Drop The Dead Donkey

Starring

A Hat Trick production for Channel Four. (C) Channel Four

Watch out for the DtDD team in a tribute to the Bee Gees on Red Nose Day!
Created, written and produced by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin
Additional Material: Rory McGrath, Nick Revell, Malcolm Williamson, Elly Brewer
Directed by Liddy Oldroyd
Executive Producer: Denise O'Donoghue
Drop The Dead Donkey currently showing on Paramount Comedy Channel Mon-Sat at 9pm or 9.30pmish

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Season 1

  1. "A News Dawn" - 09 Aug 90
  2. "Sally's Arrival" - 16 Aug 90
  3. "A Clash of Interests" - 23 Aug 90
  4. "A Blast From The Past" - 30 Aug 90
  5. "Old Father Time" - 06 Sep 90
  6. "Sex, Lies and AudioTape" - 13 Sep 90
  7. "Stress Therapy" - 20 Sep 90
  8. "The Root of All Evil [aka The Economy Drive]" - 27 Sep 90
  9. "Animal Rights" - 04 Oct 90
  10. "The Big Interview" - 11 Oct 90

Season 2

  1. "The Gulf Report" - 26 Sep 91
  2. "The Trevorman Cometh [aka Budget Troubles]" - 03 Oct 91
  3. "Henry and Dido [aka When Newsreaders Collide]" - 10 Oct 91
  4. "Baseball [aka Sibling Rivalry]" - 17 Oct 91
  5. "What Shall We Do with the Drunken Cabinet Minister?" - 24 Oct 91
  6. "Alex and the Interpreter [aka Glasnost]" - 31 Oct 91
  7. "Hoax" - 07 Nov 91
  8. "Don't Mention the Arabs" - 14 Nov 91
  9. "Damien Down and Out [aka No News Like Bad News]" - 21 Nov 91
  10. "The Evangelist [aka Divorce Blues]" - 28 Nov 91
  11. "George's Daughter" - 05 Dec 91
  12. "Dave's Day" - 12 Dec 91
  13. "The Christmas Party" - 19 Dec 91

Season 3

  1. "In Place of Alex" - 07 Jan 93
  2. "Sally's Accountant" - 14 Jan 93
  3. "Henry's Lost Love" - 21 Jan 93
  4. "Helen'll Fix It" - 28 Jan 93
  5. "Sally's Libel" - 04 Feb 93
  6. "Sir Roysten's Wife [aka Lady Merchant]" - 11 Feb 93
  7. "The New Newsreader" - 18 Feb 93
  8. "Joy" - 25 Feb 93
  9. "Paintball" - 04 Mar 93
  10. "George and His Daughter" - 11 Mar 93
  11. "Awards" - 18 Mar 93

Season 4

  1. "The Undiscovered Country" - 29 Sep 94
  2. "Quality Time" - 06 Oct 94
  3. "The Day of the Mum" - 13 Oct 94
  4. "Births and Deaths" - 20 Oct 94
  5. "Helen's Parents" - 27 Oct 94
  6. "Sally in TV Times" - 03 Nov 94
  7. "Crime Time" - 10 Nov 94
  8. "No More Mr Nice Guy" - 17 Nov 94
  9. "Henry's Autobiography" - 24 Nov 94
  10. "The Strike" - 1 Dec 94
  11. "The Wedding" - 8 Dec 94
  12. "Damien and the Weather Girl" - 15 Dec 94

Season 5

Season 5 finished in Dec 1996 and, after a slow start, regained its old form. The last episode, "Sex'n'Death" was top-class, had loads of Dave (i.e. Neil) in it and if you like to see Neil in leather and not much of it this is the episode for you. This series wasn't as topical as past ones (it was filmed on Wednesdays for transmission the following Tuesday) but the strength of this sitcom has always been its characters, not its topicality. Think of your favourites...the Christmas Party, Paintball... what was good about them; was it their hard-hitting topicality? No! So after a cautious start I think this series was as good as ever and had some real gems that will become classics.
  1. "Inside The Asylum" - 1 Oct 96
  2. "The Godless Society" - 8 Oct 96
  3. "The Bird of Doom" - 15 Oct 96
  4. "What Are Friends For?" - 22 Oct 96
  5. "The Path of True Love" - 29 Oct 96
  6. "Charnley in Love" - 5 Nov 96
  7. "untitled:George's Car or Dave's Second Thoughts?" - 12 Nov 96
  8. "Henry's Diary" - 19 Nov 96
  9. "Dave and Diana" - 26 Nov 96
  10. "Luck" - 3 Dec 96
  11. "The Graveyard Shift" - 10 Dec 96
  12. "Sex'n'Death" - 17 Dec 96

Season 6

The last one and the first under a Labour government. Seven episodes only. The last DtDD has been broadcast, 9th December. Sob! All the DtDD cyber-fans were at the recording. See Becks DtDD site for a trip report and synopses of all the episodes.
  1. "The Newsmakers" - 28 Oct 98
  2. "" - 4 Nov 98
  3. "" - 11 Nov 98
  4. "" - 18 Nov 98
  5. "" - 25 Nov 98
  6. "" - 2 Dec 98
  7. "" - 9 Dec 98
Children in Need (26 Nov 93): sketch - 'Globelink News'

Merchandise

Videos

Videos are published by Hat Trick and distributed by VCI. Five are currently available:
  1. DTDD: VC6349 Episodes 1, 11 and 13 from season 2
  2. DTDD 2: VC6447 Episodes 9, 10 and 11 from season 3
  3. DTDD 3: VC6466 Episodes 1, 2 and 3 from season 1
  4. DTDD 4: VC6467 Episodes 1, 2 and 5 from season 3
  5. DTDD 5: VC6349 Episodes 3, 6 and 7 from season 3

Books

A novel entitled "Drop The Dead Donkey 2000", written by Andy Hamilton and Alistair Beaton, is available at all good bookshops. ISBN 0-7515-1366-0.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to David Owen for his information about season 1. Guide (C) Dave Chapman 1994. Permission is granted by the copyright holder to distribute this guide on the sole condition that it is unmodified and no fee is charged. Updated titles from Keith Topping's list.

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Last updated 24th March 1999

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