Drop the dead donkey season 5 episode 12 henry finds out that he is dying so goes on a bender to end all benders but there is a surprise in store. What youre about to see is the full recording of an evening of drop the dead donkey thats to say all the scenes being recorded, in order, in. Drop the dead donkey tv series 19901998 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Drop the dead donkey 1990 classic satirical sitcom set in the studios of globelink news tv. Home episodes series 1 series 2 series 3 series 4 play. Drop the dead donkey 19901998 series cast 251 neil pearson. The series was set in the newsroom of a news tv station, and hence had to be topical. Season season 6, drop the dead donkey season 6, drop the dead donkey series 6, drop the dead donkey series 6 episode 7.
Drop the dead donkey is a situation comedy that first aired on channel 4 in the united kingdom between 1990 and 1998. The world of news is highly exciting and explosive. Episodes server1 episode 6 episode 6 episode 5 episode 5 episode 4 episode 4 episode 3 episode 3 episode 2 episode 2 episode 1 episode 1. Watch anzac girls season 1 in for free on 123movies. It is set in the offices of globelink news, a fictional tv news company. Recorded close to transmission, it made use of current news events as a means of giving the programme a.
Watch drop the dead donkey season 6, episode 7 the final chapter. Show information, episode list, cast, and airdates. Drop the dead donkey is a comedy series about a news show and the behind the scenes operation of the show. Add the shows you like to a watchlist and let the site take it from there. Drop the dead donkey the offices of globelink news tv was the setting of this topical sitcom. Other tv roles followed, including two episodes of soldier, soldier in 1996 and a touch of frost in 1997. It is a show which parodies news shows and their operations. Paul clarkson pat pringle, geoffrey whitehead lawyer 1, elizabeth mckechnie lawyer 2, trevor danby judge, andrew green reporter 1, james mccusker reporter 2, kenneth wolstenholme commentator the tabloids have put it about that sally is not the most able, attractive and exciting member of the globelink team, so she decides to sue. Drop the dead donkey tv show season 5 episodes list. Drop the dead donkey ran in six series from 1990 to 1996. List of drop the dead donkey episodes ballot monkeys 2015 similar topical satirical sitcom by the same writers set around the 2015 uk election. Drop the dead donkey is a 30 minute comedy starring haydn gwynne, stephen tompkinson and susannah doyle. Gus employs a new, popular newsreader who manages to irritate all members of staff.
Romance and religion is in the air at the television station, george decides to buy a new car, and a psychologist arrives to appraise the teams mental health. An unpopular and unprincipled chief executive struggles to control a doggedly dysfunctional news team. Theres grave news at globelink after a sudden death. This is the last series with alex the assistant editor in. However, an increase in ratings that results from her performance, and. Sally smedleys icecool screen persona belies a passionate heart, and soon two groins are beating as one. Best movies and tv shows like drop the dead donkey. I never watched drop the dead donkey when it was originally aired 19901998, but bought the complete boxset expecting an ok sitcom but instead found another classic gem. This a list of episodes of the satirical british sitcom drop the dead donkey 19901998. How we made drop the dead donkey culture the guardian.
Gus is having sex nightmares about joy so he asks dave for advice but the nightmares continue with someone else. Her big tv break came in 1991 with the role of joy, the intelligent, acidtongued secretary and foil to her corporatespeak boss, in the channel 4 comedy drop the dead donkey. Drop the dead donkey season 2 episode the christmas party. Heres some episodes from a repeat showing of drop the dead donkey, which is handy as they include a very brief contextualizing introduction, read by geoffrey mcgivern if im not mistaken. The final moments of the last episode of drop the dead donkey. The day to day operations of a news show are mostly behind the scenes. The colour of each of the tables represents the colour of the series dvd.
This is the very first episode, so theres a bit of scene setting, to explain what kind of. Recorded close to transmission, it made use of contemporary news events to give the programme a. Art play uk tour wild at heart drop dead donkey brassed off by celebrity radio by alex belfield. The series premiered on thu aug 09, 1990 on channel 4 and the final chapter s06e07 last aired on wed dec 09, 1998. If this page is being served from any other site than it is not a. However, an increase in ratings that results from her performance, and a bonus pay increase, makes the staff much happier.
Drop the dead donkey is a situation comedy that ran on channel 4 in the united kingdom from 1990 to 1998. Drop the dead donkey is a british television sitcom that was first shown on channel 4 in the united kingdom between 1990 and 1998. Watch drop the dead donkey episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. Political satire about television news company globe link and its team of workers such as anchors. The bulk of the humour deals with thentopical british news, so the program doesnt really travel well. Click the link below to see what others say about drop the dead donkey.
Gus recovers from his heart tremor and tries to survive the visits from his colleagues. George tries his hand at treading the boards and damien has trouble with his porsche. Drop the dead donkey was a 1990s british tv comedy set in the newsroom of globelink news, recently acquired by megalomaniacal billionaire sir royston merchant. Series 1 a new dawn 9 aug 90 sallys arrival 16 aug 90 a clash of interests 23 aug 90 a blast from the past 30 aug 90 old father time 6 sep 90. Aside from attacking politicians across the political spectrum, the show centred on the war of egos between newsreaders, the inability. We wrote 90% of each episode plot, subplots, relationships between characters in advance, but left holes in the script so we could drop. Stoned reporter best quality drop the dead donkey season 4 episode 4 births and deaths by corrie linnell. Drop the dead donkey is drop the dead donkey on netflix. It was set in the offices of globelink news, a fictional tv news company. Drop the dead donkey is a british television sitcom that was first shown on channel 4 in the. The news warriors are back gossiping and griping about life down roysten merchant way.
Recorded close to transmission, it made use of contemporary news events to give the programme a greater sense of realism. Gus goes into exercise overdrive to defer his own demise. When you select the final episode of series 2 xmas party on the dvd, up pops an introduction from andy hamilton and guy jenkin. A brave new world beckons for the globelink news staff when media mogul sir roysten merchant takes over the station. It was created by andy hamilton and guy jenkin, with most of the. During the christmas party things start to get out of hand, and dave finally sleeps with alex, who regrets it in the morning. 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. Drop the dead donkey tv show season 3 episodes list.
The news station had just been acquired by a multimillionaire media tycoon who orders that the company should start taking a sensationalist stance to the news. With susannah doyle, robert duncan, ingrid lacey, neil pearson. Drop the dead donkey the strike tv episode 1994 imdb. Gus stands to make a million from globelinks record profits, but. It was created by andy hamilton and guy jenkin, with most of the episodes written by them. Recorded close to transmission, it made use of contemporary news events to give the programme a greater sense of. Drop the dead donkey online full episodes of season 6 to. Drop the dead donkey wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. This was because scripts were written so close to transmission in order to keep it topical, that they often didnt have time to. Drop the dead donkey vostfr en streaming series streaming. The true stories of extraordinary young women who witness the brutality and heroism of war and rise to meet the challenge.
This a list of episodes of the satirical british sitcom drop the dead donkey 1990 1998. Aside from attacking politicians across the political spectrum, the show centred on the war of egos between newsreaders, the inability of editors to avoid the tabloidisation of their programme and the wickedly black banter and office. The staff prepares big changes in their second careers, but nothing goes as planned. Drop the dead donkey is a british television sitcom that first aired on channel 4 in the united kingdom between 1990 and 1998. If you enjoyed drop the dead donkey when it was originally aired in the 90s then youll enjoy this 2 disc dvd of the 2nd series. And the team must grapple with the complexities of covering northern ireland.
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