Series 1, Episode 1 - A Room With An Alan
Despite being reduced to living in a roadside motel and presenting an early-morning programme on Radio Norwich, Alan still dreams of launching a new show on the BBC. However, his meeting with chief commissioner Tony Hayers does not run smoothly.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 3rd November 1997
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Press
The episode marked the first time we saw Alan outside his 'TV work'.
The Comedy Blog, 10th June 2020
Peter Bradshaw's timely reminder about the re-emergence of Alan Partridge in Brexit Britain (The revenge of Alan Partridge, G2, 6 November) is underlined by the inclusion in recent TV schedules of such absurd real-life programmes as The Ganges with Sue Perkins and Gordon Ramsey on Cocaine, which might have been dreamed up by the great man in a previous television incarnation. Alan's previous suggestions of Youth Hostelling with Chris Eubank and Monkey Tennis are surely now ripe for production.
Quentin Falk, The Guardian, 7th November 2017
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