"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

Color:

Color

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Good, but it's a one-trick pony

This is much better than some of the IMDb reviewers have claimed. Its parody of the reporting styles of news channels is spot-on. I particularly like "Look Out East". I presume many of those responsible for the main channels and programmes must have seen this show. That being so, it's a mystery to me that they nevertheless carry on in the same hackneyed and repetitious manner. I can only conclude that they simply cannot do any better. What a depressing state of affairs.

The show has its faults. Ironically, it is itself needlessly repetitious. The writers seem to have had the same problem as the channels they lampoon: too much time to fill and too little material to fill it. There is a series of six programmes, but to see two of them (any two will do) is probably enough. The rest is just more of the same.

Also, the guy doing the Hollywood news is way, way, way over the top and out of kilter with the carefully measured performances of everyone else.