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Mike Bullen
Michael J. "Mike" Bullen (born 13 January 1960) is an English screenwriter. Bullen grew up in the West Midlands of England, attending the Solihull School and later Magdalene College, Cambridge. He left with a degree in history of art and became a radio producer for the BBC World Service. Unhappy with the quality of British television targeted at people his age, Bullen took a course in screenwriting and developed a one-off comedy drama for Granada Television. This led to the commissioning of ''Cold Feet'', a multiple-award-winning comedy drama that aired on the ITV network from 1998 to 2003. The series won Bullen the Writer of the Year award at the 2003 British Comedy Awards. He wrote two more series for Granada; ''Life Begins'', which ran for three years, and ''All About George'', which ran for only one. His works have been described as being "about the intricacies of interpersonal relationships and what happens when they break down".〔
Bullen moved with his wife and two children to Australia in 2002. Two years later he directed his first short film, ''Amorality Tale''. He co-created the Australian/UK television series ''Tripping Over'' in 2006 and the writer and director of the Australian television pilot ''Make or Break'' in 2007. He returned to producing work for British television in 2010 with the BBC pilot ''Reunited'', and moved back to the UK in 2011.
==Background==
Bullen was born in Bramhall, Cheshire.〔Simms, Sheryl (6 September 1999). "Just the job". ''Evening Standard'' (Associated Newspapers): p. 4.〕〔Wylie, Ian (23 September 2005). ("By George! Rik is on a roll" ). ''Manchester Evening News'' (M.E.N. Media). Retrieved 17 July 2008.〕 Bullen's father, Alex, was a chemical engineer, and his mother, Joan, was a housewife.〔 Mike and his sister Jane were raised in Solihull, where he attended Solihull School.〔〔 At the age of 18 he was accepted to Magdalene College, Cambridge, to read economics. He did not enjoy the subject, so switched to history of art.〔 Despite his public school background, Bullen felt out of place at Cambridge among students who did not come from the urban West Midlands, later stating that "Half the students were debutantes who spent a lot of time brushing their hair; the other half ended up working in Sotheby's."〔Hardy, Frances (23 April 2005). "When a man knows a woman". ''Daily Mail'' (Associated Newspapers): pp. 19–20 (''Weekend'' supplement).〕 His first experiences of writing came when he was a child and wrote a newspaper for his neighbours. At Cambridge, he dramatised a Johann Wolfgang von Goethe novel.〔Comerford, Mary (31 August 2006). "Writing drama from the heart". ''The Stage''. p. 26.〕
Following his graduation, Bullen began a career as a media planner buyer for an advertising company. The job did not excite him and he has described it as "pretty pointless". He quit the job to go backpacking in south-east Asia. On his return he applied for a position as a radio producer at Radio Netherlands Worldwide, having previously worked for a hospital radio.〔Laws, Roz (19 November 2000). "Write Stuff!". ''Sunday Mercury'' (Trinity Mirror): p. 50.〕 He eventually began freelance work for the BBC World Service, where he was a presenter and producer for the magazine programmes ''On Screen'' and ''Outlook''.〔Strenske, Bettina (September 1997). ("Golden Rose of Montreux for Mike Bullen" ). London Screenwriters' Workshop. Retrieved 17 July 2008.〕〔(archived by the Wayback Machine, 13 February 1998 )〕
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