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Plot

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 as Will Parker
Benedict Cumberbatch

as Will Parker

Claudia Christian as Julia Regan - IBS
Claudia Christian

as Julia Regan - IBS

Duncan Duff as Richard Pritchard - ESN
Duncan Duff

as Richard Pritchard - ESN

Sharon Horgan as Katie Tate - ESN
Sharon Horgan

as Katie Tate - ESN

Colin Stinton as Anthony Markovitz
Colin Stinton

as Anthony Markovitz

Steve Toussaint as Adam Lockwood
Steve Toussaint

as Adam Lockwood

Indira Varma as Melanie Bellamy
Indira Varma

as Melanie Bellamy

Philip Brodie as Colin Kay - So News
Philip Brodie

as Colin Kay - So News

Tom Goodman-Hill as Guy Batson - Go Sports
Tom Goodman-Hill

as Guy Batson - Go Sports

Sarah Hadland as Claire - Traffic Reports
Sarah Hadland

as Claire - Traffic Reports

Creator

Network

Status

  • Ended

First Aired Date

  • October 31, 2005

Last Aired Date

  • December 5, 2005

Production Companies

  • BBC

Type

  • Scripted

Number of Season

  • 1

Number of Episodes

  • 6

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