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Alan Partridge was No. 7 in the 100 Greatest TV Characters of all time, Channel 4 - 07/05/01 |
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About the show
BBC2 sitcom starring Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge, a character previously seen as the sports news presenter on The Day Today and his own chat show Knowing Me Knowing You.
This series found Alan working for Radio Norwich – “a national broadcaster trapped in the body of a regional disc jockey” – and generally down on his luck.
Written by Peter Baynham , Steve Coogan and Armando Iannucci.
Debuted on BBC2 at 10pm on Monday 3 November 1997.
Cast
Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge
A TV has-been who is now a DJ on Radio Norwich DJ and estranged from wife Carol and children. Suffering from flaky skin and boredom.
Felicity Montagu as Lynn
Alan’s devoted spinsterish PA who sticks by him however obnoxious he becomes. Attends a Baptist church
Barbara Durkin as Susan
The jolly, respectful manageress at the Linton Travel Tavern
Simon Greenall as Michael
The Geordie handyman, an ex-marine who always finds time to be pally with Alan. Works in a petrol station in series two.
Sally Phillips as Sophie
The motel’s receptionist who finds everything Alan says embarrassingly hilarious.
James Lance as Ben
The young, handsome porter who Alan despises.
Phil Cornwell as Dave Clifton
Radio Norwich's breakfast show host who is treated with contempt by Alan – the feeling is mutual. |
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Episode 1
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A Room With An Alan script
Knowing Me Knowing You has been ended and Alan now hosts Up With The Partridge, the early morning show on Radio Norwich. Carol has abandoned him in favour of a fitness instructor, he is living in the Linton Travel Tavern and his car has been sprayed with rude graffiti. Alan is desperate to return to TV so he can afford a flash new house but he fails to impress BBC chief commissioner Tony Hayers (David Schneider) with programme ideas such as Lady Parts, Alan Attack, Knowing ME, Knowing You and Monkey Tennis. Distraught, he resorts to attacking Hayers with some Stilton cheese.
Originally transmitted: 3-11-97 |
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Episode 2
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Alan Attraction script
Facing impending bankruptcy, Alan has to give up his Rover 800 and is forced to drive a Mini Metro instead. Then he has to sack everyone at his company Peartree Productions but rather than admit he failed to secure a second series, he finds trivial reasons to get rid of them. He takes his secretary Jill (Julia Deakin ) out for a Valentine’s Day trip to an owl sanctuary and a meal. They end up in bed, but it all gets very messy and she is fired, too.
Originally transmitted: 10-11-97 |
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Episode 3
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Watership Alan script
Alan upsets Norfolk farmers with remarks about BSE to his guest on This Morning’s Farmer and he upsets Lynn when his skimpy shorts fail to keep everything in. And he’s upset about an £8 item on his bill until Sophie explains it was for Bangkok Chickboys that he watched, for 15 minutes, by mistake, on the adult TV channel (“It’s complicated”). Alan is hired by Steve (Simon Pegg) and Hugh (Peter Baynham) to make a corporate video for Hamiltons Waterbreaks but filming is hampered by protesting farmers after he refuses to apologise to the Norfolk NFU’s Peter Baxendale-Thomas (Chris Morris).
Originally transmitted: 17-11-97 |
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Episode 4
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Basic Alan script
As Alan is the only guest, Linton Travel Tavern closes for the weekend for redecoration. He's so bored he rings his son Fernando, dismantles the Corby trouser press and drives round and round the ring road. Back at the motel, he catches the staff doing cruel imitations of him, but tries to show he’s game for a laugh by preparing a prank of his own. That leads to embarrassment – but there's worse to come when Alan has a run-in with the police.
Originally transmitted: 24-11-97 |
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Episode 5
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To Kill A Mocking Alan script
Alan tries to impress Aidan Walsh (Graham Linehan) and Paul Tool (Arthur Mathews) – two executives from Irish TV – by staging a pilot version of a new chat show idea at the Linton Travel Tavern. Sue Cook is lined up as his star guest, but she pulls out, leaving Alan to answer questions from the audience, demonstrate how to shoot terrorists and flog his exclusive badge and tie sets. When the executives want to go back to Alan’s house to discuss ideas, Alan is helped – then hindered – by his biggest fan Jed Maxwell (Ian Sharrock).
Originally transmitted: 1-12-97 |
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Episode 6
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Towering Alan script
Alan makes a special appearance at the Swaffham Country Fayre (where he uses the PA system to rant, ignored, against BBC chief commissioner Tony Hayers). Back at the Linton Travel Tavern, Sue Cook phones with some good news: Hayers has died in a fall, while fiddling with his TV aerial (how ironic). Alan can hardly contain his glee at the funeral, especially when he gets some encouraging signals from Hayers' replacement, the old-school, hard-drinking Chris Feather (Constantine Gregory).
Originally transmitted: 8-12-97 |
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Comic Relief Show 1999
Radio Norwich and BBC2 unite for Alan's fund-raising efforts. With guest star Bryan Ferry.
Originally transmitted: 1999 |
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