Broken News

Status:
Ended
Production:
BBC
Aired:
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.
Comedy
News
Characters

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