this blatant day today rip off promise a new and cut edge bbc comedy . it nothing of the sort and rather a tepid satire on the banality of television news but without the biting humour and insight that chris morris and armando iannucci provide for the day today and brass eye . where do break news fail where the old show succeed . 1 ) it make itself a one trick pony represent in episode one it show the headless chicken style of modern tv news reporting and where no actual information be report and presenter just love the sound of their own voice . fine and after half an hour we get the joke . then it repeat week after week . same joke and same premise . the show doesn not progress and introduce new element or play around in it own rigid format . the american news desk will always be the same and the look out east crew will have suggestive banter in the same manner and stand news be great a a one off joke and but it repeat again and again . 2 ) the cast . it must have seem like a great idea in the planning stage to have quality dramatic actor such a benedict cumberbatch and pip torrens and claudia christian in a satire or sub sketch comedy show but these thing be best do by comedy actor . even a team of them . there no chemistry between the cast and which be huge ( what a waste of money ) and what make the day today and brass eye so good be the caricature like character create by a small but gift comedy group . can any of the broken news character stand out like alan partridge and or peter ohanrahahanrahan and or austen tasseltine or ted maul . the cast be play it too serious and too real and the result be a flat comedy . 3 ) blatantly steal from the day today . be not just talk about the concept and but the actual material as well . frozen urine and death penalty report by glamorous american journalist and nonsensical caption and fake football team name and overwrought graphic . all do on the day today and do much well . the bbc comedy department be at one of it low point at the moment . it overly dependent on little britain and ricky gervais to keep it afloat for one thing . it think by re hash old comedy concept such a my family and broken news it will count on get viewer who have put much well equivalent show out of their memory and it be fiercely loyal to character base sketch show which can spin out episode after episode of 8 character and their stock catchphrase . this be hardly a recipe for growth and surprise .