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Broken News

October 31, 2005
1 Season
6 Episodes
TMDB7.7· 7

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.

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

James Howard

James Howard

Kevin Peters

Max Digby

Max Digby

Andrew Adams

Roger Barclay

Roger Barclay

Mitchell Oatis - Aronovitz

Preeya Kalidas

Preeya Kalidas

Anita Ratchathani

Lorelei King

Lorelei King

Loren Peterson

John Chancer

John Chancer

Tom Mitchell

Jonathan Aris

Jonathan Aris

Stewart Frewett - ESN Network Reporter

Ian Duncan

Ian Duncan

Todd Todmore - World Money Today

Andrew Havill

Andrew Havill

Nicholas Michaelmass - ESN Network Reporter

Lauren Ward

Lauren Ward

Alecia - IBS

Crew
Tony Roche

Tony Roche

Writer

John Morton

John Morton

Writer

Jon Plowman

Jon Plowman

Producer

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

6 episodes
Oct 31, 2005
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Show Info
StatusEnded
TypeScripted
Original LanguageEnglish
Seasons1
Episodes6
Last Air DateDec 5, 2005
Popularity0%
Streaming on
BBC Two

BBC Two

Produced by
BBC

BBC

GB

Released in

United Kingdom

Spoken Languages

English