Even though I wasn't living in the UK when Drop the Dead Donkey was screened, it is one of my favorite series about the news and politics. Originally DTDD had the novelty of featuring very recent news events (the scripts were re-written at the last minute to incorporate big news items). Over time though the episodes focused on relationships within the newsroom, which I liked.
The final episode was bittersweet with the characters going their own way, and I really miss DTDD. I guess a reunion is unlikely but it was good to see a reunion of sorts where Neil Pearson, Haydn Gwynne and Jeff Rawles appear in a Midsomer Murders episode "Dark Secrets", although I don't think all three shared screen time at once, but still.
Around this time, you had Canada with The Newsroom which was very dark in tone, and Australia had "Frontline" which was sort of mid- way between DTDD and The Newsroom regarding the level of satire.
The final episode was bittersweet with the characters going their own way, and I really miss DTDD. I guess a reunion is unlikely but it was good to see a reunion of sorts where Neil Pearson, Haydn Gwynne and Jeff Rawles appear in a Midsomer Murders episode "Dark Secrets", although I don't think all three shared screen time at once, but still.
Around this time, you had Canada with The Newsroom which was very dark in tone, and Australia had "Frontline" which was sort of mid- way between DTDD and The Newsroom regarding the level of satire.