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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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    Drop the Dead Donkey Season 2 Episode 1 - The Gulf Report
    0.0/10(33 votes)

    #1 - The Gulf Report

    S2:E1

    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 gunge tank. Sir Roysten's daughter comes to work at the office and starts dating Dave.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 2 Episode 2 - The Trevorman Cometh
    0.0/10(35 votes)

    #2 - The Trevorman Cometh

    S2:E2

    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 stop the job cuts, the staff agree to pay cuts as long as Gus is included.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 2 Episode 3 - Henry and Dido
    0.0/10(33 votes)

    #3 - Henry and Dido

    S2:E3

    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 knocks his computer on to the floor and kills Dido.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 2 Episode 4 - Baseball
    0.0/10(34 votes)

    #4 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 2 Episode 5 - The Drunken Cabinet Minister
    0.0/10(36 votes)

    #5 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 2 Episode 6 - Alex and the Intrepreter
    0.0/10(31 votes)

    #6 - Alex and the Intrepreter

    S2:E6

    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 him down, but the interpreter accepts. Dave gets her off the hook, by posing as her fiance. Damien is under pressure from Lynn Yates, a reporter from another TV station, to get the best stories..

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 2 Episode 7 - Hoax
    0.0/10(32 votes)

    #7 - Hoax

    S2:E7

    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 brings the urn into the office. Damien meets the source who has hoaxed him on several stories.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 2 Episode 8 - Don't Mention the Arabs
    0.0/10(31 votes)

    #8 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 2 Episode 9 - Damien Down and Out
    0.0/10(33 votes)

    #9 - Damien Down and Out

    S2:E9

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 2 Episode 10 - The Evangelist
    0.0/10(32 votes)

    #10 - The Evangelist

    S2:E10

    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 becomes very upset over his marriage breakup.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 2 Episode 11 - George's Daughter
    0.0/10(35 votes)

    #11 - George's Daughter

    S2:E11

    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 force are threatened when the editors want to air a tape Damien made of a botched raid.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 2 Episode 12 - Dave's Day
    0.0/10(30 votes)

    #12 - Dave's Day

    S2:E12

    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 tape is stolen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 2 Episode 13 - The Christmas Party
    0.0/10(48 votes)

    #13 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 3 Episode 1 - In Place of Alex
    0.0/10(29 votes)

    #14 - In Place of Alex

    S3:E1

    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 choose the person they want.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 3 Episode 2 - Sally's Accountant
    0.0/10(26 votes)

    #15 - Sally's Accountant

    S3:E2

    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 Livingstone.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 3 Episode 3 - Henry's Lost Love
    0.0/10(22 votes)

    #16 - Henry's Lost Love

    S3:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 3 Episode 4 - Helen'll Fix It
    0.0/10(26 votes)

    #17 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 3 Episode 5 - Sally's Libel
    0.0/10(23 votes)

    #18 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 3 Episode 6 - Lady Merchant
    0.0/10(27 votes)

    #19 - Lady Merchant

    S3:E6

    Damien tries to interview a war criminal but realises that he has got the wrong man. Gus is seduced by Sir Roysten's wife.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 3 Episode 7 - The New Newsreader
    0.0/10(25 votes)

    #20 - The New Newsreader

    S3:E7

    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 a lesbian. Dave and Damien go pot holing and get trapped.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 3 Episode 8 - Joy
    0.0/10(24 votes)

    #21 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 3 Episode 9 - Paintball
    0.0/10(29 votes)

    #22 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 3 Episode 10 - George and His Daughter
    0.0/10(41 votes)

    #23 - George and His Daughter

    S3:E10

    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 can go one better. George hunts for his daughter who is living rough with a bunch of squatters.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Andy Hamilton

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  24. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 3 Episode 11 - Awards
    0.0/10(30 votes)

    #24 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Drop the Dead Donkey Season 4 Episode 1 - The Undiscovered Country
    0.0/10(28 votes)

    #25 - The Undiscovered Country

    S4:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Gulf Report" is the best rated episode of "Drop the Dead Donkey". It scored /10 based on 33 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/26/1991. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Trevorman Cometh".