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.
Top Cast
Benedict Cumberbatch as Will Parker
Claudia Christian as Julia Regan - IBS
Duncan Duff as Richard Pritchard - ESN
Sharon Horgan as Katie Tate - ESN
Colin Stinton as Anthony Markovitz
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