 4 

Trafalgar: Battle Surgeon

2005, Hardy Pictures for Channel 4 

 

Princes in the Tower

2005, RDF for Channel 4 

Medici: Grandfathers of the Renaissance

2004, Lion TV for PBS and Channel 4 

  • Power vs Truth

  • Medici Popes

  • Magnificent Medici

  • Birth of a Dynasty 

 

Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real

2004, Darlow-Smithson for Discovery Channel 

Georgian Underworld

2003, Juniper Productions for Channel 4 

  • The Peterloo Massacre 

  • An Invitation to a Hanging 

The Peoples Duchess

2002, Channel 4

The Great Plague

2001, Juniper Productions for Channel 4

Beech is Back

2001, ITV

  • Episode 1.4

  • Episode 1.3 

 

The Gentleman Thief

2001, BBC 1

Burnside

2000, ITV

  • Trial by Fire: Part 2

  • Trial by Fire: Part 1

 

Hope & Glory

2000, BBC 1

  • Episode 2.2

  • Episode 2.1

  • Episode 1.6

 

Harbour Lights

2000, BBC 1

  • The Safe Side

Wing and a Prayer

1999, Channel 5

  • Episode 2.4

  • Episode 2.3

The Bill

1997-1999, ITV

  • Cracked Up

  • Building Hand

  • No Claims Bonus

  • Hook, Line & Sinker

Strictly Supernatural 

1997, Cafe Productions for PBS 

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Eyewitness 

1996, Cafe Productions for PBS

London Bridge

1995, Carlton Television 

A Feast at Midnight

1994, Kwai River Productions for Entertainment Films 

Edvard

1988, BBC

Justin Hardy directing The Gentleman Thief, BBC1
Justin Hardy and two of his son's, on the set of Princes in the Tower, 2005
Justin Hardy on the set of The Bill, ITV
Justin directing in 1066: The Battle for Middle Earth
Iain Glenn in The Relief of Belsen
A Prince in the Tower, Iain Glenn for History Hit
Children of the Wicker Man
Invitation to a Hanging
Medici: Grandfathers of the Renaissance 2004, Lion TV for PBS and Channel 4
The Halcyon 2017, Left Bank Productions for ITV  
The  Man Who Crossed Hitler 2011, Hardy Pictures for BBC 2
An Ill Wind: Shot of location in Shetland
Captain Webb
Hope and Glory
37 Days: Trailer - BBC Two
00:31
LOVE ME TILL MONDAY Film Trailer
01:40
Captain Webb Official Trailer
02:06
TRAILER: The Green Park Hotel
01:12
Children of the Wicker Man Trailer
01:50
City of Vice - Channel 4
00:24
1066: The Battle for Middle Earth (trailer)
00:40
the relief of belsen
00:41

Writing Credits

Justin Hardy is a multi-award winning, EMMY & BAFTA nominated writer. He continues to innovate and push the boundaries of new genre creation through his storytelling.

Writer

The Relief of Belsen Poster, Channel 4

Theresa vs Boris: How May Became PM

2017, Juniper Productions, BBC, 

A Spell on You

2015, UK: Verve Pictures/Curzon Cinemas; US: House of Film

Love Me Till Monday -

2013, Verve Pictures/Curzon Cinemas; US release

The Relief of Belsen 

2007, Channel 4

Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real 

2004, Discovery Channel/Animal Planet

A Feast At Midnight  

1994, Kwai River, Entertainment Films

Producing Credits

Justin Hardy has long been sought after as a producer for his ability to deliver high quality productions through innovation, ingenuity and cost-effective approaches. 

Within recent memory, he has been producing history documentaries for Historyhit.tv and for 360 productions for the BBC and Channel 4.​

Producer

Theresa V Boris: How May Became PM  2017, Juniper Productions for BBC 2 
1066: The Battle for Middle Earth 2009, Hardy Pictures for Channel 4

For HistoryHit: 

A Prince in the Tower - 2018 ​

History of Islam with Tom Holland - 2017 

Temple Church & William the Marshall with Dan Jones - 2017

The Knights Templar with Dan Jones - 2017

For 360 Productions: 

Titanic's Tragic Twin: The Britannic Disaster, BBC - 2016 

The Last Heroes of the Somme, Channel 4 - 2016 

Juniper Productions:

Theresa V Boris, BBC 2 - 2018 

The Jesus Mysteries, National Geographic - 2014

House of Film: 

A Spell on You - 2015

Hardy Pictures: 

Belfast Blitz, BBC Northern Ireland - 2013 

Ice Emigrants, BBC Northern Ireland - 2012 

Bloody Foreigners, Channel 4  - 2010

  • The Untold Battle of Trafalgar

  • The Untold Great Fire of London  

True Horror, Channel 5 - 2009

  • Werewolf

  • Dracula

  • Frankenstein 

1066: The Battle for Middle Earth, Channel 4 - 2009

Heist, BBC 4 - 2008 

The Saint & the Hanged Man, BBC 4 - 2008 

The Relief of Belsen, Channel 4 - 2007 

Touch Paper TV: 

City of Vice, Channel 4 - 2008

  • Episode 1.5

  • Episode 1.4

  • Episode 1.3

  • Episode 1.2

  • Episode 1.1 

Lion Television: 

Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance, PBS & Channel 4 - 2004

  • Power vs Truth 

  • Medici Popes

  • Magnificent Medici

  • Birth of a Dynasty 

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