Bulman

This article is about the British television series. For the surname, see Bulman (surname). For the cattle station town in Australia, see Bulman, Northern Territory.

Bulman
GenreCrime drama
Created byMurray Smith
Based onThe XYY Man by Kenneth Royce
Starring
ComposerDick Walter
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes20 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producerRichard Everitt
Producers
  • Steve Hawes
  • Sita Williams
CinematographyMike Blakeley
Editors
  • Barry Bowmer
  • Paul Griffiths-Davies
  • Kim Horton
Running time60 minutes
Production companyGranada Television
Original release
NetworkITV
Release5 June 1985 (1985-06-05) –
8 August 1987 (1987-08-08)
Related
Strangers
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Bulman is a British television crime drama series, principally written and created by Murray Smith. It was first broadcast on ITV on 5 June 1985.[1] The series, featuring retired ex-cop George Bulman (Don Henderson) and his assistant Lucy McGinty (Siobhan Redmond), was a spin-off from the 1978 TV series Strangers, itself a spin-off of the 1976 TV series The XYY Man, which was adapted from the novels of Kenneth Royce.[2] Produced by Granada Television, Bulman ran for two series, with the final episode broadcast on 8 August 1987.[3]

In this incarnation, Don Henderson once again stars as former Detective Chief Inspector George Bulman, who is ostensibly retired from police work and now spends his spare time repairing old clocks. However, aside from fixing clocks, Bulman is also working as a private investigator, and even has an assistant, Lucy McGinty.[4] Aside from a number of private clients, Bulman and Lucy are frequently drawn into the clandestine world of the secret service through the machinations of security chief Bill Dugdale (Thorley Walters), and also find themselves helping the police with cases under the instruction of Bulman's former boss Jack Lambie (Mark McManus).[5] Bulman's former assistant, Derek Willis (Dennis Blanch), also appears in two episodes.

Both series were released on DVD via the Network imprint on 1 July 2013; however, these have since gone out of production. A complete box set was released on 20 August 2018, again via Network Distributing.

  1. ^ "Sins of Omission (1985)". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017.
  2. ^ "The XYY Man - Show News, Reviews, Recaps and Photos - TV.com". Archived from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Bulman - Show News, Reviews, Recaps and Photos - TV.com". Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  4. ^ Newcomb, Horace; Newcomb, Lambdin Kay Distinguished Professor for the Peabody Awards Horace (3 February 2014). Encyclopedia of Television. Routledge. ISBN 9781135194727 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Sorry, pal…". 28 March 2021.