Alan Partridge comes to BBC America

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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

steven, soda jerk (sic), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 09:37 (five years ago) link

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

fetter, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 09:40 (five years ago) link

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.

steven, soda jerk (sic), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 09:40 (five years ago) link

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

PaulDananVEVO (||||||||), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 09:49 (five years ago) link

Nomad was a second book!

steven, soda jerk (sic), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 10:03 (five years ago) link

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

i meant to say child bullying

seedy ron (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 10:04 (five years ago) link

(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.)

steven, soda jerk (sic), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 10:14 (five years ago) link

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

mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 10:22 (five years ago) link

#AccidentalPartridge pic.twitter.com/bAN3WN2ysg

— Accidental Partridge (@AccidentalP) March 4, 2019

seedy ron (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 10:52 (five years ago) link

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.


right now i need two positives

seedy ron (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 19:51 (five years ago) link

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

steven, soda jerk (sic), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 21:14 (five years ago) link

yeah, i’m looking forward to the iplayer numbers

seedy ron (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 21:16 (five years ago) link

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."

and i love the burn at the end:

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

seedy ron (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 22:54 (five years ago) link

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.

kinder, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 23:06 (five years ago) link

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

calstars, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 23:08 (five years ago) link

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

or something, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 23:10 (five years ago) link

imagine wanting to ride on the coat tails of alan partridge

seedy ron (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 23:35 (five years ago) link

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

seedy ron (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 7 March 2019 22:38 (five years ago) link

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

calstars, Thursday, 7 March 2019 23:23 (five years ago) link

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

seedy ron (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 8 March 2019 00:30 (five years ago) link

That thousand yard stare into the camera while Alan goes off

calstars, Friday, 8 March 2019 01:15 (five years ago) link

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

illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 8 March 2019 01:24 (five years ago) link

> 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.

koogs, Friday, 8 March 2019 04:46 (five years ago) link

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).

The Vangelis of Dating (Tom D.), Friday, 8 March 2019 09:07 (five years ago) link

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


Don't think it was a debate was it? The tweet I saw stayed stuck on Simon's screen and was something like "I had a heart attack myself. Been vegetarian since and am thinking about turning vegan. Love my milk though. Sorry John's gone all the same". Was a good parody of the randomness of a certain type of 14-follower Twitter user.

Alba, Sunday, 10 March 2019 22:21 (five years ago) link

Alba otm, also wb Alba

steven, soda jerk (sic), Sunday, 10 March 2019 23:27 (five years ago) link

Hello! I have been around, here and there.

Alba, Monday, 11 March 2019 06:58 (five years ago) link

"would bang"?

illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 11 March 2019 08:52 (five years ago) link

lol I read it as 'would ban'

kinder, Monday, 11 March 2019 09:16 (five years ago) link

omg that face

kinder, Monday, 11 March 2019 22:03 (five years ago) link

Best one yet I think

Number None, Monday, 11 March 2019 23:38 (five years ago) link

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

seedy ron (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 07:52 (five years ago) link

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

Matt DC, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 08:22 (five years ago) link

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)

seedy ron (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 08:49 (five years ago) link

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

illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 08:51 (five years ago) link

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

seedy ron (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 08:51 (five years ago) link

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

paolo, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 08:59 (five years ago) link

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

seedy ron (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 09:03 (five years ago) link

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

kinder, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 09:41 (five years ago) link

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

seedy ron (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 09:44 (five years ago) link

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

Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 15:05 (five years ago) link

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

steven, soda jerk (sic), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 17:17 (five years ago) link

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!

Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 17:18 (five years ago) link

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

seedy ron (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 19:54 (five years ago) link

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

kinder, Monday, 18 March 2019 22:26 (five years ago) link

'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.

Matt DC, Monday, 18 March 2019 22:28 (five years ago) link

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

kinder, Monday, 18 March 2019 22:30 (five years ago) link

"Less unique than others" also

kinder, Monday, 18 March 2019 22:36 (five years ago) link

i hurt a stomach muscle from laughing so hard at the end

Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Monday, 18 March 2019 23:15 (five years ago) link

I tried watching Alpha Papa the other day, and made it about 20 mins before giving up - but I haven't watched any since the 'I'm Alan Partridge' days.

Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 00:25 (five years ago) link


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