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Drop the Dead Donkey
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Drop the Dead Donkey
Created by
Andy Hamilton
Guy Jenkin
Written by
Andy Hamilton
Guy Jenkin
Nick Revell
Malcolm Williamson
Ian Brown
Starring
Robert Duncan
Jeff Rawle
Haydn Gwynne (Series 1–2)
Ingrid Lacey (Series 3–6)
David Swift
Victoria Wicks
Stephen Tompkinson
Neil Pearson
Susannah Doyle (Series 2–6)
Country of origin
United Kingdom
No. of series
6
No. of episodes
65 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)
Hat Trick Productions
Running time
24 minutes
Release
Original network
Channel 4
Original release
9 August 1990 (1990-08-09) – 9 December 1998 (1998-12-09)
Drop the Dead Donkey is a British situation comedy that first aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom between 1990 and 1998. It is set in the offices of "GlobeLink News", a fictional TV news company. Recorded close to transmission, it made use of contemporary news events to give the programme a greater sense of realism. It was created by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin. The series had an ensemble cast, making stars of Haydn Gwynne, Stephen Tompkinson and Neil Pearson.
The show was awarded the Best Comedy (Programme or Series) Award at the 1994 BAFTA Awards. At the British Comedy Awards the show won Best New TV Comedy in 1990, Best Channel 4 Comedy in 1991, and Best Channel 4 Sitcom in 1994.
In 2000, the show was ranked 94 on the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes, a list compiled by the British Film Institute.
Contents
1 Development
2 Characters
2.1 Major characters
2.2 Recurring characters
3 Scripting
4 Home media
5 Repeats
6 See also
7 References
8 Notes
9 External links
Development[edit]
According to Swedish comedian Kryddan Petersson, he and the group behind Helt Apropå had come up with an idea for a show like this, which they presented to British colleagues sometime around 1989-90. Most of them were not impressed, but two of them took the idea seriously and wrote this show. Later on, the Swedish group bought the material rights to the show back to Sweden, and created the show Döda danskar räknas inte ("Dead Danes don't count"), which aired on SVT in 1994.[1]
The series' story began with the acquisition of GlobeLink by media mogul Sir Roysten Merchant, an allusion to either Robert Maxwell or Rupert Murdoch. Indeed, Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin note on their DVDs that it was fortunate for their libel lawyers that the two men shared the same initials. The series is mostly based on the ongoing battle between the staff of GlobeLink, led by editor George Dent, as they try to maintain the company as a serious news organisation, and Sir Roysten’s right-hand man Gus Hedges, trying to make the show more sensationalist and suppress stories that might harm Sir Roysten’s business empire.[2][3]
One of the original working titles was Dead Belgians Don’t Count. Dead Kuwaitis Don’t Count was also considered for a short time [4] but was ultimately replaced by Drop the Dead Donkey:
Finally, the title ‘Drop the Dead Donkey’ has been the subject of many column inches. Various journalists have with great authority explained its provenance as a well-known industry expression. The truth, sadly, is that the writers made it up. It’s just something stupid that they imagined might be shouted out in the tense few minutes before a news broadcast.
—  Andy Hamilton & Guy Jenkin, Drop the Dead Donkey—The Writers’ Choice
Characters[edit]
Major characters[edit]
Gus Hedges (Robert Duncan) - Series One to Six— The unctuous Chief Executive of the company, and yes-man to Sir Roysten Merchant and an unwavering supporter of then Conservative Prime Minister John Major. A management stereotype, complete with clichés and clumsy metaphors, he swiftly transforms GlobeLink from a serious news network to a ratings-chasing tabloid channel. He talks in barely comprehensible management jargon, and is notable for such phrases as, “Are we cooking with napalm? You bet!” In light of what he refers to as his "hands-off" role, he frequently prefaces his interference in editorial matters with the opening, “Now, as you all know, I’m not here...” He is disliked and distrusted by the staff, who are unafraid to treat him with contempt. Outside of office life, Gus is a very lonely man — although he is far too afraid to admit this, even to himself. He has no real friends, and his occasional attempts to make friends at work often fail, largely because of his inability to behave like a human being rather than an "executive management module". Some of these personality traits stem from his childhood. One episode features his older brother who, it later transpires, was clearly his parents’ favourite and Gus has terrible feelings of inadequacy. He is very sexually inexperienced and fears advances from women. He is also afraid of illness — particularly mental illness — and thoughts of his own mortality terrify him. Despite his executive position, he fears that he has not really achieved anything or made a mark, and worries that he will be quickly forgotten; on one occasion, he complained that what other people did to win promotion or to improve their job prospects he had to do to stay in his current position. Gus is alleged to have been based on Channel 4’s controller at the time, Michael Grade, although the original idea was first pitched to the BBC, with Channel Four only picking up the series after the BBC refused to broadcast it. In series six it becomes clear that Gus has absolutely no life beyond GlobeLink and working for Sir Roysten and cannot come to terms with the station’s closure. The final scene of the last episode sees a host of furniture-removal men clearing the fire-damaged office with Gus sitting miserably on his chair with a gloomy expression on his face.
George Dent (Jeff Rawle) - Series One to Six— 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. 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.
Alex Pates (Haydn Gwynne) - Series One and Two— Assistant editor and George’s second-in-command. The token "normal" person, Alex is determined, skilled and professional, if very cynical. She has a fierce temper, and can be violent when provoked. Married and divorced before the series begins, her ex-husband — now a slum landlord — reappears on one occasion to use Alex to thwart the broadcasting of a news story about his unlawful business practices. In response to this, Alex breaks his nose. Alex’s mother (known only as "Mummy" or "Mrs. Pates" and until the final episode of series 2 an unseen character) repeatedly interrupts important meetings with frivolous and bizarre telephone enquiries, such as whether she should stockpile petrol in the bath in response to rising fuel prices or whether signing up to the Social Chapter would mean having to use a squat toilet. In the very final moments of Series 2, the final series in which Alex appears, Mrs. Pates finally visits the GlobeLink office just in time to hear her daughter announcing to the office that she has had a one-night stand with Dave. Between Series 2 and 3, Alex leaves GlobeLink for the BBC.
Helen Cooper (Ingrid Lacey) - Series Three to Six— Replacing Alex as Assistant Editor from the beginning of Series 3, Helen is extremely efficient and organised, and is frequently annoyed and frustrated by the general inefficiency of GlobeLink. At home, she is the single mother of a daughter called Chloe (Jocelyn Barker), and is a lesbian — a fact she has been keeping secret from her daughter and her parents despite a powerful sense that she really ought to tell them. When George admits that he has fallen in love with her and asks her out, she discloses her sexuality to him in an attempt to let him down gently. George assumes she is lying to spare his feelings — a suspicion reinforced when Helen has a drunken one-night stand with Dave while the staff are on a team-building weekend. Dedicated to the service of "proper" news, Helen often clashes with Gus, but is usually supported, if ineffectually, by George. Helen quickly earns the nickname of Stalin from other staff due to her obsession with organisation. She does join in with some of the zanier antics of the office and has been seen to be the only source of support for Joy and Sally despite the latter’s vindictive behaviour. Surprisingly unable to land another job in the industry, Helen reluctantly works for her girlfriend’s food delivery company when GlobeLink closes.
Henry Davenport (David Swift) - Series One to Six — 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. 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. 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.
Sally Smedley (Victoria Wicks) - Series One to Six — 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.[5] 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. Sally lives alone with her Filipina 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 feeling 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 (see minor characters). Despite appearing in the starting title for the first episode of series one, she does not actually appear until the second episode.
Damien Day (Stephen Tompkinson) - Series One to Six— GlobeLink’s star field reporter, whose goal is always to make his stories as sensational as possible, even where doing so requires the use of exaggeration or misrepresentation. Damien’s unorthodox (and unethical) methods are undeniably a hit with the viewers, and therefore he is popular with Sir Roysten and Gus, making it impossible for George to fire him, despite his frequent desire to do so. Damien is quite happy to stage incidents for the camera, arguing when challenged that he is making "reconstructions" of what would have happened. When filming a firing-squad execution in a South American dictatorship, Damien asked the officer for a retake so he could make the execution look better. When filming in a war-torn country he punched a small boy in the face to make sure he had a crying child in shot, and threw a hand-grenade over a wall to create panic before delivering his piece to camera. Perhaps surprisingly, he is generally open-minded about other cultures, expressing interest in Tarot cards and the predictions of Nostradamus. He likes to keep himself fit, does not drink or smoke, drives a Porsche and is considered to be sociopathic. A psychologist who visits the office to carry out a study of workplace stress describes Damien’s personality as "completely stress-free. Psychotic, but stress-free". Some indication as to why Damien became the driven, amoral individual he is was provided when his mother, Professor Avril Day (Rosemary Martin), made a one-off appearance: she was a nuclear physicist who had unrealistically high expectations of her son, rarely if ever praised him and constantly pressured him to achieve. Damien gets his kicks from danger and excitement, and has virtually no interest in actual sex, except in one episode at the end of Series 4, in which he loses his virginity to a similarly danger-obsessed GlobeLink weather girl. Despite his high opinion of himself, Damien’s frequent breaches of ethical standards do not go unnoticed by other stations and he fails job interviews in the final series. After going off to film a piece on an Amazonian tribe, Damien is made a God by the natives — who refuse to let him return to civilisation.
Dave Charnley (Neil Pearson) - Series One to Six — 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.
Joy Merryweather (Susannah Doyle) - Series Two to Six — Joy Merryweather is entirely wrongly named; she is in no way joyful or merry. She began in series 2 as a cynical and surly personal assistant; in later series, she becomes increasingly aggressive and vindictive. There are a few occasions throughout the series when she shows sensitivity, however. Her beauty and ease in getting on with everybody when she's not being vindictive towards them makes her a key member of the team, with a weird sort of popularity, tinged with apprehension, and participates in all their schemes, sweepstakes, etc. George often remarks that she is the most-efficient production assistant GlobeLink has ever had. Joy began as a background character, intended to feed topical gags; however her popularity with audiences was such that she took an increasingly prominent role and eventually had a number of storylines of her own. Perhaps the most significant of these in terms of character development was the Series 5 episode The Graveyard Shift, in which it is revealed that her father, (already established as an alcoholic, and, according to Joy, "wanted to be Peter Stringfellow") abandoned the family; her mother "went from Valium addiction to nervous breakdown to attempted suicide," and all of her brothers and sisters were affected by psychological problems, (except, at least in her own mind, Joy herself); her brothers are named "Jolly" (who is in "Wormwood Scrubs") and "Happy", (who was "released into the care of the doorway"), and her sister's name is "Merrily" (who is "in a detox centre"). In the final series, Joy has much of her doodled artwork put on display as she looks set to find a new career — only to discover she is being conned by the man and apparent lover behind the exhibition, and gets revenge by tying him up and exhibiting him naked at one of her art exhibitions. Her best friend from childhood is a Buddhist. Joy's childhood nickname was "Flopsy", which she put an end to by force-feeding worms to the boys in question, an action she repeats when Dave and Damien decide to continue the practice.
Recurring characters[edit]
Sir Roysten Merchant — Sir Roysten Merchant is a wealthy businessman, unofficially based on a combination of Robert Maxwell and Rupert Murdoch - the initials RM are no coincidence - who buys out GlobeLink News in the first episode and remains the owner of the company throughout all six series. He is unseen on screen until a brief appearance in the final show, in which he is played by Roger Hammond and suggests that he does not know who Gus is. Sir Roysten is a terrifying figure, with a large business empire. He is also involved in housing, shipping, and sundry more shady enterprises which, based on the information that occasionally comes to attention of the GlobeLink News team, border on (if not specifically involve) the illegal. On buying the company Sir Roysten installs Gus Hedges (see above) in order to prevent any potentially damaging information being leaked out in news stories. Sir Roysten is a right-wing figure, supporting both Margaret Thatcher and John Major. However, when Major and the Conservative government begin to weaken from 1994, his support starts to shift, and with the Labour victory in 1997 Sir Roysten defects to Tony Blair. In private, it is known that Sir Roysten visits prostitutes, and that his wife, Lady Caroline, also has many affairs. He has a daughter, Octavia, who works for a brief time in the GlobeLink office, and a son, Roy Merchant Junior, who lives in fear of his father. Other offspring are not named, aside from one reference from Gus to a "Roystonia" — however no further information is provided. Persistent rumours circulate to the effect that Sir Royston’s father, who was also a businessman, was a Nazi sympathiser and war profiteer. Sir Roysten has several pet rottweilers and an armed personal security team who guard his mansion.
Gerry (voiced by Andy Hamilton) – One of GlobeLink’s outside broadcast cameraman, Gerry is regularly assigned to work with Damien and frequently suffers injuries and mishaps as a result. His footage would normally end with something unpleasant happening to Gerry, while Damien yells at him to keep filming. Gerry is an unseen character, but incidents are frequently shown from the point of view of his camera as it disappears down holes, off cliffs or into rivers. His only on-screen appearance (of sorts) is at the office Christmas party, but on this occasion he is covered head to toe in bandages. Gerry seems to have a decent sense of both morals and safety standards, but is usually overruled by a determined Damien.
Deborah Dent (Louisa Milwood-Haigh) — 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. She expresses love (as well as pity) for her father, and they bond in one episode over getting revenge on Damien by taking a hammer to his Porsche.
Chloe Cooper (Jocelyn Barker) — Helen’s self-obsessed and attention-seeking daughter in several episodes. Helen, who worries constantly over the time she spends at work and away from her daughter, agonises over Chloe’s upbringing and doubts her own abilities as a mother. She is particularly alarmed when she discovers that Chloe has written a school essay entitled “The Invisible Mummy”. Chloe eventually admits, however, that she is entirely happy with arrangements at home and wrote the essay merely in an attempt to gain sympathy from a new teacher.
Alfred and Bernice Cooper (Geoffrey Hutchings & Paula Jacobs) — Helen’s supposedly conservative parents, from whom she spends years concealing her lesbianism — even going to the extent of persuading Dave to impersonate her boyfriend while they visited for an evening. In Series 6, Helen’s father dies, with Helen fearing the shock of him reading a letter from her admitting her sexuality will have killed him. But Helen discovers the letter was never sent and, when she comes out to her mother on the day of his funeral, finds out they had suspected she was a lesbian all along and their lives are not quite as conservative as Helen supposed…
Amanda (Saira Todd) — Helen’s much-mentioned girlfriend in the later series. Her only on-screen appearance is in Series 5, where she arrives at the office while working as a despatch rider — a job she took to help pay for her university course, but which causes Helen some social embarrassment. The pair soon break up after a dinner at their house with Helen’s friends from the office ends in disaster, but they are later back together. By the time Helen’s own respectable career comes to its abrupt end, Amanda is running her own send-out snack delivery business, The Sarnie Army. She quickly offers Helen a job after the closure of GlobeLink in the final episode, and although Helen is initially reluctant to lower herself to such work, she finally swallows her pride and accepts.
Roy Merchant Jnr (David Troughton) — Sir Roysten’s badly stammering, bullied, and reluctantly bullying son, sent by his father to the GlobeLink office to oversee the company’s final hours. Roy, whose stammer is always at its worst when referring to Sir Roysten, reveals that he has been pitted against his siblings in a challenge: only the most ruthless will inherit the Merchant empire. Roy announces early in series 6 that GlobeLink News will close, after initially proposing to significantly cut the workforce..
Octavia Merchant (Hermione Norris) - appeared in the Series 2 episode "The Gulf Report" as a trainee reporter who becomes a love interest of Dave’s. As usual with Dave it fizzles out quickly.
Lynn Yeats (Elizabeth Downes) — A reporter for a rival news company and Damien’s nemesis. Lynn invariably arrives at disaster sites and warzones before Damien; she gets bigger and better stories; wins awards and generally manages to achieve everything Damien fails to achieve. Although Damien usually attributes her success to her greater resources and financial support, Lynn is simply more ruthless and unethical even than Damien himself. Damien also makes references to his bitterness towards real-life reporters such as Kate Adie.
Anna (Nina Marc) — A short-term love interest of George’s, Anna is a Polish migrant seeking marriage in order to obtain a British passport and stay in the country. George, however, is convinced that she is the love of his life, though the rest of the staff try to persuade him of her true intentions. In an attempt to save George, Dave finally asks Anna to marry him, offering her a straightforward and honest arrangement rather than an exploitative marriage to the vulnerable George. Suspicious that Dave is trying to incriminate her, Anna instructs him to remove his clothes so she can ensure there is no hidden microphone. Dave complies, removing his trousers just as George enters the room. Gus later made a proposition of marriage to her, in order that she might stay in the country and he might find companionship, but Anna declined, saying that she had to draw the line somewhere.
Sir Gordon Miller (Melvyn Hayes) — 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, 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.
Sue (Victoria Carling) — Sue is Henry’s niece, with whom George develops a promising relationship in the final episodes of Series 6. She is kind, compassionate, calm and gentle: the polar opposite of George’s highly emotional and manipulative ex-wife Margaret. Like George, Sue is an escapee from an unhappy marriage. Although George — due to his natural pessimism and lack of confidence — has to be prompted and encouraged every step of the way, their relationship blossoms, and they plan a new life together in Australia. However, Margaret, having suffered a heart attack and now looking to George to nurse her, seems determined to undermine their future. Despite George vowing to go to Australia with a woman who genuinely loves him, he opts to stay and look after Margaret.
Vivian Stanmore (James Bannon) — Modern-art gallery owner who decides to exhibit Joy’s office sketches, assuring her that, despite her doubts, they are works of genius. Joy soon discovers that his seemingly attentive and thoughtful nature is simply the mask for an exploitative ruthlessness which he soon plans to turn on her. His final appearance is on a gallery pedestal, naked, gagged and bound, exhibited by Joy as a work called Naif Minimalism — a term he had smirkingly applied to her sketches while in discussion with an associate.
Wes Jasper (Neil Stuke) — Wes Jasper is a thinly disguised parody of Chris Evans, hosting what is clearly a very thinly disguised parody of TFI Friday, with an identical set, and the same "ridicule-the-punter" features. In an attempt to forge a post-GlobeLink career for himself in Series 6, Henry makes several appearances on this show as a sidekick for Wes. Dave Charnley is appalled and disappointed by his distinguished friend’s fall in standards, but so is Henry himself. Torn by the conflict between the need for a job and the desire to recover his dignity, Henry is finally goaded into issuing a string of swearwords on air before the watershed (another regular feature of TFI) after being told to remove his wig live on air by Jasper. Although this outburst effectively ends Henry’s television career, it helps him land a new role as a talk show host.
Jenny (Sara Stewart) — Joy’s more easy-going predecessor as PA who appears several times in the first series. Her main contribution is to join Dave, Henry and Henry’s great-nephew Jack on a night out and then apparently sleep with Jack — to the bemusement of Dave and Henry who have both failed to get anywhere with her, and Sally, who clearly fancied Jack. In a classic single-entendre, Sally snaps at Jenny, who asks "What’s got into her?", to which Dave replies, "I think it's what's got into you that's got into her."
Scripting[edit]
Unusually for a sitcom, the show was topical, and was usually written and filmed in the week before broadcast. The writers commented that this made for a very natural style of acting. In most offices people normally converse while looking at monitors, clipboards or newspaper crosswords; the cast of the show reproduced this while actually cribbing their lines. Typically, the last scene was filmed either the day before or sometimes on the day of broadcast, and episodes concluded with audio-only dialogue or (in later seasons) an additional scene during the credits, which would usually involve topical references. The most frantic rewrite is said to have occurred when, on the day of filming, British media mogul Robert Maxwell drowned. (As the writers said in a later episode, "We don’t want to go overboard with the story.") A number of politicians including Neil Kinnock and Ken Livingstone made guest appearances.
The humour, like that in a real newsroom, was often very black, as the writers did not shy away from sensitive subjects. A typical line (from Henry): "The ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland. What a bloody stupid phrase. What do they think two thousand people have died from? Stress?" The view of relationships in the programme is also very bleak: all the main characters have very unstable romantic lives, with no-one being happily married.
The series ended with GlobeLink being closed down, with Series 6 being spent with the main characters trying to plan their futures elsewhere (largely unsuccessfully). The format for the final series differed slightly from the previous five. As well as being shorter (seven episodes), far less emphasis was placed on the news than before (both in terms of topical references and stories covered in the newsroom). Instead, much of the focus was on where the main characters would be once GlobeLink closed, after an announcement in the second episode of the series. Several minor characters appeared over the course of a few episodes in the final series, whereas most previously had only been in single episodes.
The ending contradicted the already thoroughly contradicted novel Drop The Dead Donkey 2000 by Hamilton and Alistair Beaton (1994) ISBN 0-316-91236-0, in which the company is almost destroyed in a bomb blast at the turn of the millennium.
Home media[edit]
Five VHS videos, each featuring three selected episodes of Drop The Dead Donkey, were released during the 1990s. There was also a sixth, called "The Writer's Choice", which featured six episodes plus 50 classic moments chosen by the writers Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin.
Volume 1
The Gulf Report (Series 2 Episode 1)
George's Daughter (Series 2 Episode 11)
The Christmas Party (Series 2 Episode 13)
Volume 2
Paintball (Series 3 Episode 9)
George and His Daughter (Series 3 Episode 10)
Awards (Series 3 Episode 11)
Volume 3
A New Dawn (Series 1 Episode 1)
Sally's Arrival (Series 1 Episode 2)
A Clash of Interests (Series 1 Episode 3)
Volume 4
In Place of Alex (Series 3 Episode 1)
Sally's Accountant (Series 3 Episode 2)
Sally's Libel (Series 3 Episode 5)
Volume 5
Henry's True Love (Series 3 Episode 3)
Sir Roysten's Wife (Series 3 Episode 6)
The New Newsreader (Series 3 Episode 7)
Volume 6 - "The Writer's Choice"
Sally's Viking (Series 1 Episode 6)
Baseball (Series 2 Episode 4)
Gus and the Grim Reaper (Series 4 Episode 1)
Helen's Fake Boyfriend (Series 4 Episode 5)
Damien's Virus (Series 1 Episode 5)
The Final Chapter (Series 1 Episode 7)
Between 2005–2007 VCI (UK, now part of 2 Entertain) released all six series on DVD, via their Cinema Club label. They were also collected into two box sets, featuring three series apiece. Extra features included the unaired pilot, and introductions and interviews with Andy Hamilton, Guy Jenkin and the cast. In 2015, all six series were re-released in a "Complete Series" box set by Spirit Entertainment.
Repeats[edit]
Repeats of the programme often appeared on Comedy Central Extra. Before the show starts, there is often a short review of the major news events which happened during the week of each episode’s filming. Episodes on DVD compilations are introduced in the same way (although not for Series 6 when topical references were very limited).
All series are now available via Channel 4's All 4 service.
All episodes are available in the US on the online streaming service Acorn TV starting in December 2014.
See also[edit]
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List of Drop the Dead Donkey episodes
Ballot Monkeys (2015) -similar topical satirical sitcom by the same writers set around the 2015 UK Election
Power Monkeys (2016) -similar topical satirical sitcom by the same writers set in 2016
The Day Today — sketch show satirising news programmes.
Broken News — satire on 24-hour rolling news.
NewsRadio — US sitcom set in a news radio station -though neither satirical nor topical.
Frontline — Australian satire of current-affairs news often compared to Drop the Dead Donkey.
Spitting Image — satirical puppet show satirising major public figures.
Murphy Brown — US sitcom with a similar premise.
Hot Metal — LWT sitcom satirising printed media.
The Newsroom (Canadian TV series) - Canadian Comedy/Drama with a similar premise.
Not the Nine O'Clock News
Newsroom
KYTV - Satire on the emerging satellite channels programming in the UK
References[edit]
Jump up ^ ESS med Kryddan Peterson! in "Humorhimlen" (in swedish).
Jump up ^ Thomas Sutcliffe (21 March 1995). "REVIEW : Drop the dead donkey, we'll run with the cheese - TV & Radio - Arts and Entertainment". The Independent. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
Jump up ^ "Entertainment | Dead donkey finally dropped". BBC News. 3 July 1998. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
Jump up ^ Andrew Dickson (13 April 2015). "How we made Drop the Dead Donkey". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
Jump up ^ Caryn James (23 July 1995). "TELEVISION VIEW; The News From Britain, Sort Of - New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
Notes[edit]
Drop The Dead Donkey—The Writers Choice (DVD). London, UK: Hat Trick International. 1999. 5-014138-068608. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
Passmore, John (6 December 1991). "Travails with a Donkey". London Evening Standard. Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 4 February 2003.
Bond, Matthew (24 October 1998). "Old faces bid a short but sweet farewell". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 February 2003.
External links[edit]
Drop the Dead Donkey on IMDb
Drop the Dead Donkey at the BFI's Screenonline
"Drop the Dead Donkey". Hat Trick Productions. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
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2014 Oxford Tube Van Hool Astromega Van Hool TDX21 in July 2014
2009 Oxford Tube Van Hool Astromega TD927 in October 2009
2004 Oxford Tube Neoplan Skyliner in June 2009
The Oxford to London coach route is an express coach route between Oxford and London along the M40 motorway. The Oxford Tube, which is operated by Stagecoach in Oxfordshire, runs up to five coaches an hour via Lewknor, Hillingdon and Shepherd's Bush terminates on Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria. The X90, which is operated by the Oxford Bus Company, runs up to three coaches an hour via Baker Street and terminates on Buckingham Palace Road.
With a total of 150 journeys a day in each direction[1] it is the highest frequency long distance coach route currently operating in the United Kingdom.[2] By way of comparison, there are 15 coach journeys a day from Cambridge to London.[3]
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1 Oxford Tube
2 Oxford Bus Company X90
3 History
3.1 Early History
3.2 Nationalisation
3.3 Privatisation and competition
4 Incidents
5 References
6 Further reading
7 External links
Oxford Tube[edit]
The Oxford Tube launched by Thames Transit in 1987,[4][5] operates a fleet of 26 Van Hool Astromega TX27 double-decker coaches that were introduced in July 2014.[6][7] Rather than turnover its fleet on a regular basis, Oxford Tube renews its entire fleet in one go every five years.
Tickets are also sold via the Megabus network. As of September 2017, it was the highest frequency long-distance coach route in the United Kingdom.[5]
Oxford Bus Company X90[edit]
Oxford Bus Company X90 coach at Victoria Coach Station, the former terminus of the route
The Oxford Bus Company operates the X90 service every 15 minutes at peak times, using eight Plaxton Elite bodied Volvo B11Rs.[8]
History[edit]
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Early History[edit]
In 1919 William Beesley of Oxford formed a company called South Midland and by 1924 offered excursions to London by charabanc. This became a daily service, and by 1928 it had become a regular coach service picking up and setting down passengers en route.[9]
South Midland had competitors. By 1930, 18 companies were running a total of 58 coach services between Oxford and London every day. After the Road Traffic Act 1930, the competitors quickly reduced to two: South Midland and Varsity Express. Varsity Express used the A40 via High Wycombe and Uxbridge, South Midland ran via Henley-on-Thames, Maidenhead and Slough.
In 1933 the Eastern Counties Omnibus Company acquired Varsity Express (which also ran a service between London and Eastern Counties' base at Cambridge). In 1934, the Tilling Group (Eastern Counties' parent) moved the Oxford service of Varsity Express to a closer group company, United Counties Omnibus.[9]
In 1934, South Midland was running seven journeys a day, and Varsity Express ran eight journeys a day. The day return fare was 6/- (30p).[9]
Nationalisation[edit]
Jonckheere bodied Volvo B10M ex Stagecoach in Bedford in Oxford operating route X5
In 1942 the Government compelled coach operators to suspend operations. In 1945 South Midland was sold to Red & White Services. Operations resumed in 1946, but by 1950 both Red & White and United Counties had been nationalised and were controlled by the British Transport Commission (BTC). The BTC transferred control of South Midland to Thames Valley Traction, and in 1952 transferred the United Counties service to South Midland. During the 1950s and 1960s, South Midland ran coaches between Oxford and London about every hour, alternating between the High Wycombe and Henley routes.[9]
Non-stop coaches started in 1963, reducing the journey time to 2 hours 15 minutes. In 1968 the Oxford Bus Company became state-owned when British Electric Traction sold its UK bus interests to the government. At the beginning of 1971 the state-owned Transport Holding Company merged South Midland with the Oxford Bus Company, which adopted the trading name Oxford South Midland. The two routes were combined with Oxford Bus Company's bus routes from Oxford to High Wycombe and Henley, and given numbers: route 30 (Oxford-Henley-London) and route 70 (Oxford-High Wycombe-London), changed to 390 and 290 in 1975.
The M40 motorway between London and Oxford was opened in stages from 1967 to 1974. Occasional non-stop services used the motorway, but in 1977 a regular non-stop service was started as route 190, later renumbered X90. In the 1980s a non-stop service, the X70, was also started between Oxford and Heathrow Airport.
In the 1980s the 290 stopping service was combined with Green Line’s London to High Wycombe route.
Privatisation and competition[edit]
The UK express coach sector was deregulated by the Transport Act 1980 and the UK bus market by the Transport Act 1985.
In 1983, Oxford South Midland was split into two in preparation for deregulation.[10] The London services went to the Oxford Bus Company, which was sold in a management buyout in January 1987.[11]
Competition appeared in 1987 when Thames Transit, commenced operating in Oxford and started its own express service to London, branded the Oxford Tube.[4] The Oxford Bus Company branded its service Oxford Citylink. Since then competition on the non-stop routes has been fierce. Both companies have been taken over: Oxford Bus Company by Go-Ahead Group in 1994 and Thames Transit by Stagecoach in 1997. Both companies have continued to innovate, with better coaches, more frequent services, Wifi on board, and all-night services. The Oxford Tube brand has endured, whereas the Oxford Bus Company's London route was rebranded the Oxford Express in 2000, espress in 2004, and X90 Oxford-London in 2012. The Heathrow service was rebranded the Airline in 2001.
In 2003, Stagecoach introduced Megabus to the route, using different termini in both Oxford and London. However, in November 2004 the Megabus service was replaced by dedicated seats on the Oxford Tube.
The stopping services to London declined. The High Wycombe service (290), which had become a joint operation with Green Line, passed entirely by the 1990s to Green Line, who operated the route only between High Wycombe and London and ceased it altogether by 2003. The Henley service (390) originally went all the way from Witney to central London via Henley and Heathrow. It was eventually curtailed at Heathrow Airport, but even then Thames Transit could not make it pay and in 1996 replaced coaches with minibuses and renumbered it X39. Stagecoach in Oxfordshire later cut the route at Henley, and in 1999 it was taken over by Thames Travel.
Incidents[edit]
On 30 August 2010, a drunk 21 year old Thomas Roby grabbed hold of the steering wheel of an Oxford Tube and caused it to overturn on an embankment on the M40.[12]
On 11 December 2010 at 23:00, an Oxford Tube coach overturned on leaving the M40. Seventeen passengers and the driver were taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital with five people needing surgery for broken bones.[13] The driver was convicted of driving without due care and attention having been charged but acquitted of dangerous driving.[14]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Oxford Bus Company X90 and Oxford Tube websites
Jump up ^ Compare: Edinburgh - Glasgow, 80 journeys per day (Timetable), London - Birmingham, 32 journeys per day(Timetable)
Jump up ^ "National Express Coaches // Coach Rail & Bus Travel Throughout The UK". www.nationalexpress.com.
^ Jump up to: a b Oxford route gets hot Commercial Motor 10 March 1988 page 22
^ Jump up to: a b "Obituaries – Harry Blundred: Trailblazer ran several bus companies and founded the Oxford Tube". Oxford Times. 14 September 2017. p. 76.
Jump up ^ Oxford Tube announces details of new fleet of coaches, Stagecoach, 1 July 2014.
Jump up ^ Oxford Tube: A New Era, Bucks & Oxon Buses, 2014.
Jump up ^ Oxford Bus Company introduces New Coaches on X90 Route Volvo Bus United Kingdom & Ireland 27 March 2015
^ Jump up to: a b c d History of Oxford Express
Jump up ^ NBC names its Oxford six Commercial Motor 6 August 1983 page 12
Jump up ^ Buyout at Oxford Commercial Motor 24 January 1987 page 18
Jump up ^ Oxford Tube crash drunk jailed for year Oxford Mail 3 February 2011
Jump up ^ "Oxford Tube coach overturns on M40 injuring many". BBC News. 12 December 2010.
Jump up ^ "M40 Oxford Tube coach driver not guilty of dangerous driving". BBC News. 7 November 2011.
Further reading[edit]
Flitton, D. (2004), 50 Years of South Midland. Paul Lacey. ISBN 0-9510739-8-2.
External links[edit]
Media related to Oxford Tube at Wikimedia Commons
Oxford Tube website
X90 website
Photographs of Oxford South Midland
Coach Hire London
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This is an overall list of statistics and records of the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 cricket competition based in India.
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1 Team records
1.1 Results summary
1.2 Highest totals
1.3 Lowest totals
1.4 Highest successful run chases
1.5 Lowest scores defended
1.6 Largest victories (by runs)
2 Batting records
2.1 Most runs
2.2 Highest individual score
2.3 Most sixes (overall)
2.4 Most sixes (innings)
2.5 Fastest centuries
2.6 Fastest fifties
2.7 Best strike rate
3 Bowling records
3.1 Most wickets
3.2 Best bowling figures in an innings
3.3 Best bowling averages
3.4 Best economy rates
3.5 Most runs conceded in an innings
3.6 Most dot balls bowled
3.7 Most maiden overs bowled
3.8 List of hat-tricks
4 Wicketkeeping and fielding records
4.1 Most dismissals
4.2 Most catches (fielder)
5 Miscellaneous records
6 Awards
7 See also
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Team records
Results summary
Team
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Titles
Mumbai Indians 2008–2018 171 97 73 1 0 0 57.01 3
Royal Challengers Bangalore 2008–2018 167 78 84 1 1 3 48.17 0
Kolkata Knight Riders 2008–2018 162 85 75 0 2 0 53.08 2
Kings XI Punjab 2008–2018 162 74 86 2 0 0 46.29 0
Delhi Daredevils 2008–2018 161 67 91 0 1 2 42.45 0
Chennai Super Kings 2008–2018 148 90 56 0 1 1 61.56 3
Rajasthan Royals 2008–2018 132 68 60 2 1 1 53.05 1
Sunrisers Hyderabad 2013–2018 93 51 41 1 0 0 55.37 1
Deccan Chargers 2008–2012 75 29 46 0 0 0 38.66 1
Pune Warriors India 2011–2013 46 12 33 0 0 1 26.66 0
Rising Pune Supergiants 2016–2017 30 15 15 0 0 0 50.00 0
Gujarat Lions 2016–2017 30 13 16 0 1 0 45.00 0
Kochi Tuskers Kerala 2011–2011 14 6 8 0 0 0 42.85 0
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Defunct Teams
Tie+W and Tie+L indicates matches tied and then won or lost by "Super Over"
The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties (irrespective of a tiebreaker) as half a win
The total matches does not include matches played for Champions League T20
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Last updated: 28 May 2018
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Score
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263/5 [a] Royal Challengers Bangalore Pune Warriors India 2013
248/3 Royal Challengers Bangalore Gujarat Lions 2016
246/5 Chennai Super Kings Rajasthan Royals 2010
245/6 Kolkata Knight Riders Kings XI Punjab 2018
240/5 Chennai Super Kings Kings XI Punjab 2008
235/1 Royal Challengers Bangalore Mumbai Indians 2015
Full Table on Cricinfo
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Score
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Opponent
Season
49 Royal Challengers Bangalore Kolkata Knight Riders 2017
58 Rajasthan Royals Royal Challengers Bangalore 2009
66 Delhi Daredevils Mumbai Indians 2017
67 Delhi Daredevils Kings XI Punjab 2017
67 Kolkata Knight Riders Mumbai Indians 2008
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217/7 Rajasthan Royals Deccan Chargers 2008
214/3 Delhi Daredevils Gujarat Lions 2017
211/4 Kings XI Punjab Sunrisers Hyderabad 2014
208/5 Chennai Super Kings Royal Challengers Bangalore 2012
207/5 Chennai Super Kings Royal Challengers Bangalore 2018
Highest chases in IPL
Last updated: 21 May 2018
Lowest scores defended
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116/9 Chennai Super Kings Kings XI Punjab 92/8 2009
118 Sunrisers Hyderabad Mumbai Indians 87 2018
119/8 Kings XI Punjab Mumbai Indians 116/7 2009
Royal Challengers Bangalore Pune Warriors India 108/10 2013
120/9 Mumbai Indians Pune Warriors India 119/6 2012
126/8 Royal Challengers Bangalore Chennai Super Kings 112/8 2008
Sunrisers Hyderabad Pune Warriors India 104/10 2013
Largest victories (by runs)
Score
Team
Opponent
Season
146 Mumbai Indians Delhi Daredevils 2017
144 Royal Challengers Bangalore Gujarat Lions 2016
140 Kolkata Knight Riders Royal Challengers Bangalore 2008
138 Royal Challengers Bangalore Kings XI Punjab 2015
130 Royal Challengers Bangalore Pune Warriors 2013
largest victories (runs) in IPL
Last updated: 21 May 2017
Batting records
Most runs
Batsman
Inns
Runs
Span
Suresh Raina (CSK, GL) 172 4985 2008–2018
Virat Kohli (RCB) 155 4948 2008–2018
Rohit Sharma (DC, MI) 168 4493 2008–2018
Gautam Gambhir (DD, KKR) 152 4217 2008–2018
Robin Uthappa (KKR, MI, PWI, RCB) 159 4129 2008–2018
Full Table on Cricinfo
Last updated: 28 May 2018
Highest individual score
Batsman
Runs
Balls
Opp
Season
Chris Gayle (RCB) 7002175000000000000♠175* 66 PWI 2013
Brendon McCullum (KKR) 7002158000000000000♠158* 73 RCB 2008
AB de Villiers (RCB) 7002133000000000000♠133* 59 MI 2015
AB de Villiers (RCB) 7002129000000000000♠129* 52 GL 2016
Chris Gayle (RCB) 7002128000000000000♠128* 62 DD 2012
Full Table on Cricinfo
Last updated: 21 May 2017
Most sixes (overall)
Batsman
Inn
6's
Span
Chris Gayle (KKR, RCB, KXIP) 111 292 2009–2018
AB de Villiers (DD, RCB) 129 187 2008-2018
MS Dhoni (CSK, RPS) 158 186 2008–2018
Suresh Raina (CSK, GL) 172 185 2008–2018
Rohit Sharma (DC, MI) 168 184 2008–2018
Full Table on Cricinfo
Last updated: 28 May 2018
Most sixes (innings)
Batsman
6's
Opponent
Season
Chris Gayle (RCB) 17 PWI 2013
Brendon McCullum (KKR) 13 RCB 2008
Chris Gayle (RCB) DD 2012
Chris Gayle (RCB) 12 KXIP 2015
AB de Villiers (RCB) GL 2016
Full Table on Cricinfo
Last updated: 21 May 2017
Fastest centuries
See also: List of Indian Premier League centuries
Batsman
Balls
Opp
Season
Chris Gayle (RCB) 30 PWI 2013
Yusuf Pathan (RR) 37 MI 2010
David Miller (KXIP) 38 RCB 2013
Adam Gilchrist (DC) 42 MI 2008
AB de Villiers (RCB) 43 GL 2016
Full Table on Itsonlycricket
Last updated: 21 May 2017
Fastest fifties
Batsman
Balls
Opp
Season
K. L. Rahul (KXIP) 14 DD 2018
Sunil Narine (KKR) 15 RCB 2017
Yusuf Pathan (KKR) SRH 2014
Suresh Raina (CSK) 16 KXIP 2014
Sunil Narine (KKR) 17 RCB 2018
Ishan Kishan (MI) KKR 2018
Kieron Pollard (MI) KKR 2016
Chris Morris (DD) GL 2016
Chris Gayle (RCB) PWI 2013
Adam Gilchrist (DC) DD 2009
Jos Buttler (RR) 18 DD 2018
Full Table on IPLT20
Last updated: 8 April 2018
Best strike rate
Batsman
SR
Span
Andre Russell (DD, KKR) 177.29 2012–2018
Sunil Narine (KKR) 168.81 2012–2018
Chris Morris (CSK, DD, RR) 166.66 2013–2018
Rishabh Pant (DD) 162.71 2016–2018
Glenn Maxwell (DD, KXIP, MI) 161.13 2012–2018
Minimum balls faced – 125
Full Table on Cricinfo
Last updated: 28 May 2017
Bowling records
Most wickets
Bowler
Inn
Wkts
Span
Lasith Malinga (MI) 110 154 2009–2017
Amit Mishra (DC, DD, SRH) 136 146 2008–2018
Piyush Chawla (KXIP, KKR) 143 140 2008–2018
Dwayne Bravo (CSK, GL, MI) 119 136 2008–2018
Harbhajan Singh (MI, CSK) 146 134 2008–2018
Full Table on Cricinfo
Last updated: 28 May 2018
Best bowling figures in an innings
Player
Ovr
BBI
Opp
Season
Sohail Tanvir (RR) 4.0 6-14 CSK 2008
Adam Zampa (RPS) 4.0 6-19 SRH 2016
Anil Kumble (RCB) 3.1 5-5 RR 2009
Ishant Sharma (DC) 3.0 5-12 KTK 2011
Lasith Malinga (MI) 3.4 5-13 DD 2011
Full Table on Cricinfo
Last updated: 21 May 2017
Best bowling averages
Player
Mat
Average
Span
Andrew Tye (KXIP, GL) 20 16.36 2017–2018
Doug Bollinger (CSK) 27 18.72 2010–2012
Dimitri Mascarenhas (KXIP, RR) 13 18.73 2008–2013
Lasith Malinga (MI) 110 19.01 2009–2017
Farveez Maharoof (DC) 20 19.25 2008–2010
Full Table on Cricinfo
Last updated: 28 May 2018
Best economy rates
Player
Mat
Econ
Span
Sunil Narine (KKR) 98 6.54 2012–2018
Shaun Pollock (MI) 13 6.54 2008–2008
Anil Kumble (RCB) 42 6.57 2009–2010
Glenn Mcgrath (DD) 14 6.61 2008–2008
Muttiah Muralitharan (CSK, KTK, RCB) 66 6.67 2008–2014
Full Table on Cricinfo
Last updated: 28 May 2018
Most runs conceded in an innings
Bowler
Overs
Wkts
Runs
Opp
Season
Basil Thampi (SRH) 4.0 0 70 RCB 2018
Ishant Sharma (SRH) 4.0 0 66 CSK 2013
Umesh Yadav (DD) 4.0 0 65 RCB 2013
Sandeep Sharma (KXIP) 4.0 1 65 SRH 2014
Varun Aaron (DD) 4.0 2 63 CSK 2012
Full Table on Cricinfo
Last updated: 28 May 2018
Most dot balls bowled
Player
Inns
Dot Balls
Harbhajan Singh 145 1128
Praveen Kumar 119 1075
Lasith Malinga 110 1060
Amit Mishra 136 1027
Piyush Chawla 143 1020
Full Table on IPLT20
Last updated: 28 May 2018
Most maiden overs bowled
Player
Inns
Maidens
Praveen Kumar 119 14
Irfan Pathan 101 10
Lasith Malinga 110 8
Sandeep Sharma 68 8
Dhawal Kulkarni 79 7
Dale Steyn 90 7
Full Table on IPLT20
Last updated: 28 May 2018
List of hat-tricks
No.
Bowler
Opp
Season
1 Lakshmipathy Balaji (CSK) KXIP 2008
2 Amit Mishra (DD) DC 2008
3 Makhaya Ntini (CSK) KKR 2008
4 Yuvraj Singh (KXIP) RCB 2009
5 Rohit Sharma (DC) MI 2009
6 Yuvraj Singh (KXIP) DC 2009
7 Praveen Kumar (RCB) RR 2010
8 Amit Mishra (DC) KXIP 2011
9 Ajit Chandila (RR) PWI 2012
10 Sunil Narine (KKR) KXIP 2013
11 Amit Mishra (SRH) PWI 2013
12 Pravin Tambe (RR) KKR 2014
13 Shane Watson (RR) SRH 2014
14 Axar Patel (KXIP) GL 2016
15 Samuel Badree (RCB) MI 2017
16 Andrew Tye (GL) RPS 2017
17 Jaydev Unadkat (RPS) SRH 2017
Hat-tricks in IPL[1]
Last updated: 21 May 2017
Wicketkeeping and fielding records
Most dismissals
Wicket Keeper
Dis
Ct
St
Span
Dinesh Karthik (DD, KXIP, MI, RCB, KKR, GL) 124 94 30 2008–2018
MS Dhoni (CSK, RPS) 116 83 33 2008–2018
Robin Uthappa (KKR, MI, PWI, RCB) 90 58 32 2008–2018
Naman Ojha (DD, RR, SRH) 75 65 10 2008–2018
Parthiv Patel (CSK, DC, KTK, MI, RCB, SRH) 74 60 14 2008–2018
Full Table on Cricinfo
Last updated: 28 May 2018
Most catches (fielder)
Player
Ct
Span
Suresh Raina (CSK, GL) 95 2008–2018
Rohit Sharma (DC, MI) 79 2008–2018
AB de Villiers (DD, RCB) 78 2008–2018
Kieron Pollard (MI) 74 2010–2018
Dwayne Bravo (CSK, MI, Gujarat Lions) 69 2008–2018
Full Table on Cricinfo
Last updated: 28 May 2018
Miscellaneous records
See also: List of Indian Premier League captains
Records
Player /
Team
Stats
Season /
Span
Team
Most wins[2] Mumbai Indians 97 (2008–2018)
Most defeats[2] Delhi Daredevils 91 (2008–2018)
Highest win%[2] Chennai Super Kings 61.56 (2008–2018)
Largest victory (runs)[3] Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils 146 2017
Most consecutive wins
(season)[4] Kolkata Knight Riders 9 2014
Most consecutive wins
(overall) Kolkata Knight Riders 10 (2014–2015)
Most consecutive defeats
(season)[5] Delhi Daredevils
Pune Warriors 9 2014
2012
Most consecutive defeats
(overall) Delhi Daredevils
Pune Warriors 11 (2014–2015)
(2012–2013)
Batting
Most 100s[6] Chris Gayle (KKR, RCB, KXIP) 6 (2008–2018)
Most 50s[7] David Warner (DD, SRH) 36 (2009–2017)
Highest Partnership[8] Virat Kohli (RCB)
AB de Villiers (RCB) 229 2016
Most ducks[9] Harbhajan Singh (MI) 13 (2008–2018)
Bowling
Most 4 wicket hauls[10][11] Sunil Narine (KKR) 6 (2012–2018)
Most 5 wicket hauls[12] James Faulkner (KXIP, PWI, RR ) 2 (2011–2017)
Most hat-tricks[1] Amit Mishra (DC, DD, SRH) 3 (2008–2018)
Other Miscellaneous
Most matches[13] Suresh Raina (CSK, GL) 176 (2008–2018)
Most matches as captain[14] MS Dhoni (CSK, RPS) 159 (2008–2018)
Most man of the matches[15] Chris Gayle (KKR, RCB, KXIP) 20 (2008–2018)
Most matches as umpire[16] Sundaram Ravi 97 (2009–2018)
☢ Last updated: 28 May 2018
Awards
Main article: List of Indian Premier League Awards
See also
List of Chennai Super Kings records
List of Kolkata Knight Riders records
List of Rajasthan Royals records
List of Sunrisers Hyderabad records
Notes
Jump up ^ This is also the highest innings total by any team in a T20 match.
References
^ Jump up to: a b "List of Hat-tricks in IPL". 14 April 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Result summary". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
Jump up ^ "Cricket Records | Records | Indian Premier League | Largest victories | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Records – Twenty20 matches – Team records – Most consecutive wins – ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo.
Jump up ^ "Records – Twenty20 matches – Team records – Most consecutive defeats – ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo.
Jump up ^ "Most Hundreds in IPL". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
Jump up ^ "Most fifties". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
Jump up ^ "Highest Partnership". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
Jump up ^ "Most ducks". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
Jump up ^ "Most four-wickets-in-an-innings (and over)". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
Jump up ^ "Most Four Wickets Innings". IPLT20. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
Jump up ^ "Most five-wickets-in-an-innings". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
Jump up ^ "Most matches". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
Jump up ^ "Most matches as captain". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
Jump up ^ "Man of the matches". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
Jump up ^ "Most matches as an umpire". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
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Kukatpally
Constituency
for the Vidhan Sabha
District
Ranga Reddy
State
Telangana
Electorate
4,69,325
Current constituency
Created
2008
Party
Telugu Desam Party
MLA
Madhavaram Krishna Rao
Kukatpally Assembly Constituency is a constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of 14 constituencies in Ranga Reddy district.[1][2] It is part of Malkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency.It is also one of the 24 constituencies of GHMC.
Madhavaram Krishna Rao is currently representing the constituency.
Contents
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1 Overview
2 Members of Legislative Assembly
3 Election results
3.1 Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014
4 See also
5 References
Overview[edit]
A melting pot of people from different regions, states and cultures, Kukatpally was carved out of the Khairatabad Assembly constituency before the 2009 elections as per Delimitation Act of 2002. The Assembly Constituency currently comprises the following:
No
Mandal/Ward No
1 Kukatpally
2 Balanagar (part)
Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]
Duration
Name of M.L.A
Party Affiliation
2009-14 Jayaprakash Narayan Lok Satta Party
2014-Incumbent M.Krishna Rao Telangana Rashtra Samithi
Election results[edit]
Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014[edit]
Telangana Assembly Elections, 2014:Kukatpally (Assembly constituency)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
TDP Madhavaram Krishna Rao 99,874 43.3%
TRS G. Padma Rao 56,688 24.6%
INC M.Narsimha Yadav 23,321 10.1%
Majority
43,186
Turnout
2,32,239 49.5%
TDP gain from LSP Swing
See also[edit]
List of constituencies of Telangana Legislative Assembly
Kukatpally
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Close finish likely at Kukatpally". The Hindu. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
Jump up ^ "3 new divisions to be added to RR dist soon". The Times of India. 24 July 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
Jump up ^ Kukatpally Results
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Armoor
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Medchal
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Kukatpally
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Serilingampally
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Pargi
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Malakpet
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Mulug (ST)
Khammam district
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Yellandu (ST)
Khammam
Palair
Madhira (SC)
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