Popular Channel 4 sitcom Drop the Dead Donkey is set to return with a stage show 24 years after it last appeared on TV screens.
The stage version will have some of its original cast, including actor Stephen Tompkinson, who will reprise his role of sensationalist reporter Damien Day. The political satire programme followed television news company Globe Link and its team of workers such as anchors Henry and Sally, reporter Damien, editor Dave, execs George and Helen, assistant Joy and manager Gus Hedges.
It ran from 1990 till 1998 and made stars out of its cast including Neil Pearson, 64, who played a womanising sub-editor. The stage adaptation will see the same characters trying to take on the ever changing news environment and will battle with artificial intelligence as well as the challenges of 24-hour rolling news.
