Mike Bullen

**Mike Bullen** (born **Michael J. Bullen** on 13th January 1960 in Bramhall, Cheshire) is an English screenwriter, responsible for the creation of *Cold Feet*.

Bullen grew up in the West Midlands, where he attendedSolihull 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.*

 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.

In addition to writing the series, Bullen has appeared in several guest roles; an Actor, a person calling Pete's phone when Jenny goes into labour,

## Episodes written by Mike Bullen

### Series 1

* Pilot (30th March 1997)
* Series 1, Episode 1 (15th November 1998)
* Series 1, Episode 2 (22nd November 1998)
* Series 1, Episode 3 (29th November 1998)
* Series 1, Episode 4 (6th December 1998)
* Series 1, Episode 5 (13th December 1998)
* Series 1, Episode 6 (20th December 1998)

### Series 2

* Series 2, Episode 1 (26th September 1999)
* Series 2, Episode 2 (3rd October 1999)
* Series 2, Episode 3 (10th October 1999)
* Series 2, Episode 4 (17th October 1999)
* Series 2, Episode 5 (24th October 1999)
* Series 2, Episode 6 (31st October 1999)

### Series 3

* Series 3, Episode 1 (12th November 2000)
* Series 3, Episode 4 (26th November 2000)
* Series 3, Episode 5 (3rd December 2000)
* Series 3, Episode 8 (26th December 2000)

### Series 4

* Series 4, Episode 1 (18th November 2001)
* Series 4, Episode 2 (19th November 2001)
* Series 4, Episode 3 (25th November 2001)
* Series 4, Episode 4 (26th November 2001) (Co-credited with Mark Chappell)
* Series 4, Episode 5 (2nd December 2001)
* Series 4, Episode 6 (3rd December 2001)
* Series 4, Episode 7 (9th December 2001)
* Series 4, Episode 8 (10th December 2001)

### Series 5

* Series 5, Episode 1 (23rd February 2003)
* Series 5, Episode 2 (2nd March 2003)
* Series 5, Episode 3 (9th March 2003) (Co-credited with Matt Greenhalgh)
* Series 5, Episode 4 (16th March 2003)

### Series 6

* Series 6, Episode 1 (5th September 2016)
* Series 6, Episode 2 (12th September 2016)
* Series 6, Episode 3 (19th September 2016)
* Series 6, Episode 4 (26th September 2016)
* Series 6, Episode 6 (10th October 2016) (Co-credited with John Forte)
* Series 6, Episode 7 (17th October 2016) (Co-credited with Loren McLoughlin and Amy Roberts)
* Series 6, Episode 8 (24th October 2016)

### Series 7

* Series 7, Episode 1 (8th September 2017)
* Series 7, Episode 2 (15th September 2017)
* Series 7, Episode 3 (22nd September 2017) (Co-credited with James Wood)
* Series 7, Episode 4 (29th September 2017) (Co-credited with James Wood)
* Series 7, Episode 5 (6th October 2017)
* Series 7, Episode 6 (13th October 2017)
* Series 7, Episode 7 (20th October 2017)

### Series 8

* Series 8, Episode 1 (14th January 2019)
* Series 8, Episode 2 (21st January 2019)
* Series 8, Episode 6 (18th February 2019)

### Series 9

* Series 9, Episode 1 (13th January 2020)
* Series 9, Episode 3 (27th January 2020) (Co-credited with James Capel)
* Series 9, Episode 6 (17th February 2020)