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.
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Tracey Breaks The News
A political and topical offering from Tracey Ullman. For the first time Tracey is taking on an impression of Theresa May, alongside favourites Angela Merkel and Nicola Sturgeon. The show is a mix of famous political figures and everyday people reacting to the results of the general election and the anniversary of the Brexit vote. As the election result will have global implications, the show also looks at the reaction of the Russians, Europeans and Melania Trump.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 23rd June 2017
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Tracey Ullman | Various |
| Samantha Spiro | Ensemble Actor |
| Laurence Howarth | Ensemble Actor |
| Tony Gardner | Ensemble Actor |
| Tony Way | Ensemble Actor |
| Katherine Jakeways | Ensemble Actor |
| Aaron Neil | Ensemble Actor |
| Sue Elliott-Nicholls | Ensemble Actor |
| Laurence Rickard | Ensemble Actor |
| Georgia Maskery | Ensemble Actor |
| Dan Skinner | Ensemble Actor |
| Olivia Morgan | Ensemble Actor |
| Gemma Arrowsmith | Ensemble Actor |
| Anthony Atamanuik | Donald Trump |
| Chizzy Akudolu | Ensemble Actor |
| Jake Bailey | Ensemble Actor |
| Rhona Cameron | Ensemble Actor |
| Carlotta Morelli | Ensemble Actor |
| Mabel McKeown | Ensemble Actor |
| Jade Ewen | Ensemble Actor |
| William Hartley | Ensemble Actor |
| Kevin Cecil | Writer |
| Andy Riley | Writer |
| Georgia Pritchett | Writer |
| Jeremy Dyson | Writer |
| Gemma Arrowsmith | Writer |
| Laurence Howarth | Writer |
| Katherine Jakeways | Writer |
| Dominic Brigstocke | Director |
| Caroline Norris | Producer |
| Tracey Ullman | Executive Producer |
| Gareth Edwards | Executive Producer |
| Chris Sussman | Executive Producer |
| Justin James | Editor |
| Heather Gibson | Production Designer |
| Tracey Gillham | Casting Director |
| Helen Woolfenden | Costume Designer |
| Vanessa White | Make-up Designer |
| Richard Thomas | Composer |
| Andy Marlow | Composer |
| Greg Duffield | Director of Photography |
| Mat McHale | 1st Assistant Director |
| Claire McCarthy | Commissioning Editor |
Press
As part of a recently commissioned raft of satires across all BBC TV channels (including brand new series for Frankie Boyle and Philomena Cunk), Tracey Ullman impersonates Theresa May, Nicola Sturgeon, Angela Merkel and Melania Trump for this one-off political show dealing with the (utter) state of the world and the fallout from the most surreal general election in quite some time.
Ali Catterall, The Guardian, 23rd June 2017Tracey Breaks The News review
The impersonations were good but the chortles felt like an afterthought.
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 23rd June 2017