Alan Partridge comes to BBC America

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

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

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.

it’s not necessarily a bad thing, but this show is nowhere near as good as iap series 1 or the day today, as per coogan’s claim a few weeks ago.

it's certainly shaping up to be Partridge's least essential TV series

but it's grand like

It's much better than IAP Season 2, which was largely terrible other than the sex people episode.

largely terrible

i do not understand this at all

Are we about to fight the IAP2 wars again?

I think the movie is the least essential AP and basically the only thing I won't rewatch any more

yeah, that's why I said series

the movie has some incredible moments, mainly but not only the cuddly toy opening

It's a curate's egg of a series. Irish Alan was superb, but the Monty Don thing was mainly tedious.

i saw it three hours ago and i can’t even remember the monty don thing

but yes, curate’s egg describes it perfectly

Initialism vs acronym distinction takedown was great in ep 3

I laughed aloud several times through this. Each episode has been better than the one before, which is good, because I thought the first episode was a comedic flatline.

"ok.. a billion pounds"

best

Favourite moment this time was the coy way he said goodbye to the "shaved boy in a wig"

i wonder if he was clantily scad

Tash-hag

And of course people have reversed the backwards footage.