Guy Jenkin (born 27 April 1955) is a British film director and comedy writer who is best known for working together with Andy Hamilton on sitcoms and comedies such as '' Drop the Dead Donkey'' (1990–1998), '' Outnumbered'' (2007–2014), and '' Ballot Monkeys'' (2015).

Early life

He attended

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Career

He wrote the 2002 satirical comedy '' Jeffrey Archer: The Truth'', with

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portraying

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, and the 2003 drama film '' The Sleeping Dictionary'', starring

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. Jenkin also contributed to the popular 2006–2007 BBC series ''

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'', writing the sixth episode of the second series about

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in 1973 and the Asian community. The episode explores racism at the time. In 2024, he and Hamilton created a stage show featuring original cast members of '' Drop the Dead Donkey'' which toured theatres in the UK. He also wrote and is directing a film about the Tudors called ''Fools''.

Personal life

Jenkin is married to Bernadette Davis, the creator and writer of '' Some Girls''. He lives in Balham in south London.

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* * 1955 births Living people 20th-century English male writers 20th-century English screenwriters 21st-century English male writers 21st-century English screenwriters Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge British male television writers English comedy writers English male screenwriters English satirists English television directors English television writers People from Balham Comedians from the London Borough of Wandsworth {{UK-comedian-stub