Chips Hardy

Edward John "Chips" Hardy (born 23 January 1950) is an English author. He and Elizabeth, his wife, are Tom Hardy's parents. Hardy has written for television, film, theater, novels and stand-up material. This has produced among other things a TV drama series called Gentlemen and Players, a children's series with a talking chair called Helping Henry, television drama with Maureen Lipman, and a British Comedy Award for work with Dave Allen. He's consulting producer and writer on the upcoming BBC1 and FX drama series Taboo, with his son Tom. They have a company called Hardy, Son and Baker.