PULSE – BBC THREE, THURSDAY 3RD JUNE, 9PM
The latest Yorkshire drama to hit our screens promises to get your heart racing…Pulse is a tense supernatural medical horror written by Paul Cornell (Doctor Who, Primeval) and starring Claire Foy (Little Dorrit) as Hannah Carter. St Timothy's is one of the UK's top teaching hospitals, home to some of the country's most promising trainee doctors. But beneath its veneer of medical normality lies a secret network of dangerous experiments pushing back the boundaries of science with potentially horrifying consequences...A year after her mother's death, Hannah (Claire Foy) resumes her training at one of the country's top teaching hospitals. She is soon terrified by strange visions and the theatening behaviour of her ex-boyfriend and star surgeon Nick (Stephen Campbell Moore) and wonders if she has come back too soon. Beneath the hospital's reputation of medical excellence she discovers a secret network of dangerous experiments pushing back the boundaries of science….
Picture shows: (l-r) Hannah (CLAIRE FOY), Stella (EMILY BEECHAM), Rafee (GREGG CHILLIN), Adam (Arsher Ali) and Jess (MATTI HOUGHTON)
Look out for the following locations that were used in the making of Pulse:
Leeds - City Centre, Leeds Met and University of Leeds
Bradford - City Centre and University of Bradford
Huddersfield
Halifax
WATCH IT ONLINE NOW AND HAVE YOUR SAY!
Pulse will screen on BBC Three at 9pm on Thursday 3rd June, but it’s one of three homegrown drama pilots made for the channel that you can watch online one week prior to broadcast - and let the programme makers know what you think via the site’s blog. It is hoped that the pilot will be developed into a full series.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcthree/2010/05/watch-pulse-online-now-and-tel.shtml
Pulse is a 60-minute pilot made by World Productions for BBC Three, directed by James Hawes (Doctor Who, Merlin) and produced by Helen Gregory. Executive Producer for World Productions is Simon Heath and Polly Hill for the BBC. Pulse was commissioned by Danny Cohen, Controller of BBC Three and Ben Stephenson, Controller of Drama Commissioning. Screen Yorkshire supported Pulse through its Production Fund and provided locations and crewing support. Find out more about Pulse at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sj8f7
To find out about more productions filmed in the region, go to: http://www.screenyorkshire.co.uk/made-in-yorkshire/
