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Neil Pearson
Neil Pearson

Neil Pearson

  • 65 years old
  • English
  • Actor

Neil Pearson features

Drop The Dead Donkey. Image shows from L to R: Henry Davenport (David Swift), George Dent (Jeff Rawle), Helen Cooper (Ingrid Lacey), Sally Smedley (Victoria Wicks), Damien Day (Stephen Tompkinson), Gus Hedges (Robert Duncan), Joy Merryweather (Susannah Doyle). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions Features

Comedy Rewind: Drop The Dead Donkey - Making and breaking the headlines

Sunday 4th February 2024

We look back at classic 1990s newsroom-set comedy Drop The Dead Donkey, a sitcom that pondered whether journalistic integrity can prevail in a world where only a wealthy few have the power to set the agenda.

Power Monkeys TV

Power Monkeys interviews

Saturday 4th June 2016

Andy Hamilton, Guy Jenkin, Neil Pearson and Paul Schlesinger - the directors of Power Monkeys - discuss how they write and film the show so close to transmission.

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