Drop the Dead Donkey - written by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin - was a unique combination of sketch show and sitcom in which the completion of the script was left until the last minute so that it could be made as topical as possible.

Set in the offices of Globelink News, the series - which followed the fortunes of the news crew following the company’s takeover by Murdoch-alike Sir Royston Merchant (never seen, but always present) who sets about dumbing the station and sensationalising its news output.

Hamilton and Jenkin were confident that they could make their approach work. And proved it, with a fast-paced, very funny series built on the sharply observed interplay between the main characters.

And now you can watch it all over again on DVD!

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