The BEST episodes of Drop The Dead Donkey season 3
Every episode of Drop The Dead Donkey season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Drop The Dead Donkey season 3!
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 - George and His Daughter
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/11/1993
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.
#2 - Henry's Lost Love
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/1993
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.
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#3 - Awards
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/18/1993
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.
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#4 - In Place of Alex
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/1993
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.
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#5 - Helen'll Fix It
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/1993
'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.
#6 - Sally's Accountant
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/1993
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.
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#7 - Paintball
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/4/1993
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.
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#8 - Joy
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/25/1993
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.
#9 - The New Newsreader
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/18/1993
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.
#10 - Lady Merchant
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/1993
Damien tries to interview a war criminal but realises that he has got the wrong man. Gus is seduced by Sir Roysten's wife.
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#11 - Sally's Libel
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/1993
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.
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