Don't Forget the Driver


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. A second series will be broadcast in 2020. The show is produced by Sister Pictures and distributed by BBC Studios.

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.

Cast

Production

For the role, Jones took Coach Driver Certificate of Professional Competence lessons and failed his test twice, once for driving too fast and once for going too slowly. In January 2020, Don't Forget the Driver was renewed for a second series of six episodes.

Broadcast

The six-part series began airing in the UK on BBC Two at 10pm on 9 April 2019 and will continue weekly. The series was made available in its entirety on iPlayer on 9 April.

Reception

The show won the 2019 Venice TV Award for Best Comedy