Broken News (2005)
Broken News (2005)


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Benedict Cumberbatch
Will Parker

Claudia Christian
Julia Regan - IBS

Duncan Duff
Richard Pritchard - ESN

Sharon Horgan
Katie Tate - ESN

Phil Nice
Russ - Look Out East

Colin Stinton
Anthony Markovitz

Steve Toussaint
Adam Lockwood

Carli Norris
Sarah Holt - Look Out East

Indira Varma
Melanie Bellamy

Philip Brodie
Colin Kay - So News

Tom Goodman-Hill
Guy Batson - Go Sports

Kim Wall
Phil Curdridge - Look Out East

Sarah Hadland
Claire - Traffic Reports

Pip Torrens
Sam French - Bullet Points Presenter

Darren Boyd
Nick Burham

Nicola Walker
Katie Willard
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Release DateOctober 31, 2005
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes6
Running Time30m
Content RatingNR
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Broken News is a comedy programme shown on BBC Two in late 2005. 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". It had six thirty-minute episodes. Having previously worked on programmes such as People Like Us and The Sunday Format, the show's production team worked closely with writer and director John Morton.
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.
The programme centred on Britain's addiction to 24-hour news channels. Each week, Broken News looked at a fictitious news story such as "Tomato Flu" or "The End of the Rain". Its massive cast of 145 actors played newsreaders and reporters on different networks.
It was released on DVD Region 2 on 12 June 2006.
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