Broken News
31/10/2005
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.
TV Show Information
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
Steve Toussaint
as Adam Lockwood
Indira Varma
as Melanie Bellamy
Philip Brodie
as Colin Kay - So News
Tom Goodman-Hill
as Guy Batson - Go Sports
Sarah Hadland
as Claire - Traffic Reports
Pip Torrens
as Sam French - Bullet Points Presenter
Darren Boyd
as Nick Burham
Nicola Walker
as Katie Willard
Clare Wille
as Frances Walsh
James Howard
as Kevin Peters
Max Digby
as Andrew Adams
Roger Barclay
as Mitchell Oatis - Aronovitz
Preeya Kalidas
as Anita Ratchathani
Lorelei King
as Loren Peterson
John Chancer
as Tom Mitchell
Jonathan Aris
as Stewart Frewett - ESN Network Reporter
Ian Duncan
as Todd Todmore - World Money Today
Andrew Havill
as Nicholas Michaelmass - ESN Network Reporter
Lauren Ward
as Alecia - IBS
