Neil Gibbons
- Writer, director and executive producer
Press clippings
Secrets of Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa revealed
The initial version of Alan Partridge film Alpha Papa was almost twice as long as the finished version and was 'the worst first cut' writer Neil ​Gibbons ever saw.
Neil Martin, Chortle, 12th March 2024Alan Partridge to return in new BBC comedy series And Did Those Feet
BBC One will broadcast And Did Those Feet... With Alan Partridge, a new six-part spoof documentary series starring Steve Coogan as his famous character.
British Comedy Guide, 5th February 2024Alan Partridge: Big Beacon review - pure, undiluted Partridge
The Norfolk-based broadcaster's latest is the perfect way to explore the full unreliable narrator comic potential of his complex psyche.
Paul Whitelaw, The Big Issue, 26th October 2023Alan Partridge: Big Beacon, review
The book revels Partridge as he always was, and ever shall be - a perennially foot-in-mouth oaf incapable of seeing the tragedy of himself.
Nick Duerden, i Newspaper, 19th October 2023Eric Morecambe novel The Reluctant Vampire to become BBC series
The BBC has commissioned The Reluctant Vampire, a series based on Eric Morecambe's 1982 children's novel of the same name.
British Comedy Guide, 12th July 2023Alan Partridge publishes memoir about his TV comeback, Big Beacon
Alan Partridge has written his third memoir, Big Beacon, about resurrecting his television career. But also about restoring an old lighthouse.
British Comedy Guide, 11th May 2023The Witchfinder cancelled
The BBC has confirmed that Tim Key and Daisy May Cooper comedy The Witchfinder will not be returning for a second series.
British Comedy Guide, 14th March 2023Series 2 of The Alan Partridge Podcast launched
The second series of From the Oasthouse, The Alan Partridge Podcast is now available from Audible.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd September 2022Alan Partridge: Stratagem, O2 Arena, review
Disappointingly thin - but there can be no truly bad Partridge.
Rachel Aroesti, i Newspaper, 2nd June 2022Alan Partridge: Stratagem at the O2 Arena review
Patchy, but this snake oil salesman is a reliable joy.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 1st June 2022