Don't Forget the Driver
| Don't Forget the Driver | |
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| Genre | Comedy-drama |
| Directed by | Tim Kirkby |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Two |
| Release | 9 April 2019 – present |
Don't Forget the Driver is a 2019 BBC Two comedy series, co-created and co-written by Tim Crouch and Toby Jones, in which Jones also stars.
Plot
Set in Bognor Regis, Jones plays Pete Green, a depressed single father who works as a coach driver and discovers an asylum seeker after taking a coach party across the channel.[1]
Cast
- Toby Jones as Pete Green
- Erin Kellyman as Kayla Green
- Luwam Teklizgi as Rita
- Danny Kirrane as Squeaky Dave
- Jo Eaton-Kent as Bradley
- Dino Kelly as Lech
- Marcia Warren as Joy
- Claire Rushbrook as Fran
- Jo Hartley as Mel
- Bharti Patel as Manju
Episodes
| No. | Title [2] | Directed by [2] | Written by [2] | Original release date [2] | UK viewers (millions) [3][a] |
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| 1 | "Episode 1" | Tim Kirkby | Tim Crouch | 9 April 2019 | 2.66 |
| 2 | "Episode 2" | Tim Kirkby | Tim Crouch & Toby Jones | 16 April 2019 | 1.68 |
| 3 | "Episode 3" | Tim Kirkby | Tim Crouch & Toby Jones | 23 April 2019 | 1.48 |
| 4 | "Episode 4" | Tim Kirkby | Tim Crouch & Toby Jones | 30 April 2019 | 1.66 |
| 5 | "Episode 5" | Tim Kirkby | Tim Crouch & Toby Jones | 7 May 2019 | 1.47 |
| 6 | "Episode 6" | Tim Kirkby | Tim Crouch & Toby Jones | 14 May 2019 | 1.42 |
Production
For the role, Jones took Coach Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) lessons and failed his test twice, once for driving too fast and once for going too slowly.[1]
Broadcast
The six-part series began airing in the UK on BBC Two at 10pm on 9 April 2019 and will continue weekly.[4] The series was made available in its entirety on iPlayer on 9 April.[5] Another series is in development.
Notes
- ^ Viewers across the first 28 days of broadcast on TV, PC/laptop, tablet or smartphone are counted. Pre-transmission figures are included.
References
- ^ a b Lawson, Mark (4 April 2019). "Don't Forget the Driver: the show to help you come to terms with Brexit" – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ a b c d "BBC Two - Don't Forget the Driver - Episode guide". BBC. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Four-screen dashboard BARB". www.barb.co.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "When is Toby Jones comedy Don't Forget The Driver on TV?". Radio Times.
- ^ "Don't Forget the Driver - Series 1: Episode 1" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
