Broken News

Broken News - S1 E1

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.

GB

Made in GB

7.7/10

2005

Comedy
News
BBC

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Episodes

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch

As Will Parker

Claudia Christian

Claudia Christian

As Julia Regan - IBS

Duncan Duff

Duncan Duff

As Richard Pritchard - ESN

Sharon Horgan

Sharon Horgan

As Katie Tate - ESN

Colin Stinton

Colin Stinton

As Anthony Markovitz

Steve Toussaint

Steve Toussaint

As Adam Lockwood

Indira Varma

Indira Varma

As Melanie Bellamy

Philip Brodie

Philip Brodie

As Colin Kay - So News

Tom Goodman-Hill

Tom Goodman-Hill

As Guy Batson - Go Sports

Sarah Hadland

Sarah Hadland

As Claire - Traffic Reports

Pip Torrens

Pip Torrens

As Sam French - Bullet Points Presenter

Darren Boyd

Darren Boyd

As Nick Burham

Nicola Walker

Nicola Walker

As Katie Willard

Clare Wille

Clare Wille

As Frances Walsh

James Howard

James Howard

As Kevin Peters

Max Digby

Max Digby

As Andrew Adams

Roger Barclay

Roger Barclay

As Mitchell Oatis - Aronovitz

Preeya Kalidas

Preeya Kalidas

As Anita Ratchathani

Lorelei King

Lorelei King

As Loren Peterson

John Chancer

John Chancer

As Tom Mitchell

Jonathan Aris

Jonathan Aris

As Stewart Frewett - ESN Network Reporter

Ian Duncan

Ian Duncan

As Todd Todmore - World Money Today

Andrew Havill

Andrew Havill

As Nicholas Michaelmass - ESN Network Reporter

Lauren Ward

Lauren Ward

As Alecia - IBS

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