Broken News - Season 1

Broken News - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes6
DatesOct 31, 2005 - Dec 5, 2005

Episodes

Tomato Flu
Season 1Episode 130 min

Tomato Flu

An outbreak of tomato flu is in the headlines. This alarming new super-virus (a parody of avian flu) can be traced back to a turkey farm in Turkey. The news networks advise on the best way to avoid tomatoids in food such as tomato ketchup. In other news: a man is injured by a frozen block of urine.
Oct 31, 2005
Missing Island
Season 1Episode 230 min

Missing Island

A report that an island has gone missing in the Barents Sea triggers paranoia about rising sea levels in Lincolnshire and the end of the world as we know it. In other news: teenagers' attention spans are now as low as eleven seconds.
Nov 7, 2005
Half Way There Day
Season 1Episode 330 min

Half Way There Day

Reports on commemorations around the country to mark the day Britain reached the half-way point in the last World War. In other news: The MADI music awards are here again, without last year's controversy.
Nov 14, 2005
Crime
Season 1Episode 430 min

Crime

The publication of a Home Office report which reveals that the majority of teenagers are now criminals leads to a series of news stories from the country's worst-hit areas. A picture of Britain in which the teenage population "now effectively feral, roam Britain's urban landscapes in packs of up to fifteen at a single time." In other news: East Anglia could be gone within a decade.
Nov 21, 2005
Bolivian Crisis
Season 1Episode 530 min

Bolivian Crisis

Reaction comes from around the world to rumours that Bolivia might have acquired nuclear weapons. Including a report from The White House: This is a bad day for the good guys, President Bush. In other news: A cross-eyed man kills a horse while trying to shoot himself.
Nov 28, 2005
Hijack
Season 1Episode 630 min

Hijack

Media frenzy is quick to follow after reports emerge of an apparent hijack of an American passenger flight bound for Amsterdam. This live breaking story dominates the running orders of the world's news networks. In other news: An injunction has been served on Josh Cashman.
Dec 5, 2005

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