Toby Jones (I)
- English
- Actor and writer
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Feature-length Detectorists special commissioned
Acclaimed comedy Detectorists is to return to screens for a feature-length special later in 2022.
British Comedy Guide, 11th May 2022How we made The Play What I Wrote
"Ralph Fiennes strode into the dressing room and said he loved the show - we booked him there and then. The whole thing was very kick-bollocks-scramble."
Andrew Dickson, The Guardian, 22nd November 2021Detectorists' Mackenzie Crook & Toby Jones reunite in Worzel Gummidge
Detectorists duo Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones are reuniting in the second series of Worzel Gummidge.
British Comedy Guide, 10th September 2021Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie reunite for new film
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie are reuniting on screen for the first time in more than a decade. Animated film The Canterville Ghost, based on the short story by Oscar Wilde, has been in development for 11 years but is only now in production.
British Comedy Guide, 1st June 2021Don't Forget The Driver Series 2 cancelled
Toby Jones's comedy Don't Forget The Driver has been cancelled. BBC Two had ordered a second series of the show, but it has now been cancelled due to coronavirus.
British Comedy Guide, 14th May 2021Detectorists: a bonafide heartwarming joy
Each short episode of this charming series about a bumbling small-town metal-detecting club is a perfectly calibrated good mood.
Adam Fleet, The Guardian, 27th January 2021Comedy actors receive New Year honours
Actors Sheila Hancock, Toby Jones, Lesley Manville and Nina Wadia have been recognised in the New Year's Honours list.
British Comedy Guide, 31st December 2020Mackenzie Crook moots Detectorists revival
Mackenzie Crook has stated that his cult-hit, critically acclaimed sitcom Detectorists could be revived for a new series.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd December 2020This has been the apotheosis of the modern sadcom: delicate and bereft, but with an undertow of hope that its characters will find their place. Embodying that bittersweet balance is the show's co-writer, Toby Jones, as the titular coach driver, for whom redemption may - in this season finale - be near.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 14th May 2019Seriously funny: why we fell in love with dramedies
From Toby Jones's Don't Forget the Driver to Ricky Gervais in After Life, a new breed of 'dark comedy' is wowing TV critics and audiences.
Vanessa Thorpe, The Guardian, 11th May 2019