Broken News

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.

Rating : 7.3

Watch Trailer

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch

Claudia Christian

Claudia Christian

Duncan Duff

Duncan Duff

Sharon Horgan

Sharon Horgan

Colin Stinton

Colin Stinton

Steve Toussaint

Steve Toussaint

Indira Varma

Indira Varma

Philip Brodie

Philip Brodie

Tom Goodman-Hill

Tom Goodman-Hill

Sarah Hadland

Sarah Hadland

Pip Torrens

Pip Torrens

Darren Boyd

Darren Boyd

Nicola Walker

Nicola Walker

Clare Wille

Clare Wille

James Howard

James Howard

Max Digby

Max Digby

Roger Barclay

Roger Barclay

Preeya Kalidas

Preeya Kalidas

Lorelei King

Lorelei King

John Chancer

John Chancer

Jonathan Aris

Jonathan Aris

Ian Duncan

Ian Duncan

Andrew Havill

Andrew Havill

Lauren Ward

Lauren Ward