Broken News
Broken News
Broken News
Comedy
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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.
Status: Ended
First Air Date: 2005-10-31
Runtime: 0h 30m
Director: Unknown
Writer: Tony Roche, John Morton
Top 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
Episodes - Season 1
Tomato Flu
Tomato Flu
Episode 1
An outbreak of tomato flu is in the headlines. This alarming new super-virus (a parody of avian flu) can be traced back to a turkey farm in Turkey. The news networks advise on the best way to avoid tomatoids in food such as tomato ketchup. In other news: a man is injured by a frozen block of urine.
Missing Island
Missing Island
Episode 2
A report that an island has gone missing in the Barents Sea triggers paranoia about rising sea levels in Lincolnshire and the end of the world as we know it. In other news: teenagers' attention spans are now as low as eleven seconds.
Half Way There Day
Half Way There Day
Episode 3
Reports on commemorations around the country to mark the day Britain reached the half-way point in the last World War. In other news: The MADI music awards are here again, without last year's controversy.
Crime
Crime
Episode 4
The publication of a Home Office report which reveals that the majority of teenagers are now criminals leads to a series of news stories from the country's worst-hit areas. A picture of Britain in which the teenage population "now effectively feral, roam Britain's urban landscapes in packs of up to fifteen at a single time." In other news: East Anglia could be gone within a decade.
Bolivian Crisis
Bolivian Crisis
Episode 5
Reaction comes from around the world to rumours that Bolivia might have acquired nuclear weapons. Including a report from The White House: This is a bad day for the good guys, President Bush. In other news: A cross-eyed man kills a horse while trying to shoot himself.
Hijack
Hijack
Episode 6
Media frenzy is quick to follow after reports emerge of an apparent hijack of an American passenger flight bound for Amsterdam. This live breaking story dominates the running orders of the world's news networks. In other news: An injunction has been served on Josh Cashman.
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