If you loved Drop the Dead Donkey as much as i did,you might be interested in this.

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Been watching old episodes of this on you tube. So funny. I laughed so hard at Henry Davenport i pulled some scar tissue from an old operation.
Then i found some information on the net that said Guy Jenkin (one of DTDDs original writers) is writing a new satirical comedy that has the working title of Hacks. Its set in a newspaper office and is inspired by the phone hacking scandal. They are saying it should be ready for broadcast sometime this winter.

Sounds great!

Brilliant.

I loved Joy, she was so fabulously evil!

I had a massive crush on Neil Pearson when i was 17/18. But my fave character was Henry. When there are documentaries about comedies on TV DTDD either gets seriously underated or left out altogether.

Ooooh I hope this is true. I loved DTDD. Joy Merryweather remains one of my favourite characters ever.

Excellent, I'm a great fan& have introduced it to the DD's who are hooked too!

Oh fabby very excited

I loved that

Will definitely keep an eye out.

Am so glad I wasnt the only one wit ha crush on neil pearson!

So many of them went on to do very well - Pearson, Tompkinson, Duncan

I still have a crush on Neil Pearson .

I loved DTDD. Used to watch it in my bedroom and parents used to hear me guffawing from downstairs. Really missed it when it finished.

That's my maternity leave sorted then

I've never seen DtDD but I too love Neil Pearson (but only in Between the Lines- he was a real b'stard)

Oh I loved DTDD! Hope the new thing makes to our screens,

I never watched Between the Lines when it was on BBC1 but i have noticed some episodes are on you tube so i might have a nose at them.
As regards NP i still would.

Yay :)

We used to go and see it being filmed, was even funnier live with Andy Hamilton doing the warm up.

Great. My husband is a freelance sports journo but when he used to work for a paper he said that his real life bosses were just like Gus and George. He always wanted to be Damien but his co-workers used to think he was more like Joy!!