Tracey Breaks The News
- TV sketch show
- BBC One
- 2017 - 2018
- 7 episodes (2 series)
Topical sketch show starring comedian and impressionist Tracey Ullman. Also features Ben Miller, Samantha Spiro, Laurence Howarth, Tony Gardner, Tony Way and more.
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 2
This week, Theresa May prepares to fly to Canada for the G7, but Philip doesn't plan to join her. There's a support group for the "overly-woke", and the Russians head to the White House to upgrade Melaniabot with a new logic bypass.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 8th June 2018
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Tracey Ullman | Various |
| Ben Miller | Rupert Murdoch |
| Samantha Spiro | Ensemble Actor |
| Laurence Howarth | Ensemble Actor |
| Tony Gardner | Ensemble Actor |
| Jason Forbes | Ensemble Actor |
| Katherine Jakeways | Ensemble Actor |
| Laurence Rickard | Ensemble Actor |
| Dan Skinner | Ensemble Actor |
| Gemma Arrowsmith | Ensemble Actor |
| Zahra Ahmadi (as Zara Ahmadi) | Ensemble Actor |
| Ben Ashenden | Ensemble Actor |
| Liam Hourican | Ensemble Actor |
| Carlotta Morelli | Ensemble Actor |
| Jade Ewen | Ensemble Actor |
| Jason Barnett | Ensemble Actor |
| Josh Berry | Ensemble Actor |
| Kevin Cecil | Writer |
| Andy Riley | Writer |
| Gemma Arrowsmith | Writer |
| Laurence Howarth | Writer |
| Giles Pilbrow | Writer |
| Laurence Rickard | Writer |
| Brona C. Titley | Writer |
| Tony Cooke | Writer |
| Simon Alcock | Writer |
| Lucy Montgomery | Writer |
| Will Maclean | Writer |
| Dominic Brigstocke | Director |
| Caroline Norris | Producer |
| Tracey Ullman | Executive Producer |
| Gareth Edwards | Executive Producer |
| Francis Gilson | Line Producer |
| Nigel Williams | Editor |
| Heather Gibson | Production Designer |
| Tracey Gillham | Casting Director |
| Helen Woolfenden | Costume Designer |
| Pete Rowe | Director of Photography |
| Martin Hawkins | Director of Photography |
| Vanessa White | Make-up Designer |
| Richard Thomas | Composer |
| Andy Marlow | Composer |
| Matt Bell | 1st Assistant Director |
| Kate Daughton | Commissioning Editor |
Press
More topical satire in which Tracey Ullman and pals dress up as the newsmakers of the day (it's recorded close to broadcast, so content is uncertain, but the Donald Trump outfit is likely to have been kept handy). It's an obvious attempt at a British equivalent of the impersonation-led sketches of Saturday Night Live.
Andrew Mueller, The Guardian, 8th June 2018