Broken News - Season 1 Backdrop Blur
Broken News - Season 1 Poster
7.7 1 Seasons • 6 Episodes

Broken News - Season 1

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

    Benedict Cumberbatch

    Will Parker

  • Claudia Christian

    Claudia Christian

    Julia Regan - IBS

  • Duncan Duff

    Duncan Duff

    Richard Pritchard - ESN

  • Sharon Horgan

    Sharon Horgan

    Katie Tate - ESN

  • Colin Stinton

    Colin Stinton

    Anthony Markovitz

  • Steve Toussaint

    Steve Toussaint

    Adam Lockwood

  • Indira Varma

    Indira Varma

    Melanie Bellamy

  • Philip Brodie

    Philip Brodie

    Colin Kay - So News

  • Tom Goodman-Hill

    Tom Goodman-Hill

    Guy Batson - Go Sports

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.

Recommendations

The Amanda Show

The Amanda Show is an American live action sketch comedy and variety show that aired on Nickelodeon from October 16, 1999 to September 21, 2002. It starred Amanda Bynes, Drake Bell, and Nancy Sullivan, along with several performing artists who came and left at different points, such as John Kassir, Raquel Lee, and Josh Peck. The show was a spin-off from All That, in which Bynes had co-starred for several years. The show was unexpectedly cancelled at the end of 2002, according to creator Dan Schneider's blog. Writers for the show included John Hoberg, Steven Molaro, Andrew Hill Newman, and Dan Schneider. Two years after the end of The Amanda Show, Dan Schneider created a new series, called Drake & Josh, featuring Drake Bell, Josh Peck and Nancy Sullivan.

The Amanda Show

7.1 1999