Mid Morning Matters With Alan Partridge
- TV sitcom
- Sky Atlantic
- 2012 - 2016
- 12 episodes (2 series)
TV series observing Alan Partridge broadcasting on North Norfolk Digital. Stars Steve Coogan and Tim Key.
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 2 - Book Club + Dave Clifton
Further details
The one and only Alan Partridge continues to bring global radio with an Anglian swagger to North Norfolk. This week Alan takes time to consider some alternative JFK assassination theories, and the possibility of the east coast town of Cromer falling to a Russian invasion, among other topical issues of the day.
Alan also looks to broadcast the first-ever multi-platform, radio-based book club in East Anglia.
Resident wine expert Rosie Witter returns to chair the club, while Alan quickly becomes more interested in another wine-tasting session than discussing the book.
Then later, Alan gets out of his depth when he attempts a charity drive to raise £3,000, promising to meet the difference should they not meet the goal. Unfortunately for him, the drive is derailed by listeners who confuse it with a radio version of Auto Trader.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 23rd February 2016
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Sky Atlantic
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Steve Coogan | Alan Partridge |
| Tim Key | Sidekick Simon |
| Rosie Cavaliero | Rosie Witter |
| Phil Cornwell | Dave Clifton |
| Clare Cole | Studio Assistant |
| Nick Martin | Derek Bosworth (Accordionist) |
| Simon Greenall | Caller (Voice) |
| Dan Skinner | Caller (Voice) |
| Rebecca Front | Caller (Voice) |
| Steve Coogan | Writer |
| Neil Gibbons | Writer |
| Rob Gibbons | Writer |
| Neil Gibbons | Director |
| Rob Gibbons | Director |
| Ted Dowd | Producer |
| Dave Lambert | Producer |
| Henry Normal | Executive Producer |
| Steve Coogan | Executive Producer |
| Lucy Lumsden | Executive Producer |
| Alan Levy | Editor |
| Joe Fraser | Editor |
| David Ferris | Production Designer |
| Martin Coogan | Composer |
Press
Alan has achieved a certain calm in his middle years. He's still insensitive and clumsy, but he's also at home in his surroundings. Accordingly, these local radio vignettes bumble happily along; never particularly eventful but still overflowing with effortlessly amusing essence d'Alan. Tonight, our hero accidentally convinces his listeners that Russia has invaded Cromer, before an addiction special during which his old sparring partner Dave Clifton confesses he once had a drunken fight with a snowman.
Phil Harrison, The Guardian, 23rd February 2016Alan Partridge: still Jurassic Park after 25 years
I can't imagine ever not finding Alan Partridge funny.
Dan Burke, Cultured Vultures, 22nd February 2016