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Broken News

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.

2005 |1 Season  | 30m |  Comedy, News

Cast

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Benedict Cumberbatch

Will Parker

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Claudia Christian

Julia Regan - IBS

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Duncan Duff

Richard Pritchard - ESN

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Sharon Horgan

Katie Tate - ESN

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Colin Stinton

Anthony Markovitz

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Steve Toussaint

Adam Lockwood

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Indira Varma

Melanie Bellamy

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Philip Brodie

Colin Kay - So News

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Tom Goodman-Hill

Guy Batson - Go Sports

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Sarah Hadland

Claire - Traffic Reports

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Pip Torrens

Sam French - Bullet Points Presenter

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Darren Boyd

Nick Burham

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Nicola Walker

Katie Willard

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Clare Wille

Frances Walsh

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Roger Barclay

Mitchell Oatis - Aronovitz

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Preeya Kalidas

Anita Ratchathani

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Lorelei King

Loren Peterson

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John Chancer

Tom Mitchell

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Jonathan Aris

Stewart Frewett - ESN Network Reporter

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Andrew Havill

Nicholas Michaelmass - ESN Network Reporter

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Lauren Ward

Alecia - IBS

More Details

Creator

Tony Roche

Status

Ended

Languages

English

Network

BBC Two