Drop the Dead Donkey
The Dead Donkey is a situation comedy that aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom between 1990 and 1998. It's put at the offices of"GlobeLink News", a fictional television news organization. It made use of news events to give the programme a much greater sense of realism. It Was Made by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin. The show had an ensemble cast, manufacturing celebrities of Stephen Tompkinson, Haydn Gwynne and Neil Pearson.
The show started with the purchase of GlobeLink an allusion, by media mogul Sir Roysten Merchant to Robert Maxwell or Rupert Murdoch. Indeed, Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin note that it had been blessed for their libel lawyers that both men shared the same initials. The show is largely centered on the continuing battle between your team of GlobeLink, headed by editor George Dent, since they try to maintain the company like a serious news organisation, and Sir Roysten's right hand man Gus Hedges, wanting to get the series more sensationalist and suppress stories that might harm Sir Roysten's business empire.
The series was awarded the Best Comedy Award at the 1994 BAFTA Awards. At the Comedy Awards the series won Best New TV Comedy in 1990, Best Channel 4 Comedy at 1991, and Best Channel 4 Sitcom at 1994.
Released: 1990-08-09
Genre:
Comedy
