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Broken News

2005–2005
Created byJohn Morton,Tony Roche
1 Season
6 Episodes

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 CumberbatchWill ParkerClaudia ChristianJulia Regan - IBSDuncan DuffRichard Pritchard - ESNSharon HorganKatie Tate - ESNColin StintonAnthony MarkovitzSteve ToussaintAdam LockwoodIndira VarmaMelanie BellamyPhilip BrodieColin Kay - So NewsTom Goodman-Hill
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GENRES
ComedyNews
STATUSEnded
RATING
7.7
NETWORK
BBC Two
EPISODES
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