Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle. Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan). Copyright: Baby Cow Productions
Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle

Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle

  • TV comedy
  • Sky Atlantic
  • 2016
  • 1 episode

Documentary spoof in which Alan Partridge journeys around the north of 'Broken Britain'. Stars Steve Coogan, John Thomson, Ben Rufus Green, Jean Ellwood, Rachel Bullen and more.

Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle. Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan). Copyright: Baby Cow Productions

Key details

Genre
Comedy
Broadcast
2016
Channel
Sky Atlantic
Episodes
1
Stars
Steve Coogan, John Thomson, Ben Rufus Green, Jean Ellwood, Rachel Bullen, Miles Jupp, Tom Leonard, Danny Rodley and more
Writers
Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons and Rob Gibbons
Directors
Neil Gibbons and Rob Gibbons
Producers
Dave Lambert, Ted Dowd, Jon Mountague, Lucy Lumsden, Steve Coogan, Henry Normal and Faiza Hosenie
Company

Alan Partridge attempts to make amends after a controversial on-air incident. Leaving behind his comfortable existence and vast detached house, Alan heads to the north on a deeply personal journey of redemption. With his Land Rover and his dog, he journeys into an unreported Britain inhabited by the very people he had offended to ask whether, in this once united kingdom, a 'schasm' has formed - a schism or chasm, between the haves and the have-nots (or haven'ts).

From supermarket staff to payday lenders, disaffected street gangs to food scavenging 'freegans', Alan pledges to move among them; to understand them; to see the world through their eyes. And - God willing - along the way become a better citizen, a better man and a better, more sought-after broadcaster.

Additional details

Production
Location
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Monday 30th May 2016 at 10pm on Sky Atlantic
Episode length
1 hour
Most recent repeats
  • Saturday 27th October 2018 at 11:05pm on Sky Atlantic
  • Thursday 25th October 2018 at 9:00pm on Sky Atlantic
  • Wednesday 14th March 2018 at 11:10pm on Sky Atlantic

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