Alan Partridge comes to BBC America

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.

I know it's very obvious, but I just loved the way he crowded out every single woman on the "special women's episode", as happens so often in real life, blah blah.

I loved how you could see him tune out the second Deegle mentioned putting fuel in a turbocharger.

I didn't watch a lot of Mid-Morning Matters, so I'm not really sure I'm getting a grip on Simon's character. Does he have one, or is it just this? I don't really know what he thinks about anything.

lolly was a highlight again

the way the guy at the start flirted with alan was hilarious, and how alan’s responses to the guy gradually built up. kmkywap done with flair.

And call back to the ladyboys film in the Linton Travel Tavern.

best one yet

I loved how you could see him tune out the second Deegle mentioned putting fuel in a turbocharger.

the thing i loved most about this is that you know exactly what’s going through his mind the whole time (and so he doesn’t have to say a single word for this to work), but you need to really understand alan and why he’s trying so hard not to interrupt her, for the joke to really hit hard. when he finally cracked i actually cried laughing, mainly from the anticipation of him saying exactly what we knew he was going to say.

this episode in particular was full of beautifully timed gags that completely paid off. easily the best of the series.

also, now that there’s only one episode left, i can’t help wondering if it will end with him just... hosting the show. no sacking, no catastrophe, just the very real prospect of a second series.