Following on from Pulse’s success with the BBC commissioned series ‘Citizen Smith’ and ‘Johnny Congo’ for C4 First Cuts, the television department at Pulse has expanded. Emerging Executive Simon Breen (Chancers, Beginner’s Guides and Citizen Smith) is now joined on a part time basis by Lilla Hurst, Five’s branding and co-production guru, Lilla is actively pursuing co-pro, distribution and sponsorship possibilities across the development slate. The department is now supported on a full time basis by Development PA Eloise King (ex Channel Four, BBC & RDF). Please direct any initial enquiries to her on (eloise@pulsefilms.co.uk). With a proven expertise in Specialist Factual & Factual Entertainment, the team are constantly looking to engage new and interesting voices with a view making both series and one-offs. Simon’s background as a published novelist has seen him strike key content partnerships with publishers and literary agents, reflecting the increased demand for authored polemics across a diverse range of subjects. The TV department consistently reflects Pulse Films’ wider vision through its commitment to multi-platform and digital initiatives, applying their long form expertise to branded, viral and ‘360 content’, whilst all the time understanding that what come first, last and always is integrity of character and narrative and the ever-lasting relevance of good story-telling.
Normally known for his Ian Brown music videos and high end advertising for Adidas and Nissan, Colin O'Toole turns his hand to short form observational documentary in a series of 4 high profile films for Channel4 on the subject of public gatherings. Click here to view them
Faber and Faber’s Michael Smith steps out of the literary world that saw him publish the much acclaimed Giro Playboy last year and takes on the guise of a contemporary Citizen Smith scouring the four corners of England in search of a modern day definition of nationality. Michael writes; ‘I am unfashionably patriotic; I love England, and I’ve always felt very proud to be English; for me England is not just a place, or a disappointing football team, or a war against the Gerries; its not the knee jerk reactions of Daily Mail readers, Little England’s fear of Johnny Foreigner, or sentimental nostalgia for steep streets off Hovis adverts; England is an altogether higher and more progressive ideal, the promise of a fairer and better way of life, and the nobility and romance of the English dream swells my heart with ridiculous pride… the problem is, whenever I try to untangle what being English actually means, it tends to unravel and disappear before my eyes’.
David Tucker’s Channel 4/More 4 documentary Johnny Congo was aired as part of the First Cuts season on the night of January 3rd 2008. It is set to air in prime time on More 4 at a later date. 71year old Johnny Murphy spent 40 years fighting as a mercenary in the Congolese Jungle but is now losing his battle against boredom and booze in a suburban retirement home in Surrey. This highly original and genre busting film weaves stylized animation into observational footage to express how Johnny’s colourful and troubled past creeps ever more hauntingly into his present.
Director: Dave Tucker I Producer:Thomas Benski I Executive Producer: Simon Breen |
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