Don't Forget The Driver. Peter Green (Toby Jones)
Don't Forget The Driver

Don't Forget The Driver

  • TV comedy drama
  • BBC Two
  • 2019
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Comedy about a coach driver and single father whose mundane life is challenged. Stars Toby Jones, Claire Rushbrook, Marcia Warren, Jo Eaton-Kent, Luwam Teklizgi and more.

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Series 1, Episode 4

Don't Forget The Driver. Image shows from L to R: Bradley (Jo Eaton-Kent), Joy (Marcia Warren), Rita (Luwam Teklizgi), Kayla (Erin Kellyman)
Peter and Kayla leave Rita home alone, and she ventures into town to get her phone fixed. Meanwhile, Peter takes a group of Japanese tourists to Hampton Court, but the trip ends disastrously.

Further details

Peter and Kayla are forced to leave Rita alone while they go to work.

At the coach depot Peter prepares for a trip to Hampton Court with a large group of Japanese tourists and his co-driver Mel. They discuss the events of the last few days by a river bank, only to be confronted by an angry fisherman who accuses them of spooking his fish. The normally placid Peter, pushed to breaking point, finds his voice and shouts back.

Meanwhile Rita heads into town to get her phone fixed, desperate to contact her brother. But the danger she is in quickly becomes apparent and Peter is forced to take a detour home with his passengers in tow, ending his daytrip disastrously.

Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 30th April 2019
Time
10pm
Channel
BBC Two
Length
30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Toby Jones Peter Green
Claire Rushbrook Fran
Marcia Warren Joy
Jo Eaton-Kent Bradley
Luwam Teklizgi Rita
Danny Kirrane Squeaky Dave
Erin Kellyman Kayla
Dino Kelly Lech
Toby Jones Barry Green
Luke Sullivan Ade
Guest cast
Anthony Somers Roy
Imran Yusuf Dilip
Jo Hartley Mel
Tsuwayuki Saotome Mr. Takahashi
Ralphy Kirkby Boy on Beach
Kit Kirkby Boy on Beach
Tim Crouch Angry Angler
Writing team
Toby Jones Writer
Tim Crouch Writer
Emma Genders Script Editor
Production team
Tim Kirkby Director
Holly Pullinger Producer
Jane Featherstone Executive Producer
Naomi De Pear Executive Producer
Kate Daughton Executive Producer
Donald Mackinnon Line Producer
Tom Hemmings Editor
Melanie Allen Production Designer
Sam Jones Casting Director
Sam Perry Costume Designer
Jamie Cairney Director of Photography
Bean Ellis Make-up Designer
Malcolm Davies 1st Assistant Director

Press

There is still time to get caught up in this downbeat dramedy, which, with typical Toby Jones understatement, has quietly become one of the best things on television. In this fourth episode, coach driver Peter (Jones) comes a cropper explaining Shakespeare to a Japanese tourist, but he is soon back tackling more topical national anxieties, such as how much responsibility to take for the refugee crisis. It is an abstract problem made flesh by his house guest Rita (Luwam Teklizgi).

Ellen E. Jones, The Guardian, 30th April 2019

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