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Drop the Dead Donkey is a British television sitcom that was first shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom between 1990 and 1998. It is set in the offices of "GlobeLink News", a fictional TV news company. [1]
Drop the Dead Donkey. Political satire about television news company Globe Link and its team of workers such as anchors Henry and Sally, reporter Damien, editor Dave, execs George and Helen, assistant Joy and manager Gus Hedges.
Aug 9, 1990 · Drop the Dead Donkey. Classic satirical sitcom set in the studios of Globelink News TV. An unpopular and unprincipled Chief Executive struggles to control a doggedly dysfunctional news team. With...
Starring the original cast members Susannah Doyle, Robert Duncan, Ingrid Lacey, Neil Pearson, Jeff Rawle, Stephen Tompkinson and Victoria Wicks, the iconic BAFTA and EMMY award-winning comedy is reimagined in this brand-new topical commentary on the cutthroat world of 24 hours news.
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With each episode taking direct aim at events occurring at the time of first broadcast it would have been reasonable to think that Drop the Dead Donkey would...
S1.E8 ∙ The Root of All Evil. Thu, Sep 27, 1990. Economy is Gus's latest obsession, as he attempts to introduce an austerity drive at the station. This threatens to have a disastrous effect on Damien's bribing techniques and Dave is obsessed with his own lack of solvency.
Jan 7, 1993 · Drop the Dead Donkey. Classic satirical sitcom set in the studios of Globelink News TV. An unpopular and unprincipled Chief Executive struggles to control a doggedly dysfunctional news team. With...
Oct 1, 1996 · Series 5 Episode 5. The Path of True Love: Gus is about to get a woman in his life as Cupid starts firing poison-tipped arrows. First shown: Tue 29 Oct 1996 | 25 mins.
1. The Undiscovered Country. After a sudden death at GlobeLink, Gus goes into exercise overdrive. 2. Quality Time. Gus recovers from his heart tremor. 3. The Day of the Mum. George is invited to...
