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Drop The Dead Donkey - Complete Season 1 [DVD]

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Drop the Dead Donkey was a situation, satirical comedy, set in the offices of "Globelink News", a fictional TV news company in the style of CNN, ITN, Sky News, etc. Globelink has been acquired by a multi-millionaire tycoon who prefers a more sensationalist stance to the news. The characters were created to exaggerate the perceived ideas of office/media stereotypes and each programme was recorded close to transmission, allowing script changes to incorporate maximum topicality in particularly of a political nature. The last scene, or voiceover for the ending credits was filmed either the day before or even on the day of broadcast to coincide with relative news stories. First aired in 1990, Drop the Dead Donkey was an innovative comedy that launched the careers of several successful comic actors.

Twenty years on, the laughs are as fresh as ever!
Review date: 2010-02-22 Rating: 10 out of 10

I missed the first season of this excellent sitcom, and wanted to see what I'd missed. I certainly wasn't disappointed. The humour and quick-fire repartee is still fresh after twenty years. I thoroughly recommend it to all who appreciate satire. It's a pity that this type of programme is now all too rare.

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great wit
Review date: 2009-11-19 Rating: 10 out of 10

I loved these when they were first broadcast, and they aree still funny now. In the special features they talk about how embarrassing it was to do the first episode without enough rehearsal, but frankly it continues throughout the entire series, but it doesn't detract from the characters or the stories, even if the 'current events' are dated. Can't go wrong with this.

Drop the Dead Donkey - Writers' Choice
Review date: 2009-03-28 Rating: 10 out of 10

All series of "Drop the Dead Donkey" are now available on DVD in a number of box sets. For some fans of the program, including myself, wanting more than just fond memories of the series buying them all is too much of a good thing.

This DVD provides the perfect answer. 6 complete editions of the program plus a vast number of clips of some of the best moments with comments from the writers as a bonus.

You scarcely see this DVD in the High Street shops nowadays and at the present price it is a good bargain.

One of the best DVDs and the worst delivery!
Review date: 2007-06-12 Rating: 2 out of 10

Well, I watched this on telly and wanted to buy this for my collection.

I have been a customer of Amazon for 7 years and I had never made any complaint and I have never returned any goods. I have also shopped online from several other companies.

The delivery company Citylink is simply a disgrace for such a reputable company like Amazon to use. I was home for the past one week and stayed in the lounge all day to wait for the products. However, I tracked these items online and found out Citylink claims that they had attempted to deliver these items and 'carded'. Funny enough, no one rang the doorbell and no postcards were left. I called Citylink early yesterday morning and told them I'd leave the door wide open and lights on and I would be at home all day. At 2pm, I tracked it from citylink's website, it said they had attempted to deliver at 1PM. This is a complete joke and lie.

You can type in Citylink and review in google and find out other customers' experiences with citylink. Enough said.

If you want your items fast, select first class, not express.

Brilliant topical series from the top drawer of British Comedy
Review date: 2006-12-17 Rating: 10 out of 10

I loved this series, it was the best of its kind and I was seriously disappointed when it came to an end. However, after six years it was probably best that it did end before it lost focus. The satire about the world of politics was merely one facet of this series, there was so much more to it. The mixed up lives of the various slightly desparate people at Globelink News, which was clearly a bottom drawer cable tv station struggling to find a place in the ratings; the sleazy owner of the station; their debatable news stories; the insecurities. I loved it.

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Actor(s):
Jeff Rawle
Victoria Wicks
Robert Duncan
David Swift
Neil Pearson

Creators:
Robert Duncan (Primary Contributor)
Neil Pearson (Primary Contributor)

Director(s):

Recording label: Cinema Club
Manufacturer: Cinema Club
EAN: 5014138301477
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 2
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2005-06-27
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 240 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1990
Language: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired)
Language: English (Original Language)

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