Broken News
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Starring
Claudia ChristianDuncan DuffSharon HorganPhil NiceCarli NorrisColin Stinton
Starring
Claudia ChristianDuncan DuffSharon HorganPhil NiceCarli NorrisColin Stinton
Ratings per Episode
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Broken News Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.4 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.5 |
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About
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 12005
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| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Tomato Flu | 8.0 | 24 | — | |
| ▶ | 2 | Missing Island | 6.4 | 7 | — | |
| ▶ | 3 | Half Way There Day | 7.8 | 10 | — | |
| ▶ | 4 | Crime | 8.1 | 21 | — | |
| ▶ | 5 | Bolivian Crisis | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 6 | Hijack | 8.5 | 19 | — |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Claudia Christian Julia Regan - IBS
Duncan Duff Richard Pritchard - ESN
Sharon Horgan Katie Tate - ESN
Phil Nice Russ - Look Out East
Carli Norris Sarah Holt - Look Out East
Colin Stinton Anthony Markovitz - IBS
Steve Toussaint Adam Lockwood - PVS
Indira Varma Melanie Bellamy - ESN
Kim Wall Phil Curdridge - Look Out East
Clare Wille Frances Walsh - PVS
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