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Broken News

Broken News

★ 7.7/10•2005•30m•NR•Comedy•News
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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.

Tony Roche · Writer

John Morton · Writer

StatusEnded
Runtime30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateOct 31, 2005

Episodes

E130m

Tomato Flu

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.

Oct 31, 2005

E230m

Missing Island

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.

Nov 7, 2005

E330m

Half Way There Day

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.

Nov 14, 2005

E430m

Crime

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.

Nov 21, 2005

E530m

Bolivian Crisis

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.

Nov 28, 2005

E630m

Hijack

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.

Dec 5, 2005

Actors

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

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