The BEST episodes of Drop The Dead Donkey season 5
Every episode of Drop The Dead Donkey season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Drop The Dead Donkey season 5!
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 - Henry's Diary
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/1996
Henry's newspaper column is causing problems among the office staff. Gus is trying to sell tickets to Sir Roysten's benefit and he gets Joy to become a waitress for the evening.
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#2 - The Graveyard Shift
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/1996
Most of the staff end up back at the office on the graveyard shift. Dave and Helen see the report on the drug tests that Gus has taken showing George with traces of ecstasy. Joy brings her brother who has been sleeping rough back to the office and he beats Gus's record score on a video game.
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#3 - Charnley in Love
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/1996
Sally does an old age pensioners advert, but it backfires on her. Dave is beginning to have second thoughts about getting engaged, then he finds out that his fiance is dumping him. One of Gus's old girl friends, who now works for Sir Roysten, comes to give Globelink the once over. Damien is the first subject on a new reality TV show. Damien interviews M.P.s Anne Coates and Tony Banks.
#4 - The Bird of Doom
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/1996
Gus hires a new security firm. Joy applies for a job at the BBC.
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#5 - George's Car
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/1996
George buys Henry's old Jaguar and immediately has to spend 2000 pounds on a new gearbox. Sally is thinking about cosmetic surgery and Dave might break the habit of a lifetime and propose marriage to his girlfriend.
#6 - Sex 'n' Death
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/1996
Henry finds out that he is dying so goes on a bender to end all benders but there is a surprise in store. Gus is having sex nightmares about Joy so he asks Dave for advice but the nightmares continue with someone else.
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#7 - Luck
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/1996
Damien ends up in hospital with a broken leg after being pushed down stairs by Liam Gallagher. Sally acts in a pantomime with Rosemarie Ford. Dave clears his debts with a bet on the football.
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#8 - Inside the Asylum
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/1996
Sally returns from a mental hospital. Helen is carjacked. Henry is offered a job at the BBC.
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#9 - Dave and Diana
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1996
Gus brings in a psychologist to interview the staff. Henry and Damien think that Dave is dating Princess Diana but have a surprise in store. George brings in his home made wine.
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#10 - What Are Friends For
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/1996
Joy's friend comes to work at the office but unwittingly lets slip some of their secrets from while they were growing up. Damien interviews John Major and has trouble staying awake. Gus chats to a girl over the internet but before asking her out he wants to practice on Sally but she gets the wrong idea.
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#11 - The Path of True Love
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1996
Helen holds a dinner party to introduce her lesbian friend to the rest of the office but Damien tries to break them up. Gus finally dates the woman he has been chatting to on the internet but he wants to use Dave's chat up lines. Sally does a radio advert.
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#12 - The Godless Society
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/1996
A bishop loses his faith just before he is to be on a live GLN interview.