Drop the Dead Donkey (1990)

Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin's newsroom comedy was filmed the day before transmission, so the staff of GlobeLink News could joke about that week's real headlines. Scripts were left with gaps and filled with topical references right up to recording. That makes some episodes a time capsule of early-1990s news, but the office politics, the spineless editor and the new owner's ruthless right-hand man still land. If you like newsroom satire, this is where a lot of it starts.