---
name: "Jack Pulman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jack-pulman"
fi1m_id: "jack-pulman"
imdb_id: "nm0700474"
tmdb_id: 212903
wikidata_id: "Q3157292"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "11 July 1925"
died: "20 May 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T10:35:10.470960+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jack Pulman

## Identity

Jack Pulman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jack-pulman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jack-pulman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0700474
- **TMDB ID:** 212903
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3157292
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Pulman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3157292, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0700474/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/212903

Writer. Born 11 July 1925 in London. Died 20 May 1979.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 11 July 1925, London
- **Died:** 20 May 1979
- **Active:** 1974–1981
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Pulman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3157292, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0700474/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/212903

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*I, Claudius*](https://film.one/tv/i-claudius.md) (90)

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## Biography

Jack Pulman (1925–1979) was a British television screenwriter known for his adaptations of literary works. Born and raised in London, he specialised in large-scale serials for the BBC, including the 20-episode *War and Peace* (1972–73) and the opening episodes of *Poldark* (1975).

His most celebrated work was the 13-part *I, Claudius* (1976), adapting Robert Graves's novels. He also wrote the screenplay for the film *Kidnapped* (1971) and the 1961 feature *The Best of Enemies*. Pulman contributed episodes to *Fall of Eagles* (1974) and adapted *The Portrait of a Lady* (1968) and *Crime and Punishment* (1979).

His final scripts were for the series *Private Schulz* (1981), for which his widow, actress Barbara Young, accepted a posthumous Royal Television Society award in 1982. He died in London in 1979.

*Sources: screenonline.org.uk, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *I, Claudius* (1976), Fi1m 90, Writer, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/i-claudius.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Private Schulz* (1981), series, Writer, Creator
- *Crime and Punishment* (1979), series, Writer, Creator
- *I, Claudius* (1976), series, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/i-claudius.md)
- *Poldark* (1975), series, Writer
- *Ten from the Twenties* (1975), series, Writer
- *Looking for Clancy* (1975), series, Adaptation
- *Fall of Eagles* (1974), series, Writer
- *War & Peace* (1972), series, Teleplay
- *The Golden Bowl* (1972), series, Writer, Creator
- *Kidnapped* (1971), Writer
- *I Buddenbrook* (1971), series, Screenplay
- *Jane Eyre* (1970), Screenplay
- *The Executioner* (1970), Writer
- *David Copperfield* (1969), Screenplay
- *Christ Recrucified* (1969), series, Writer, Adaptation, Creator
- *Immortality Inc* (1969), Adaptation
- *The Portrait of a Lady* (1968), series, Adaptation, Writer, Creator
- *Boy Meets Girl* (1967), series, Writer
- *Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die* (1966), Writer
- *Out of the Unknown* (1965), series, Writer
- *A Little Big Business* (1963), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Best of Enemies* (1961), Screenplay

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