Broken News 19 years old

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.

Credits

Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch

Will Parker

Jonathan Aris
Jonathan Aris

Stewart Frewett - ESN Network Reporter

Indira Varma
Indira Varma

Melanie Bellamy

Preeya Kalidas
Preeya Kalidas

Anita Ratchathani

Claudia Christian
Claudia Christian

Julia Regan - IBS

Pip Torrens
Pip Torrens

Sam French - Bullet Points Presenter

Cast

Name Character
Benedict Cumberbatch He was 29 , now 48 years old as Will Parker
Jonathan Aris He was 33 , now 52 years old as Stewart Frewett - ESN Network Reporter
Indira Varma She was 32 , now 51 years old as Melanie Bellamy
Preeya Kalidas She was 25 , now 44 years old as Anita Ratchathani
Claudia Christian She was 40 , now 59 years old as Julia Regan - IBS
Pip Torrens He was 45 , now 64 years old as Sam French - Bullet Points Presenter
Colin Stinton He was 58 , now 77 years old as Anthony Markovitz
Sharon Horgan She was 35 , now 54 years old as Katie Tate - ESN
Tom Goodman-Hill He was 37 , now 56 years old as Guy Batson - Go Sports
Lorelei King She was 52 , now 71 years old as Loren Peterson
Darren Boyd He was 34 , now 53 years old as Nick Burham
Steve Toussaint He was 40 , now 59 years old as Adam Lockwood
Sarah Hadland She was 34 , now 53 years old as Claire - Traffic Reports
Roger Barclay as Mitchell Oatis - Aronovitz
Ian Duncan He was 44 , now 63 years old as Todd Todmore - World Money Today
Andrew Havill He was 40 , now 59 years old as Nicholas Michaelmass - ESN Network Reporter
Nicola Walker She was 35 , now 54 years old as Katie Willard
Lauren Ward She was 35 , now 54 years old as Alecia - IBS
Duncan Duff He was 41 , now 60 years old as Richard Pritchard - ESN
Belinda Stewart-Wilson She was 35 , now 54 years old
Philip Brodie He was 30 , now 49 years old as Colin Kay - So News

Crew

Name Job title
Broken News (19 years)

Ended

  • First Air Date: 2005-10-31
  • Runtime: [30] minutes
  • Number of Episodes: 6