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Guy Jenkin

Writer, director and editor, also producer · London, England, UK

​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.

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Biography from TMDB.

From
London, England, UK
Works as
Writer, director and editor, also producer
Titles
7 on MovieCove · 35 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 11% in 30 days

What are Guy Jenkin's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
44%
Self
22%
Morality
12%
Power
11%
Society
11%
Friendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 0

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
3
Warm
2
Tense
2
Romantic
1
Absurd
3
Other
3

How their films linger

Feel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Guy Jenkin's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Guy Jenkin's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

35 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.

  • Outnumbered Christmas Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Writer

  • The Uncertain Kingdom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director

  • Kate & Koji(2020)

    Show 12 episodes · Creator · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Outnumbered - Christmas Special 2016 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • Power Monkeys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show Creator

  • Ballot Monkeys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 5 episodes · Director · Creator · Writer

  • What We Did on Our Holiday(2014)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Sick Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Writer

  • Hacks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Writer

  • Some Girls(2012)

    Show Editor

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • The Broken Santa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • The Robbers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director

  • Bike Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Writer

  • Outnumbered(2007)

    Show Creator

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Life on Mars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit(2005)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Private Life of Samuel Pepys(2003)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Comedy Connections (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Sleeping Dictionary(2003)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · Writer

  • Sex 'n' Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director · Writer

  • Mr White Goes To Westminster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Director · Writer

  • Crossing the Floor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director · Writer

  • Lord of Misrule (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director · Writer

  • A Very Open Prison (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Director · Writer

  • Look at the State We're In! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Sharman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Rebecca's Daughters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Writer

  • Drop the Dead Donkey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 65 episodes · Creator · Producer · Writer · as Removal Man (uncredited)

  • Spitting Image: Election Special '87 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Writer

  • Tickets for the Titanic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Scotch & Wry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Additional Writing

  • Screen Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Writer

  • The Kit Curran Radio Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 6 episodes · Co-Writer

  • Fools (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 34 titles, 33 of them dated from 1984 to 2024.

Biggest box office

What We Did on Our Holiday (2014)

$11M worldwide

Highest rated

What We Did on Our Holiday (2014)

Midcredits 78th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 34: 1 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting17 of 34: 4 only directing, 13 with another roleWriting25 of 34: 10 only writing, 15 with another roleProducing2 of 34: 0 only producing, 2 with another roleOther crew7 of 34: 4 only other crew, 3 with another role

34 titles, 15 with more than one role — writing and directing overlap on 13 of them.

By decade

1980s5 · crew1990s9 · 1 acting · 9 crew2000s9 · 1 acting · 8 crew2010s7 · crew2020s3 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Guy Jenkin's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 7 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 7 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Mixed1

Most divisive · writer, producer

Kate & Koji (2020)

50th percentile spread · 12% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, writer

What We Did on Our Holiday (2014)

Midcredits 78th · 70% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 55/100 and the plot and story 45/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Guy Jenkin work with?

People who share at least 2 of Guy Jenkin's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mark Williams shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers