Guy Jenkin

...alongside the Guardian columnist Charlie Brooker. Actress Claire Skinner, who plays the children's mother Sue in Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin's portrayal of family life, is up for the best television comedy actress, along with Ruth...

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The children, none of whom attended stage school, improvise their lines from directions given by the writers, Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin. The series, about a harassed suburban couple and their demanding offspring, has won acclaim for...

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...by their three children. Produced by Hat Trick Productions, Outnumbered is written, directed and produced by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin, although the show is also semi-improvised . Most of the improvised lines are given to the child...

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...comedy Posh Nosh with the co-star Arabella Weir; and the BBC Radio 4 situation comedy Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful with Guy Jenkin. He wrote for the ITV animated cartoon version of Mr. Bean, and the screenplay for the film Full Monty...

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Guy Jenkin is a comedy writer who is best known for working on sitcoms and comedies such as Drop the Dead Donkey, '' and ''Outnumbered. He also wrote the 2003 drama film The Sleeping Dictionary starring Jessica Alba. He also contributed to...

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...Endemol, plus an event looking at the impact a monopoly on news broadcasting would have on democracy. More light-hearted sessions include Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin, creators of sitcom Outnumbered reflecting on their 30 years in TV comedy.

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...she says. "The children don't have a script, but Hugh and I are working from one [provided by the show's creators, Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin]. Obviously, we have to deviate from that at points because they [the three child stars] are on...

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...Children or My Family. Just how different Outnumbered is from those shows became clear when I was first approached by the writers Guy Jenkin and Andy Hamilton. Yes there would be a script - but it wouldn't be shown to the children. They...

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...that has been done in this way that gives the kids room to be kids," says writer Andy Hamilton, who, along with his collaborator, Guy Jenkin, simply whispers an idea or an attitude or a few lines into the children's ears before rolling the...

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...let them see the script. " It worked. Now it works even better. For Hamilton, along with his Drop the Dead Donkey collaborator Guy Jenkin, has used the simple device of denying children a script to produce Outnumbered, unquestionably the best...

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