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 1, Episode 3
Filmed close to transmission, the topical format allows Tracey Ullman's huge range of characters to react to the news of the moment.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 10th November 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 |
| Jason Forbes | 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 |
| Zahra Ahmadi (as Zara Ahmadi) | Ensemble Actor |
| Dave Lamb | Ensemble Actor |
| Tracy-Ann Oberman | Ensemble Actor |
| William Andrews | Ensemble Actor |
| Ben Ashenden | Ensemble Actor |
| Anthony Atamanuik | Donald Trump |
| Daniel Fearn | Ensemble Actor |
| Patrick Folly | Ensemble Actor |
| Martha Howe-Douglas | Ensemble Actor |
| Harman Singh | Ensemble Actor |
| Kevin Cecil | Writer |
| Andy Riley | Writer |
| Georgia Pritchett | Writer |
| Jeremy Dyson | Writer |
| Gemma Arrowsmith | Writer |
| Laurence Howarth | Writer |
| Giles Pilbrow | Writer |
| Laurence Rickard | Writer |
| Dominic Brigstocke | Director |
| Caroline Norris | Producer |
| Tracey Ullman | Executive Producer |
| Gareth Edwards | Executive Producer |
| Nigel Williams | Editor |
| Heather Gibson | Production Designer |
| Tracey Gillham | Casting Director |
| Leah Archer | Costume Designer |
| Pete Rowe | Director of Photography |
| Vanessa White | Make-up Designer |
| Richard Thomas | Composer |
| Andy Marlow | Composer |
| Matthew Gallagher (as Matt Gallagher) | 1st Assistant Director |
| Shane Allen | Commissioning Editor |
Video
Sharon Osbourne struggles with the X Factor
Sharon Osbourne struggles with the new X Factor rules, but all becomes clear with a little help from Ozzy.
Featuring: Tracey Ullman, Dave Lamb & Martha Howe-Douglas.
Press
A big 80s name - a comic actor who made quite good records - Tracey Ullman then made an enormous success of herself in the US. Now she's back, it's quite hard to see how. What has changed? Could it be that impersonations have been devalued as a comedy tool? Or that our expectations of political comedy have been raised very high by The Thick of It? To those not devotees already, this is hard to recommend.
John Robinson, The Guardian, 10th November 2017