Broken News
tv show

6 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired October 31, 2005
Overview
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.
Season 1
6 episodes
Air Date
October 31, 2005
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Tomato Flu
Episode 1 - 30m
October 31, 2005
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Missing Island
Episode 2 - 30m
November 07, 2005
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Half Way There Day
Episode 3 - 30m
November 14, 2005
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Crime
Episode 4 - 30m
November 21, 2005
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Bolivian Crisis
Episode 5 - 30m
November 28, 2005
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Hijack
Episode 6 - 30m
December 05, 2005
Episodes
Cast

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