This Time with Alan Partridge review

Partridge Irish 'lookalike' was peak TV comedy.

This Time with Alan Partridge, episode 4, review

There has never been a Partridge moment more genius than this.

This Time with Alan Partridge, episode 3, review

It is a fine exemplar, were any needed, of the extraordinary talents of Steve Coogan, custodian of the Partridge persona.

This Time with Alan Partridge, episode 2, review

This is television comedy for the connoisseur.

There was something metatextually fascinating about the scheduling on Monday night, when the BBC followed Warren with This Time With Alan Partridge. Steve Coogan's return - remember, this character was created in 1991, and that's some longevity in comedy years - was by and large triumphant. I clutched myself gleefully at the pitch-perfect pastiche of The One Show, replete with fixed grins and soft-soaping and "questions" that a stuffed velveteen rabbit could bat back with a sleepy paw, and sudden shifts to "investigation": goodness, that real-life show is one drift of dreck.

Susannah Fielding is a terrific asset. I''m immensely looking forward to further intense interplay between those two egos sitting slightly too forcedly close together on the couch. Partridge now has just enough (intensely hard-won) self-knowledge to know when he's flubbed something; his tragedy is that it can never be enough to prevent re-flub, often before the mouth has closed. Grand already and can get only better.

Review: This Time with Alan Partridge

This Partridge was only lukewarm as I said at the top, whereas I always prefer mine steaming hot.

Review: 'This Time with Alan Partridge' is a triumph

Even when Alan's keeping his mouth shut, there are plenty of laughs to be had from his forced smiles and the look of absolute terror in his eyes at being on live TV. Not to mention the silent fury on his face when his co-host steals a joke he said off-air.

This Time with Alan Partridge, episode 1, review

Fears for the future of Alan Gordon Partridge, may, once again, be allayed.

This Time with Alan Partridge, review

Instead of retreading Partridge's greatest hits this showed the great man aware that this stint on the BBC may be his last chance.

This Time With Alan Partridge episode 1 review

Guess who's back in the big time? Alan Partridge returns to the BBC, and we're tremendously excited by all this...