The BEST episodes of Drop The Dead Donkey season 2
Every episode of Drop The Dead Donkey season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Drop The Dead Donkey season 2!
Welcome to the Globelink News team, primed and ready to bring you the latest news...somehow. Under the ineffective management of Gus, the team bicker, fight, tease, gamble and mock their way through the day's news. Their professional rivalries and domestic traumas are laid bare on the floor of the newsroom. Episodes were recorded close to transmission, to make use of contemporary news events, thus giving the programme a greater sense of realism. Created by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin, the series had an ensemble cast, making stars of Haydn Gwynne, Stephen Tompkinson and Neil Pearson.
#1 - Drunk Minister
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1991
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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#2 - George's Daughter
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/5/1991
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.
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#3 - Henry and Dido
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/1991
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.
#4 - The Christmas Party
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/19/1991
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 - Hoax
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/1991
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.
#6 - Damien Down and Out
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/1991
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.
#7 - The Gulf Report
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1991
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.
#8 - The Trevorman Cometh
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1991
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.
#9 - Dave's Day
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/12/1991
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.
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#10 - Baseball
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/1991
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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#11 - The Evangelist
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/28/1991
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.
#12 - Alex and the Interpreter
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1991
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..
#13 - Don't Mention the Arabs
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1991
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.