Guy Jenkin

Directing

Guy Jenkin

Place of birth

London, England, UK

Known for

Directing

Credits

33 titles

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Guy Jenkin is a comedy writer who is best known for working on sitcoms and comedies such as Drop the Dead Donkey, Jeffrey Archer: The Truth and Outnumbered. He also wrote the 2003 drama film The Sleeping Dictionary starring Jessica Alba. And the BBC Radio 4 situation comedy Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful with Jon Canter. He also contributed to the popular drama Life On Mars, writing The Sixth Episode of the Second Series about Heroin in 1973 and the Asian community. The episode explores racism at the time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Guy Jenkin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Drop the Dead Donkey poster
7.0

A sitcom set in the offices of "GlobeLink News" after its acquisition by media mogul Sir Roysten Merchant. Led by editor George Dent, the staff of GlobeLink battle to maintain the company as a serious news organization against Sir Roysten's right-hand man, Gus Hedges, who wants to make the show more sensationalist and suppress stories that might harm Roysten's business empire.

Drop the Dead Donkey

1990

What We Did on Our Holiday poster
6.7

Doug and Abi and their three children travel to the Scottish Highlands for Doug's father Gordie's birthday party. It's soon clear that when it comes to keeping a secret under wraps from the rest of the family, their children are their biggest liability...

What We Did on Our Holiday

2014

The Sleeping Dictionary poster
6.6

In the 1930s, British officer John Truscott journeys to a remote village in colonial Malaysia to educate and Westernize the local Iban population. There, he's introduced to the lovely Selima. In keeping with tradition, Selima is assigned to sleep with Truscott and teach him the native language and customs. But when they fall in love, both colonists and natives object to their plans to marry.

The Sleeping Dictionary

2003

Comedy Connections poster
6.5

Comedy Connections was a BBC One documentary series produced by BBC Scotland that aired from 2003 to 2008. The show looked at the stories behind the production of some of Britain's comedy television programmes, showing how they tied in with the production of other comedy shows. The show featured interviews with some of the cast and crew of the subject programme, as well as footage from the series. Comedy Connections mostly documented BBC comedies and sitcoms, although two programmes have been from ITV and two from Channel 4. The first series consisted of six episodes, however the rest of the series consist of eight episodes each, the first two series were narrated by Julia Sawalha, however the rest of the series were narrated by Doon Mackichan.

Comedy Connections

2003

The Private Life of Samuel Pepys poster
4.3

The Private Life of Samuel Pepys is a 2003 British comedy television film directed by Oliver Parker and starring Steve Coogan, Lou Doillon and Nathaniel Parker. It portrayed the historical diarist Samuel Pepys. It was aired on BBC2 on 16 December 2003, drawing an audience of 2.9 million viewers.

The Private Life of Samuel Pepys

2003

Mr White Goes To Westminster poster
5.0

A journalist becomes an independent MP. Loosely based on the election of Martin Bell to the constituency of Tatton between 1997 and 2001.

Mr White Goes To Westminster

1997

Series credits

Behind the camera

What We Did on Our Holiday poster
6.7

Doug and Abi and their three children travel to the Scottish Highlands for Doug's father Gordie's birthday party. It's soon clear that when it comes to keeping a secret under wraps from the rest of the family, their children are their biggest liability...

What We Did on Our Holiday

2014

What We Did on Our Holiday poster
6.7

Doug and Abi and their three children travel to the Scottish Highlands for Doug's father Gordie's birthday party. It's soon clear that when it comes to keeping a secret under wraps from the rest of the family, their children are their biggest liability...

What We Did on Our Holiday

2014

The Sleeping Dictionary poster
6.6

In the 1930s, British officer John Truscott journeys to a remote village in colonial Malaysia to educate and Westernize the local Iban population. There, he's introduced to the lovely Selima. In keeping with tradition, Selima is assigned to sleep with Truscott and teach him the native language and customs. But when they fall in love, both colonists and natives object to their plans to marry.

The Sleeping Dictionary

2003

The Sleeping Dictionary poster
6.6

In the 1930s, British officer John Truscott journeys to a remote village in colonial Malaysia to educate and Westernize the local Iban population. There, he's introduced to the lovely Selima. In keeping with tradition, Selima is assigned to sleep with Truscott and teach him the native language and customs. But when they fall in love, both colonists and natives object to their plans to marry.

The Sleeping Dictionary

2003

The Private Life of Samuel Pepys poster
4.3

The Private Life of Samuel Pepys is a 2003 British comedy television film directed by Oliver Parker and starring Steve Coogan, Lou Doillon and Nathaniel Parker. It portrayed the historical diarist Samuel Pepys. It was aired on BBC2 on 16 December 2003, drawing an audience of 2.9 million viewers.

The Private Life of Samuel Pepys

2003

Mr White Goes To Westminster poster
5.0

A journalist becomes an independent MP. Loosely based on the election of Martin Bell to the constituency of Tatton between 1997 and 2001.

Mr White Goes To Westminster

1997

Mr White Goes To Westminster poster
5.0

A journalist becomes an independent MP. Loosely based on the election of Martin Bell to the constituency of Tatton between 1997 and 2001.

Mr White Goes To Westminster

1997

A Very Open Prison poster
8.5

The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons are run leads to embarrassment - and escaped murderers! The fore runner of Crossing The Floor

A Very Open Prison

1995

A Very Open Prison poster
8.5

The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons are run leads to embarrassment - and escaped murderers! The fore runner of Crossing The Floor

A Very Open Prison

1995

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth poster
4.7

A satirical look at the 'secret' TRUE life of Jeffrey Archer. The Truth, the whole truth and everything BUT the truth.

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

2002

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth poster
4.7

A satirical look at the 'secret' TRUE life of Jeffrey Archer. The Truth, the whole truth and everything BUT the truth.

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

2002

Hacks poster
6.0

A satirical swipe at the phone-hacking scandal surrounding the British newspaper industry.

Hacks

2012

Hacks poster
6.0

A satirical swipe at the phone-hacking scandal surrounding the British newspaper industry.

Hacks

2012

Rebecca's Daughters poster
6.5

Young aristocrat Anthony Raine returns home from India to find the farmers of Pembrokeshire protesting about the rates of a tollgate run by The Whitman Turnpike Trust, headed by the drunken Lord Sarn. So Raine dons a mask and, calling himself Rebecca, instructs his followers to dress as women as they attack the tolls, leading the common people to victory over their masters.

Rebecca's Daughters

1992

Spitting Image: Election Special '87 poster
NR

Alastair Burnet announces the predicted results of the general election. Then he announces that the polls are now closed, shortly to be followed by the hospitals, the schools, and the BBC.

Spitting Image: Election Special '87

1987

Crossing the Floor poster
6.8

Political satire closely mirroring real-life British politics of the time - a self-serving Conservative minister "crosses the floor" to join the opposition Labour Party, at a time when the Conservative Party has a majority in Parliament of just one seat. Sequel to A Very Open Prison.

Crossing the Floor

1996

Crossing the Floor poster
6.8

Political satire closely mirroring real-life British politics of the time - a self-serving Conservative minister "crosses the floor" to join the opposition Labour Party, at a time when the Conservative Party has a majority in Parliament of just one seat. Sequel to A Very Open Prison.

Crossing the Floor

1996

The Broken Santa poster
NR

The Brockmans hope to get away for the holiday, but Granddad's sudden illness and trip to the worst hospital ever threatens their plans.

The Broken Santa

2011

The Sick Party poster
NR

The Brockmans throw a Christmas party with jubilee bunting for decorations but Pete is not happy. Of the kids only Ben wants to help whilst Sandra gets drunk, tactless Norris from next door reminds former TV weather-man Ray of his nervous breakdown and Pete gets shut in the bathroom with neurotic, flu-ridden Jane when the door handle falls off. As the evening progresses Norris's wife runs off with her Lesbian lover, Jane takes an accidental over-dose and is rushed to hospital whilst Jake brings the police to the house. This will certainly be one party for everybody to remember.

The Sick Party

2012

Outnumbered Christmas Special poster
8.0

In a moment of adversity, Sue and Pete gather everyone together and try to celebrate a traditional family Christmas.

Outnumbered Christmas Special

2024

No artwork available
9.0

Comedy drama. Retired Lord Chancellor Bill Webster decides to sell his memoirs to a tabloid newspaper in order to save his crumbling Cornish house. The Prime Minister wants to stop him as he believes the government will fall if his book is published. One of Bill's old girlfriends, now the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, is sent to try and stop him, but also on his trail is a tabloid journalist who senses a scoop.

Lord of Misrule

1996

No artwork available
9.0

Comedy drama. Retired Lord Chancellor Bill Webster decides to sell his memoirs to a tabloid newspaper in order to save his crumbling Cornish house. The Prime Minister wants to stop him as he believes the government will fall if his book is published. One of Bill's old girlfriends, now the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, is sent to try and stop him, but also on his trail is a tabloid journalist who senses a scoop.

Lord of Misrule

1996

The Robbers poster
NR

It's Boxing Day and already Karen is making New Year resolutions - chiefly for others - and the family have been burgled,though selectively,causing Sue to cheat on the insurance claim. Sue and Jake go to collect Grandad from the retirement home where he now lives,only to find he has sloped off to the pub again with Scots mate Mac. Sue ends up asking Mac back for dinner though his thick accent creates a language barrier for Karen. Sue's divorced friend Jane is also invited and though the children fail to appreciate her present for them,a goat donated to Oxfam,Pete feels sorry for her and is glad that the Brockmans have given a Christmas to lonely strangers - until a W.P.C. turns up with another old boy who has gone walkabout.

The Robbers

2009

The Uncertain Kingdom poster
8.5

A ground-breaking anthology of twenty short films by twenty filmmakers, which together offer an alternative snapshot of the UK in the year 2020.

The Uncertain Kingdom

2020

Outnumbered - Christmas Special 2016 poster
8.0

The Brockman family are on a special mission at Christmas time.

Outnumbered - Christmas Special 2016

2016

Bike Squad poster
NR

Comedy-drama featuring a group of inept constables who are relegated to the embarrassing "Bike Squad", a new police scheme intended to serve as a more flexible response unit.

Bike Squad

2008

Bike Squad poster
NR

Comedy-drama featuring a group of inept constables who are relegated to the embarrassing "Bike Squad", a new police scheme intended to serve as a more flexible response unit.

Bike Squad

2008

No artwork available
6.5

The host of a British Shock-TV Show blurs the line between show business and life.

Sex 'n' Death

1999

No artwork available
6.5

The host of a British Shock-TV Show blurs the line between show business and life.

Sex 'n' Death

1999

No artwork available
NR

In 1553, England’s first Queen, Mary I, takes the throne. The country is on the brink of chaos, and ambitious Cardinal Pole plots to secure control. He has overlooked, however, a humble court jester, Jane Foole. The pious, and apparently humorless, Queen Mary finds relief in Foole's brilliant slapstick routines and the two women strike up an unlikely friendship.

Fools

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No artwork available
NR

In 1553, England’s first Queen, Mary I, takes the throne. The country is on the brink of chaos, and ambitious Cardinal Pole plots to secure control. He has overlooked, however, a humble court jester, Jane Foole. The pious, and apparently humorless, Queen Mary finds relief in Foole's brilliant slapstick routines and the two women strike up an unlikely friendship.

Fools

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