Series · 2005
Broken News
1 seasonNRBBC Two
- Comedy
- News
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.
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Seasons
1 season · 6 episodes
- Season 16 episodes · 2005
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Cast
Benedict CumberbatchWill Parker
Claudia ChristianJulia Regan - IBS
Duncan DuffRichard Pritchard - ESN
Sharon HorganKatie Tate - ESN
Colin StintonAnthony Markovitz
Steve ToussaintAdam Lockwood
Indira VarmaMelanie Bellamy
Philip BrodieColin Kay - So News
Tom Goodman-HillGuy Batson - Go Sports
Sarah HadlandClaire - Traffic Reports
Pip TorrensSam French - Bullet Points Presenter
Darren BoydNick Burham
Details
- Created by
- John Morton, Tony Roche
- Writer
- Tony Roche, John Morton
- Producer
- Jon Plowman
- First aired
- October 31, 2005
- Last aired
- December 5, 2005
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- BBC Two
- Episode length
- 30m
- Language
- English
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