Alan Partridge: Nomad

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If you’re childish, like me, that furnishes your first yelp of laughter. But it’s also a clue to how well tuned in the writers are to the echt voice of Partridge. It would be a subtler joke, and probably a funnier one, to have glossed definition 3 with “sane”. The readers would have had that beat to decode the gag themselves. That’s how they would have done it in the definitions round of I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue. But the way it’s done here feels in keeping with Partridge’s literal-mindedness, his instinct for over-elaboration. It feels in keeping with his perfect tin ear. Now, this is an uncomfortable thing to discuss, but I run towards discomfort like a man who has strapped truth explosives to his body and made his peace with God.” Another time, he skidded in a gravelly car park, which fired fragments of shale in the direction of my car. None of it hit, thank God, but I was and am furious with him. Partridge was created by Coogan and Armando Iannucci for the 1991 BBC Radio 4 comedy programme On the Hour, a spoof of British current affairs broadcasting. In 1992, Partridge hosted a spin-off spoof chat show, Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge. On the Hour transferred to television as The Day Today in 1994, followed by Knowing Me, Knowing You later that year. In 1997, Coogan starred as Partridge in a BBC sitcom, I'm Alan Partridge, written by Coogan, Iannucci and Peter Baynham, following Partridge's life in a roadside hotel working for a small radio station. It earned two BAFTAs and was followed by a second series in 2002.

Actually, Noel, I said, you can go to the toilet. I’ve changed my mind’ ... Alan Partridge. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA Rudd, Matt (18 October 2023). "Big Beacon by Alan Partridge review — cancelled over the c-word". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460 . Retrieved 18 October 2023.

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I just watched them. It was an open secret that Read was a bit of a wally (this was before he outed himself as one by writing reggae songs for far-right political parties) and, of course, Edmonds was Edmonds. I felt fury building in me and eventually bolted from the room just as the closing recap song started. (All the videos ended on a song, another idea of mine, which in hindsight was a stupid and actually quite childish thing to do.) Partridge returned to the BBC in February 2019 with a six-part series, This Time with Alan Partridge, a spoof current affairs programme in the style of The One Show. [36] In the series, Partridge stands in after the regular host falls ill. [36] Coogan felt it was the right time for Partridge to return, and that he might represent the views of Brexit voters. [36] Neil Gibbons said the world of live television had changed since Partridge's creation: "If someone fluffed a line or got someone's name wrong or said something stupid, it was mortifying. But nowadays, those are the sort of people who are given jobs on TV." [36] A second series was broadcast in 2021. [37] 2020–present: From the Oasthouse and Strategem [ edit ] Coogan performing as Alan Partridge in Brighton in May 2022 Pozzitive: Stephen Fry's "Live From the Lighthouse" ". pozzitive.co.uk. Pozzitive Television . Retrieved 6 June 2016. This is the second of his books, and where I, Partridge took on the celebrity autobiography generally, this one is much more focused on describing Alan's intense, personal journey of discovery as he retraces ‘The Footsteps of My Father’, in the futile hope of possibly getting a TV deal out of it. Walks, as he explains, make a good subject for a book, since they're so ruddy personal.

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Read, Edmonds and (very much the Hammond of the three) Ross sat there and laughed at me every time I looked stern in a closeup or attempted an expansive gesture or shouted, “Think!”

Needless to say, Alan digresses considerably throughout this book, touching on his career, his broken marriage, his habits, his purulent foot (which appears to have developed its own pulse), how good a kisser he is, his pearls of wisdom – the list seems endless. I have to confess however, that rather than reading the physical text in this case, I actually went with the audio-book, because it's narrated by Steve Coogan in character as Alan Partridge himself and all of the jokes, quips, whinges, tandems and silliness is always going to sound funnier coming from Alan in that weird combination of smugness and self-deprecation that makes up his classic delivery. a b c Keeling, Robert (7 August 2013). "Alan Partridge's top TV moments". Den of Geek . Retrieved 14 September 2015.

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In September 2020, Audible launched an Alan Partridge podcast, From the Oasthouse. [38] It sees Partridge discussing topics such as relationships, family and the culture wars. [39] Coogan said the podcast format was liberating, with more opportunity for nuance and less need to create punchlines to unite the audience, [14] and it was carefully scripted rather than improvised. [14] Further series were released in September 2022 [40] and October 2023. [41]