I've been re-watching the first series of Drop the Dead Donkey

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A young Neil Pearson, I still would.

A lot of the situational stuff is still quite funny, even if the news related stuff doesn't make as much sense anymore.

Loved Joy too! So feisty. Wondered what happened to the actress that played her as don't recall seeing her in anything since? Shame.

I want to watch DTDD again now. It was one of my favourites too.

Didn't they film it and then add current topical 'real news' stuff at the very last minute - literally on the day of the broadcast?

thank you SO much for flagging this up - just watched an episode and will be watching many more.

have never been able to see Stephen Tompkinson without seeing Damien Day.

meanwhile the still-decorative Neil Pearson (of course he is, he's only 55!) is now an antique bookseller as well as an actor.

I like Andy Hamilton's comedy, he's very good at social awkwardness. The radio series about hell that he did was hilarious too. I didn't recognise his voice when the DTDD was first on, but now that I'm watching again I find it really funny that he's the voice of Jerry (Damien's desperately unlucky cameraman).

It was great wasn't it? Or I used to think so. Pearson was my neighbour in Clapham just after that finished. He always seemed an affable chap. I must re-watch. And specialsubject totally the same. In spite of the execrable BallyKissAss and many other roles he is forever the teddy journo to me.

And poor, poor George. I used him and Gus as examples of how NOT to manage staff!

The actor who plays George is just terrific, isn't he? He has such an expressive face.

I was surprised when I started watching it again that Gus isn't American. In my memory the character was American, possibly because at the time all that bullshit jargon was seen as being an American style of management.

'Cormorants, Damian' (Henry shouting at Damian over the oil-dipping incident).

I loved DTDD. I think the last time I saw some repeats was when the second gulf war was on, so a lot of the news was scarily still relevant!

Gus reminded me of work, with the odd phrases. We used to use them amongst ourselves sometimes.

I've just watched the final series. I'd never seen it before, I was living in Germany that year so completely missed it. Good grief, that was a bleak ending, wasn't it? I did spot what's his name from Pointless in a non-speaking part as one of the removal men which slightly lightened the mood. Poor Gus.

Another fan here...I also loved Neil Pearson in Between The Lines.

Love DTDD - treated myself to whole lot on DVD a couple of Christmasses ago.

My all time favourite is the one where Dave and Alex get it together after a drunken Christmas party, and everyone is gossiping about it the following day. Just as she's telling the whole office in no uncertain terms there won't be a repeat performance her mum walks in to collect/return a casserole dish .

"Are we frying with fossil fuel?" is still a catchphrase in our house!

This thread got me watching too

I spotted a young Hermione Norris (Sir Royston's daughter).