# Guy Jenkin

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

==Early life==
He attended [Trinity College, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cambridge's historic film and TV scene |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/film-and-tv/26656 |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
He wrote the 2002 satirical comedy ''[Jeffrey Archer: The Truth](/source/Jeffrey_Archer%3A_The_Truth)'', with [Damian Lewis](/source/Damian_Lewis) portraying [Jeffrey Archer](/source/Jeffrey_Archer), and the 2003 drama film ''[The Sleeping Dictionary](/source/The_Sleeping_Dictionary)'', starring [Jessica Alba](/source/Jessica_Alba).<ref>{{Cite news |date=2002-12-02 |title=Jeffrey Archer – the Truth |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/dec/02/firstnight.broadcasting |access-date=2024-05-19 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lyons |first=Charles |date=2000-04-04 |title=Alba finds meaning in NL 'Dictionary' |url=https://variety.com/2000/film/news/alba-finds-meaning-in-nl-dictionary-1117780186/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

Jenkin also contributed to the popular 2006–2007 BBC series ''[Life on Mars](/source/Life_on_Mars_(UK_TV_series))'', writing the [sixth episode of the second series](/source/Series_2%3A_Episode_6_(Life_on_Mars)) about [heroin](/source/heroin) in 1973 and the Asian community.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC - Press Office - Life On Mars: Creative team |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/02_february/01/mars_creative.shtml |access-date=2024-05-19 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> 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](/source/Drop_the_Dead_Donkey)'' which toured theatres in the UK.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cavendish |first=Dominic |date=2024-02-05 |title='1990s excesses now look mild': inside the improbable return of Drop the Dead Donkey |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/drop-the-dead-donkey-itn-news-andy-hamilton/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> He has also written and is directing a film about the Tudors, titled ''Fools''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |date=2024-02-09 |title=Karen Gillan is Mary Tudor in Fools from Outnumbered's Guy Jenkin |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/film/news/7757/karen-gillan-stars-in-fools/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}</ref>

Jenkin's novel ''Murder Most Foul'', about the killing of [Christopher Marlowe](/source/Christopher_Marlowe), was shortlisted for the 2025 [Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize](/source/Bollinger_Everyman_Wodehouse_Prize).<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Richard Ayoade among authors in running to have pig named after book |journal=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |last=Salam |first=Sabah |date=2025-10-28 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/oct/28/richard-ayoade-among-authors-in-running-to-have-pig-named-after-book |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Jenkin is married to [Bernadette Davis](/source/Bernadette_Davis), the creator and writer of ''[Some Girls](/source/Some_Girls_(TV_series))''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Three – Some Girls, Series 1 – Interview with Bernadette Davis |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1q94qYc60gWyL3l4NwjdDkw/interview-with-bernadette-davis |access-date=2024-12-19 |publisher=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> He lives in Balham in south London.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0420746}}
* {{British Comedy Guide|people|guy_jenkin}}

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Category:British male television writers
Category:Comedians from the London Borough of Wandsworth
Category:English comedy writers
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Category:English satirists
Category:English television directors
Category:English television writers
Category:People from Balham

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