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Broken News (2005)

Comedy

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.

IMDb rating
7.6 (277 votes)
Seasons
1
Language
EN
Type
Mini-series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2005)

7.76 avg 5 episodes 8.0 → 8.5

Ep 1: 8.0 · 24 votesEp 2: 6.4 · 7 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 10 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 21 votesEp 6: 8.5 · 19 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Tomato Flu8.024
2Missing Island6.47
3Half Way There Day7.810
4Crime8.121
6Hijack8.519