David Swift

  • English
  • Actor

Press clippings

Comfort classic: Drop The Dead Donkey

Steve Clarke alternately giggles and squirms at a biting satire on media mendacity.

Steve Clarke, Royal Television Society, 10th June 2021

How Drop The Dead Donkey broke the news - and its cast

The comedy almost known as Dead Belgians Don't Count was a unique mix of office humour and topical jokes. But staying current came at a cost.

Tom Fordy, The Telegraph, 15th March 2021

David Swift obituary

David Swift found fame as the irascible news anchor Henry Davenport in the TV newsroom satire Drop the Dead Donkey.

Anthony Hayward, The Guardian, 18th April 2016

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