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When DTDD was first shown (thank you, Channel Four!) it was the first "sit-com" to deal with current affairs. Shows were recorded during the week of transmission to keep them topical and up-to-date. Like I said before, these news items are now so old that they've almost passed into political ... Read review
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Advantages: Clever humour Disadvantages: Transmission time
...was first shown (thank you, Channel Four!) it was the first "sit-com" to deal with current affairs. Shows were recorded during the week of transmission to keep them topical and up-to-date. Like I said before, these news items are now so old that they've almost passed into political folklore (at one point, jokes about Neil Hamilton and brown envelopes featured quite heavily) but the quality of both the humour and the writing haven't dated at all. ...
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25.01.2001
Donkey Riding Review ofChannel 4 - Drop the Dead Donkeyby
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Advantages: Very well written,excellent cast Disadvantages: Not on presently
I always thought Drop The Dead Donkey was a very funny sitcom. It was set in the offices of Globelink News and this setting gave the opportunity for some good topical news related jokes about people or items in the news. The programme was first shown in 1990 and was the creation of Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin. At this time the Thatcher era in politics was just ending and the Major years as PM followed. This gave a rich vein of comic possibilities ... ...The characters themselves though added great depth to the programme including Gus who was the boss but who sucked up to the proprietor, Sir Roysten. The news editor was George who was insecure and had an unruly daughter. The floor manager was Helen who controlled the newsreaders who were the old experienced Henry and vacuum headed Sally. Finally there was Dave who was always gambling and Damien who was a reporter with no principles.
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