Overview
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
Will Parker
Claudia Christian
Julia Regan - IBS
Duncan Duff
Richard Pritchard - ESN
Sharon Horgan
Katie Tate - ESN
Colin Stinton
Anthony Markovitz
Steve Toussaint
Adam Lockwood
Indira Varma
Melanie Bellamy
Philip Brodie
Colin Kay - So News
Tom Goodman-Hill
Guy Batson - Go Sports
Sarah Hadland
Claire - Traffic Reports
Pip Torrens
Sam French - Bullet Points Presenter
Darren Boyd
Nick Burham
Nicola Walker
Katie Willard
Clare Wille
Frances Walsh
James Howard
Kevin Peters
Max Digby
Andrew Adams
Roger Barclay
Mitchell Oatis - Aronovitz
Preeya Kalidas
Anita Ratchathani
Lorelei King
Loren Peterson
John Chancer
Tom Mitchell
Jonathan Aris
Stewart Frewett - ESN Network Reporter
Ian Duncan
Todd Todmore - World Money Today
Andrew Havill
Nicholas Michaelmass - ESN Network Reporter
Lauren Ward
Alecia - IBS
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