
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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Air Date: 2005-10-31
An outbreak of tomato flu is in the headlines. This alarming new super-virus (a parody of avian flu) can be traced ba...
Air Date: 2005-11-07
A report that an island has gone missing in the Barents Sea triggers paranoia about rising sea levels in Lincolnshire...
Air Date: 2005-11-14
Reports on commemorations around the country to mark the day Britain reached the half-way point in the last World War...
Air Date: 2005-11-21
The publication of a Home Office report which reveals that the majority of teenagers are now criminals leads to a ser...
Air Date: 2005-11-28
Reaction comes from around the world to rumours that Bolivia might have acquired nuclear weapons. Including a report ...
Air Date: 2005-12-05
Media frenzy is quick to follow after reports emerge of an apparent hijack of an American passenger flight bound for ...