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Alan Partridge
Alan Partridge
	Coogan in character as Alan Partridge at a 2011 book signing
First appearance	Radio: On the Hour (9 August 1991); Television: The Day Today (19 January 1994)
Last appearance	Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Created by	Steve Coogan; Armando Iannucci
Portrayed by	Steve Coogan
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Occupation	Radio and television presenter
Nationality	English

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Alan Gordon Partridge is a comic character portrayed by English actor Steve Coogan. A parody of British television personalities, Partridge is an inept television and radio presenter whose inflated sense of celebrity drives him to treachery and shameless self-promotion. Coogan described Partridge as a Little Englander, with right-wing values and poor taste.

Partridge was created by Coogan and Armando Iannucci for the 1991 BBC Radio 4 comedy programme On the Hour, a spoof of British current affairs broadcasting, as the show's sports presenter. In 1992, Partridge hosted a spin-off Radio 4 spoof chat show, Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge. On the Hour transferred to television as The Day Today in 1994, followed by Knowing Me, Knowing You later that year. In 1997, Coogan starred as Partridge in a BBC sitcom, I'm Alan Partridge, written by Coogan, Iannucci and Peter Baynham, following Partridge's life working for a small radio station and living in a roadside hotel. It earned two BAFTAs and was followed by a second series in 2002.

Partridge returned in 2010 with a series of shorts, Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge, written by Coogan with Rob and Neil Gibbons, who have cowritten every Partridge product since. It was followed by a bestselling spoof autobiography, I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan (2011), a successful feature film, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013), several TV specials, and a second series of Mid Morning Matters (2016).

Critics have praised Partridge's complexity, realism and pathos. Vanity Fair called him a British "national treasure" and the Guardian described him as "one of the greatest and most beloved comic creations of the last few decades". The character is credited with influencing cringe comedies such as The Inbetweeners, Nighty Night and Peep Show.

History

1991: On The Hour

Alan Partridge was created for the 1991 BBC Radio 4 comedy programme On The Hour, a spoof of British current affairs broadcasting, as the show's hapless sports presenter.^[1] He is portrayed by Steve Coogan, who had performed a similar character for a BBC college radio station at university.^[1] On The Hour writers Armando Iannucci, Patrick Marber, Richard Herring and Stewart Lee wrote much of Partridge's first material, although Herring credits the creation to Coogan and Iannucci.^[2] Iannucci asked Coogan to do a voice for a generic sports reporter; according to Iannucci, "Someone said, 'He's an Alan!' and someone else said, 'He's a Partridge!' Within minutes we knew where he lived, we'd worked out his back story, what his aspirations were."^[3]

1992–1995: Knowing Me, Knowing You and move to television

Following On the Hour, Partridge presented six episodes of a spoof Radio 4 chat show, Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, broadcast on 1 December 1992. The series saw Partridge irritate and offend his guests, and coined the character's catchphrase, "Aha!".^[4]

In 1994, On the Hour transferred to television as The Day Today, in which Partridge reprised his role as sports reporter.^[1] Later that year, Knowing Me, Knowing You transferred to television.^[5] The series ends with Partridge accidentally shooting a guest and attacking a BBC commissioning editor, ending his television career.^[4] It was nominated for the 1995 BAFTA for Light Entertainment Performance.^[6] The BBC broadcast a Christmas special, Knowing Me, Knowing Yule, in December 1995.^[7]

1997–2010: I'm Alan Partridge and further appearances

In 1997, Coogan starred in a sitcom, I'm Alan Partridge, written by Coogan, Iannucci and Peter Baynham. The series follows Partridge after he has been left by his wife and dropped from the BBC; he lives in a roadside hotel, presents a graveyard slot on local Norwich radio, and desperately pitches ideas for new television shows. Iannucci said the writers used the sitcom as "a kind of social X-ray of male middle-aged Middle England".^[1] It won the 1998 BAFTA awards for Comedy Performance and Comedy Programme or Series.^[6]

In 1999, Partridge appeared on the BBC telethon Children in Need, performing a medley of Kate Bush songs.^[8] The BBC broadcast a second series of I'm Alan Partridge in 2002,^[1] following Partridge's life in a static caravan with his new Ukrainian girlfriend after recovering from a mental breakdown.^[9]^[10] In March 2003, the BBC broadcast a mockumentary, Anglian Lives: Alan Partridge, about Partridge's life and career.^[4] In 2008, Coogan performed a tour, "Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge and other Less Successful Characters", featuring Partridge as a life coach.^[11]

2010–2013: Comeback, memoir, and feature film

After a hiatus, Partridge returned in 2010 in a series of YouTube shorts, Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge, as the host of a digital radio show with co-presenter Sidekick Simon (Tim Key).^[12] Coogan wrote the shorts with brothers Neil and Rob Gibbons, who submitted scripts to his company Baby Cow Productions. The Gibbons have co-written every Partridge project since. According to Neil, Coogan "invited us in, our sensibilities chimed, and before we knew it, Mid Morning Matters was up and running. We wrote it as if it was our baby, and though there was a sense that we were standing on the shoulders of giants, I think we were like two pairs of fresh eyes, and Steve seemed to fall in love with the character all over again."^[1] Coogan said they chose the web format because "it was a bit underground, a low-key environment in which to test the character out again. And the response was so good, we realised there was more fuel in the tank."^[1] The shorts were later broadcast by Sky Atlantic.^[1]

In 2011, a spoof autobiography, I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan, written by Coogan, Iannucci and the Gibbons brothers, was published. An audiobook version recorded by Coogan as Partridge was released on CD and downloadable audio formats. In the book, Partridge recounts his childhood and career, attempts to settle scores with people he feels have wronged him, and dispenses wisdom such as his assertion that Wikipedia has made university education "all but pointless".^[13] Coogan appeared as Partridge to promote I, Partridge on The Jonathan Ross Show^[14] and BBC Radio 5 Live.^[15] It received positive reviews^[16] and became a bestseller.^[1]

On 25 June 2012, Partridge presented a one-hour Sky special, Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life, taking the viewer on a tour of Partridge's home county Norfolk.^[17] The programme earned Coogan the 2013 BAFTA for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme.^[6] It was followed the next week by Open Books with Martin Bryce, a mock literary programme discussing Partridge's autobiography.^[17]

On 7 August 2013, a feature film, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, written by Coogan, Iannucci, Baynham and the Gibbons brothers, was released in the UK. It was directed by Declan Lowney^[18] and co-produced by StudioCanal and Baby Cow Productions, with support from BBC Films and the BFI Film Fund.^[19] The film sees Partridge enlisted as a crisis negotiator during a siege at his radio station.^[17] It received mostly positive reviews^[20] and opened at number one at the box office in the UK and Ireland.^[21]

2015–present: Scissored Isle, Nomad, and return to BBC

In 2015, Coogan co-presented a special Christmas episode of the Channel 4 chat show TFI Friday as Partridge.^[22] In February 2016, Sky Atlantic broadcast a second series of Mid Morning Matters, in which Partridge continues his relationship with divorcee Angela.^[23] Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle, a mockumentary in which Partridge examines the British class divide, followed in May.^[24] A second Alan Partridge book, Alan Partridge: Nomad, a travelogue in which Partridge recounts a journey across the UK, was published on 20 October 2016.^[25]

In July 2017, Partridge appeared in an episode of the BBC Radio 4 programme Inheritance Tracks in which guests choose music they would pass to future generations; he selected "Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" by Barry Mann and the theme from Grandstand.^[26] Iannucci guest-edited an October 2017 issue of The Big Issue, featuring a debate on Brexit between Partridge and Malcolm Tucker, a character from The Thick Of It, another sitcom created by Iannucci.^[27] On 27 December, BBC Two broadcast a documentary about the history of Partridge, Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How and Whom?.^[28]

Partridge will return to the BBC in a six-part series, This Time With Alan Partridge, a spoof current affairs programme in the style of The One Show. The programme is due to air in early 2019.^[29]^[30]

Character

Alan Partridge is an incompetent and tactless television and radio presenter from Norwich, England.^[5]^[31] He is socially inept, often offending his guests,^[32] and has an inflated sense of importance and celebrity.^[9] According to the Telegraph, Partridge is "utterly convinced of his own superiority, and bewildered by the world's inability to recognise it – qualities that place him in the line of comedy lineage that runs directly from Hancock, Captain Mainwaring, and Basil Fawlty."^[1] His need for public attention drives him to deceit, treachery and shameless self-promotion,^[31] and sometimes violence. In the Knowing Me, Knowing Yule Christmas special, for example, he assaults a BBC boss and a paralysed former golfer.^[7]

Partridge holds right-wing views. Coogan described him as a Little Englander, with a "myopic, slightly philistine mentality".^[33] He is a reader of the right-wing tabloid newspaper the Daily Mail, and supports Brexit because, according to Coogan, the Daily Mail "told him to".^[34] Earlier versions of the character were more bigoted, but the writers found there was more humour in having him attempt to be liberal.^[33] In I, Partridge, for example, Partridge stresses his friendship with gay television presenter Dale Winton.^[13] Coogan said: "He's aware of political correctness but he's playing catch-up. In the same way that the Daily Mail is a bit PC – it wouldn't be openly homophobic now – Alan is the same. He tries to be modern."^[33]

According to Forbes, Partridge has "parochial bad taste",^[35] and Coogan described him as "on the wrong side of cool".^[36] He is a fan of James Bond films and Lexus cars^[37] and his music taste includes Wings^[37] and Abba; Partridge named his son Fernando and his talk show Knowing Me, Knowing You after Abba songs, and his talk show catchphrase, "Aha!", also comes from Abba.^[10] In earlier incarnations, Partridge's wardrobe included a blazer, badge and tie, driving gloves, and "too-short" shorts, styles he describes as "sports casual" and "imperial leisure".^[38] According to Iannucci, by the time of Alpha Papa his wardrobe had "evolved to the Top Gear Presenter Circa 2005 stage", with sports jackets and a "borderline-foppish" fringe.^[1] As Coogan aged, the ageing make-up he wore in earlier performances became unnecessary.^[1]

According to Coogan, Partridge was originally a "one-note, sketchy character"^[39] and "freak show", but slowly became refined as a dysfunctional alter ego.^[36] Baynham told the Guardian that "despite the fact that people say he's awful, a lot of the time we were trying to build empathy: you're watching a man suffer but also at some level identifying with his pain."^[40] According to Marber, Partridge's fundamental characteristic is desperation.^[28] Felicity Montagu, who plays Partridge's assistant Lynn, felt he was a good person "deep down" and actually "vulnerable and lovable".^[33] Iannucci said that Partridge stays optimistic because he never sees himself as others see him,^[32] and that despite his failings was "the perfect broadcaster for these times, when there are 24 hours to fill and dead time is a crime – he has a unique capacity to fill any vacuum with his own verbal vacuum".^[1] Rob and Neil Gibbons felt that by the time of Mid Morning Matters, when Partridge is working for an even smaller radio station, he was more at peace with himself and that his lack of self-awareness saved him from misery.^[40]

Reception

Vanity Fair described Alan Partridge as "a national treasure ... as cherished a part of British comedy heritage as John Cleese's Basil Fawlty and Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean."^[41] According to Variety, in Britain "Alan Partridge is a full-on phenomenon, a multiplatform fictional celebrity whose catchphrases, mangled metaphors and social ineptitude are the stuff of legend and good ratings."^[42] The character is less well known outside the UK, but according to Anchorman director Adam McKay, "every American comic knows who Steve is, whether it's Stiller or Ferrell or Jack Black or me ... and everyone watching those [Partridge] DVDs had the same reaction. How did I not know about this guy?"^[41] Indiewire wrote that "few Americans may know, but Partridge is a something of a comic icon across the pond ... Before there was Ron Burgundy for the Yanks, there was Alan Partridge for the Brits."^[43]

Brian Logan wrote in the Guardian that though Partridge was created as a satire of the "asinine fluency of broadcaster-speak" of the time, his study of character traits gave the character a timeless quality.^[44] Guardian writer John Crace wrote: "By rights, Alan Partridge should have been dead as a character years ago, the last drops of humour long since wrung out ... but Steve Coogan keeps finding ways to make him feel fresh."^[45] The Independent wrote that Partridge is a "disarming creation" and that despite his flaws "we always root for him."^[46] Guardian critic Alexis Petridis wrote that audiences find Partridge funny partly because they recognise themselves in him.^[47] In the same paper, Edmund Gordon called Partridge "a magnificent comic creation: a monster of egotism and tastelessness"; according to Gordon, Partridge allows liberal audiences to laugh at politically incorrect humour as "every loathsome comment is sold to us not as a gag, but as a gaffe".^[13] Writing that Partridge "channels the worst excesses of the privileged white man who considers himself nonetheless a victim", New Statesman journalist Daniel Curtis saw Partridge as a precursor to post-truth politicians such as Nigel Farage and Donald Trump.^[48]

The entertainment news site Mandatory.com said Partridge was "a fascinatingly layered and fully realised creation of years of storytelling and a fundamentally contemptible prick — he feels like a living, breathing person, but a living, breathing person that you want to strangle".^[31] The Telegraph wrote: "Never has one actor so completely inhabited a sitcom character. We believe Partridge is real, from his side-parted hair down to his tasseled sports-casual loafers."^[49] In 2014, Guardian writer Stuart Heritage described Partridge as "one of the greatest and most beloved comic creations of the last few decades".^[10] In a 2017 poll of over 100 comedians, Partridge was voted best TV comedy character and Coogan best male comedy actor, and a scene from I'm Alan Partridge in which Partridge goes to the home of an obsessive fan was voted best comedy scene.^[50]

Influence

The Telegraph credited Partridge with influencing cringe comedies such as The Inbetweeners, Nighty Night and Peep Show.^[49] According to Den of Geek, he has so influenced British culture that "Partridgisms" have become everyday vernacular.^[9] "Monkey Tennis", one of Partridge's desperate television proposals, has become shorthand for absurd television concepts.^[51]^[52]^[53] Another, "Youth Hostelling with Chris Eubank", was used by the hostel booking site Hostelworld as the basis of a 2015 television advert with boxer Chris Eubank.^[54] "Accidental Partridge", an unofficial Twitter account which collects quotes reminiscent of Partridge's speech from real media figures, had attracted 144,000 followers by May 2014.^[55] In July 2015, an art exhibition inspired by the character opened in Norwich.^[56]

Appearances

Bold text indicates a starring role.

Year	Title	Format	Role
1991	On the Hour series 1	Radio series (BBC Radio 4)	Sports correspondent^[57]
1992	On the Hour series 2	Radio series (BBC Radio 4)	Sports correspondent^[57]
1992	Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge	Radio series (BBC Radio 4)	Host^[58]
1994	BAFTA Tech Awards	TV awards show	Presenter^{[citation needed]}
1994	The Day Today	TV series (BBC Two)	Sports correspondent^[59]
1994	Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge	TV series (BBC Two)	Host^[60]
1994	Christmas Night with the Stars	TV special	Segment host^[61]
1995	Comic Relief	TV fundraiser (BBC Two)	Fundraising presenter^[62]
1995	Knowing Me Knowing Yule with Alan Partridge	TV special (BBC Two)	Host^[63]
1996	The Big Snog	TV special (BBC Two)	Co-presenter^[64]^{[failed verification]}
1997	I'm Alan Partridge series 1	TV series (BBC Two)	Protagonist^[1]
1997	Clive Anderson: All Talk	TV talk show	Interviewee^[65]
1997	Election Night Armistice	TV special (BBC Two)	Interview correspondent^{[citation needed]}
1998	Brit Awards	TV awards show (ITV)	Presenter of "Best British Video" award^[66]
1998	Steve Coogan Live: The Man Who Thinks He's It	DVD special	Presenter^[67]
1998	Stephen Fry's Live from the Lighthouse	TV fundraiser (Channel 4)	Interview correspondent^[68]
1999	Comic Relief	TV fundraiser (BBC One)	Presenter^[69]
2000	British Comedy Awards	TV awards show (ITV)	Musical performer^[70]
2001	Comic Relief	TV fundraiser (BBC Two)	Interview correspondent^[71]
2002	I'm Alan Partridge series 2	TV series (BBC Two)	Protagonist^[1]
2003	Anglian Lives: Alan Partridge	TV interview special (BBC Two)	Interviewee^[4]
2005	Comic Relief	TV fundraiser (BBC Two)	Host^[72]
2005	Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy	DVD fundraiser	Host^{[citation needed]}
2009	Steve Coogan Live: As Alan Partridge and Other Less Successful Characters	DVD special	Presenter^[73]
2011	Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge series 1	TV series (Sky Atlantic)	Presenter^[12]^[23]
2011	Comic Relief	TV fundraiser (BBC Two)	Host of Mid Morning Matters segment^[74]
2011	I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan	Autobiography	Author^[75]
2011	The Jonathan Ross Show	TV talk show (ITV)	Interviewee^[14]
2011	The Richard Bacon Show	Radio talk show (BBC Radio 5 Live)	Interviewee^[15]
2011	Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life	TV special (Sky Atlantic)	Presenter^[17]
2011	Open Books with Martin Bryce	TV talk show (Sky Atlantic)	Interviewee^[17]
2013	Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa	Film	Protagonist^[18]
2015	TFI Friday	Talk show (Channel 4)	Co-host^[22]
2016	Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge series 2	TV series (Sky Atlantic)	Presenter^[12]^[23]
2016	Sport Relief	TV Fundraiser (BBC One)	Single Segment^[12]^[23]
2016	Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle	TV special (Sky Atlantic)	Presenter^[24]
2016	Alan Partridge: Nomad	Autobiography	Author^[25]
2017	Comic Relief	TV fundraiser (BBC One)	Segment voiceover^[76]
2017	Inheritance Tracks	Radio series (BBC Radio 4)	Guest^[26]
2017	Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How and Whom?	Documentary (BBC Two)	Subject^[28]

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^ Comedy, Pozzitive. "Pozzitive: Stephen Fry's". pozzitive.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
^ "| Comic Relief". Comic Relief. Archived from the original on 20 May 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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^ Masterton, Simon (6 October 2008). "Reviews roundup: Steve Coogan". theguardian.com. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
^ "Alan Partridge does Comic Relief sketch". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
^ "I, Partridge by Alan Partridge - review". theguardian.com. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
^ Wollaston, Sam (24 March 2017). "Comic Relief: cast doubts and cynicism aside and stick a red nose on". theguardian.com. Retrieved 8 October 2017.

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-'''Alan Gordon Partridge''' is a comic character portrayed by English actor [[Rob Brydon]]. A [[parody]] of British television personalities, Partridge is an inept television and [[Radio personality|radio presenter]] whose inflated sense of celebrity drives him to treachery and shameless self-promotion. Brydon described Partridge as a [[Little Englander]], with [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] values and poor taste.
+'''Alan Gordon Partridge''' is a comic character portrayed by English actor [[Steve Coogan]]. A [[parody]] of British television personalities, Partridge is an inept television and [[Radio personality|radio presenter]] whose inflated sense of celebrity drives him to treachery and shameless self-promotion. Coogan described Partridge as a [[Little Englander]], with [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] values and poor taste.
-Partridge was created by Brydon and [[Armando Iannucci]] for the 1991 [[BBC Radio 4]] comedy programme ''[[On the Hour]]'', a [[Parody|spoof]] of British [[Current affairs (news format)|current affairs]] broadcasting, as the show's [[Sports commentator|sports presenter]]. In 1992, Partridge hosted a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] Radio 4 spoof [[Talk show|chat show]], ''[[Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (radio series)|Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge]].'' ''On the Hour'' transferred to television as ''[[The Day Today]]'' in 1994'','' followed by ''[[Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (TV series)|Knowing Me, Knowing You]]'' later that year. In 1997, Brydon starred as Partridge in a BBC sitcom, ''[[I'm Alan Partridge]]'', written by Brydon, Iannucci and [[Peter Baynham]], following Partridge's life working for a small radio station and living in a roadside hotel. It earned two [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTAs]] and was followed by a second series in 2002.
+Partridge was created by Coogan and [[Armando Iannucci]] for the 1991 [[BBC Radio 4]] comedy programme ''[[On the Hour]]'', a [[Parody|spoof]] of British [[Current affairs (news format)|current affairs]] broadcasting, as the show's [[Sports commentator|sports presenter]]. In 1992, Partridge hosted a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] Radio 4 spoof [[Talk show|chat show]], ''[[Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (radio series)|Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge]].'' ''On the Hour'' transferred to television as ''[[The Day Today]]'' in 1994'','' followed by ''[[Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (TV series)|Knowing Me, Knowing You]]'' later that year. In 1997, Coogan starred as Partridge in a BBC sitcom, ''[[I'm Alan Partridge]]'', written by Coogan, Iannucci and [[Peter Baynham]], following Partridge's life working for a small radio station and living in a roadside hotel. It earned two [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTAs]] and was followed by a second series in 2002.
-Partridge returned in 2010 with a series of shorts, ''[[Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge]],'' written by Brydon with [[Gibbons brothers|Rob and Neil Gibbons]], who have cowritten every Partridge product since. It was followed by a bestselling spoof autobiography, ''[[I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan]]'' (2011), a successful feature film, ''[[Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa]]'' (2013), several TV specials, and a second series of ''Mid Morning Matters'' (2016).
+Partridge returned in 2010 with a series of shorts, ''[[Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge]],'' written by Coogan with [[Gibbons brothers|Rob and Neil Gibbons]], who have cowritten every Partridge product since. It was followed by a bestselling spoof autobiography, ''[[I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan]]'' (2011), a successful feature film, ''[[Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa]]'' (2013), several TV specials, and a second series of ''Mid Morning Matters'' (2016).
 Critics have praised Partridge's complexity, realism and [[pathos]]. ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' called him a British "national treasure" and the ''[[The Guardian|Guardian]]'' described him as "one of the greatest and most beloved comic creations of the last few decades". The character is credited with influencing [[Cringe comedy|cringe comedies]] such as ''[[The Inbetweeners]]'', ''[[Nighty Night]]'' and ''[[Peep Show (TV series)|Peep Show]].''
 ==History==
-[[File:Rob Brydon 2013.jpg|thumb|Brydon in 2013|267x267px]]
+[[File:Steve Coogan 2013.jpg|thumb|Coogan in 2013|267x267px]]
 ===1991: ''On The Hour''===
-Alan Partridge was created for the 1991 [[BBC Radio 4]] comedy programme ''[[On the Hour|On The Hour]]'', a [[Parody|spoof]] of British [[Current affairs (news format)|current affairs]] broadcasting, as the show's hapless [[Sports commentator|sports presenter]].<ref name=":6" /> He is portrayed by [[Rob Brydon]], who had performed a similar character for a BBC [[campus radio|college radio]] station at university.<ref name=":6" /> ''On The Hour'' writers [[Armando Iannucci]], [[Patrick Marber]], [[Richard Herring]] and [[Stewart Lee]] wrote much of Partridge's first material, although Herring credits the creation to Brydon and Iannucci.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/01/04/richard-herring/|title = Richard Herring On Co-Creating Alan Partridge, His Rasputin TV Show And Dave's New Comedy Competition - Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors|publisher = Bleedingcool.com|date = 4 January 2013|accessdate = 14 September 2015|last = Connelly|first = Brendon}}</ref> Iannucci asked Brydon to do a voice for a generic sports reporter; according to Iannucci, "Someone said, 'He's an Alan!' and someone else said, 'He's a Partridge!' Within minutes we knew where he lived, we'd worked out his back story, what his aspirations were."<ref>{{cite web|last = Huddleston|first = Tom|url = http://www.timeout.com/london/film/armando-iannucci-interview-i-do-like-alan-i-want-him-to-succeed|title = Armando Iannucci interview - Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa - Time Out Film|publisher = [[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]|date = 2013-08-01|accessdate = 2014-02-17}}</ref>
+Alan Partridge was created for the 1991 [[BBC Radio 4]] comedy programme ''[[On the Hour|On The Hour]]'', a [[Parody|spoof]] of British [[Current affairs (news format)|current affairs]] broadcasting, as the show's hapless [[Sports commentator|sports presenter]].<ref name=":6" /> He is portrayed by [[Steve Coogan]], who had performed a similar character for a BBC [[campus radio|college radio]] station at university.<ref name=":6" /> ''On The Hour'' writers [[Armando Iannucci]], [[Patrick Marber]], [[Richard Herring]] and [[Stewart Lee]] wrote much of Partridge's first material, although Herring credits the creation to Coogan and Iannucci.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/01/04/richard-herring/|title = Richard Herring On Co-Creating Alan Partridge, His Rasputin TV Show And Dave's New Comedy Competition - Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors|publisher = Bleedingcool.com|date = 4 January 2013|accessdate = 14 September 2015|last = Connelly|first = Brendon}}</ref> Iannucci asked Coogan to do a voice for a generic sports reporter; according to Iannucci, "Someone said, 'He's an Alan!' and someone else said, 'He's a Partridge!' Within minutes we knew where he lived, we'd worked out his back story, what his aspirations were."<ref>{{cite web|last = Huddleston|first = Tom|url = http://www.timeout.com/london/film/armando-iannucci-interview-i-do-like-alan-i-want-him-to-succeed|title = Armando Iannucci interview - Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa - Time Out Film|publisher = [[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]|date = 2013-08-01|accessdate = 2014-02-17}}</ref>
 === 1992–1995: ''Knowing Me, Knowing You'' and move to television ===
 Following ''On the Hour'', Partridge presented six episodes of a spoof Radio 4 chat show, ''[[Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (radio series)|Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge]],'' broadcast on 1 December 1992. The series saw Partridge irritate and offend his guests, and coined the character's catchphrase, "Aha!".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|title = BBC - Alan Partridge - Anglian Lives|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/partridge/life/anglian.shtml|website = www.bbc.co.uk|accessdate = 14 September 2015}}</ref>
-In 1994, ''On the Hour'' transferred to television as ''[[The Day Today]],'' in which Partridge reprised his role as sports reporter''.''<ref name=":6" /> Later that year, [[Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (TV series)|''Knowing Me, Knowing You'' transferred to television]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web|title = COMEDY / Knowing him, knowing us, ah-haah: Alan Partridge, smarmy master of the crass interview, is bringing his chat show to television. Ben Thompson meets the gauche celeb's comic creator, Rob Brydon|url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy--knowing-him-knowing-us-ahhaah-alan-partridge-smarmy-master-of-the-crass-interview-is-bringing-his-chat-show-to-television-ben-thompson-meets-the-gauche-celebs-comic-creator-steve-Brydon-1446647.html|accessdate = 14 September 2015|date = 4 September 1994|publisher = The ''Independent''|last = Thompson|first = Ben}}</ref> The series ends with Partridge accidentally shooting a guest and attacking a BBC commissioning editor, ending his television career.<ref name=":7" /> It was nominated for the 1995 [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] for Light Entertainment Performance.<ref name=":15">{{Cite web|title = BAFTA Awards Search {{!}} BAFTA Awards|url = http://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=Steve%2520Brydon|website = awards.bafta.org|accessdate = 2015-11-11}}</ref> The BBC broadcast a Christmas special, ''Knowing Me, Knowing Yule'', in December 1995.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|title = reviews: TELEVISION Knowing Me Knowing Yule... with Alan Partridge (BBC2) It's not easy being incompetent - Alan Partridge is to chat-show interviewing what Rudolf Nureyev was to spot welding. But maybe it's time to get real.|url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/reviews-television-knowing-me-knowing-yule-with-alan-partridge-bbc2-its-not-easy-being-incompetent--alan-partridge-is-to-chatshow-interviewing-what-rudolf-nureyev-was-to-spot-welding-but-maybe-its-time-to-get-real-1527757.html|accessdate = 14 September 2015|date = 30 December 1995|last = Rees|first = Jasper|publisher = The ''Independent''}}</ref>
+In 1994, ''On the Hour'' transferred to television as ''[[The Day Today]],'' in which Partridge reprised his role as sports reporter''.''<ref name=":6" /> Later that year, [[Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (TV series)|''Knowing Me, Knowing You'' transferred to television]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web|title = COMEDY / Knowing him, knowing us, ah-haah: Alan Partridge, smarmy master of the crass interview, is bringing his chat show to television. Ben Thompson meets the gauche celeb's comic creator, Steve Coogan|url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy--knowing-him-knowing-us-ahhaah-alan-partridge-smarmy-master-of-the-crass-interview-is-bringing-his-chat-show-to-television-ben-thompson-meets-the-gauche-celebs-comic-creator-steve-coogan-1446647.html|accessdate = 14 September 2015|date = 4 September 1994|publisher = The ''Independent''|last = Thompson|first = Ben}}</ref> The series ends with Partridge accidentally shooting a guest and attacking a BBC commissioning editor, ending his television career.<ref name=":7" /> It was nominated for the 1995 [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] for Light Entertainment Performance.<ref name=":15">{{Cite web|title = BAFTA Awards Search {{!}} BAFTA Awards|url = http://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=Steve%2520Coogan|website = awards.bafta.org|accessdate = 2015-11-11}}</ref> The BBC broadcast a Christmas special, ''Knowing Me, Knowing Yule'', in December 1995.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|title = reviews: TELEVISION Knowing Me Knowing Yule... with Alan Partridge (BBC2) It's not easy being incompetent - Alan Partridge is to chat-show interviewing what Rudolf Nureyev was to spot welding. But maybe it's time to get real.|url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/reviews-television-knowing-me-knowing-yule-with-alan-partridge-bbc2-its-not-easy-being-incompetent--alan-partridge-is-to-chatshow-interviewing-what-rudolf-nureyev-was-to-spot-welding-but-maybe-its-time-to-get-real-1527757.html|accessdate = 14 September 2015|date = 30 December 1995|last = Rees|first = Jasper|publisher = The ''Independent''}}</ref>
 ===1997–2010: ''I'm Alan Partridge'' and further appearances ===
-In 1997, Brydon starred in a [[sitcom]], ''[[I'm Alan Partridge]],'' written by Brydon, Iannucci and [[Peter Baynham]]. The series follows Partridge after he has been left by his wife and dropped from the BBC; he lives in a roadside hotel, presents a [[graveyard slot]] on local [[Norwich]] radio, and desperately pitches ideas for new television shows. Iannucci said the writers used the sitcom as "a kind of social X-ray of male middle-aged [[Middle England]]".<ref name=":6" /> It won the 1998 BAFTA awards for Comedy Performance and Comedy Programme or Series.<ref name=":15" />
+In 1997, Coogan starred in a [[sitcom]], ''[[I'm Alan Partridge]],'' written by Coogan, Iannucci and [[Peter Baynham]]. The series follows Partridge after he has been left by his wife and dropped from the BBC; he lives in a roadside hotel, presents a [[graveyard slot]] on local [[Norwich]] radio, and desperately pitches ideas for new television shows. Iannucci said the writers used the sitcom as "a kind of social X-ray of male middle-aged [[Middle England]]".<ref name=":6" /> It won the 1998 BAFTA awards for Comedy Performance and Comedy Programme or Series.<ref name=":15" />
-In 1999, Partridge appeared on the BBC [[telethon]] ''[[Children in Need]]'', performing a medley of [[Kate Bush]] songs.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Alan Partridge's 10 Most Alan Partridge-y Moments Ever {{!}} NME.COM|url = http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/alan-partridges-10-most-alan-partridge-y-moments-ever|website = NME.COM|accessdate = 2015-12-03|language = en-GB}}</ref> The BBC broadcast a second series of ''I'm Alan Partridge'' in 2002,<ref name=":6" /> following Partridge's life in a [[Mobile home|static caravan]] with his new Ukrainian girlfriend after recovering from a [[mental breakdown]].<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/apr/04/alan-partridge-a-guide-for-americans-newcomers-and-american-newcomers|title=Alan Partridge: a guide for Americans, newcomers and American newcomers|last=Heritage|first=Stuart|date=4 April 2014|publisher=The ''Guardian''|accessdate=14 September 2015}}</ref> In March 2003, the BBC broadcast a [[mockumentary]], ''Anglian Lives: Alan Partridge'', about Partridge's life and career.<ref name=":7" /> In 2008, Brydon performed a tour, "Rob Brydon as Alan Partridge and other Less Successful Characters", featuring Partridge as a [[Coaching|life coach]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/oct/06/steve.Brydon.alan.partridge|title = Reviews roundup: Rob Brydon|date = 6 October 2008|accessdate = 19 December 2015|website = |publisher = The ''Guardian''|last = Masterton|first = Simon}}</ref>
+In 1999, Partridge appeared on the BBC [[telethon]] ''[[Children in Need]]'', performing a medley of [[Kate Bush]] songs.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Alan Partridge's 10 Most Alan Partridge-y Moments Ever {{!}} NME.COM|url = http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/alan-partridges-10-most-alan-partridge-y-moments-ever|website = NME.COM|accessdate = 2015-12-03|language = en-GB}}</ref> The BBC broadcast a second series of ''I'm Alan Partridge'' in 2002,<ref name=":6" /> following Partridge's life in a [[Mobile home|static caravan]] with his new Ukrainian girlfriend after recovering from a [[mental breakdown]].<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/apr/04/alan-partridge-a-guide-for-americans-newcomers-and-american-newcomers|title=Alan Partridge: a guide for Americans, newcomers and American newcomers|last=Heritage|first=Stuart|date=4 April 2014|publisher=The ''Guardian''|accessdate=14 September 2015}}</ref> In March 2003, the BBC broadcast a [[mockumentary]], ''Anglian Lives: Alan Partridge'', about Partridge's life and career.<ref name=":7" /> In 2008, Coogan performed a tour, "Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge and other Less Successful Characters", featuring Partridge as a [[Coaching|life coach]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/oct/06/steve.coogan.alan.partridge|title = Reviews roundup: Steve Coogan|date = 6 October 2008|accessdate = 19 December 2015|website = |publisher = The ''Guardian''|last = Masterton|first = Simon}}</ref>
 ===2010–2013: Comeback, memoir, and feature film ===
-After a hiatus, Partridge returned in 2010 in a series of [[YouTube]] shorts, ''[[Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge]],'' as the host of a digital radio show with co-presenter Sidekick Simon ([[Tim Key]])''.''<ref name=":16">{{Cite news|title = Tim Key: from living-room poetry jams to comedy ubiquity|url = https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/mar/15/tim-key-sidekick-simon-single-white-slut|newspaper = The Guardian|date = 2014-03-15|access-date = 2016-02-18|issn = 0261-3077|language = en-GB|first = Rachel|last = Aroesti}}</ref> Brydon wrote the shorts with brothers [[Gibbons brothers|Neil and Rob Gibbons]], who submitted scripts to his company [[Baby Cow Productions]]. The Gibbons have co-written every Partridge project since. According to Neil, Brydon "invited us in, our sensibilities chimed, and before we knew it, ''Mid Morning Matters'' was up and running. We wrote it as if it was our baby, and though there was a sense that we were standing on the shoulders of giants, I think we were like two pairs of fresh eyes, and Steve seemed to fall in love with the character all over again."<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|title = Alan Partridge: the 'A-ha!' moments|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/10208780/Alan-Partridge-the-A-ha-moments.html|accessdate = 14 September 2015|website = |publisher = The ''Telegraph''|last = Husband|first = Stuart|date = 5 August 2013}}</ref> Brydon said they chose the web format because "it was a bit underground, a low-key environment in which to test the character out again. And the response was so good, we realised there was more fuel in the tank."<ref name=":6"/> The shorts were later broadcast by [[Sky Atlantic]].<ref name=":6"/>
+After a hiatus, Partridge returned in 2010 in a series of [[YouTube]] shorts, ''[[Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge]],'' as the host of a digital radio show with co-presenter Sidekick Simon ([[Tim Key]])''.''<ref name=":16">{{Cite news|title = Tim Key: from living-room poetry jams to comedy ubiquity|url = https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/mar/15/tim-key-sidekick-simon-single-white-slut|newspaper = The Guardian|date = 2014-03-15|access-date = 2016-02-18|issn = 0261-3077|language = en-GB|first = Rachel|last = Aroesti}}</ref> Coogan wrote the shorts with brothers [[Gibbons brothers|Neil and Rob Gibbons]], who submitted scripts to his company [[Baby Cow Productions]]. The Gibbons have co-written every Partridge project since. According to Neil, Coogan "invited us in, our sensibilities chimed, and before we knew it, ''Mid Morning Matters'' was up and running. We wrote it as if it was our baby, and though there was a sense that we were standing on the shoulders of giants, I think we were like two pairs of fresh eyes, and Steve seemed to fall in love with the character all over again."<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|title = Alan Partridge: the 'A-ha!' moments|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/10208780/Alan-Partridge-the-A-ha-moments.html|accessdate = 14 September 2015|website = |publisher = The ''Telegraph''|last = Husband|first = Stuart|date = 5 August 2013}}</ref> Coogan said they chose the web format because "it was a bit underground, a low-key environment in which to test the character out again. And the response was so good, we realised there was more fuel in the tank."<ref name=":6"/> The shorts were later broadcast by [[Sky Atlantic]].<ref name=":6"/>
-In 2011, a spoof autobiography, ''[[I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan]],'' written by Brydon, Iannucci and the Gibbons brothers, was published. An [[audiobook]] version recorded by Brydon as Partridge was released on CD and downloadable audio formats. In the book, Partridge recounts his childhood and career, attempts to settle scores with people he feels have wronged him, and dispenses wisdom such as his assertion that Wikipedia has made university education "all but pointless".<ref name=":25">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/nov/23/i-partridge-alan-partridge-review|title=I, Partridge by Alan Partridge - review|last=Gordon|first=Edmund|date=23 November 2011|work=The Guardian|access-date=18 December 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Brydon appeared as Partridge to promote ''I, Partridge'' on ''[[The Jonathan Ross Show]]''<ref name=":17">{{Cite web|title = Rob Brydon appears as Alan Partridge on 'Jonathan Ross' - video|url = http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a343386/steve-Brydon-appears-as-alan-partridge-on-jonathan-ross-video.html#~pg4J6qhizjDgvk|accessdate = 14 September 2015|date = 2 October 2011|last = Millar|first = Paul|publisher = Digital Spy}}</ref> and [[BBC Radio 5 Live]].<ref name=":18">{{Cite web|title = Alan Partridge on how he killed a restaurant critic - BBC News|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-15204877|website = BBC News|accessdate = 2015-12-03|language = en-GB}}</ref> It received positive reviews<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|title = Alan Partridge 'writes' second autobiography|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32334299|website = |accessdate = 14 September 2015|publisher = BBC News|date = 16 April 2015}}</ref> and became a bestseller.<ref name=":6"/>
+In 2011, a spoof autobiography, ''[[I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan]],'' written by Coogan, Iannucci and the Gibbons brothers, was published. An [[audiobook]] version recorded by Coogan as Partridge was released on CD and downloadable audio formats. In the book, Partridge recounts his childhood and career, attempts to settle scores with people he feels have wronged him, and dispenses wisdom such as his assertion that Wikipedia has made university education "all but pointless".<ref name=":25">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/nov/23/i-partridge-alan-partridge-review|title=I, Partridge by Alan Partridge - review|last=Gordon|first=Edmund|date=23 November 2011|work=The Guardian|access-date=18 December 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Coogan appeared as Partridge to promote ''I, Partridge'' on ''[[The Jonathan Ross Show]]''<ref name=":17">{{Cite web|title = Steve Coogan appears as Alan Partridge on 'Jonathan Ross' - video|url = http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a343386/steve-coogan-appears-as-alan-partridge-on-jonathan-ross-video.html#~pg4J6qhizjDgvk|accessdate = 14 September 2015|date = 2 October 2011|last = Millar|first = Paul|publisher = Digital Spy}}</ref> and [[BBC Radio 5 Live]].<ref name=":18">{{Cite web|title = Alan Partridge on how he killed a restaurant critic - BBC News|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-15204877|website = BBC News|accessdate = 2015-12-03|language = en-GB}}</ref> It received positive reviews<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|title = Alan Partridge 'writes' second autobiography|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32334299|website = |accessdate = 14 September 2015|publisher = BBC News|date = 16 April 2015}}</ref> and became a bestseller.<ref name=":6"/>
-On 25 June 2012, Partridge presented a one-hour Sky special, ''[[Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life]]'', taking the viewer on a tour of Partridge's home county [[Norfolk]].<ref name=":9">{{Cite web|title = Meet the men who made Alan Partridge funnier than ever|url = http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-06-25/meet-the-men-who-made-alan-partridge-funnier-than-ever|accessdate = 14 September 2015|date = 25 June 2012|publisher = ''Radio Times''|last = Seale|first = Jack}}</ref> The programme earned Brydon the 2013 BAFTA for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme.<ref name=":15" /> It was followed the next week by ''Open Books with Martin Bryce'', a mock literary programme discussing Partridge's autobiography.<ref name=":9" />
+On 25 June 2012, Partridge presented a one-hour Sky special, ''[[Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life]]'', taking the viewer on a tour of Partridge's home county [[Norfolk]].<ref name=":9">{{Cite web|title = Meet the men who made Alan Partridge funnier than ever|url = http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-06-25/meet-the-men-who-made-alan-partridge-funnier-than-ever|accessdate = 14 September 2015|date = 25 June 2012|publisher = ''Radio Times''|last = Seale|first = Jack}}</ref> The programme earned Coogan the 2013 BAFTA for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme.<ref name=":15" /> It was followed the next week by ''Open Books with Martin Bryce'', a mock literary programme discussing Partridge's autobiography.<ref name=":9" />
-On 7 August 2013, a feature film, ''[[Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa]],'' written by Brydon, Iannucci, Baynham and the Gibbons brothers, was released in the UK. It was directed by [[Declan Lowney]]<ref name=":19">{{cite web|url = http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=33802|title = Armando Iannucci On Alan Partridge Movie|accessdate = 14 September 2015|publisher = ''Empire''|date = 30 April 2012|last = de Semlyen|first = Phil}}</ref> and co-produced by [[StudioCanal]] and Baby Cow Productions, with support from [[BBC Films]] and the [[British Film Institute|BFI Film Fund]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/the-alan-partridge-movie-receives-august-2013-release/272180|title = 'The Alan Partridge Movie' receives August 2013 release date|publisher = ''NME''|date = |accessdate = 14 September 2015}}</ref> The film sees Partridge enlisted as a [[Crisis negotiation|crisis negotiator]] during a siege at his radio station.<ref name=":9" /> It received mostly positive reviews<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23672740|title = BBC News - Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa tops the UK box office|publisher = BBC News|date = 12 August 2013|accessdate = 14 September 2015}}</ref> and opened at number one at the box office in the UK and Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|last = Patrick|first = Seb|url = http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/08/alan-partridge-alpha-papa-is-the-top-daddy-of-the-uk-box-office/|title = 'Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa' is the 'Top Daddy' of the UK Box Office &#124; Anglophenia|publisher = BBC America|date = 13 August 2013|accessdate = 14 September 2014}}</ref>
+On 7 August 2013, a feature film, ''[[Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa]],'' written by Coogan, Iannucci, Baynham and the Gibbons brothers, was released in the UK. It was directed by [[Declan Lowney]]<ref name=":19">{{cite web|url = http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=33802|title = Armando Iannucci On Alan Partridge Movie|accessdate = 14 September 2015|publisher = ''Empire''|date = 30 April 2012|last = de Semlyen|first = Phil}}</ref> and co-produced by [[StudioCanal]] and Baby Cow Productions, with support from [[BBC Films]] and the [[British Film Institute|BFI Film Fund]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/the-alan-partridge-movie-receives-august-2013-release/272180|title = 'The Alan Partridge Movie' receives August 2013 release date|publisher = ''NME''|date = |accessdate = 14 September 2015}}</ref> The film sees Partridge enlisted as a [[Crisis negotiation|crisis negotiator]] during a siege at his radio station.<ref name=":9" /> It received mostly positive reviews<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23672740|title = BBC News - Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa tops the UK box office|publisher = BBC News|date = 12 August 2013|accessdate = 14 September 2015}}</ref> and opened at number one at the box office in the UK and Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|last = Patrick|first = Seb|url = http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/08/alan-partridge-alpha-papa-is-the-top-daddy-of-the-uk-box-office/|title = 'Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa' is the 'Top Daddy' of the UK Box Office &#124; Anglophenia|publisher = BBC America|date = 13 August 2013|accessdate = 14 September 2014}}</ref>
 === 2015–present: ''Scissored Isle,'' ''Nomad'', and return to BBC ===
-In 2015, Brydon co-presented a special Christmas episode of the [[Channel 4]] chat show ''[[TFI Friday]]'' as Partridge.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |title=Alan Partridge to host TFI Friday Christmas special with Chris Evans |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/tfi-friday-alan-partridge-set-to-cohost-christmas-special-with-chris-evans-a3127101.html |website=[[Standard.co.uk]] |accessdate=1 December 2015 |language=en-GB}}</ref> In February 2016, Sky Atlantic broadcast a second series of ''Mid Morning Matters,'' in which Partridge continues his relationship with divorcee Angela''.''<ref name=":20">{{Cite news|title = Tuesday's best TV: It's Not Rocket Science; Back in Time for the Weekend; Happy Valley; Alan Partridge's Mid Morning Matters|url = https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/feb/16/tuesdays-best-tv-its-not-rocket-science-happy-valley-alan-partridges-mid-morning-matters |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=16 February  2016 |access-date=18 February 2016 |issn=0261-3077 |language=en-GB |first = Mark |last=Gibbings-Jones |first2=Ali |last2=Catterall |first3 = Phil|last3 = Harrison|first4 = Jonathan|last4 = Wright|first5 = Andrew|last5 = Mueller|first6 = Ben|last6 = Arnold|first7 = Graeme|last7 = Virtue|first8 = Paul|last8 = Howlett}}</ref> ''Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle,'' a mockumentary in which Partridge examines the British [[Class stratification|class divide]], followed in May.<ref name=":21">{{Cite web |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-05-05/alan-partridges-scissored-isle-is-the-broadcasters-very-funny-journey-of-sort-of-redemption |title=Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle is the broadcaster's very funny journey of (sort of) redemption |website=[[RadioTimes.com]] |access-date=19 May 2016 |first=Kasia |last=Delgado |date=5 May 2016}}</ref> A second Alan Partridge book, ''Alan Partridge: Nomad'', a [[Travel literature|travelogue]] in which Partridge recounts a journey across the UK, was published on 20 October 2016.<ref name="nomad">{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/exclusive-watch-alan-partridge-mercilessly-diss-game-of-thrones-before-announcing-new-book-nomad-a7146646.html |title=Watch Alan Partridge announce new book Nomad and mercilessly diss Game of Thrones |date=20 July 2016 |language=en-GB |access-date=24 July 2016}}</ref>
+In 2015, Coogan co-presented a special Christmas episode of the [[Channel 4]] chat show ''[[TFI Friday]]'' as Partridge.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |title=Alan Partridge to host TFI Friday Christmas special with Chris Evans |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/tfi-friday-alan-partridge-set-to-cohost-christmas-special-with-chris-evans-a3127101.html |website=[[Standard.co.uk]] |accessdate=1 December 2015 |language=en-GB}}</ref> In February 2016, Sky Atlantic broadcast a second series of ''Mid Morning Matters,'' in which Partridge continues his relationship with divorcee Angela''.''<ref name=":20">{{Cite news|title = Tuesday's best TV: It's Not Rocket Science; Back in Time for the Weekend; Happy Valley; Alan Partridge's Mid Morning Matters|url = https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/feb/16/tuesdays-best-tv-its-not-rocket-science-happy-valley-alan-partridges-mid-morning-matters |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=16 February  2016 |access-date=18 February 2016 |issn=0261-3077 |language=en-GB |first = Mark |last=Gibbings-Jones |first2=Ali |last2=Catterall |first3 = Phil|last3 = Harrison|first4 = Jonathan|last4 = Wright|first5 = Andrew|last5 = Mueller|first6 = Ben|last6 = Arnold|first7 = Graeme|last7 = Virtue|first8 = Paul|last8 = Howlett}}</ref> ''Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle,'' a mockumentary in which Partridge examines the British [[Class stratification|class divide]], followed in May.<ref name=":21">{{Cite web |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-05-05/alan-partridges-scissored-isle-is-the-broadcasters-very-funny-journey-of-sort-of-redemption |title=Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle is the broadcaster's very funny journey of (sort of) redemption |website=[[RadioTimes.com]] |access-date=19 May 2016 |first=Kasia |last=Delgado |date=5 May 2016}}</ref> A second Alan Partridge book, ''Alan Partridge: Nomad'', a [[Travel literature|travelogue]] in which Partridge recounts a journey across the UK, was published on 20 October 2016.<ref name="nomad">{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/exclusive-watch-alan-partridge-mercilessly-diss-game-of-thrones-before-announcing-new-book-nomad-a7146646.html |title=Watch Alan Partridge announce new book Nomad and mercilessly diss Game of Thrones |date=20 July 2016 |language=en-GB |access-date=24 July 2016}}</ref>
 In July 2017, Partridge appeared in an episode of the [[BBC Radio 4]] programme ''Inheritance Tracks'' in which guests choose music they would pass to future generations; he selected "[[Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)]]" by [[Barry Mann]] and the theme from [[Grandstand (TV series)|''Grandstand'']].<ref name=":23">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/02/16/best-alan-partridge-moments/|title=Top Alan Partridge moments|last=Monohan|first=Marc|date=11 July 2017|work=The Telegraph|access-date=11 July 2017|language=en-GB}}</ref> Iannucci guest-edited an October 2017 issue of ''[[The Big Issue]]'', featuring a debate on [[Brexit]] between Partridge and [[Malcolm Tucker]], a character from [[The Thick of It|''The Thick Of It'']], another sitcom created by Iannucci.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bigissue.com/culture/alan-partridge-vs-malcolm-tucker-how-our-iannucci-exclusive-broke-internet/|title=Alan Partridge vs Malcolm Tucker: The Great Big Brexit Grudge Match |last=|first= |date=23 October 2017 |work=[[The Big Issue]] |access-date=4 November 2017 |language=en-GB}}</ref> On 27 December, BBC Two broadcast a documentary about the history of Partridge, ''Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How and Whom?''.<ref name=":27" />
-Partridge will return to the BBC in a six-part series, ''This Time With Alan Partridge,'' a spoof [[Current affairs (news format)|current affairs]] programme in the style of ''[[The One Show]].'' The programme is due to air in early 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-06-19/bbc-comedy-boss-hints-at-new-alan-partridge-show-air-date/|title=BBC comedy boss hints at new Alan Partridge show air date|work=Radio Times|access-date=20 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109154023/https://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/tv/this-time-with-alan-partridge-series-air-date-steve-Brydon/379071 |title=We finally have an air date for the new Alan Partridge series |first=Dave |last=Fawbert |date=9 January 2019 |accessdate=29 January 2019 |archivedate=9 January 2019 |website=[[shortlist.com]] |deadurl=no |url=https://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/tv/this-time-with-alan-partridge-series-air-date-steve-Brydon/379071}}</ref>
+Partridge will return to the BBC in a six-part series, ''This Time With Alan Partridge,'' a spoof [[Current affairs (news format)|current affairs]] programme in the style of ''[[The One Show]].'' The programme is due to air in early 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-06-19/bbc-comedy-boss-hints-at-new-alan-partridge-show-air-date/|title=BBC comedy boss hints at new Alan Partridge show air date|work=Radio Times|access-date=20 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109154023/https://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/tv/this-time-with-alan-partridge-series-air-date-steve-coogan/379071 |title=We finally have an air date for the new Alan Partridge series |first=Dave |last=Fawbert |date=9 January 2019 |accessdate=29 January 2019 |archivedate=9 January 2019 |website=[[shortlist.com]] |deadurl=no |url=https://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/tv/this-time-with-alan-partridge-series-air-date-steve-coogan/379071}}</ref>
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 [[File:Market Square, Norwich.JPG|thumb|Alan Partridge lives in [[Norwich]], Norfolk. Iannucci said the writers chose it as Partridge's hometown as it is "geographically just that little bit annoyingly too far from London, and has this weird kind of isolated feel that seemed right for Alan".<ref name=":6" />]]
-Partridge holds [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] views. Brydon described him as a [[Little Englander]], with a "myopic, slightly philistine mentality".<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title = Rob Brydon: 'There is an overlap between me and Alan Partridge'|url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/aug/01/steve-Brydon-alan-partridge-alpha-papa|accessdate = 14 September 2015|first = Patrick|last = Barkham|publisher = The ''Guardian''|date = 1 August 2013}}</ref> He is a reader of the right-wing [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] newspaper the ''[[Daily Mail]]'', and supports [[Brexit]] because, according to Brydon, the ''Daily Mail'' "told him to".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-08-03/alan-partridge-will-return-to-the-bbc-to-become-the-voice-of-brexit/|title=Alan Partridge will return to the BBC to become the 'voice of Brexit'|last=Harrison|first=Ellie|date=15 October 2017|work=Radio Times|access-date=16 October 2017|language=en}}</ref> Earlier versions of the character were more bigoted, but the writers found there was more humour in having him attempt to be liberal.<ref name=":2" /> In ''I, Partridge,'' for example, Partridge stresses his friendship with gay television presenter [[Dale Winton]].<ref name=":25" /> Brydon said: "He's aware of [[political correctness]] but he's playing catch-up. In the same way that the ''Daily Mail'' is a bit PC – it wouldn't be openly homophobic now – Alan is the same. He tries to be modern."<ref name=":2"/>
+Partridge holds [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] views. Coogan described him as a [[Little Englander]], with a "myopic, slightly philistine mentality".<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title = Steve Coogan: 'There is an overlap between me and Alan Partridge'|url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/aug/01/steve-coogan-alan-partridge-alpha-papa|accessdate = 14 September 2015|first = Patrick|last = Barkham|publisher = The ''Guardian''|date = 1 August 2013}}</ref> He is a reader of the right-wing [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] newspaper the ''[[Daily Mail]]'', and supports [[Brexit]] because, according to Coogan, the ''Daily Mail'' "told him to".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-08-03/alan-partridge-will-return-to-the-bbc-to-become-the-voice-of-brexit/|title=Alan Partridge will return to the BBC to become the 'voice of Brexit'|last=Harrison|first=Ellie|date=15 October 2017|work=Radio Times|access-date=16 October 2017|language=en}}</ref> Earlier versions of the character were more bigoted, but the writers found there was more humour in having him attempt to be liberal.<ref name=":2" /> In ''I, Partridge,'' for example, Partridge stresses his friendship with gay television presenter [[Dale Winton]].<ref name=":25" /> Coogan said: "He's aware of [[political correctness]] but he's playing catch-up. In the same way that the ''Daily Mail'' is a bit PC – it wouldn't be openly homophobic now – Alan is the same. He tries to be modern."<ref name=":2"/>
-According to ''[[Forbes]]'', Partridge has "parochial bad taste",<ref>{{Cite web|title = Review: Rob Brydon Takes Flight In 'Alan Partridge'|url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanleaf/2014/04/25/review-steve-Brydon-takes-flight-in-alan-partridge/|accessdate = 14 September 2015|first = Jonathan|last = Leaf|date = 25 April 2014|publisher = ''Forbes''}}</ref> and Brydon described him as "on the wrong side of cool".<ref name="huffington">{{Cite web|title = Rob Brydon On 23 Years Of Alan Partridge|url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/05/steve-Brydon-alan-partridge_n_5097062.html|website = |accessdate = 14 September 2015|publisher = The ''Huffington Post''|date = 4 May 2014|last = Coyle|first = Jake}}</ref> He is a fan of [[James Bond in film|James Bond films]] and [[Lexus]] cars<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title = Alan Partridge Quotes {{!}} I'm Alan Partridge {{!}} Gold|url = http://gold.uktv.co.uk/im-alan-partridge/gallery/alan-partridge-quotes/#0|website = |accessdate = 14 September 2015|publisher = Gold UK}}</ref> and his music taste includes [[Paul McCartney and Wings|Wings]]<ref name=":3" /> and [[ABBA|Abba]]; Partridge named his son Fernando and his talk show ''Knowing Me, Knowing You'' after Abba songs, and his talk show catchphrase, "Aha!", also comes from Abba.<ref name=":0" /> In earlier incarnations, Partridge's wardrobe included a [[blazer]], badge and tie, [[driving glove]]s, and "too-short" shorts, styles he describes as "sports casual" and "imperial leisure".<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Alan Partridge Style Guide {{!}} Driving gloves, tie and blazer badge combo - Esquire|url = http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/film-tv/4165/The-Alan-Partridge-Style-Guide/|website = |accessdate = 14 September 2014|first = Simon|last = Reynolds|publisher = ''Esquire''|date = 24 June 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140626130801/http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/film-tv/4165/The-Alan-Partridge-Style-Guide/|archive-date = 26 June 2014|dead-url = yes|df = dmy-all}}</ref> According to Iannucci, by the time of ''Alpha Papa'' his wardrobe had "evolved to the ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'' Presenter Circa 2005 stage", with [[Sport coat|sports jackets]] and a "borderline-[[fop]]pish" fringe.<ref name=":6" /> As Brydon aged, the ageing make-up he wore in earlier performances became unnecessary.<ref name=":6" />
+According to ''[[Forbes]]'', Partridge has "parochial bad taste",<ref>{{Cite web|title = Review: Steve Coogan Takes Flight In 'Alan Partridge'|url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanleaf/2014/04/25/review-steve-coogan-takes-flight-in-alan-partridge/|accessdate = 14 September 2015|first = Jonathan|last = Leaf|date = 25 April 2014|publisher = ''Forbes''}}</ref> and Coogan described him as "on the wrong side of cool".<ref name="huffington">{{Cite web|title = Steve Coogan On 23 Years Of Alan Partridge|url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/05/steve-coogan-alan-partridge_n_5097062.html|website = |accessdate = 14 September 2015|publisher = The ''Huffington Post''|date = 4 May 2014|last = Coyle|first = Jake}}</ref> He is a fan of [[James Bond in film|James Bond films]] and [[Lexus]] cars<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title = Alan Partridge Quotes {{!}} I'm Alan Partridge {{!}} Gold|url = http://gold.uktv.co.uk/im-alan-partridge/gallery/alan-partridge-quotes/#0|website = |accessdate = 14 September 2015|publisher = Gold UK}}</ref> and his music taste includes [[Paul McCartney and Wings|Wings]]<ref name=":3" /> and [[ABBA|Abba]]; Partridge named his son Fernando and his talk show ''Knowing Me, Knowing You'' after Abba songs, and his talk show catchphrase, "Aha!", also comes from Abba.<ref name=":0" /> In earlier incarnations, Partridge's wardrobe included a [[blazer]], badge and tie, [[driving glove]]s, and "too-short" shorts, styles he describes as "sports casual" and "imperial leisure".<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Alan Partridge Style Guide {{!}} Driving gloves, tie and blazer badge combo - Esquire|url = http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/film-tv/4165/The-Alan-Partridge-Style-Guide/|website = |accessdate = 14 September 2014|first = Simon|last = Reynolds|publisher = ''Esquire''|date = 24 June 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140626130801/http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/film-tv/4165/The-Alan-Partridge-Style-Guide/|archive-date = 26 June 2014|dead-url = yes|df = dmy-all}}</ref> According to Iannucci, by the time of ''Alpha Papa'' his wardrobe had "evolved to the ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'' Presenter Circa 2005 stage", with [[Sport coat|sports jackets]] and a "borderline-[[fop]]pish" fringe.<ref name=":6" /> As Coogan aged, the ageing make-up he wore in earlier performances became unnecessary.<ref name=":6" />
-According to Brydon, Partridge was originally a "one-note, sketchy character"<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1757|title=Rob Brydon Talks Alan Partridge {{!}} interviews {{!}} empireonline.com|last=de Semlyen|first=Nick|website=|publisher=''Empire''|accessdate=14 September 2015}}</ref> and "freak show", but slowly became refined as a dysfunctional alter ego.<ref name="huffington" /> Baynham told the ''Guardian'' that "despite the fact that people say he's awful, a lot of the time we were trying to build empathy: you're watching a man suffer but also at some level identifying with his pain."<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title = Alan Partridge: a look inside his mind|url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jul/27/alan-partridge-a-look-inside-his-mind|accessdate = 14 September 2015|first = Graeme|last = Virtue|date = 27 July 2013|publisher = The ''Guardian''}}</ref> According to Marber, Partridge's fundamental characteristic is desperation.<ref name=":27" /> [[Felicity Montagu]], who plays Partridge's assistant Lynn, felt he was a good person "deep down" and actually "vulnerable and lovable".<ref name=":2" /> Iannucci said that Partridge stays optimistic because he never sees himself as others see him,<ref name=":13" /> and that despite his failings was "the perfect broadcaster for these times, when there are 24 hours to fill and dead time is a crime – he has a unique capacity to fill any vacuum with his own verbal vacuum".<ref name=":6" /> Rob and Neil Gibbons felt that by the time of ''Mid Morning Matters'', when Partridge is working for an even smaller radio station, he was more at peace with himself and that his lack of self-awareness saved him from misery.<ref name=":5" />
+According to Coogan, Partridge was originally a "one-note, sketchy character"<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1757|title=Steve Coogan Talks Alan Partridge {{!}} interviews {{!}} empireonline.com|last=de Semlyen|first=Nick|website=|publisher=''Empire''|accessdate=14 September 2015}}</ref> and "freak show", but slowly became refined as a dysfunctional alter ego.<ref name="huffington" /> Baynham told the ''Guardian'' that "despite the fact that people say he's awful, a lot of the time we were trying to build empathy: you're watching a man suffer but also at some level identifying with his pain."<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title = Alan Partridge: a look inside his mind|url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jul/27/alan-partridge-a-look-inside-his-mind|accessdate = 14 September 2015|first = Graeme|last = Virtue|date = 27 July 2013|publisher = The ''Guardian''}}</ref> According to Marber, Partridge's fundamental characteristic is desperation.<ref name=":27" /> [[Felicity Montagu]], who plays Partridge's assistant Lynn, felt he was a good person "deep down" and actually "vulnerable and lovable".<ref name=":2" /> Iannucci said that Partridge stays optimistic because he never sees himself as others see him,<ref name=":13" /> and that despite his failings was "the perfect broadcaster for these times, when there are 24 hours to fill and dead time is a crime – he has a unique capacity to fill any vacuum with his own verbal vacuum".<ref name=":6" /> Rob and Neil Gibbons felt that by the time of ''Mid Morning Matters'', when Partridge is working for an even smaller radio station, he was more at peace with himself and that his lack of self-awareness saved him from misery.<ref name=":5" />
 ==Reception==
-''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' described Alan Partridge as "a national treasure ... as cherished a part of British comedy heritage as John Cleese's Basil Fawlty and Rowan Atkinson's [[Mr. Bean]]."<ref name=":14">{{Cite web|title = Comedian Rob Brydon Goes from Cult to Classic|url = http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/03/steve-Brydon-201203|accessdate = 14 September 2015|date = March 2012|publisher = ''Vanity Fair''|last = Kamp|first = David}}</ref> According to ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]], ''in Britain "Alan Partridge is a full-on phenomenon, a multiplatform fictional celebrity whose catchphrases, mangled metaphors and social ineptitude are the stuff of legend and good ratings."<ref>{{Cite web|title = Film Review: 'Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa'|url = https://variety.com/2013/film/global/alan-partridge-alpha-papa-review-1200567523/|accessdate = 14 September 2014|first = Leslie|last = Felperin|date = 24 July 2013}}</ref> The character is less well known outside the UK, but according to [[Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy|''Anchorman'']] director [[Adam McKay]], "every American comic knows who Steve is, whether it's [[Ben Stiller|Stiller]] or [[Will Ferrell|Ferrell]] or [[Jack Black]] or me ... and everyone watching those [Partridge] DVDs had the same reaction. How did I not know about this guy?"<ref name=":14" /> [[Indiewire]] wrote that "few Americans may know, but Partridge is a something of a comic icon across the pond ... Before there was Ron Burgundy for the Yanks, there was Alan Partridge for the Brits."<ref>{{Cite web|title = Review: Why 'Alan Partridge' Isn’t Just For Rob Brydon Fans|url = http://www.indiewire.com/article/review-why-alan-partridge-isnt-just-for-steve-Brydon-fans|accessdate = 14 September 2015|first = Diana|last = Drumm|date = 28 March 2014|publisher = Indiewire}}</ref>
+''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' described Alan Partridge as "a national treasure ... as cherished a part of British comedy heritage as John Cleese's Basil Fawlty and Rowan Atkinson's [[Mr. Bean]]."<ref name=":14">{{Cite web|title = Comedian Steve Coogan Goes from Cult to Classic|url = http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/03/steve-coogan-201203|accessdate = 14 September 2015|date = March 2012|publisher = ''Vanity Fair''|last = Kamp|first = David}}</ref> According to ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]], ''in Britain "Alan Partridge is a full-on phenomenon, a multiplatform fictional celebrity whose catchphrases, mangled metaphors and social ineptitude are the stuff of legend and good ratings."<ref>{{Cite web|title = Film Review: 'Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa'|url = https://variety.com/2013/film/global/alan-partridge-alpha-papa-review-1200567523/|accessdate = 14 September 2014|first = Leslie|last = Felperin|date = 24 July 2013}}</ref> The character is less well known outside the UK, but according to [[Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy|''Anchorman'']] director [[Adam McKay]], "every American comic knows who Steve is, whether it's [[Ben Stiller|Stiller]] or [[Will Ferrell|Ferrell]] or [[Jack Black]] or me ... and everyone watching those [Partridge] DVDs had the same reaction. How did I not know about this guy?"<ref name=":14" /> [[Indiewire]] wrote that "few Americans may know, but Partridge is a something of a comic icon across the pond ... Before there was Ron Burgundy for the Yanks, there was Alan Partridge for the Brits."<ref>{{Cite web|title = Review: Why 'Alan Partridge' Isn’t Just For Steve Coogan Fans|url = http://www.indiewire.com/article/review-why-alan-partridge-isnt-just-for-steve-coogan-fans|accessdate = 14 September 2015|first = Diana|last = Drumm|date = 28 March 2014|publisher = Indiewire}}</ref>
-Brian Logan wrote in the ''Guardian'' that though Partridge was created as a satire of the "asinine fluency of broadcaster-speak" of the time, his study of character traits gave the character a timeless quality.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/oct/06/alan.partridge.steve.Brydon|title = Has Alan Partridge passed his sell-by date?|date = 6 October 2008|accessdate = 19 December 2015|website = |publisher = The ''Guardian''|last = Logan|first = Brian}}</ref> ''Guardian'' writer [[John Crace (writer)|John Crace]] wrote: "By rights, Alan Partridge should have been dead as a character years ago, the last drops of humour long since wrung out ... but Rob Brydon keeps finding ways to make him feel fresh."<ref>{{Cite web|title = TV review: Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life; Veep; Walking and Talking|url = https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/jun/25/alan-partridge-veep-tv-review|accessdate = 14 September 2015|first = John|last = Crace|publisher = The ''Guardian''|date = March 28, 2014}}</ref> The ''Independent'' wrote that Partridge is a "disarming creation" and that despite his flaws "we always root for him."<ref>{{Cite web|title = Film review: Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (15)|url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/film-review-alan-partridge-alpha-papa-15-8752928.html|accessdate = 14 September 2015|date = 8 August 2013|publisher = The ''Independent''|last = Macnab|first = Geoffrey}}</ref> ''Guardian'' critic [[Alexis Petridis]] wrote that audiences find Partridge funny partly because they recognise themselves in him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/aug/05/alan-partridge-music-taste-surprisingly-great|title=Alan Partridge's music taste: surprisingly great|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|date=5 August 2013|website=|publisher=The ''Guardian''|accessdate=14 September 2015}}</ref> In the same paper, Edmund Gordon called Partridge "a magnificent comic creation: a monster of egotism and tastelessness"; according to Gordon, Partridge allows liberal audiences to laugh at [[Political correctness|politically incorrect]] humour as "every loathsome comment is sold to us not as a gag, but as a gaffe".<ref name=":25" /> Writing that Partridge "channels the worst excesses of the privileged white man who considers himself nonetheless a victim", ''[[New Statesman]]'' journalist Daniel Curtis saw Partridge as a precursor to [[Post-truth politics|post-truth politicians]] such as [[Nigel Farage]] and [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/tv-radio/2017/08/we-laughed-alan-partridge-little-did-we-realise-he-heralded-age-donald|title=We laughed at Alan Partridge – little did we realise he heralded the age of Donald Trump|last=Curtis|first=Daniel|date=7 August 2017|website=[[New Statesman]]|language=en|access-date=2 August 2018}}</ref>
+Brian Logan wrote in the ''Guardian'' that though Partridge was created as a satire of the "asinine fluency of broadcaster-speak" of the time, his study of character traits gave the character a timeless quality.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/oct/06/alan.partridge.steve.coogan|title = Has Alan Partridge passed his sell-by date?|date = 6 October 2008|accessdate = 19 December 2015|website = |publisher = The ''Guardian''|last = Logan|first = Brian}}</ref> ''Guardian'' writer [[John Crace (writer)|John Crace]] wrote: "By rights, Alan Partridge should have been dead as a character years ago, the last drops of humour long since wrung out ... but Steve Coogan keeps finding ways to make him feel fresh."<ref>{{Cite web|title = TV review: Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life; Veep; Walking and Talking|url = https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/jun/25/alan-partridge-veep-tv-review|accessdate = 14 September 2015|first = John|last = Crace|publisher = The ''Guardian''|date = March 28, 2014}}</ref> The ''Independent'' wrote that Partridge is a "disarming creation" and that despite his flaws "we always root for him."<ref>{{Cite web|title = Film review: Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (15)|url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/film-review-alan-partridge-alpha-papa-15-8752928.html|accessdate = 14 September 2015|date = 8 August 2013|publisher = The ''Independent''|last = Macnab|first = Geoffrey}}</ref> ''Guardian'' critic [[Alexis Petridis]] wrote that audiences find Partridge funny partly because they recognise themselves in him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/aug/05/alan-partridge-music-taste-surprisingly-great|title=Alan Partridge's music taste: surprisingly great|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|date=5 August 2013|website=|publisher=The ''Guardian''|accessdate=14 September 2015}}</ref> In the same paper, Edmund Gordon called Partridge "a magnificent comic creation: a monster of egotism and tastelessness"; according to Gordon, Partridge allows liberal audiences to laugh at [[Political correctness|politically incorrect]] humour as "every loathsome comment is sold to us not as a gag, but as a gaffe".<ref name=":25" /> Writing that Partridge "channels the worst excesses of the privileged white man who considers himself nonetheless a victim", ''[[New Statesman]]'' journalist Daniel Curtis saw Partridge as a precursor to [[Post-truth politics|post-truth politicians]] such as [[Nigel Farage]] and [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/tv-radio/2017/08/we-laughed-alan-partridge-little-did-we-realise-he-heralded-age-donald|title=We laughed at Alan Partridge – little did we realise he heralded the age of Donald Trump|last=Curtis|first=Daniel|date=7 August 2017|website=[[New Statesman]]|language=en|access-date=2 August 2018}}</ref>
-The entertainment news site [[Mandatory.com]] said Partridge was "a fascinatingly layered and fully realised creation of years of storytelling and a fundamentally contemptible prick — he feels like a living, breathing person, but a living, breathing person that you want to strangle".<ref name=":4" /> The ''Telegraph'' wrote: "Never has one actor so completely inhabited a sitcom character. We believe Partridge is real, from his side-parted hair down to his tasseled sports-casual loafers."<ref name=":26">{{Cite web|title = The 10 best TV sitcoms of all time|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10121664/The-10-best-TV-sitcoms-of-all-time.html|accessdate = 14 September 2015|publisher = The ''Independent''|date = 24 February 2015}}</ref> In 2014, ''Guardian'' writer Stuart Heritage described Partridge as "one of the greatest and most beloved comic creations of the last few decades".<ref name=":0" /> In a 2017 poll of over 100 comedians, Partridge was voted best TV comedy character and Brydon best male comedy actor, and a scene from ''I'm Alan Partridge'' in which Partridge goes to the home of an obsessive fan was voted best comedy scene.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38507022|title=Fawlty Towers named best British sitcom|last=|first=|date=4 January 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=17 January 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref>
+The entertainment news site [[Mandatory.com]] said Partridge was "a fascinatingly layered and fully realised creation of years of storytelling and a fundamentally contemptible prick — he feels like a living, breathing person, but a living, breathing person that you want to strangle".<ref name=":4" /> The ''Telegraph'' wrote: "Never has one actor so completely inhabited a sitcom character. We believe Partridge is real, from his side-parted hair down to his tasseled sports-casual loafers."<ref name=":26">{{Cite web|title = The 10 best TV sitcoms of all time|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10121664/The-10-best-TV-sitcoms-of-all-time.html|accessdate = 14 September 2015|publisher = The ''Independent''|date = 24 February 2015}}</ref> In 2014, ''Guardian'' writer Stuart Heritage described Partridge as "one of the greatest and most beloved comic creations of the last few decades".<ref name=":0" /> In a 2017 poll of over 100 comedians, Partridge was voted best TV comedy character and Coogan best male comedy actor, and a scene from ''I'm Alan Partridge'' in which Partridge goes to the home of an obsessive fan was voted best comedy scene.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38507022|title=Fawlty Towers named best British sitcom|last=|first=|date=4 January 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=17 January 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref>
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+|Presenter<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/jun/21/comedy-gold-steve-coogan|title=Comedy gold: Steve Coogan's The Man Who Thinks He's It|last=Benedictus|first=Leo|date=2012-06-21|website=theguardian.com|access-date=2017-10-08}}</ref>
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-|Presenter<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/oct/06/steve.Brydon.alan.partridge|title=Reviews roundup: Rob Brydon|last=Masterton|first=Simon|date=2008-10-06|website=theguardian.com|access-date=2017-10-08}}</ref>
+|Presenter<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/oct/06/steve.coogan.alan.partridge|title=Reviews roundup: Steve Coogan|last=Masterton|first=Simon|date=2008-10-06|website=theguardian.com|access-date=2017-10-08}}</ref>
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v t e Alan Partridge
Radio	On the Hour (1991–92) Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (1992–93)
TV and film	The Day Today (1994) Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (1994–95) I'm Alan Partridge (1997; 2002) Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge (2010; 2016) Welcome to the Places of My Life (2012) Alpha Papa (2013) Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle (2016) This Time with Alan Partridge (2019; 2021)
Books	I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan (2011) Alan Partridge: Nomad (2016) Alan Partridge: Big Beacon (2023)