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George Dent

"*Don't look so down in the dumps. We've got a programme to make haven't we? So, let's show everyone what we're made of and let's jolly well go out there and make television.*"
―George's advice to the news team in A New Dawn.
The station’s editor, George is a nervous wreck and hypochondriac who frequently finds himself in conflict with Gus over editorial decisions, but he is usually too afraid to argue with the Chief Executive. George is generally a moral man, who has a good sense of what a news company should really be doing and what stories are important, but he is frequently bullied by Gus and distracted by his staff.

He suffers from a number of anxiety disorders and apparently psychosomatic symptoms, which he will often relate apprehensively to his colleagues. George once remarked that his doctor had suggested that he stop visiting the surgery and simply fax his new symptoms in every day. In earlier series, George comes across as broadly competent if a bit weak willed before troubles in his personal life take their toll and the job becomes out of his depth, with Henry remarking in Series 3 'George seems particularly out of it these days'.

George also suffers from appalling bad luck, such as when he buys Henry's car, which gearbox almost immediately fails, so Damien has the car stolen so George can claim it on insurance, but George has already spent £2,000 on a new gearbox, and before Damien can get the car back, it rolls off a cliff. George does become noticeably more confident and extroverted when drunk, although this rarely happens.

Earlier scripts followed the deterioration of George’s marriage to his somewhat exploitative and vindictive wife, Margaret, and following their divorce, George’s problems at home generally revolved around the antisocial and increasingly criminal behaviour of his daughter Deborah. He meets a woman from Poland called Anna who wants to marry him but he believes it is out of love when all she wants is a passport.

Interestingly in spite of the general view that George is useless and inept, he is commonly sought out by the other members of Globelink for advice on their personal problems. When GlobeLink closed in 1998, George chose to devote his future to caring for the ill Margaret rather than pursue a new life in Australia with new love Sue, despite making promises to finally leave his loveless marriage and painful home lifestyle behind. It is implied that, despite expectations, George is actually happy to have Margaret back in his life.
Dave Charnley

"*All right, listen up, listen up. New sweepstake. Best suggestions for next member of Clinton's family to be offered a government job. So far, we've got Chelsea Clinton as head of joint chiefs of staff and Socks the cat as head of the space program.*"
―Opening line from Helen'll Fix It
The deputy sub-editor and general dogsbody. As a compulsive womaniser and gambler, he gets on very well with Henry, owing to these shared interests, and Damien, owing to his willingness to bet on outrageously tasteless things.

Dave and Henry have the only friendship that appears to extend beyond the office, although it can occasionally turn volatile — usually over gambling matters or women. Dave runs a large number of office books and sweepstakes, although outside the office his gambling has landed him in debt to the tune of several tens of thousands of pounds.

Dave has occasionally been very successful in his gambling but usually through his own actions manages to squander his good fortune. He is also addicted to one-night stands with married women, and sees any married female colleague or acquaintance as a challenge. These involvements rarely last long enough to qualify as affairs, since Dave seems to relish the chase. As a colleague put it, "[Dave doesn’t] want to get involved with anyone who could conceivably want to get involved back."

Although Dave clearly has the potential to be a highly competent professional, his career progress is continually hampered by these many weaknesses and addictions, and his generally irresponsible and childish behaviour. On rare occasions, however, Dave does develop real feelings for others.

After seducing a drunken Helen — initially just for the challenge of winning over a lesbian — he finds that he has a genuine attraction to her, and it takes him some time to recover when she tells him that their brief fling has simply helped her to reassure her of her homosexuality. He also gets engaged — despite serious doubts — in series 5; however he is shocked when his fiancee breaks up with him, claiming she had had no idea he would get so serious. Dave became assistant to Henry on his radio show when they left GlobeLink in 1998.
Amy Potter

**Amy Potter** is a reporter hired by Globelink News aged twenty who quickly catches the eye of Henry Davenport, the man who inspired her to become a journalist. He allows her to read his autobiography but is incensed when she expresses disappointment that after an excellent start, the book becomes laden with gossip. Unfortunately, Amy's professionalism and integrity cause her to leave the company following her refusing to "jazz up" an item about the NHS.
A Clash of Interests

"*As I have said before, I am very much the new microchip in your mainframe. So, if you feel it is a big story you must go for it. Of course, I suppose, that is the big question, is this genuinely a big story.*"
―Gus talking about the chemical leak story
# Summary

One of Sir Roysten Merchant's chemical companies has spilt some chemicals in Scotland and, given that he also owns GlobeLink, there is a conflict of interest. The decision has to be made on whether to run the story and whereabouts in the programme. Gus nobbles the story by effectively bribing all the staff but George. Dave is updating the prerecorded obituaries and Henry finds out that there is one for him. Henry insists that he watch it, and he is not happy with some of the comments. Sally is continuing to make trouble for the team, insisting that she not read so much gloomy news and that she get her own hairdresser.
Sally's Arrival

**Sally's Arrival** was the second episode of the first series of Drop the Dead Donkey which was first broadcast on 16 August 1990.

## Summary

Gus employs a new newsreader, Sally Smedley, without consultation with George. Gus and George decide to put her on for a trial time. Sally has limited experience and general knowledge but is very popular with the public. Sally manages to irritate everybody on the staff but an increase in ratings gets everybody a bonus pay increase.

This lengthens her trial period to 2 years. Damien is in trouble for stirring up some neo-Nazis. He supplied them with copious alcohol, copies of Mein Kampf and armbands in the quest for better pictures.
Helen's Parents/Credits

## Cast

* Susannah Doyle as Joy Merryweather
* Robert Duncan as Gus Hedges
* Ingrid Lacey as Helen Cooper
* Neil Pearson as Dave Charnley
* Jeff Rawle as George Dent
* David Swift as Henry Davenport
* Stephen Tompkinson as Damien Day
* Victoria Wicks as Sally Smedley
* Geoffrey Hutchings as Alfred
* Paula Jacobs as Bernice
* Nina Marc as Anna
* Caroline Strong as Liz

## Episode Crew

* Directed by Liddy Oldroyd
* Writen by Guy Jenkin and Andy Hamilton, with additional material from Ian Brown and Malcolm Williamson
* Produced by Andy Hamilton, Avon Harpley, Guy Jenkin and Denise O'Donoghue
* Casting by Kate Day
* Production Design by Graeme Story
* Costume Design by Jo Thompson

### Art Department

* Barry Du Pille (Property master)
* Paul Woods (Production buyer)

## Camera and Electrical Department

* Peter Edwards (Senior camera operator)
* Sean Moon (Vision controller)
* Keith Reed (Lighting director)
* Tony Keene (Camera supervisor - uncredited)

### Editorial Department

* Barbara Hicks (Vision mixer)
* Mykola Pawluk (Editor: video tape)

### Other crew

* Charlotte Bevan (Production team)
* Hilary Groves (Stage manager)
* Christine Hagon (Production team)
* Polly Hope (Production team)
* Carwyn Jones (Production team)
* John Ryan (Production team)
* Janice Schumm (Production assistant)
* Tristram Shapeero (Floor manager)
* Sylvia Tuck (Systems operator: Unisys)
The Root of All Evil

# Summary

Economy is Gus's latest obsession, as he attempts to introduce an austerity drive at the station. This threatens to have a disastrous effect on Damien's bribing techniques, and Dave is obsessed with his own lack of solvency. Sally reaps the reward of an over-zealous publicity campaign and an outbreak of petty theft prompts a security crisis.
The Trevorman Cometh/Credits

# Episode Cast

* Robert Duncan as Gus Hedges
* Haydn Gwynne as Alex Pates
* Neil Pearson as Dave Charnley
* Jeff Rawle as George Dent
* David Swift as Henry Davenport
* Stephen Tompkinson as Damien Day
* Victoria Wicks as Sally Smedley
* Susannah Doyle as Joy Merryweather
* Richard Cubison as Trevor

# Episode Crew

* Directed by Liddy Oldroyd
* Written by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin
* Produced by Andy Hamilton (Producer), Guy Jenkin (Producer) and Denise O'Donoghue (Executive producer)
* Casting by Kate Day and Rebecca Howard
* Production Design by Graeme Story
* Costume Design by Jo Thompson

## Art Department

* Allen J. Polley (Property master) (as Allen Polley)
* Paul Woods (Production buyer)

## Camera and Electrical Department

* Martin Hawkins (Senior camera operator)
* Sean Moon (Vision controller)
* John Watt (Lighting director)

## Editorial Department

* Josef d'Bache-Kane (Assistant on-line editor)
* Barbara Hicks (Vision mixer)
* Mykola Pawluk (Editor: video tape)

## Other crew

* Mark Beaumont (Production accountant)
* Lesley Davies (Production assistant)
* Miles Evans (Production team)
* Stan Fus (Location manager)
* Hilary Groves (Stage manager)
* Suzanne Paul (Production team)
* Janice Schumm (Production team)
* Tristram Shapeero (Production team)
* Rebecca Simor (Researcher)
* Graham Smith Technical supervisor)
* Sylvia Tuck (Systems operator: Unisys)
* Simon Wallace (Floor manager)
* David Young (Production team)
Octavia Merchant

"And Dave's friendships do tend to - how shall I put this? - wander south of the belly button." - Gus describing his discomfort at Octavia's closeness to Dave.

**Octavia Merchant** is the daughter of Sir Roysten Merchant who is forced to compete with her siblings for a share in the inheritance. She visited Globelink News on one occasion and began dating Dave Charnley. This worried Gus and George who feared Dave would dump Octavia or cheat on her, arousing the wrath of Sir Roysten, and encouraged Dave to dump her. Instead, this had an opposite effect and Sir Roysten called to complain that a Globelink employee had cold-shouldered his daughter. Gus proceeded to officially intervene, rescheduling the couple's cancelled date over Dave's protests.

Th exact nature of Octavia's relationship with Lady Caroline Merchant is never defined, so she could be either her daughter or step-daughter.
Nick Revell

Image from Website

Alex and the Interpreter, Lady Merchant, The New Newsreader, Paintball, George and His Daughter, Awards, The Undiscovered Country, The Day of the Mum, Crime Time, Henry's Autobiography, The Strike, Damien and the Weather Girl, Inside the Asylum, The Godless Society, What Are Friends For?, Charnley in Love, Henry's Diary, Luck, The Graveyard Shift
**Actor**
Brian Beeching
Beasts, Badgers and Bombshells

**Nick Revell** is a British stand-up comedian and writer for radio and television. Born John Revell, he studied at Lincoln College, Oxford.

## Biography

Starting out as a writer for topical shows like Weekending and The News Huddlines on BBC Radio and Not the Nine O’Clock News on BBC TV in the late 70s, Nick Revell began performing as a stand-up at the Comedy Store in 1980.

TV and Radio includes Friday Night Live, Live at Jongleurs, two visits to the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, co-writer and co-star with Andy Hamilton in several series of the award-winning Million Pound Radio Show on BBC Radio 4, two series of the Radio 4 sit-com The Nick Revell Show, and his own show Nick Revell, on BBC-1. Also panel shows such as Just A Minute, The News Quiz, Quote Unquote.

His TV and Radio credits as a writer include sitcoms, sketch shows and material for other comedians - Drop the Dead Donkey, Dressing for Breakfast, After You’d Gone, Dave Allen, Three of a Kind, Not the Nine O’Clock News, Alas Smith and Jones, Rory Bremner and Jasper Carrot, The Million Pound Radio Show, House of the Spirit Levels, It’s that Jo Caulfield Again, Living with the Enemy, Weekending, The News Huddlines, The Unofficial Election 2005, with Andy Zaltzman and Jon Oliver, The Nick Revell Show, The Sunday Format to name but a few.

As an actor his credits include Drop the Dead Donkey and Alan Clarke’s musical feature film Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire.

Awards for the above include Perrier Nominee, BAFTAS, International Emmys, British Comedy Awards, Sony Radio Awards, Writers’ Guild Awards, Silver Rose of Montreux.

For ten years from 1992 he stopped doing stand-up. During this period he performed two solo theatre shows, The Ghost of John Belushi Flushed My Toilet and Liberal Psychotic, which both transferred from successful runs at the Edinburgh Festival to Hampstead Theatre and then toured internationally. He continued to write extensively not only for TV and Radio but also two novels, House of the Spirit Levels and The Night of the Toxic Ostrich, and a stage play, Love and Other Fairy Tales which was highly successful with critics and audiences alike. He also presented Radio 4’s literature programme Open Book.
Currently he continues to tour as a stand-up comedan and is also co-creator (with comedian Alistair Barrie and journalist and LBC presenter James O’Brien) of the topical panel show No Pressure to be Funny which can also be found as a podcast on the British Comedy Guide.

## Sources

1. ↑ http://www.nickrevell.com/photos
2. ↑ http://www.nickrevell.com/node/2
Liddy Oldroyd

Liddy (centre) at the 1998 Comedy Awards

**Elizabeth Mary 'Liddy' Oldroyd** was the inventive television director whose energy gave Drop the Dead Donkey its creative edge.

## History

One of four children, she was educated at Guildford County Grammar School and the University of York. After a spell as an actress in the 1970s she joined London Weekend Television in 1979. Her early credits included Weekend World, Six O'Clock Show and Spitting Image. In 1989 she was one of the directors of Desmond's, the popular Channel 4 situation comedy and the first successful black British sitcom.

Throughout the 1990s Liddy Oldroyd directed a number of comedy programmes including After Henry, a gentle and sensitive comedy starring Prunella Scales as a woman who finds herself suddenly widowed and living with her mother and daughter.

She also directed a number of television dramas including Underworld (1997). Other credits include Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, the lewd sitcom starring Kathy Burke as a foul-mouthed and unattractive trollop who thinks she is "the ginger Jerry Hall" and her flat-mate, a gay out-of-work actor, played by James Dreyfus.

Unlike many in such a demanding profession, Liddy Oldroyd always managed to keep in touch with her countless friends. Colleagues were amazed at the size of her Christmas card list, which she would start compiling in the early autumn.

Up until her death of liver cancer, she continued to exude typical energy and resourcefulness and enlisted the help of friends and acquaintances in raising money for cancer research. A great raconteuse, she was always refreshingly candid. One of her most frequent expressions was: "Can I be honest with you?" (But if the answer was "no", she paid no attention.)

She also retained the sense of humour which was a continual feature of her life and work. "Thank you all for being on my little show, here tonight," she would say on leaving a party, mimicking the large lady at the end of the Morecambe and Wise Show, "if you've enjoyed it, then it's all been worthwhile. Goodnight, and I love you all". She married Peter Gwilliam in 1983. He survives her with two sons and a daughter.

## Sources

1. ↑ IMDB entry nm0646187
2. ↑ Telegraph obituary
But Is It Art?

Gus is still in denial, George meets Henry's niece, and overcomes his fear of flying. Sally goes in search of an alternative income, and Helen discovers she has no secrets.

# Cast

* Susannah Doyle as Joy Merryweather
* Robert Duncan as Gus Hedges
* Ingrid Lacey as Helen Cooper
* Neil Pearson as Dave Charnley
* Jeff Rawle as George Dent
* David Swift as Henry Davenport
* Stephen Tompkinson as Damien Day
* Victoria Wicks as Sally Smedley
* Victoria Carling as Sue
* James Bannon as Vivian
* Paula Jacobs as Helen's Mum
* Norman Gregory as Pub Manager
* Melvyn Hayes as Sir Gordon
* Allan Corduner as Art Critic
* Eliza Buckingham as Woman in Gallery
Inside the Asylum/Credits

# Cast

* Susannah Doyle as Joy Merryweather
* Robert Duncan as Gus Hedges
* Ingrid Lacey as Helen Cooper
* Neil Pearson as Dave Charnley
* Jeff Rawle as George Dent
* David Swift as Henry Davenport
* Stephen Tompkinson as Damien Day
* Victoria Wicks as Sally Smedley
* Jean Ainslie as Lady in Street
* Paul Jennings as Robber
* Russell Richardson as Detective
* James Grout as Desmond Platt

# Crew

* Directed by Liddy Oldroyd
* Written by Guy Jenkin and Andy Hamilton
	+ Additional material from Ian Brown  and Nick Revell
* Produced by Andy Hamilton, Guy Jenkin, Denise O'Donoghue (Executive Producer) and Sioned Wiliam (Associate Producer)
* Film Editing by Nigel Cattle (uncredited)
* Vision Mixing by Barbara Hicks
* Video Tape edits by Mykola Pawluk
* Casting By Kate Day
* Production Design by Graeme Story
* Costume Design by Jo Thompson
* Makeup Supervision by Marella Shearer
* Production Management by Pat Lees
* First Assistant Director (Location): Simon Haveland
* Property Master: Barry Du Pille
* Production Buyer: Paul Woods
* Dubbing / Sound Supervisor: Keith Mayes
* Senior Camera Operator:Mike Dugdale
* Lighting Director: Location: Rob Kitzmann
* Lighting Director: Bill Lee
* Vision Controller: Sean Moon
* Camera Supervisor (uncredited): Tony Keene
* Costume Assistant: Alex Westover
* Location Manager: Thomas Elgood (as Tom Elgood)
* Title Music Composer:: Matthew Scott
* Stage Manager: Hilary Groves
* Floor Manager: Michael Jelves
* Production Assistant: Carolyne Astbury
* Production Team: Charlotte Bevan, Christine Hagon, Rachel Kinnock, Kate Middleditch, Margaret Molnar and Swati Shah
* Unisys Systems Operator: Sylvia Tuck
The Root of All Evil/Credits

# Cast

* Robert Duncan as Gus Hedges
* Haydn Gwynne as Alex Pates
* Neil Pearson as Dave Charnley
* Jeff Rawle as George Dent
* David Swift as Henry Davenport
* Stephen Tompkinson as Damien Day
* Victoria Wicks as Sally Smedley
* Tim Stern as John
* Sara Stewart as Jenny
* Stephen Hoye as Reporter
* Andy Linden as Arab

# Crew

* Directed by Liddy Oldroyd
* Written by Guy Jenkin and Andy Hamilton
* Produced by Andy Hamilton (producer), Guy Jenkin (associate producer) and Denise O'Donoghue (executive producer).
* Casting by Rebecca Howard
* Production Design by Graeme Story
* Costume Design by Jo Thompson
* Makeup Design by Morag Ross
* Production Management by Carrie Fletcher

## Art Department

* Allen J. Polley .... property master (as Allen Polley)
* Paul Woods .... production buyer

## Sound Department

* Tom Oliver .... boom operator
* Ted Scott .... sound supervisor

## Camera and Electrical Department

* Martin Hawkins .... senior camera operator
* Jim McGlynn .... vision controller
* John Turner .... lighting supervisor
* John Watt .... lighting director

## Editorial Department

* Josef d'Bache-Kane .... assistant on-line editor
* Barbara Hicks .... vision mixer
* Mykola Pawluk .... editor: video tape

## Other crew

* Title Music composed by Matthew Scott
* Juliet Allen .... production secretary
* Mark Beaumont .... production accountant
* Gail Berryman .... stage manager
* Miles Evans .... production runner
* David McDonald .... floor manager
* Christine Moses .... production assistant
* Derek Oliver .... technical manager
* Janice Schumm .... production secretary
* Tristram Shapeero .... audience coordinator
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Henry Davenport

"*Over the last twenty-five years, I have read the news drunk, concussed, stoned, with a live stoat in my underpants and once on regional television with my trousers round my ankles and a Lithuanian prostitute under the news desk.*"
―Henry speaking in 1996
One of the station’s news anchors. Apparently a dignified veteran reporter, he is deeply contemptuous of Sir Roysten, Gus, and everything about the "modern" news industry. He is in constant conflict with his newsreading counterpart Sally, the two of them taking any opportunity to make jokes and jibes at the other’s expense. However, very infrequently, particularly in later episodes, the viewer gets the impression that Henry and Sally have become rather fond of each other — although neither would admit it. They also on one occasion work together to prevent an up-and-coming presenter from potentially replacing either of them by getting her to badmouth Sir Roysten, unaware she is in earshot of a newspaper journalist. He also expresses his sincere sympathies following her miscarriage and when she is humiliated after mistaking Gus' practice date for a genuine romantic advance.

Henry frequently derides younger presenters on other stations as "androids" and "holograms", and bemoans the loss of what he considers to be the more interesting personalities of the past. In contrast to his stately on-screen persona, he spends much of his spare time drinking, gambling and womanising, often in cahoots with Dave. The tabloids occasionally report these activities, but Henry’s image seems oddly untarnished by these articles.

Married and divorced several times, with two daughters, Henry is constantly struggling with alimony repayments and the demands of his ex-wives. Henry also believed for a short time that he had an illegitimate son, although the "son" later proved to be a fraud who was out for Henry’s money. His extramarital affairs in the past have included wives of so-called friends in the industry. Henry may have been based, at least in part, on Reginald Bosanquet, and indeed at one point he owned a yacht named *Bosanquet*. Henry had two daughters (who were never seen) but since he referred to them as 'Regan' and 'Goneril', it my reasonably be concluded that the relationships were not close or positive. His nephew - technically great-nephew, but that is far too aging - Jack appeared in "Old Father Time", and his niece Sue first turned up in "But Is It Art?" and became George's new lease of life and love.

Although Henry has made some remarkable contributions to TV news, and met many of the great leaders of the modern world, it often transpires that his achievements were intertwined with or as a result of his drink or sex-related excesses. After GlobeLink closed at the end of series six in 1998, Henry found a new role well suited to his outspoken nature — as a late-night radio host on Radio Gab, with Dave as his 'gorgeous assistant'.
The Trevorman Cometh

Globelink is in severe financial difficulties, and only one thing unites the staff - the desire to stab someone else in the back.

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.
Lady Caroline Merchant

Lady Caroline is the bored, beautiful and rapacious wife of Sir Roysten Merchant who apparently has a thing for seducing virgins. This puts Gus Hedges firmly in her cross-hairs when she visits the Globelink News offices in "Lady Merchant". Lady Caroline has a mutual 'don't ask, don't tell' policy with her husband it appears, and shows no interest in the family business, beyond the distractions it might offer.
Margaret Dent

**Margaret Dent** is George's mostly unseen wife. Despite George's devotion to her, she is constantly cruel towards him, openly insulting his sexual prowess in front of others and is implied to have had numerous affairs, one of which caused her to request a blood test following the birth of their daughter Deborah.

Margaret eventually divorces George and takes the house from him, before marrying Todd, her liposuctionist (though the wedding is ruined by George hiring an attractive prostitute to seduce the groom). By the end of the series, this marriage has collapsed and she leans on George to support her again following an accident. In the end, he gives up a prospectively happy life with Sue, Henry Davenport's niece, to nurse Margaret.
Death, Disaster 'n Damien/Credits

# Episode Cast

* Robert Duncan as Gus Hedges
* Haydn Gwynne as Alex Pates
* Neil Pearson as Dave Charnley
* Jeff Rawle as George Dent
* David Swift as Henry Davenport
* Stephen Tompkinson as Damien Day
* Victoria Wicks as Sally Smedley
* Susannah Hitching as Journalist
* Tony Portacio as Officer
* Gina McKee as Lou
* Sean Gascoine as Wes
* Valerie Whittington as Alice
* Jasper Jacob as Surgeon
* Bronco McLoughlin as Prisoner

# Episode Crew

* Directed by Liddy Oldroyd
* Written by Guy Jenkin and Andy Hamilton
* Produced by Andy Hamilton (producer), Guy Jenkin (producer) and Denise O'Donoghue (executive producer)
* Casting by Rebecca Howard
* Production Design by Graeme Story
* Costume Design by Jo Thompson
* Makeup Design by Morag Ross
* Production Management by Carrie Fletcher

## Art Department

* Allen J. Polley (property master) (as Allen Polley)
* Paul Woods (production buyer)

## Sound Department

* Chris Harnett (location sound)
* Tom Oliver (boom operator)
* Ted Scott (sound supervisor)

## Camera and Electrical Department

* Mike Dugdale (location camera operator)
* David Field (vision controller)
* Tony Keene (senior camera operator)
* John Turner (lighting supervisor)
* John Watt (lighting director)

## Editorial Department

* Josef d'Bache-Kane (assistant on-line editor)
* Barbara Hicks (vision mixer)
* Mykola Pawluk (editor: video tape)

## Other crew

* Title Music composed by Matthew Scott
* Juliet Allen (production secretary)
* Mark Beaumont (production accountant)
* Gail Berryman (stage manager)
* Noola Delaney (location first assistant) (as Noola Delany)
* Miles Evans (production runner)
* David McDonald (floor manager)
* Christine Moses (production assistant)
* Derek Oliver (technical manager)
* Jo Pomeroy (location manager)
* Janice Schumm (production secretary)
* Tristram Shapeero (audience coordinator)
Deborah Dent

"*My Daddy is a jelly, my mummy told me so. He's short and dim and smelly, and we both wish he would go.*"
―Deborah's poem, age 5, about her father.
George’s daughter, and one of the main problems at home. A juvenile delinquent, Deborah frequently runs away from home, steals cars and other vehicles (including a fully laden car transporter and an InterCity 125), sells drugs (George’s prescription medication), sets fire to supply teachers, and attacks her school classmates with a pickaxe handle. She once attempted to sue her school for failing to provide her with an education — having previously burned the school buildings down; and on one occasion is mentioned as having found her way to a Middle East guerilla training camp.

Despite her aggressive behaviour, she does care somewhat about her father, stating she does not hate him, but rather pities him, and after burning his desk (which Damien Day paid her fifty pounds to do), helps him take revenge by hammering Damien's Porsche. The following year, after George and Margaret split up, Deborah runs away from home and joins a shoplifting gang. George persuades her to leave after threatening the leader, Fixx, with a toasting fork. Deborah moves in with her friend for the time being, but gives her father a video recorder with the serial numbers filed off as a gift.

When her mother falls ill in Season 6, no mention of Deborah is made, so presumably their relationship had deteriorated severely.
Andy Hamilton

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## Details

### Occupations

Comedian, game show panellist, television director, comedy screenwriter, radio dramatist and novelist.

### DTDD Role(s)

Co-writer
Gerry (Voice)

**Andrew Neil "Andy" Hamilton** (born 28 May 1954) is a British comedian, game show panellist, television director, comedy screenwriter, radio dramatist and novelist

## Early life and education

Hamilton was born in Fulham, southwest London. He was educated at Westminster City School, which was then a voluntary aided grammar school and later read English at Downing College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Cambridge University Light Entertainment Society (CULES).

## Career

Hamilton first came to notice while performing at the [Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the 1970s. In the mid-1970s he sustained himself by taking jobs at Harrods and the Post Office before joining the BBC in 1976.

His early radio work, mostly on BBC Radio 4 included *Week Ending*, *The News Huddlines* and *The Million Pound Radio Show* (with Nick Revell). He has since appeared regularly in *Chelmsford 123*, *Have I Got News for You*, *The News Quiz*, *QI*, and *If I Ruled the World*. Hamilton is frequently invited as a panellist on *The News Quiz* and as a guest panellist on *I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue*.

He is the voice of Dr Elephant, the dentist in the children's show *Peppa Pig*. He was also the original voice of Bob Fish, who is also a dentist, in the cartoon *Bob and Margaret*. Hamilton is also voice of Captain Squid, the pirate in the children's show *Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom*.

On 16 March 2007, he co-presented BBC Radio 4's *Woman's Hour* programme alongside usual presenter Martha Kearney as part of that day's Comic Relief fundraising activities after defeating Richard Hammond and Kelvin MacKenzie in a poll.

Since 1995, Hamilton has written and played the lead role of Satan in the Radio 4 sitcom *Old Harry's Game*, which also features Robert Duncan as Scumspawn, and David Swift as God. He toured with his UK stand-up show *Hat of Doom* in 2008.

In 2009, Hamilton presented the BBC Four series *It's Only a Theory* with Reginald D. Hunter.

# Notes

1. ↑ Appeared on screen, covered in bandages, in Xmas Party

# Sources

1. ↑ Andy Hamilton BBC Website page
2. ↑ Westminster City School - A Brief History Retrieved 2015-04-21
3. ↑ *Have I Got News for You* - Series 44 - Episode 10 (BBC), 21 December 2012
Sunday Times Rich List

The **Sunday Times Rich List** is a list of the 1,000 wealthiest people or families in the United Kingdom, updated annually in April and published as a magazine supplement by British national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times since 1989. The editorial decisions governing the compilation of the Rich List are published in the newspaper and online as its "Rules of engagement".

The Rich List is not limited to British citizens and it includes individuals and families born overseas but who predominantly work and/or live in Britain. This excludes some individuals with prominent financial assets in Britain.

The editors estimate subjects' wealth from a range of public information, based on values in January each year. They typically explain their actions by stating: "We measure identifiable wealth, whether land, property, racehorses, art or significant shares in publicly quoted companies. We exclude bank accounts—to which we have no access... We try to give due consideration to liabilities."

Following the announcement that Globelink News was to close, Sally Smedley consulted the list, as part of her plan to maintain her standard of living by acquiring a rich husband, eventually settling on Sir Gordon Miller.
Drop the Dead Donkey (Unaired Pilot)/Credits

Cast (Episode Cast) (in credits order)
 Robert Duncan ... Gus Hedges

 Haydn Gwynne ... Alex Pates

 Neil Pearson ... Dave Charnley

 Jeff Rawle ... George Dent
 David Swift ... Henry Davenport

 Stephen Tompkinson ... Damien Day

 Victoria Wicks ... Sally Smedley

Episode Crew
Directed by
Liddy Oldroyd

Writing credits
Andy Hamilton (written by) and
Guy Jenkin (written by)

Produced by
Andy Hamilton .... producer
Guy Jenkin .... associate producer
Denise O'Donoghue .... executive producer

Original Music by
Philip Pope

Production Design by
Graeme Story

Costume Design by
Jo Thompson

Makeup Department
Morag Ross .... makeup artist

Production Management
Carrie Fletcher .... production manager

Art Department
Annie Bates .... production buyer
Allen J. Polley .... property master (as Allen Polley)
Paul Woods .... production buyer

Sound Department
Tom Oliver .... boom operator
Ted Scott .... sound supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Rod Harris .... vision controller
Martin Hawkins .... senior camera operator
Keith Reed .... lighting director
Terry Watson .... lighting supervisor

Casting Department
Rebecca Howard .... casting

Editorial Department
Moyra Bird .... vision mixer
Mykola Pawluk .... editor: video tape

Other crew
Juliet Allen .... production secretary
Gail Berryman .... stage manager
Miles Evans .... production runner
David McDonald .... floor manager
Christine Moses .... production assistant
Derek Oliver .... technical manager
Janice Schumm .... production secretary
Tristram Shapeero .... audience coordinator
Sir Gordon Miller

When GlobeLink News is axed in Series 6, Sally starts to plunder the *Sunday Times* Rich List as her final career move. Eventually, she teams up with the miserly and dispassionate Sir Gordon Julius Miller, the 34th richest man in the world. The physically diminutive Sir Gordon is probably the most fleshed-out of the several recurring characters in the short Series 6.

He is the epitome of a controlling husband, with a pre-nuptial agreement designed to iron out absolutely every future disagreement or opinion in his favour. Despite his coldness, Sally claims to have genuine feelings for him because, she says, he reminds her of her granny. She discloses to Helen that, actually, he *does* have a heart… and that, importantly for her ambitions, he also has a very severe heart condition.
Henry & Dido/Credits

# Episode Cast

* Robert Duncan ... Gus Hedges
* Haydn Gwynne ... Alex Pates
* Neil Pearson ... Dave Charnley
* Jeff Rawle ... George Dent
* David Swift ... Henry Davenport
* Stephen Tompkinson ... Damien Day
* Victoria Wicks ... Sally Smedley
* Susannah Doyle ... Joy Merryweather
* Sarah Burghard ... Julia Jane

# Episode Crew

Directed by
Liddy Oldroyd

Writing credits
Andy Hamilton (written by) and
Guy Jenkin (written by)

Produced by
Andy Hamilton .... producer
Guy Jenkin .... producer
Denise O'Donoghue .... executive producer

Casting by
Kate Day
Rebecca Howard

Production Design by
Graeme Story

Costume Design by
Jo Thompson

## Art Department

Allen J. Polley .... property master (as Allen Polley)
Paul Woods .... production buyer

## Camera and Electrical Department

Mike Dugdale .... location camera operator
Martin Hawkins .... senior camera operator
Sean Moon .... vision controller
John Watt .... lighting director

## Editorial Department

Nigel Cattle .... editor: O.B.
Josef d'Bache-Kane .... assistant on-line editor
Barbara Hicks .... vision mixer
Mykola Pawluk .... editor: video tape

## Other crew

Mark Beaumont .... production accountant
Lesley Davies .... production assistant
Miles Evans .... production team
Stan Fus .... location manager
Hilary Groves .... stage manager
Suzanne Paul .... production team
Nick Rae .... floor manager
Ian Robson .... technical manager
Janice Schumm .... production team
Tristram Shapeero .... production team
Rebecca Simor .... researcher
David Young .... production team
Sally Smedley

Sally at her desk

## Quote

"*No one can say you're not experienced. In fact, the word I'd use is old, old and raddled. Old, raddled, pushy, arrogant, quite frankly, and so physically repugnant I'd rather go to bed with a one-eyed, syphilitic warthog.*"
―Sally to Henry
## Details

GlobeLink’s second news anchor, handpicked by Sir Roysten when he acquired the company. Sally is noted for her snobbishness and vapidity, and tends to view newsreading merely as a means to boost her public image and attract fashionable promotional contracts.

All her views are conservative and it is much to her chagrin that she is a pin-up for so many gay men. She always has a problem with at least one member of the staff, and complains incessantly, usually prefacing her gripes with "I’m not one to complain…". She is generally disliked and mocked by her colleagues, mainly due to her obsession with fashion and her own image to the exclusion of any real awareness of current affairs.

Helen occasionally tries to sympathise with her, and there are infrequent incidents that reveal Sally’s vulnerability. She was raised by her grandmother, who clearly abused her as a child — incidents are recounted in which Sally is locked in a rat-infested cellar; or abandoned in a forest, ostensibly to cure her fear of trees. Despite this, she was deeply upset when her grandmother died (though she still gave several public interviews on her grief) and briefly became an extremist Christian, though she gave this up after being sexually harassed by televangelist Earl Johnson. Sally lives alone with her Filipino maid, whom she views (and treats) as little more than a slave.

Sally is infamous throughout the GlobeLink offices and elsewhere for her supposedly secret liaisons with dockers, soldiers, sailors, sportsmen and, in particular, lorry drivers. During one encounter with a sound engineer, her colleagues were delighted to discover she had left her radio microphone on, and tapes of her experience were quickly circulated around the office.

The episode where Sally miscarries her baby and agrees to conduct a magazine interview suggests that Sally’s sexual preferences are something of a defence mechanism to ensure that she is devoid of emotional feelings, because she fears being overwhelmed by them. Sally — who is 42 at the end of the final series in 1998, and no longer wanted by many television companies, echoing many of the complaints by middle-aged female news readers such as Selena Scott, Jan Leeming and Anna Ford — opts to make her money by marrying a very rich old man with a weak heart, Sir Gordon Miller.

# Notes

1. ↑ Marries Sir Gordon Miller during the last episode
2. ↑ She is 42 years old during the final series.

# Sources

1. ↑ TELEVISION VIEW; The News From Britain, Sort Of by Caryn James. New York Times, 23 July 1995 (Accessed 26 July 2014)
2. ↑ Wikipedia
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Kat de Touro

Ficha:
Nome: Kat Natasha Gremory Jimeran
Idade/Data De Nascimento: 19 anos 15/05/1996
Aparencia: Kat tem longos fios azuis escuros que param na sua bunda tem uma pele alva e macia,tem olhos azuis escuros um naruz finoe arribitado,bochechas quase sem cir mas possui um sorriso gentil nos seus labios finos e pouco avermelhados. Kat tem braços um pouco finos mas tem uma grande força,possui seios fartos,cintura fina com bumbum arredodado e farto com coxas torneadas. Tem unhas bem feitas e finas na sua orelha direita possui varios brincos e no seu braço esquerdo uma tatuagem azul.
Armadura: Touro
Historia: ~Em construção~
Personalidade: Kat é uma garota animada,feliz,adora uma festa,possui um coração grande,geralmente ela não se irrita então não tenta a ver irrita pois não é a coisa mais bonota de se ver,ela não é preconceutuosa não importa quem a pessoa for ela sempre vai tentar ajudar.
Tecnicas:
 GRANDE CHIFRE\_ Nessa tecnica Kat cruza os braços como todos os cavaleiros e amazonas de Touro fazem e ataca.
CABEÇA DE TOURO\_ Nessa tecnica Kat senta em algum lugar concentrando o seu cosmo quando seu cosmo estiver bem poderoso ela faz a cabeça de um Touro pelo seu cosmo.
TERREMOTO DE TERRA\_ Nessa tecnica Kat apenas dar um passo e o chão treme mas de acordo com a quantidade de passos o terremoto fica cada vez maior.
FURACÃO DE AREIA\_ Nessa tecnica Kat ela faz um furacão cada vez maior mas de acordo com sua vontade.
ROCHEDO DE TERRA\_ Nessa tecnica Kat joga um punhado de terra no oponente que crece formando pedras que parecem que foram esquentadas no fogo.
TOURO SUPREMO: Nessa tecnica Kat eleva seu cosmo ao maximo criando um touro feito de cosmo que pecorre o oponente e matando com seus chifres mas mesmo a pessoa tentado fazer a tecnica desaparecer só poucas pessoas consegue faze-la sumir.
Drop The Dead Donkey: The Reawakening

**Drop The Dead Donkey:The Reawakening** is a stage adaptation of the hit Channel 4 series.

Featuring the original cast members including [[Stephen Tompkinson], Neil Pearson, Susannah Doyle, Robert Duncan, [[Ingrid Lacey], [[Jeff Rawle], and Victoria Wicks, this iconic BAFTA and Emmy award-winning comedy is set to embark on a UK tour starting in January 2024, under the direction of Lindsay Posner.

*Drop The Dead Donkey: The Reawakening!* is penned by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin, who created the original hit series. It follows a group of characters from Globelink News in the cutthroat world of modern 24-hour news gathering.

Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin expressed their excitement about reuniting with the original cast, stating: “We’re overjoyed to be working again with the original cast of *Drop The Dead Donkey*. It’s going to be hugely enjoyable to watch those seven funny, flawed characters from Globelink News being plunged into the cutthroat world of modern 24-hour news gathering and trying to navigate their way through the daily chaos of social media, fake news, and Interim Prime Ministers.”

Produced by Hat Trick and Simon Friend Entertainment, *Drop The Dead Donkey: The Reawakening* has set designs by Peter McKintosh, with lighting by Peter Mumford. After opening at the Richmond Theatre on 31 January 2024, the show will visit Sheffield, Salford, Cardiff, Cambridge, Brighton, Milton Keynes, Leicester, Bath, Leeds, Birmingham, Nottingham, Bromley, Norwich, Liverpool, Newcastle, Woking and Cheltenham.
Victoria Wicks

Victoria in 2008

**Victoria Wicks** is a British actress. She is known for her role as Sally Smedley in Channel 4's comedy series *Drop the Dead Donkey* (1990–1998), Mrs. Gideon in *The Mighty Boosh* (2004), and the College Director in *Skins* (2007–08). Her film appearances include *The Imitation Game* (2014) and *High-Rise* (2015). She is an associate of Howard Barker's theatre company, The Wrestling School.

## Biography

### Early life and education

Wicks was born **Beverly Victoria Anne Wicks** in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, to Brian and Judith Wicks. Wicks's mother, Judith Bates, born 1933, was the second child of the writer H. E. Bates. Wicks is the niece of Jonathan Bates, a sound editor who died in 2008, and the television producer Richard Bates, who produced the television adaptation of *The Darling Buds of May*. Wicks is a director of Evensford Productions Ltd, the company set up in 1955 to protect and promote H. E. Bates's work.

Wicks trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama where she was awarded the Pernod and Bisquit Award for the most promising graduate.

### Career

Her first job was as acting assistant stage manager at Northampton Rep for a year, before going to Bristol Old Vic, Regent's Park and then the RSC. In 1988 Wicks was in Andy Hamilton's black comedy *Tickets for the Titanic*, and then went on to play Sally Smedley in all six series of *Drop the Dead Donkey*. *The Mighty Boosh* (a radio, television and stage show created by Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt) featured her in Series 1 as Mrs Gideon, the Head of Reptiles at the Zooniverse. Wicks also played Harriet Lawes, the Head of College in the first three series of *Skins*.

Wicks joined 'The Wrestling School' in 1996. The company was formed in 1988 for the sole purpose of performing the work of the dramatist Howard Barker. Since joining the company Wicks has appeared in nine plays by Barker, performing in London, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Adelaide and also in Rouen, Grenoble, Le Mans and Paris for the co-production of *Les Animaux en Paradis*, which was performed in French by four British and five French actors. Wicks is an associate of The Wrestling School. In 2010 Wicks was invited to the Segal Theatre Center in New York as guest of Theatre Minima to celebrate a day-long event on the work of Howard Barker.

Wicks played the high priestess of the Sybillines in *The Fires of Pompeii*, a 2008 episode of *Doctor Who*. In 2014, she played Dorothy Clarke in *The Imitation Game* and Susannah Marshall in the E4 drama *Glue* (2014).
Old Father Time

Henry and Jack (Ben Daniels)

"*Dave: The French have burnt alive another shipment of British sheep.
Henry: Bloody Frogs - just because we did it to Joan of Arc.*"
―Episode Quote
# Summary

Henry brings in his (great-)nephew, Jack, to the newsroom as part of his journalism course. His youthful presence and enthusiasm has made the editorial staff wonder whether they are getting too old.

# Sources

1. ↑ http://bendanielsfiles.tumblr.com/post/50253461591/drop-the-dead-donkey-series-1-ep5-old-father