Guy Jenkin is a comedy writer who is best known for working on sitcoms and comedies such as Drop the Dead Donkey

Drop the Dead Donkey

- Major characters :* Gus Hedges — The unctuous Chief Executive of the company, and yes-man to Sir Roysten Merchant. A management stereotype, complete with clichés and clumsy metaphors, he swiftly transforms GlobeLink from a serious news network to a ratings-chasing tabloid channel...

, Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth was a 2002 BBC satirical comedy drama on the life of Jeffrey Archer, with the title role played by Damian Lewis. Its duration was 90 minutes and its premiere occurred on 1 December 2002. It was written and directed by Guy Jenkin....

and Outnumbered

Outnumbered

Outnumbered is a British sitcom. Airing on BBC One since 2007, it stars Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner as a father and mother outnumbered by their three children...

. He wrote the 2003 drama film The Sleeping Dictionary

The Sleeping Dictionary

The Sleeping Dictionary is a 2003 film by Guy Jenkin. It was filmed in Sarawak and is set during the British colonial rule in the 1930s.- Plot :...

, starring Jessica Alba

Jessica Alba

Jessica Marie Alba is an American television and film actress. She began her television and movie appearances at age 13 in Camp Nowhere and The Secret World of Alex Mack . Alba rose to prominence as the lead actress in the television series Dark Angel...

, as well as the BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...

 situation comedy

Situation comedy

A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...

 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful, with Jon Canter

Jon Canter

Jon Canter is an English television comedy writer for Lenny Henry and other leading comedians. Canter was born and brought up in the Jewish community of Golders Green, North London and studied law at the University of Cambridge where he became President of Footlights.After a spell in advertising...

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He also contributed to the popular drama Life On Mars

Life on Mars (TV series)

Life on Mars is a British television series broadcast on BBC One between January 2006 and April 2007. The series combines elements of science fiction and police procedural....

, writing the sixth episode of the second series

Series 2: Episode 6 (Life on Mars)

The sixth episode of the second series of the British time travel police procedural television series, Life on Mars, was first broadcast on 27 March 2007...

 about heroin in 1973 and the Asian community. The episode explores racism at the time.

External links

• Guy Jenkin at the Internet Movie Database
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