This is a list of episodes of the

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Drop the Dead Donkey ''Drop the Dead Donkey'' is a British television sitcom that was first shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom between 1990 and 1998. It is set in the offices of "GlobeLink News", a fictional TV news company. Recorded close to transmission, it ...

'' (1990–1998). It was created by

Andy Hamilton Andrew Neil Hamilton (born 28 May 1954) is a British comedian, game show panellist, television director, comedy screenwriter, radio dramatist, novelist and actor. Early life and education Hamilton was born in Fulham, West London. He was educa ...

and

Guy Jenkin Guy Jenkin (born 27 April 1955) is a British film director and comedy writer who is best known for working together with Andy Hamilton on sitcoms and comedies such as '' Drop the Dead Donkey'' (1990–1998), '' Outnumbered'' (2007–2014), and ...

, with most of the episodes written by them. The colour of each of the tables represents the colour of the series DVD. The series was set in the newsroom of a news TV station, and hence had to be topical. The character plots for each episode were written in advance, and delivered to the cast on the Monday before recording. The scripts would then be re-written to add in topical references over the next few days. The 'completed' episode would then be recorded on the night before transmission, with some of the cast recording voice-over additions the next day, a few hours before transmission.

Series overview

Episodes

Pilot

Series 1 (1990)

Series 2 (1991)

Series 3 (1993)

Series 4 (1994)

Series 5 (1996)

Series 6 (1998)

Notes

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Drop the Dead Donkey Episodes, List of Lists of British sitcom episodes