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Susannah Doyle, Ingrid Lacey, and Jeff Rawle in Drop the Dead Donkey (1990)

David Swift: Henry Davenport

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Drop the Dead Donkey

David Swift credited as playing...

Henry Davenport

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  • Henry Davenport: [after Sally has divided the desk] No, I shall not stoop to her level. You see, this is ridiculous, she's only put a line down the middle of... wait a minute, that's not the middle, you've stolen some of my desk.
  • Sally Smedley: No I haven't.
  • Henry Davenport: Yes you have, you're as bad as the bloody Israelis!
  • Henry Davenport: I hear you've got hold of a pirate version of Madonna's new movie Body of Evidence, can you knock me off a copy?
  • Dave Charnley: Yeah, sure.
  • Henry Davenport: How do the sex scenes compare to Basic Instinct?
  • Dave Charnley: Even funnier.
  • Sally Smedley: I'd be ever so grateful if you'd not put that on my side of the desk.
  • Henry Davenport: Pardon me for breathing.
  • Sally Smedley: Well, if you'd stop doing that, I'd be really grateful.
  • Henry Davenport: Honestly, disputes about desk space... I'm living among pygmies!
  • Sally Smedley: Would you stop tossing your rubbish over my desk?
  • Henry Davenport: What, you've got bloody airspace now?
  • Henry Davenport: Look, I need every inch I can get.
  • Sally Smedley: Yes, that's what I heard.
  • [last lines]
  • Henry Davenport: This is ridiculous.
  • Sally Smedley: We want our desk back. Now.
  • Henry Davenport: You seriously expect me to sit at one of those? Besides, her inkwell is bigger than mine.

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