Alan Partridge comes to BBC America

cool, so must be mainly the new dudes - probably a v helpful factor in the apparent frequent focus on recasting old events in nu-Partridge's rosy spectacles

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Ha. Was trying to find this on Audible, turns out they actually list it by author with "Alan Partridge"

iTunes doesn't have this yet, dammit. Seriously considerably signing up for Audible with one of them promo deals so's I can load the audiobook onto my phone.

They had a free trial offer thing going in the UK with Audible (UK). It's impossible to get in the US unless you order it on CD for like $25 + shipping :(
It's actually worth paying full price for but not when you want it IMMEDIATELY

If you do the promo deal thru podcasts, they usually have a free book offer. I only need a copy that I can load onto my phone, anyway.

fuck all geoblocking

new show http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/video/2012/jun/01/alan-partridge-norfolk-sky?newsfeed=true

i am not totally following this but is it not a little weird that this show's on sky, what with coogan's apoplexy re: the murdoch empire

incredibly weird, yep

the little-seen UK cable TV charity adverts for the Teenage Cancer Trust (from 2000?) are some of my fave ever Alan bits. not as laugh out loud hilarious as your Day Today stuff and whatnot but fantastic all the same. they were writen by Baynham and Coogan and all 5 of them are on You Tube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkHY1bVciIE

also harpercollins published that recent partridge autobiography, right around the time coogan was chucking it on newsnight xp

so it obviously isn't incredibly weird for steve coogan.

haha that clip was great

anyone know if they're releasing Mid-Morning Matters on dvd or anything?
awesome clip, cheers!

Some talk of MMM being expanded into a proper TV series.

back of the net, etc

"I want a hundred k or I'm taking it to Sky"

First episode was distinctly medium, I thought. Mid Morning Matters was way better.

holy shit the movie actually got made and there's a trailer out

http://www.avclub.com/articles/alan-partridge-alpha-papa,98989/

this is going to be excellent

It was good! Weird seeing Alan on the big screen with people laughing along. Also not looking much like 'Alan' as we have recently seen him - he was a bit too young/hip/confident and perhaps a bit of the subtlety that really cements AP as THAT character was lost. But I don't really mind that, it worked. I've been worried about a flash movie but it was basically like a feature-length ep, most of the mad/ridiculous stuff just kind of hung back a lot and let Alan be Alan.
I am too much of an AP stan to be able to tell how this will be received as a 'movie' by casual viewers.

Recently re-watched all of Mid Morning Matters and it's really a brilliant way to take Partridge forward. Kind of odd having that, small-scale, alongside a movie, I suppose, but it did work.

(not enough Michael, though)

At the premiere they put a shop-soiled Chocolate Orange and a Marillion greatest-hits CD on every one of the seats.

has anyone heard anything about any US screenings?

no release date yet for the u.s.

yeah i know, just meant press or whatever screenings eg in new york. i know there were a bunch of pre-release screenings of in the loop at the ifc center, although in that case they'd bought the film for us release so different i guess.

kinder, I also thought that alan looked too young in the trailer for this (haven't seen it yet). Have absolutely loved everything they've done with the character recently though: MMM, the 2 sky specials and the audiobook (which is probably my favourite piece of partridgiana now). Even more trepidatious after reading your impressions, but basically I will enjoy this whatever.

xp ah, sorry. yeah, i just want to see it, but i'm worried that it'll have to wait til streaming or whatever.

it only has a UK/ROI release afaia

oh wait you already said that

NZ too, so i guess we got skipped.

he was a bit too young/hip/confident and perhaps a bit of the subtlety that really cements AP as THAT character was lost.

I think it was v much in line with the wider development of alan

I dunno, I feel like he's kind of already been there and 'matured' into a slightly different type of character with a lot of 'older' hallmarks. Not particularly complaining, it was just a bit odd.

I liked it- not a disappointment at all! The best bits were all Michael related though, felt like he was underused.

You'd think with the care and attention given to the character and his personality that there would be a little more consistency with the character's appearance over time.

hello your post makes no sense

hellloooo please explain

you want him to wear the same outfit all the time or make the same facial expression nonstop?

Why would I want him to wear the same stuff when he didn't do that in the series, even?

What I am saying is that I don't expect to look much older than he was in Series 1/2 but I don't think he should actively appear younger than he was in Series 1 for example

http://www.vulture.com/2013/06/quiz-which-pharrell-is-older.html

xp discussed here http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2013/aug/07/steve-coogan-alan-partridge-video-interview?INTCMP=SRCH

Loved this. Although a sparks song over the credits means I am contractually obliged to like a movie (cf boarding gate)

screening at NYFF in october

Magnolia has acquired it. Looking like early 2014.

rad

Finally getting around to the Mid Morning Matters stuff and after episode 7 I now have "It's me on me on Alan on Alan..." going through my head.

Didn't realise until I watched most of Mid Morning Matters back-to-back quite how tight the writing was.

In one episode Alan gets wound up by Sidekick Simon and tells him furiously "You're this to me", holding his thumb and forefinger slightly apart. Quite a bit later in the series he tells a grim little anecdote about his father saying precisely that to him when he was a kid. So good.

Yeah MMM is absolutely terrific, definitely one of the gems of the Partridge canon.

I'd probably rank it second only to the first series of IAP.