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".