Alan Partridge comes to BBC America

xp to sic: true, and imo career-long sex pest fallout is darker than fatal gunshot, cross forgery and childhood bullying, but about as dark as recalling his own sexual abuse (which i’d forgotten about so thanks for reminding me they’ve dealt with this area before)

I thought he actually hit the child genius on his radio show, he certainly made him piss his pants. "...Simon Fisher, wet boy, and his dad, a nobody".

late-'30s Alan bullying a child to tears, not childhood bullying!*

If they play out the Yewtree thread, it can definitely get darker, but right now it's equally as likely that it'll just be the prompt for Alan's pivot to his uppers. The potential for laughs would certainly erode if they go much further than the tumbling cluster of revelations in that final scene tonight.

* It's only that Alan's prepubescent sexual humiliation came from other children that made it possible to recover in KMKY, though

This seems like a step backwards to me, it's too like Knowing Me...; I much prefer Mid Morning Matters, wchich feels less scripted.

x-post: ah probably, it's been 20 years. Remember having to buy a shrinkwrapped set of cassettes to listen to a radio show from years before in another country? Good old days, eh.

I’ve never seen/heard any of those things sic so I guess I’m the problem - had no idea they even existed. I knew he’d written the book and done the film

I will give it another try

Nomad was a second book!

late-'30s Alan bullying a child to tears, not childhood bullying!*

i meant to say child bullying

(first book was 2011, two different 45- minute telly specials [one of which is perhaps the best TV Partridge] were 2012, film was 2013. he did rest the muscles for a couple of years after that, possibly because everyone involved in the film hated making it bcz they thought it was a bag o’ shite.)

Would be fun to have an AP watching / listening thread sometime, there would be a lot to get through

#AccidentalPartridge pic.twitter.com/bAN3WN2ysg

— Accidental Partridge (@AccidentalP) March 4, 2019

https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2019/03/05/42449/1.5million_watch_fleabags_return

both Martin Clunes’ Warren and This Time With Alan Partridge lost a hefty 1.4million viewers each – which trade website Broadcast ascribed to the return of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? on ITV, seen by 4.3million.

Warren was seen by 2.4million at 9pm, with Steve Coogan’s magazine spoof attracting 1.9million.

episode 1 gained almost 2 million viewers on 7-day catch-up

yeah, i’m looking forward to the iplayer numbers

https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a26700272/piers-morgan-steve-coogan-alan-partridge-good-morning-britain/ https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a26700272/piers-morgan-steve-coogan-alan-partridge-good-morning-britain/

"Ratings have halved week on week," Piers continued. "Not just slipped by 10-20%, they're over 40% down. Literally, nobody is now watching. I watched it last night."

Good Morning Britain airs on ITV, while This Time with Alan Partridge airs on BBC One.

He's such a massive bellend

I'm slightly worried about this social I have coming up which is a community meal where you bring your own plates, cutlery etc but my own dinner plates are massive. I've paid a set price and don't want them to think I've got a scam going with my big plate.

Haha, even Coogan at his most awkward pales against Piers’ resting dope face

i've not for a single second recognised a parody of piers morgan in this time, it's just wishful thinking on his part

imagine wanting to ride on the coat tails of alan partridge

given alan’s solid victory at the end of this, i can’t help wondering whether they chose a shuttlecock specifically because a bouncing metaphor would be too obvious

I liked the part in ep 2 when Alan got turned on by the video of the woman washing her hands

Also the female lead in this is so cute

her performance is astoundingly good, given 80% of it comes from the requirement for subtlety

That thousand yard stare into the camera while Alan goes off

yeah in each of these eps after a certain point she just gives up on anything besides carrying on with her job. you can imagine her hitting the bottle. it's all a disaster but she just rides the tide of the show, trusting it's steel-plated enough to tromple over the rough spots

> I liked the part in ep 2...

A pedant writes: the hand washing was episode 1.

I liked the impractical set - the steps to the interview area - the ones that took slightly too long to traverse.

I liked the impractical set - the steps to the interview area - the ones that took slightly too long to traverse.

You mean the same as they did on "Knowing Me, Knowing You"? (I haven't seen any of this btw).

Anyone else follow the random Twitter debate about vegetarianism going on in the background?

Alba otm, also wb Alba

Hello! I have been around, here and there.

"would bang"?

lol I read it as 'would ban'

omg that face

Best one yet I think

thought i was going nuts when “dramatisation” kept switching to “dramatization” and back

I didn't enjoy this one as much, the prerecorded sections really fell flat and the Sidekick Simon section was wasted.

i completely missed the giant clue in alan’s photo library, but caught all the noel edmonds shots (and initially thought the sunderland bloke was noel edmonds)

first half especially was really not v funny. felt very "written".

yeah, the scottish interview didn’t work for me once i saw whet they were doing

It's getting better with every episode. Loving his rivalry with Ruth

it was great how in episode 1 that rivalry could have all been in alan’s head, but last night it was absolutely real

yeah I think that's my favourite bit so far. and the pre recorded segments.

last week’s battle re-enactment did nothing for me but this week’s corporal punishment segment was pretty good

I for one was disappointed that one of Alan's corrections of Ruth was actually incorrect - the DVLA has not become the DVSA, that is a separate organisation formed by the merger of the DSA and VOSA, not DVLA and VOSA as Alan stated! disgusting tbh

All of Ruth’s contradictions of Alan in ep 1 were correct - the above has to be a delightful Easter egg for those who get it, showing that Alan’s status has risen, but not necessarily his accuracy

tbh the only reason I know that is because I've been having to deal with the DVLA over the last couple of weeks, so I know very well they still exist!

that did seem like a big error for ruth to make! i love you colonel poo, in a way

"As American as Mom's apple pie" is a throwback to the radio shows, right?

'As American as chocolate chip cookies and Mom' s apple tart' IIRC.

Much better this week. The look of panic on Alan's face when he realised what was happening during the song at the end was excellent.

yeah that's what I meant. I don't think I've ever heard of it outside of AP!

"Less unique than others" also