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Broken News

Broken News

NR2005•30m•7.3/10
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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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Production

BBC

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

October 31, 2005

Last Aired

December 5, 2005

Networks

BBC Two

Created By

John Morton, Tony Roche

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
E1
Tomato Flu
Air date: 2005-10-31
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.
E2
Missing Island
Air date: 2005-11-07
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.
E3
Half Way There Day
Air date: 2005-11-14
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.
E4
Crime
Air date: 2005-11-21
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.
E5
Bolivian Crisis
Air date: 2005-11-28
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.
E6
Hijack
Air date: 2005-12-05
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.

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

Kevin Peters

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

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