I'm Alan Partridge

1997
I'm Alan Partridge

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EP1 The Talented Mr. Alan Nov 11, 2002

Alan's back and life is on the up: he's got the third best slot on Radio Norwich, a girlfriend and a Lexus. While at the garage, Alan meets one of his old teachers, who is persuaded to let him give a talk at the school about how he has 'bounced back'.

EP2 The Colour of Alan Nov 18, 2002

Alan is asked to present a sales conference for Dante's fireplaces of Reading, while Michael stays at the unfinished house after someone steals his front door.

EP3 Brave Alan Nov 25, 2002

Alan makes a new friend at the BP garage called Dan. They both drink Director's bitter, use Lynx deodorant and both drive Lexi (the plural of Lexus). Dan asks Alan to present a prize at the Norfolk Bravery Awards, where Sonja is hopeful of the opportunity to try out some of her practical jokes.

EP4 Never Say Alan Again Dec 02, 2002

Alan plans a Bond-athon for the bank holiday weekend with Michael, but they are jeopardised when he discovers that Michael has befreinded a man called Tex, who likes American things. Meanwhile, Lynn makes a visit to her mother's grave on the first anniversary of her death.

EP5 I Know What Alan Did Last Summer Dec 09, 2002

Alan has a visit from the Inland Revenue and is worried about the submission of a receipt for a Christmas gift from Bill Oddie. Meanwhile, he tries to convince Sonja that he is indeed friends with Bono.

EP6 Alan Wide Shut Dec 16, 2002

Alan's house is finally ready and Sonja is angling to cohabit. Meanwhile, Alan's book Bouncing Back has been unsuccessful, and is to be pulped and Lynne is to be baptised. All is going well, but Alan can't stop the flashbacks of the painful days when he ate 4 medium sized Toblerones and drove to Dundee in bare feet.
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Released: 03 November 1997 Ended
Producted By: Talkback
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hxqcx
Synopsis

The fortunes of a former chat show host who is reduced to a lowly slot on Radio Norwich. Alan Partridge is divorced, living in a travel tavern, and desperate for a return to television.

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Just-Being-Me This is one of my top comedy shows. I love it, it never fails to make me laugh, Steve is so good at playing this role. From the first time i watched this it got me hooked... i just wish there was more eps, you can never watch enough Alan, it never gets boring.I think Alan Partridge is by far Steve's best work, I do know a few people who don't like this as they say he is stupid but i don't get that because he is meant to be, he is meant to be a person that is insulting, that makes inappropriate remarks, he is rude and people on the show don't like him because of how he is (meaning the characters the actors play are meant to not like Alan in the show).I personally love this and would love to see more Alan Partridge shows.10 out of 10 from me.
jc-osms For this sort-of-successor to "Knowing Me Knowing You", Steve Coogan and his writers took gormless failed TV chat-show host Alan Partridge further down the road of fading celebrity with this very sharp and very amusing series.Partridge has ended up on the broadcasting scrap-heap, presenting the death-slot before the breakfast show on his local radio station in Norwich, never quite giving up on his hope of getting back into the big-time, retaining the services of his devoted and docile P.A. Lynn and living out of a hotel suite 24-7, although it's hardly the Ritz! The falsity of TV celebrity is exchanged for mock-realism as Partridge now interacts with recognisable everyday types, principally the staff of the cheap hotel he inhabits, which of course only highlights his own ridiculousness, making us laugh at him all the more.Coogan uses a different band of actors from those employed on "KMKYWAP", an indecipherable ex-Army Geordie hotel porter, two mocking, chiding female hotel receptionists, a randy young attendant and his afore-mentioned long-suffering, mousy P.A. They all get to share in the laughs but as ever it's Alan himself with his straighter-than-straight, true-blue persona who makes you wince as much as giggle with a string of un-P.C. phrases and actions.I could have done without his recurring daydream of dancing in a black thong as well as the tacky laugh-track which is unnecessarily employed, but otherwise these half-hour episodes are at least as funny as "KMKYWAP", which is no mean feat.
movieman_kev Steve Coogan is back once again as Alan Partridge. Good ol' Alan isn't doing a talk show anymore. Having fallen in hard times, he's now an early morning radio DJ, living in a hotel after his wife kicked him out and still hoping and dreaming for a second series of his talk show. From Partridge's car being vandalized with naughty language, sacking employees, and presenting a corporate video, to dealing with hotel renovations, meeting an...overzealous fan, attending a funeral, and everything in between, this 6 episode series is a sheer joy to behold and is even better than the already wildly funny "Knowing Me, Knowing You". Suffice it to say this is simply brilliant. Note to BBC America: Bring this out on Region 1 DVD NOW!!! My Grade: A+
VictorianCushionCat Following up to the origional "I'm Alan" was a tall order.As an avid fan of the radio/TV/live shows (basically anything Coogan has done as Alan P) I was worried that this follow up would be hard pressed to match the genius of the Travel Tavern episodes.And it is true, it is not quite as good, but then the first series was sublime, not only because of the classic quotes I still share withfellow fans today, but because of the direness of Alan's Situation and how he handles it.His lot is better in 'I'm Still Alan' albeit still pretty desperate, and the series is basically very good, not a great, but very good. Plenty of 'cringe' moments and memorable lines 'back of the net!' being the most repeated that have since been added to the mix of over a decade of Partridgeisms.Partridge was easily the funniest character to emerge in the 90s however I would be worried any further series could see declining returns.