He wrote the 2002 satirical comedy
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth, with
Damian Lewis portraying
Jeffrey Archer, and the 2003 drama film
The Sleeping Dictionary, starring
Jessica Alba. Jenkin also contributed to the popular 2006–2007 BBC series
Life on Mars, writing the
sixth episode of the second series about
heroin in 1973 and the Asian community. The episode explores racism at the time. In 2024, he and Hamilton created a stage show featuring original cast members of
Drop the Dead Donkey which toured theatres in the UK. He has also written and is directing a film about the Tudors, titled
Fools. Jenkin's novel
Murder Most Foul, about the killing of
Christopher Marlowe, was shortlisted for the 2025
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize. ==Personal life==