Alan Partridge comes to BBC America

As for s1sk, that's where I originally found all the episodes.

Sorry, I'm kind of a stickler.

new partridge on friday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UmYOmTG3B0&feature=player_embedded

north norfolk digital lol

do even lager drinkers like fosters?

i'll drink it. it's no worse than carling or whatever.

lols at 1:30

it is the worst beer made in the world

there are some comments on that youtube covering this important issue. maybe take it there.

Anyone know exactly what this is, e.g. 10 minute 'shorts' or an actual series? This Sun article says "Highlights of his gut-bustingly funny musings and outrageous anecdotes are being packaged together for a brand new web series on fostersfunny.co.uk" - highlights?
Needless to say, I'm looking forward to this esp since Fosters aren't having anything to do with it (unlike Will Arnett/Orbit (or Wrigleys?) "content")

new material but just shorts

series 1 still miles better than series 2 i'd say, even iannucci doesn't rate it much, but this is still the best Partridge moment ever i think

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9ytDCZS9oM

just ahead i'd say of the appaling sex scene in the dark in series 1.

Series 2 def had to grow on me a lot but to me now they're both as great as each other. Some flashes of utter genius in there, Sonia and space/judge/Bono/alien thing had me cracking up, the whole bit where he goes to Bono's house (my friend got married there; she didn't understand why it was Bono's house), Michael and the Bond movie marathon... lovely stuff.

bond movie marathon was on tonight

love that fireplace scene

My favourite bit from season 2 is in that bond episode when he douses the caravan in Sunny Delight, pretends to light a match then runs away. I get giggles just thinking about it. I think Sunny Delight must be the funniest drink.

there actually is "north norfolk radio" and for awhile their tagline was a super-defensive "...because WE live here TOO!"

i can believe it... i lived in norfolk for five years..

there actually is "north norfolk radio" and for awhile their tagline was a super-defensive "...because WE live here TOO!"
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"here" being Linton

alan meeting "tex" was one of my fav

^this was the bond marathon too, tex had taped over spy who loved me with americas strongest man prog

you put two and two together and made five, or as the american says "fahhhhhhhve"

Wayne's my man.
Wayne sleep?
get off your horse and drink your milk.
yes, Wayne sleep.

most absurd moment i remember was alan turning up at geordie blokes house, but geordie bloke wouldn't let him in and gave him a cup of beans and sausage. Then he said he could leave the empty cup on the doorstep.

haha and the fact that his shadow was still right by the door standing sideways

"You don't have a spoon?"
"I might have one in the bathroom."

^ debate as to whether this was a callback to phoner-inner Mary on the radio talking about what will we look like in the future: "look in the back of a spoon. In the bathroom".

there's that amazing monologue by the geordie guy too about him having the dream about killing people in a helicopter.

That bit is bloody ruddy fantastic.
First trailer/clip here: http://www.fostersfunny.co.uk/2010/11/exclusive-first-clip-of-mid-morning-matters-with-alan-partridge/

thought that helicopter bit was mugging for the recorded audience applause personally. one of the stand out bad moments in s2.

really? it does have that setpiece applause feel but it is v funny imo...

Michael: Aye, I come back this morning on a National Express coach. It was sort of like a SAS operation, you know. Uh, your mission: gan till Cardiff, have full sex with a woman, come back on the coach. Sort of like, er, Operation Bravo Two Zero.
Alan: I think in your case, Michael, it was Bravo Six Zero.
Alan: By, er, Randy McNab.
Michael: Randy McKnob.

^^^ now that's writing

A bit apprehensive about this, is Iannucci involved?

If nothing else there's always this to fall back on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrp0wJsXNEA

Yes Iannucci is involved.

"Give him another series you swine"
"Yeah give me another series you shit"

Quite enjoying the Coogan/Brydon thing on the beeb right now.

Yeah, it's bringing the gentle roffles chez us.

It's pretty good.

Not too laugh out loud but I enjoyed it. The impression-off was the best bit.

(prob misquoted this but just remembered the lols from the Tex episode)

"He calls his truck Convoy? Michael you're best friends with a man who uses a collective term to describe his vehicle"

deserves a youtube link prolly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abmrAf0evgk

Awesome thanks!

S2 excellent so far (I'm halfway through)

I listened to this live.

#AccidentalPartridge pic.twitter.com/9AxUNcMU16

— Accidental Partridge (@AccidentalP) December 6, 2022

Love it

“Imagine you showed an iPhone to king Henry VII / it would blow his mind “

recently caught up on s2 of this time. so good

He's back!
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/feb/05/steve-coogan-return-alan-partridge-bbc-mockumentary

will watch but damn between books and podcasts and this, there 's a lot of Coogan content out there
wouldn't mind if he dropped all the partridge stuff and just did more series of the Trip

This was first announced in 2019, you’ve had time to catch up (on the 900 hours of other Gibbons material they’ve pumped out since)

The Gibbons material has all been strong imo, though I've not read the books since the autobiog.

the bit in Scissored Isle with the bubble wrap is still one of the funniest things i've seen

Other than the two series of “This Time”, the Oasthouse podcast, and the Amazon special, has there been other AP/Coogan content in the last couple years?

Two books, which are also available in (necessary) audio book format.

to be honest I have loved all of this stuff.

The only one I haven’t bothered watching is strategem, has coogan figured out how to do live comedy yet? Previous partridge et al live shows were dire

Yeah I saw strategem live and it was pretty terrible.

The little reunion at the end of the 3rd series of From the Oasthouse though was absolutely perfect and I loved it.

Oh didn’t even know there was a third series of Oasthouse and a new book.

yeah there's a lot to keep up with, I think the Beacon book passed me by completely (audio-only stuff takes longer for me to find time to listen to, and it's usually worth listening to the books).

I'm not complaining though, if the Gibbonses are reading...

Kindle edition of Big Beacon is in the daily deal today (UK)

oooh thanks