"Broken News" (2005)TV series 2005-????

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

20 October 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

5 continents, 25 channels, 227 reporters...All the news you're ever going to need in 30 minutes.

Cast

Claudia Christian	...	Julia Regan - IBS (6 episodes, 2005)
Duncan Duff	...	Richard Pritchard - ESN (6 episodes, 2005)
Sharon Horgan	...	Katie Tate - ESN (6 episodes, 2005)
Phil Nice	...	Russ - Look Out East (6 episodes, 2005)
Carli Norris	...	Sarah Holt - Look Out East (6 episodes, 2005)
Colin Stinton	...	Anthony Markovitz - IBS (6 episodes, 2005)
Steve Toussaint	...	Adam Lockwood - PVS (6 episodes, 2005)
Indira Varma	...	Melanie Bellamy - ESN (6 episodes, 2005)
Kim Wall	...	Phil Curdridge - Look Out East (6 episodes, 2005)
Clare Wille	...	Frances Walsh - PVS (6 episodes, 2005)
Joanna Bobin	...	Natalie Gosling - Go Sports (6 episodes, 2005)
Philip Brodie	...	Colin Kay - So News (6 episodes, 2005)
Tom Goodman-Hill	...	Guy Batson - Go Sports / ... (6 episodes, 2005)
Sarah Hadland	...	Claire - Traffic Reports (6 episodes, 2005)
James Howard	...	Kevin Peters (6 episodes, 2005)
Phil Nichol	...	Josh Cashman - So News (6 episodes, 2005)
Lucy Porter	...	Claudia Van Sant - So News (6 episodes, 2005)
Roderic Culver	...	Richard Harbinger (PVS -- Network Reporter) (6 episodes, 2005)
Pip Torrens	...	Sam French - Bullet Points Presenter (6 episodes, 2005)
Simon Scardifield	...	Nick Andrews - Look Out East Network Reporter (6 episodes, 2005)
Robin Weaver	...	Penny Watson - Look Out East Network Reporter (6 episodes, 2005)
Amber Agar	...	Laura Berthould (6 episodes, 2005)
Ashley Blake	...	Alexis Fantom - ESN Reporter (6 episodes, 2005)
Sumit Bose	...	Andrew Clayton (6 episodes, 2005)
Rob Butler	...	Andrew Farley (6 episodes, 2005)
Max Digby	...	Andrew Adams (6 episodes, 2005)
Melissa Lloyd	...	Sam Graham - Bullet Points Presenter (6 episodes, 2005)
Roger Barclay	...	Mitchell Oatis - Aronovitz (5 episodes, 2005)
Kevin Day	...	Gary Mills - Aronovitz (5 episodes, 2005)
Lauren Ward	...	Alecia - IBS (5 episodes, 2005)
Alice Arnold	...	Sam Foskett - Bullet Points Presenter (5 episodes, 2005)
Darren Boyd	...	Nick Burnham (5 episodes, 2005)
Beth Chalmers	...	Laura Hughes (5 episodes, 2005)
Sian Jones	...	Wendy Fox - Weather (5 episodes, 2005)
Kate Maravan	...	Laura Dunnford (5 episodes, 2005)
Preeya Kalidas	...	Anita Ratchathani (5 episodes, 2005)
Tom Skippings	...	Andrew Evans (5 episodes, 2005)
Lorelei King	...	Loren Peterson (IBS -- Network Reporter) (4 episodes, 2005)
John Schwab	...	Miles Anderton (IBS -- Network Reporter) (4 episodes, 2005)
Jon Briggs	...	Joe Alloway - Weather (4 episodes, 2005)
Derek Gibbons	...	Joe Randall / ... (4 episodes, 2005)
Sunita Shroff	...	Wendy Sandhu - Weather (4 episodes, 2005)
Wendy Wason	...	Wendy Watts - Weather (4 episodes, 2005)
Joanna Ampil	...	Michelle Wong - World Money Today (4 episodes, 2005)
John Chancer	...	Tom Mitchell - World Money Today (4 episodes, 2005)
Ian Duncan	...	Todd Todmore - World Money Today (4 episodes, 2005)
Chris French	...	Dan Evans - World Money Today (4 episodes, 2005)
Britta Gartner	...	Katerina Schultheiss - World Money Today (4 episodes, 2005)
Jack Gustav	...	Johan Fleischer - World Money Today (4 episodes, 2005)
Haruka Kuroda	...	Kyoko Ogura - World Money Today (4 episodes, 2005)
Luis Soto	...	Francis Xavier-Menensez - World Money Today (4 episodes, 2005)
Ralph Van Dijk	...	Brett Mackensie - World Money Today (4 episodes, 2005)
Benedict Cumberbatch	...	Will Parker (3 episodes, 2005)
Tim Bentinck	...	Ben Black (3 episodes, 2005)
Hugh Parker	...	Justin Rustin - ESN Network Reporter (3 episodes, 2005)
Stuart Nurse	...	Sam Gregory - Bullet Points Presenter (3 episodes, 2005)
Nicola Walker	...	Katie Willard (3 episodes, 2005)
Lauretta Gavin	...	Wendy Bridge - Weather (3 episodes, 2005)
Yiolanda Koppel	...	Wendy Allan - Weather (3 episodes, 2005)
Belinda Stewart-Wilson	...	Amanda Panda (3 episodes, 2005)
Lucy Briers	...	Sam Henman - Bullet Points Presenter (2 episodes, 2005)
Nicholas Rowe	...	Ben Green (2 episodes, 2005)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Wickedly funny

Having been house bound with a remote, Freeview television and more channels being seeming to be added daily with nothing new at all to see, this expressed my my exasperation with TV today. I had not had so much fun in ages.

One hopes that media types rightly cringe at the wicked accuracy with which they were targeted. More TV airtime has left programmers with a very large amount of time to fill with very little worthwhile, Anbody forced to watch "fast breaking news" for any length of time will appreciate the banality portrayed in this show.

I am not sure however, that the joke is sustainable beyond its run - it is effectively a one-gag trick. But for a limited run - I think this is a worthy and very funny parody of the lamentable TV we are spoon fed.

Enjoy