Drop the Dead Donkey (1990) Web Series — Cast, Story & Where to Watch | MovieLinkBD

Drop the Dead Donkey (1990) is a comedy web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Drop the Dead Donkey online in HD.

Drop the Dead Donkey — Storyline

A sitcom set in the offices of "GlobeLink News" after its acquisition by media mogul Sir Roysten Merchant. Led by editor George Dent, the staff of GlobeLink battle to maintain the company as a serious news organization against Sir Roysten's right-hand man, Gus Hedges, who wants to make the show more sensationalist and suppress stories that might harm Roysten's business empire.

Cast & Crew

• Created by: Andy Hamilton, Guy Jenkin
• Starring: Neil Pearson, Victoria Wicks, Susannah Doyle, David Swift, Stephen Tompkinson, Jeff Rawle, Robert Duncan, Ingrid Lacey

Drop the Dead Donkey — Series Details

Drop the Dead Donkey — Episode Guide

Season 1

• E1: A New Dawn (1990-08-09) — Sir Roysten takes over at Globelink News, and puts Gus in charge. The Editor George tries to sack Damien for seeding crash sites,while he is filming , but Gus intercedes and Damien
• E2: Sally's Arrival (1990-08-16) — As Britain is threatened by Saddam Hussein with the Gulf war about to break out the staff have a bigger problem to contend with. The arrival of a new news reader, Sally Smedley.
• E3: A Clash of Interests (1990-08-23) — Gus tries to get Alex on his side in order to pressurise George to censor a story about a chemical spillage from a company owned by Sir Roysten. Dave updates the obituaries but Hen
• E4: A Blast from the Past (1990-08-30) — Damien is doing a story on slum landlords but when they view the footage, Alex is staggered to learn that her ex husband is involved in the story. Sally and Henry have elocution le
• E5: Old Father Time (1990-09-06) — Henry's nephew comes to the office to gain work experience but everybody gets worked up as to just how young he is.
• E6: Sex, Lies and Audiotape (1990-09-13) — Alex has obtained a top secret audio tape, that the Government wants banned. Sally is taped making love to the sound man, but when Dave makes Henry a copy of Sally's tape, he accid
• E7: The New Approach (1990-09-20) — Gus brings in a stress therapist to interview the staff and after a group session, a fight breaks out between Dave and Henry, so Gus fires the therapist. Dave persuades Henry to pu
• E8: The Root of All Evil (1990-09-27) — Sally gets flowers from a secret admirer and when she loses her purse, Dave comes under suspicion, because he has been trying to borrow money. Gus goes on an economy drive.
• E9: Death, Disaster 'n' Damien (1990-10-04) — On location, Damien fakes a firing squad. He also gets injured organising an animal rights protest, but before he can film it, Alex steps in and the raid is cancelled. To make up
• E10: The Big Day (1990-10-11) — Gus wants Sally to interview the Prime Minister when she comes to the studio, but Alex and George want Henry to do the interview. When an electrician fuses the lights the interview

Season 2

• E1: The Gulf Report (1991-09-26) — The book on Globelink News' coverage of the Gulf War is about to be published and George is to be interviewed on TV about it. Sally goes on childrens TV and gets dunked in the gung
• E2: The Trevorman Cometh (1991-10-03) — Gus brings in an office efficiency expert to help with the job cuts he has in mind. Henry's legs are paralysed due to stress brought about by his experiences in the Korean war. To
• E3: Henry and Dido (1991-10-10) — Sally brings her dog Dido into the office. Henry dates a young actress. Dave, trying to find out how she feels about Henry, ends up sleeping with her, but when Henry finds out, he
• E4: Baseball (1991-10-17) — The staff are drafted into Gus's baseball team, just because he wants to get revenge on his older brother Julian. Meanwhile, the staff also use a photocopier repairman to see which
• E5: The Drunken Cabinet Minister (1991-10-24) — Sally complains to George that she is getting all the depressing stories. A Government Minister shows up for Henry's interview dead drunk. Damien tries to do his report from the st
• E6: Alex and the Intrepreter (1991-10-31) — While George is on holiday Alex runs the office and gets involved with a Russian and his interpreter, who are here to see how the station is run. The Russian proposes, Alex turns h
• E7: Hoax (1991-11-07) — Henry spends the whole episode trying to solve the last clue in the times crossword, when the answer comes from a surprising source. Sally's mother dies and after the cremation she
• E8: Don't Mention the Arabs (1991-11-14) — Sally has found religion. Henry is writing an obituary of a fellow journalist, who is seriously ill. George is under pressure to shelve Henry's documentary on human rights.
• E9: Damien Down and Out (1991-11-21) — While Damien lives on the streets to get to the bottom of a big story, Dave uses his credit cards. George's marriage is on the rocks.
• E10: The Evangelist (1991-11-28) — The Reverend Earl Johnson wants Globelink to cover his shows, but Alex says no. Sally comes to her senses when Earl makes a pass at her. Damien reads the tarot cards, George become
• E11: George's Daughter (1991-12-05) — On the day George has to bring his delinquent daughter to work a television company makes a documentary about the newsroom for 'Hidden Eye'. Damien's good relations with the police
• E12: Dave's Day (1991-12-12) — Dave goes to a counsellor to cure his gambling. Gus gives Dave a very important video tape to take to Sir Roysten, but during the trip the taxi is involved in a accident, and the t
• E13: The Christmas Party (1991-12-19) — During the Christmas party things start to get out of hand, and Dave finally sleeps with Alex, who regrets it in the morning. George gets drunk falls asleep and wakes up at Oxford

Season 3

• E1: In Place of Alex (1993-01-07) — After Alex leaves, Gus and George start to look for a replacement. When just two people (Peregrine and Helen) are left in the hunt, Dave and Henry come up with a plan to get Gus to
• E2: Sally's Accountant (1993-01-14) — Henry has money troubles so he gets Sally's accountant to help him out, but the accountant skips town with all his money. Henry interviews real life M.P.s Teddy Taylor and Ken Livi
• E3: Henry's Lost Love (1993-01-21) — Dave finally wins big on the horses, but Henry goes off on a bender with the betting slip, after hearing that his ex wife is getting married again.
• E4: Helen'll Fix It (1993-01-28) — 'Jim'll Fix It' gets Sally to agree to read the news with a little girl who has told the program that her mother has just died. Damien is following a story on prostitutes but Gus d
• E5: Sally's Libel (1993-02-04) — A new sports reporter joins the team. He is an ex-goalkeeper who conceded an easy goal during a cup tie and never lived it down. Sally sues a newspaper and wins her case but receiv
• E6: Lady Merchant (1993-02-11) — Damien tries to interview a war criminal but realises that he has got the wrong man. Gus is seduced by Sir Roysten's wife.
• E7: The New Newsreader (1993-02-18) — A new news reader joins the staff but she is so good that Henry and Sally try to get her the sack. George tries to pluck up courage to ask Helen out but then he learns that she is
• E8: Joy (1993-02-25) — Joy is seeing a married man. After some advice from George, Joy tells his wife, he gets stabbed and Joy is a suspect. Henry and Sally argue over desk space. Dave and Damien fall ou
• E9: Paintball (1993-03-04) — Gus takes the office on a war game weekend but Henry gets a black eye which forces him to drop out of a documentary that he was about to film. Damien discovers that Dave has slept
• E10: George and His Daughter (1993-03-11) — Damien gets caught in South Africa when a dictator wants information on dissidents in the UK. Joy and her friend go to see the Chippendales, so Henry and Dave try to show that they
• E11: Awards (1993-03-18) — The office go to an awards dinner but Joy and Sally turn up in the same dress. Gus hears a rumour that Sir Roysten is pulling out of Globelink. Henry wins a life achievement award.

Season 4

• E1: The Undiscovered Country (1994-09-29) — After going to the funeral of a colleague, Gus becomes very upset at the thought of death. Dave and Henry go on a bender. Damien is banned from driving. Sally goes to the opera.
• E2: Quality Time (1994-10-06) — Helen meets her daughter's new teacher. Damien and Henry bet Dave that he can't date Joy so he trains with her in preparation for her appearance on Gladiators. Gus is still in hosp
• E3: The Day of The Mum (1994-10-13) — Gus is back from hospital and delegates more responsibility to Helen. Damien's mother shows up and is still criticising him. Helen sorts out a problem of expenses between Henry an
• E4: Births and Deaths (1994-09-20) — Damien gets a death threat from the drug barons he featured in one of his reports so Gus gets him a bodyguard. Is Sally pregnant? Someone claiming to be Henry's son shows up.
• E5: Helen's Parents (1994-09-27) — Helen asks Dave to be her boyfriend at a dinner party she is holding for her parents so she doesn't have to tell them that she is gay. Sally turns out to be pregnant. George think
• E6: Sally in T.V. Times (1994-11-03) — Anna is marrying George but she has an alternative motive. Sally is being interviewed by the TV Times. Joy propositions the photographer. Sally loses her baby.
• E7: Crime Time (1994-11-10) — Gus proposes a new crime programme fronted by Sally and Damien but is unhappy with the director so he shoots the program himself. George still wants to marry Anna so Dave finds a w
• E8: No More Mr Nice Guy (1994-11-17) — George sends Sally and Henry out to Acapulco for an international conference after shedding his wimpish image.
• E9: Henry's Autobiography (1994-11-24) — George is scared stiff that he will be interviewed by Jeremy Paxman on BBC TV. Henry tries to date the new girl reporter who has just joined the team but she turns him down. Damien
• E10: The Strike (1994-12-01) — Most of the staff are out on strike because of job cuts but Gus, Sally, George and Damien are still working so Gus brings in Russian back room staff to cover. Dave plays poker wit
• E11: The Wedding (1994-12-08) — Dave organises a stag night for a member of the staff but it is Gus who is stripped naked at the end of the evening. Henry's house is occupied by the builders so he has to stay wit
• E12: Damien and the Weather Girl (1994-12-15) — A new weather girl joins the show and Dave ends up dating her, but he discovers that it is too dangerous to keep on seeing her so Damien tries his luck. Henry is to be featured on

Season 5

• E1: Inside the Asylum (1996-10-01) — Sally returns from a mental hospital. Helen is carjacked. Henry is offered a job at the BBC.
• E2: The Godless Society (1996-10-08) — Gus is eager to impress a Japanese delegation of potential financiers while the newsroom are introduced to a novel concept – religious belief – except for George, who's lost all fa
• E3: The Bird of Doom (1996-10-15) — Gus hires a new security firm. Joy applies for a job at the BBC.
• E4: What are Friends For (1996-10-22) — Joy's friend comes to work at the office but unwittingly lets slip some of their secrets from while they were growing up. Damien interviews John Major and has trouble staying awake
• E5: The Path of True Love (1996-10-29) — Helen holds a dinner party to introduce her lesbian friend to the rest of the office but Damien tries to break them up. Gus finally dates the woman he has been chatting to on the i
• E6: George's Car (1996-11-05) — George buys Henry's old Jaguar and immediately has to spend 2000 pounds on a new gearbox. Sally is thinking about cosmetic surgery and Dave might break the habit of a lifetime and
• E7: Charnley in Love (1996-11-12) — Sally does an old age pensioners advert, but it backfires on her. Dave is beginning to have second thoughts about getting engaged, then he finds out that his fiance is dumping him.
• E8: Henry's Diary (1996-11-19) — Henry's newspaper column is causing problems among the office staff. Gus is trying to sell tickets to Sir Roysten's benefit and he gets Joy to become a waitress for the evening.
• E9: Dave and Diana (1996-11-26) — Gus brings in a psychologist to interview the staff. Henry and Damien think that Dave is dating Princess Diana but have a surprise in store. George brings in his home made wine.
• E10: Luck (1996-12-03) — Damien ends up in hospital with a broken leg after being pushed down stairs by Liam Gallagher. Sally acts in a pantomime with Rosemarie Ford. Dave clears his debts with a bet on th
• E11: The Graveyard Shift (1996-12-10) — Most of the staff end up back at the office on the graveyard shift. Dave and Helen see the report on the drug tests that Gus has taken showing George with traces of ecstasy. Joy br
• E12: Sex 'n Death (1996-12-17) — Henry finds out that he is dying so goes on a bender to end all benders but there is a surprise in store. Gus is having sex nightmares about Joy so he asks Dave for advice but the

Season 6

• E1: The Newsmakers (1998-10-28) — A documentary crew films the demise of Globelink News.
• E2: Beasts, Badgers and Bombshells (1998-11-04) — Roy Merchant promises to not cut jobs.
• E3: The Diaries (1998-11-11) — Helen tells her father she's a lesbian. Henry and Sally look for other jobs. Dave tries to get fired.
• E4: But is it Art? (1998-11-18) — Sally begins dating older men. George meets Henry's niece. Helen tells her mother she's a lesbian.
• E5: George Finds Love (1998-11-25) — George goes out on a date with Henry's niece Sue. With the threat of unemployment looming ahead Damien starts to suffer from a nervous condition. And can Sally's future husband sav
• E6: A Bit of an Atmosphere (1998-12-02) — Damian's fainting spells get worse. Henry gets a job on children's TV. Joy's sketches are displayed in a gallery.
• E7: The Final Chapter (1998-12-09) — The staff prepares big changes in their second careers, but nothing goes as plans.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does Drop the Dead Donkey have? 6 season(s) with 65 episodes.

Who created Drop the Dead Donkey? Andy Hamilton, Guy Jenkin.

Where can I watch Drop the Dead Donkey? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.