Broken News

Broken News (2005)


  • Genre: Comedy, News
  • Creator: Tony Roche, John Morton
  • First Air Date: 2005-10-31
  • Last Air Date: 2005-12-05
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 6
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 30 min.
  • Production Company: BBC
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Network: BBC Two
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Summary

Broken News is a comedy programme shown on BBC Two in autumn 2005 and in Australia on SBS-TV from the 17 July 2006. The show poked fun at the world of 24-hour rolling news channels. The title of the show is a play on the phrase "breaking news". The show jump cut between its various spoof TV channels, which covered both the central story and other stories that would be of interest to their audience. A large part of the comedy came from observations about the nature of news presentation rather than the stories themselves.

  • Keywords: satire
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    Broken News Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 2005-10-31
    6 Episodes

    Broken News Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1Tomato Flu30 min
    Season 1Episode 2Missing Island30 min
    Season 1Episode 3Half Way There Day30 min
    Season 1Episode 4Crime30 min
    Season 1Episode 5Bolivian Crisis30 min
    Season 1Episode 6Hijack30 min
    • Benedict Cumberbatch

      as Will Parker
    • Claudia Christian

      as Julia Regan - IBS
    • Duncan Duff

      as Richard Pritchard - ESN
    • Sharon Horgan

      as Katie Tate - ESN
    • Colin Stinton

      as Anthony Markovitz
    • Steve Toussaint

      as Adam Lockwood
    • Indira Varma

      as Melanie Bellamy
    • Philip Brodie

      as Colin Kay - So News
    • Tom Goodman-Hill

      as Guy Batson - Go Sports
    • Sarah Hadland

      as Claire - Traffic Reports
    • Pip Torrens

      as Sam French - Bullet Points Presenter
    • Darren Boyd

      as Nick Burham
    • Nicola Walker

      as Katie Willard
    • Clare Wille

      as Frances Walsh
    • James Howard

      as Kevin Peters
    • Max Digby

      as Andrew Adams
    • Roger Barclay

      as Mitchell Oatis - Aronovitz
    • Preeya Kalidas

      as Anita Ratchathani
    • Lorelei King

      as Loren Peterson
    • John Chancer

      as Tom Mitchell
    • Jonathan Aris

      as Stewart Frewett - ESN Network Reporter
    • Ian Duncan

      as Todd Todmore - World Money Today
    • Andrew Havill

      as Nicholas Michaelmass - ESN Network Reporter
    • Lauren Ward

      as Alecia - IBS
    Production Jon Plowman Producer
    Writing Tony Roche Writer
    Writing John Morton Writer

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