British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide
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
Drop The Dead Donkey

Drop The Dead Donkey

  • TV sitcom
  • Channel 4
  • 1990 - 1998
  • 66 episodes (6 series)

Sitcom set at GlobeLink News, a TV news station which is ordered to start taking a sensationalist stance to the news by its new owner. Stars Jeff Rawle, Robert Duncan, Haydn Gwynne, Ingrid Lacey, David Swift and more.

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