Im Alan Partridge !

First of all, what an absolutely brilliant character to think up, an ageing local radio presenter with a difficulty to tolerate people and stick him in a travel tavern and you've got the makings of a brilliant comedy. Steve Coogan portrays Alan Partridge fantastically well, to the point that you just can't see him in any other show without thinking rather than Coogan it's Alan Partridge. As I said, the show is based around a radio presenter in Norwich who is going through a divorce and has trouble communicating with his kids. The travel taverns handy man, Michael, is a fast talking geordie who Alan struggles to understand, highly amusing ...

I'm Alan Partridge is the show that put Steve Coogan on another planet in terms of his fame and the doors opened to him. Steve Coogan plays Alan Partridge who is a radio presenter who is destined to be friendless and alone in the world thanks to his unique ways and cringe worthy comments. Alan is an up and coming star in his own mind whilst to the industry he is no longer worth keeping onto as we see in series one where Alan is dropped by the BBC before he attacks the head of BBC programming with a giant cheese before heading back to his hotel that he is resident in. Alan is assisted by Lynn who is an assitant who puts up with being treated badly and never given a ...

I'm Alan Partridge - well, I'm glad I'm not, but what a character. In real life, he's the sort of chap you would either love or hate; I'm sure his mother must love him. Played to perfection by Steve Coogan, Alan Partridge is squirmingly embarrassing even when he's attempting to be normal. He is the master at digging himself deeper and deeper into the mire to try and get himself out of trouble. Partridge lives in Norfolk, (I've lived there too, briefly, and can just imagine him being one of the local features) and works for Radio Norwich. He has his own show in the 'graveyard' slot late in the evening when not many people will be listening. It is a ...