Broken News

Broken News

Ended First aired 31/Oct/2005 United Kingdom English 1 season(s) 6 episode(s)
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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.
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Season 1 · Season 1
6 episode(s) · Air date: 31/Oct/2005
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S1E6
Hijack
Air date: 05/Dec/2005 · Runtime: 30 min
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Media frenzy is quick to follow after reports emerge of an apparent hijack of an American passenger flight bound for Amsterdam. This live breaking story dominates the running orders of the world's news networks. In other news: An injunction has been served on Josh Cashman.

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Media frenzy is quick to follow after reports emerge of an apparent hijack of an American passenger flight bound for Amsterdam. This live breaking story dominates the running orders of the world's news networks. In other news: An injunction has been served on Josh Cashman.

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S1E5
Bolivian Crisis
Air date: 28/Nov/2005 · Runtime: 30 min
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Reaction comes from around the world to rumours that Bolivia might have acquired nuclear weapons. Including a report from The White House: This is a bad day for the good guys, President Bush. In other news: A cross-eyed man kills a horse while trying to shoot himself.

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Reaction comes from around the world to rumours that Bolivia might have acquired nuclear weapons. Including a report from The White House: This is a bad day for the good guys, President Bush. In other news: A cross-eyed man kills a horse while trying to shoot himself.

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S1E4
Crime
Air date: 21/Nov/2005 · Runtime: 30 min
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The publication of a Home Office report which reveals that the majority of teenagers are now criminals leads to a series of news stories from the country's worst-hit areas. A picture of Britain in which the teenage population "now effectively feral, roam Britain's urban landscapes in packs of up to fifteen at a single time." In other news: East Anglia could be gone within a decade.

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The publication of a Home Office report which reveals that the majority of teenagers are now criminals leads to a series of news stories from the country's worst-hit areas. A picture of Britain in which the teenage population "now effectively feral, roam Britain's urban landscapes in packs of up to fifteen at a single time." In other news: East Anglia could be gone within a decade.

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S1E3
Half Way There Day
Air date: 14/Nov/2005 · Runtime: 30 min
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Reports on commemorations around the country to mark the day Britain reached the half-way point in the last World War. In other news: The MADI music awards are here again, without last year's controversy.

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Reports on commemorations around the country to mark the day Britain reached the half-way point in the last World War. In other news: The MADI music awards are here again, without last year's controversy.

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S1E2
Missing Island
Air date: 07/Nov/2005 · Runtime: 30 min
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A report that an island has gone missing in the Barents Sea triggers paranoia about rising sea levels in Lincolnshire and the end of the world as we know it. In other news: teenagers' attention spans are now as low as eleven seconds.

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A report that an island has gone missing in the Barents Sea triggers paranoia about rising sea levels in Lincolnshire and the end of the world as we know it. In other news: teenagers' attention spans are now as low as eleven seconds.

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Tomato Flu
Air date: 31/Oct/2005 · Runtime: 30 min
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An outbreak of tomato flu is in the headlines. This alarming new super-virus (a parody of avian flu) can be traced back to a turkey farm in Turkey. The news networks advise on the best way to avoid tomatoids in food such as tomato ketchup. In other news: a man is injured by a frozen block of urine.

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An outbreak of tomato flu is in the headlines. This alarming new super-virus (a parody of avian flu) can be traced back to a turkey farm in Turkey. The news networks advise on the best way to avoid tomatoids in food such as tomato ketchup. In other news: a man is injured by a frozen block of urine.

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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
Sarah Hadland
Sarah Hadland
Claire - Traffic Reports
Pip Torrens
Pip Torrens
Sam French - Bullet Points Presenter
Darren Boyd
Darren Boyd
Nick Burham
Nicola Walker
Nicola Walker
Katie Willard
Clare Wille
Clare Wille
Frances Walsh
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James Howard
Kevin Peters
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Max Digby
Andrew Adams
Roger Barclay
Roger Barclay
Mitchell Oatis - Aronovitz
Preeya Kalidas
Preeya Kalidas
Anita Ratchathani

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Tony Roche
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