Broken News

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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.

Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch,Claudia Christian,Duncan Duff,Sharon Horgan

Episodes

Season 1
Tomato Flu

S01 | E01

Tomato Flu

2005-10-31

Missing Island

S01 | E02

Missing Island

2005-11-07

Half Way There Day

S01 | E03

Half Way There Day

2005-11-14

Crime

S01 | E04

Crime

2005-11-21

Bolivian Crisis

S01 | E05

Bolivian Crisis

2005-11-28

Hijack

S01 | E06

Hijack

2005-12-05

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch

Will Parker

Claudia Christian

Claudia Christian

Julia Regan - IBS

Duncan Duff

Duncan Duff

Richard Pritchard - ESN

Sharon Horgan

Sharon Horgan

Katie Tate - ESN

Colin Stinton

Colin Stinton

Anthony Markovitz

Steve Toussaint

Steve Toussaint

Adam Lockwood

Indira Varma

Indira Varma

Melanie Bellamy

Philip Brodie

Philip Brodie

Colin Kay - So News

Tom Goodman-Hill

Tom Goodman-Hill

Guy Batson - Go Sports

Sarah Hadland

Sarah Hadland

Claire - Traffic Reports

Pip Torrens

Pip Torrens

Sam French - Bullet Points Presenter

Darren Boyd

Darren Boyd

Nick Burham

Nicola Walker

Nicola Walker

Katie Willard

Clare Wille

Clare Wille

Frances Walsh

Details

First Aired
2005-10-31
Last Aired
2005-12-05
Status
Ended
Network
BBC Two
Production
BBC
Creator
John Morton, Tony Roche

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