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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Drop the Dead Donkey Season 2 Episode 4 - Baseball
    10.0/10(36 votes)

    #1 - Baseball

    S2:E4

    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 stories are the best.

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  2. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 2 Episode 5 - The Drunken Cabinet Minister
    10.0/10(38 votes)

    #2 - The Drunken Cabinet Minister

    S2:E5

    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 streets and keeps getting interrupted. Gay rights protesters break into the studio just before they go on air.

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  3. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 2 Episode 8 - Don't Mention the Arabs
    10.0/10(33 votes)

    #3 - Don't Mention the Arabs

    S2:E8

    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.

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  4. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 2 Episode 13 - The Christmas Party
    10.0/10(50 votes)

    #4 - The Christmas Party

    S2:E13

    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 Station.

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  5. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 3 Episode 4 - Helen'll Fix It
    10.0/10(28 votes)

    #5 - Helen'll Fix It

    S3:E4

    '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 discovers that one of the girls is seeing Sir Roysten and wants the program cancelled.

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  6. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 3 Episode 5 - Sally's Libel
    10.0/10(25 votes)

    #6 - Sally's Libel

    S3:E5

    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 receives only 15 pence as her award.

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  7. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 3 Episode 8 - Joy
    10.0/10(26 votes)

    #7 - Joy

    S3:E8

    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 out.

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  8. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 3 Episode 9 - Paintball
    10.0/10(31 votes)

    #8 - Paintball

    S3:E9

    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 with Helen.

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  9. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 3 Episode 11 - Awards
    10.0/10(32 votes)

    #9 - Awards

    S3:E11

    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.

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  10. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 4 Episode 2 - Quality Time
    10.0/10(28 votes)

    #10 - Quality Time

    S4:E2

    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 hospital after his heart scare. Dave has to read the new book on Princess Diana.

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  11. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 4 Episode 4 - Births and Deaths
    10.0/10(30 votes)

    #11 - Births and Deaths

    S4:E4

    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.

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  12. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 4 Episode 5 - Helen's Parents
    10.0/10(28 votes)

    #12 - Helen's Parents

    S4:E5

    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 thinks he is love with Anna. Henry beats Damien at chess but he is getting all his moves from Joy.

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  13. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 4 Episode 6 - Sally in T.V. Times
    10.0/10(26 votes)

    #13 - Sally in T.V. Times

    S4:E6

    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.

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  14. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 4 Episode 7 - Crime Time
    10.0/10(27 votes)

    #14 - Crime Time

    S4:E7

    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 way to stop them. When George finds out he goes berserk. Anna turns down Gus's offer of marriage.

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  15. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 4 Episode 8 - No More Mr Nice Guy
    10.0/10(23 votes)

    #15 - No More Mr Nice Guy

    S4:E8

    George sends Sally and Henry out to Acapulco for an international conference after shedding his wimpish image.

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  16. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 4 Episode 10 - The Strike
    10.0/10(27 votes)

    #16 - The Strike

    S4:E10

    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 with the police who are on picket duty. George's wife has published an account about their life together.

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  17. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 4 Episode 12 - Damien and the Weather Girl
    10.0/10(30 votes)

    #17 - Damien and the Weather Girl

    S4:E12

    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 'Living Legends' but he refuses to take part because he has confided in Dave that he may be impotent.

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  18. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 5 Episode 3 - The Bird of Doom
    10.0/10(26 votes)

    #18 - The Bird of Doom

    S5:E3

    Gus hires a new security firm. Joy applies for a job at the BBC.

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  19. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 5 Episode 4 - What are Friends For
    10.0/10(28 votes)

    #19 - What are Friends For

    S5:E4

    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. Gus chats to a girl over the internet but before asking her out he wants to practice on Sally but she gets the wrong idea.

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  20. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 5 Episode 5 - The Path of True Love
    10.0/10(27 votes)

    #20 - The Path of True Love

    S5:E5

    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 internet but he wants to use Dave's chat up lines. Sally does a radio advert.

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  21. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 5 Episode 7 - Charnley in Love
    10.0/10(27 votes)

    #21 - Charnley in Love

    S5:E7

    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. One of Gus's old girl friends, who now works for Sir Roysten, comes to give Globelink the once over. Damien is the first subject on a new reality TV show. Damien interviews M.P.s Anne Coates and Tony Banks.

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  22. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 5 Episode 8 - Henry's Diary
    10.0/10(26 votes)

    #22 - Henry's Diary

    S5:E8

    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.

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  23. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 5 Episode 9 - Dave and Diana
    10.0/10(28 votes)

    #23 - Dave and Diana

    S5:E9

    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.

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  24. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 5 Episode 12 - Sex 'n Death
    10.0/10(26 votes)

    #24 - Sex 'n Death

    S5:E12

    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 nightmares continue with someone else.

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  25. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 6 Episode 6 - A Bit of an Atmosphere
    10.0/10(23 votes)

    #25 - A Bit of an Atmosphere

    S6:E6

    Damian's fainting spells get worse. Henry gets a job on children's TV. Joy's sketches are displayed in a gallery.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Baseball" is the best rated episode of "Drop the Dead Donkey". It scored 10/10 based on 36 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/17/1991. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Drunken Cabinet Minister".