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I'm Alan Partridge

I'm Alan Partridge

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC Two
  • 1997 - 2002
  • 12 episodes (2 series)

Deluded, insincere, tactless and largely talentless TV chat show host Alan Partridge is reduced to hosting a back-water local radio show. Stars Steve Coogan, Felicity Montagu, Simon Greenall, Phil Cornwell, James Lance and more.

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Peter Baynham on the making of I'm Alan Partridge

The Oscar-nominated screenwriter talks the classic BBC sitcom, bringing Alan to the big screen and finding "kindred spirits" in Steve Coogan and Armando Iannucci.

David Craig, Radio Times, 25th March 2021

The Oral History of Alan Partridge

Alan Partridge is Middle England incarnate. From hapless sports presenter, to hapless TV presenter, to hapless podcaster, Norwich's favourite son is as maddening as he is endearing. He's also managed to do what very few characters in the comedy world successfully manage to do: endure.

Daniel Dylan Wray, Vice.com, 9th October 2020

Steve Coogan: How we made the Monkey Tennis scene

And how the new podcast takes him to strange new places.

Tom Nicholson, Esquire, 5th September 2020

13 best British comedy shows on Netflix right now

The beauty of British comedy is how fleeting it is. The US version of The Office dragged on into nine interminable seasons. The British original? Fourteen episodes and done.

Esquire, 22nd August 2020

I'm Alan Partridge: A Room With An Alan

The episode marked the first time we saw Alan outside his 'TV work'.

The Comedy Blog, 10th June 2020

Watching Alan Partridge for the first time ever

We got our resident person who hasn't watched a single episode of classic British TV, Aurore, to sit down and watch one of the best ever episodes of Alan Partridge and give us her thoughts on it.

JOE, 1st May 2020

10 British comedy shows that need worldwide recognition

The average viewer enjoys great comedy television shows, but they may not have heard of these phenomenal British series designed to make you laugh.

Alex H., Screen Rant, 6th March 2020

The Top 10 British sitcoms of the 90s

The 1990s were a period of renewed confidence in the UK. The economy continued to boom and Blair's huge majority made 'Cool Britannia' a phenomenon. Oasis and Blur fought it out as most influential band, and the Spice Girls were everywhere. What a time to be alive! Sitcoms didn't disappoint either, and offered a rich variety.

Greg Jameson, Entertainment Focus, 13th May 2019

Fawlty Towers tops Radio Times greatest British sitcom list

Fawlty Towers has come out top of a list of the greatest British sitcoms, as compiled by Radio Times magazine.

British Comedy Guide, 9th April 2019

The show that shaped me: Ash Atalla on Alan Partridge

The Roughcut TV MD marvels at a fictional career embedded in the hard knocks of the TV industry.

Ash Atalla, Broadcast, 1st April 2019

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