Broken News

Season 1 - Broken News

• Season 1 Episode 6: Hijack The rolling news spoof concludes with reports of a hijacked passenger plane travelling between America and Holland. The live breaking story dominates coverage on every network - except Look Out East, which confronts the more pressing issue of disappointment in Manningtree
• Season 1 Episode 5: Bolivian Crisis The spoof news service covers the crisis that develops when it emerges that Bolivia has acquired nuclear weapons. Channels around the world report on the growing concern as the White House declares it to be a 'bad day for the good guys'
• Season 1 Episode 4: Crime A Home Office report reveals that virtually every teenager in the UK is now a criminal. The rolling news networks cover the crisis sweeping the nation as packs of feral adolescents roam the city streets
• Season 1 Episode 3: Half Way There Day US channel IBS News presents a hard-hitting report on a finger found in an ice-cream tub. Back in Blighty, celebrations are taking place to commemorate the historic day Britain reached the halfway point of World War Two. Satirical comedy, with Tom Goodman-Hill and Lucy Porter
• Season 1 Episode 2: Missing Island Reports come in of an island disappearing, provoking fears over rising sea levels in Lincolnshire and speculation over whether this could herald the end of the world. Plus, the ugliest teachers in the North East and the arrest of a terrorist suspect in America
• Season 1 Episode 1: Tomato Flu Comedy series satirising the world of rolling news channels, featuring a huge cast of newsreaders rushing from one bizarre breaking story to the next. The hot topic of today's bulletins is the outbreak of tomato flu, a super-virus originating from a turkey farm in Turkey. Plus, stolen teeth and why Britain has the world's stupidest children