The Alan Partridge Thread...A-ha!

[Henry]

http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a773016/a-ha-alan-partridge-will-return-with-more-mid-morning-matters-in-2016/

More Mid-Morning Matters on the way. Personally, I wish they'd return to the format of I'm Alan Partridge and give us another series of that, you shits.

http://channelhopping.onthebox.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/partridge300.png

[Manc]

Dan!

[Lewis]

Give it up, Coogan, you tosser.

[wullie]

I liked the one he did around Norwich that came along when they launched Mid-Morning Matters, something like that would be good. The film was a bit shit.

[John]

This is getting a bit Ricky Gervais.

[QE Harold Flair]

I didn't like the chat show format or mid-morning matters as much as the more traditional radio-sitcom effort. Series 2 and 3 were genius stuff. Coogan is a complete cock, himself, but credit where it's due.

[SvN]

Which radio sitcom? I've listened to Knowing Me Knowing You and On the Hour - is there more?

[Disco]

I think he means the ones where the character was on the radio in Norwich, living in the travel tavern etc.

[QE Harold Flair]

Yes, as in a more traditional situation comedy rather than him just doing the radio or a chat show.

[Dquincy]

In case someone hasn't seen the clip from his new series...


http://www.theladbible.com/articles/alan-partridge-is-back-and-here-s-a-brand-new-clip-from-his-upcoming-series-mid-morning-matters-020216

[SvN]

I actually think that was hilarious.

[John Arne]

Yeah, I enjoyed that.

[Yevrah]

That was fucking brilliant.

Back to his best you might say.

[Alex]

"I like it, it's a clean kill"

:D

That was excellent.

[Henry]

How is North Norfolk Digital still going?

Also, that was awesome. :D

[Dquincy]

Old, but gold.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhlx43rTs2Q&feature=youtu.be

[Raoul Duke]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNHzDxi73v8

[Dquincy]

New series Mid Morning Matters. Tonight 10pm. Sky Atlantic.

[John]

There was a bizarre piece on The Guardian website the other day.

[John Arne]

Episode 2 is so good. 5 or 6 proper lol moments.

[Yevrah]

Haven't seen 2 yet, but really enjoyed the first one.

[John Arne]

For some reason, the reoccurring theme appears to be superb first half, then it tales off second half. Thankfully, they are only 25 minutes long.

[CJay]

Anyone have some linkage? :naughty:

[Toby]

Anyone have some linkage? :naughty:

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr01/2013/4/2/6/anigif_enhanced-buzz-30652-1364898554-0.gif

[John Arne]

https://thepiratebay.se/torrent/13624403/Alan_Partridge_-_Mid_Morning_Matters_Series_2

[John Arne]

Can I post links? Hey ho. Pm's if required.

[Dark Soldier]

New Partridge audiobook is out, Nomad. Will get into it over the weekend.

[CJay]

Got it yesterday. Not just an audiobook btw, but obviously it's the best format for him.

I think I'm on chapter 5 now. It's broadly similar to I, Partridge. The section about Dawn in the swimming pool had me lolling on the drive home yesterday. Top stuff.

[Dquincy]

Do people download audio books using torrents? If so, what site actually still works?

[CJay]

Just sign up for a months free trial with Audible, download it, then cancel your membership.

[Dquincy]

Thanks, yeah I did see that. Will probably do once I've finished his previous book.

[SvN]

New show out on BBC next month

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/jurassic-park-alan-partridge-looks-15641533

I do hope it doesn't disappoint. Sounds like it's similar to KMKYWAP in format.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Has he ever done anything shit with Partridge? Obviously you'll never hit the heights of I'm Alan Partridge series 1, but the genius of the character makes all of it at least decent.

[SvN]

I don't think anything has ever been "bad". But as it's a proper TV series on a proper channel, I'd hope it comes close to the older stuff in quality. The one offs he's done over the past decade have all been pretty good, but nowhere close to KMKYWAP and I'm Alan Partridge.

[wullie]

It's all the same writing team that's been involved in the Sky stuff and the books so it should be great.

[Baz]

The comedian explained: “What we do is we have him trying to jump on the bandwagon and say, you know, he says ‘Hey! I’ve made mistakes, I’ve stood on the side of the sidewalk and slow hand-clapped while I watch a woman try to parallel park, you know, and I feel bad about that. And now if I saw a woman doing it now, I would shout instructions’.”

I'm already well on board.

Also I'd never heard of Scissored Isle. Is it worth a watch? Last thing I remember was him showing us around Norwich, with the standout bit being him in a swimming pool with someone while nearly drowning but edited so when the other person asked if he was alright, it cut to a shot of him stood calmly in a pool saying "yeah fine." :lol:

[Jimmy Floyd]

I don't think anything has ever been "bad". But as it's a proper TV series on a proper channel, I'd hope it comes close to the older stuff in quality. The one offs he's done over the past decade have all been pretty good, but nowhere close to KMKYWAP and I'm Alan Partridge.

Those were Ianucci at the peak of his powers, if anything matched them I would be impressed.

[SvN]

I'm already well on board.

Also I'd never heard of Scissored Isle. Is it worth a watch? Last thing I remember was him showing us around Norwich, with the standout bit being him in a swimming pool with someone while nearly drowning but edited so when the other person asked if he was alright, it cut to a shot of him stood calmly in a pool saying "yeah fine." :lol:

Scissored Isle was good. I think I prefered "Welcome to the Places of My Life" which features the scene with the swimming pool, but they're both about the same, really.

[SvN]

A reminder that his new show starts at 9:30pm tomorrow on BBC One.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002v3b

So far it's received rave reviews.

[Magic]

It'll be shite.

[SvN]

Get out of here with your negativity.

[igor_balis]

Apparently my nan saw the trailer for this when my mum was visiting and angrily asked how "that weirdo" had gotten his own show, thinking it was a genuine chat show.

Not quite my mad old Polish grandad (RIP) shouting "VERA, WHAT IS THIS...PRIEST DOCUMENTARY?", during an episode of father ted, but still.

[CJay]

Excitement levels right now. :drool:

[Yevrah]

Alan Partridge meets the banal One Show should be brilliant.

I still hope they do a movie where he gets a break (doing a similar thing) in the states.

[niko_cee]

I enjoyed reading the letter sent to all BBC staff on the cricket live text earlier today.

[Kikó]

And the out of office is worth stealing as well.

[Spikey M]

Let's do this.

[Yevrah]

24 years. Fucking hell.

[Lewis]

This is shit.

[Spikey M]

Yeah. This ain't great.

[Pleb]

It's a bit meh isn't it?

[Spikey M]

Clunt got a mild lol, but not even a smile otherwise.

[Kikó]

It's definitely improving.

[Spikey M]

Alright, the Antibiotics bit is good. :D

[Pleb]

"Asscocks...no sorry I mean Ascot."

:D

[Lewis]

It's like the film version of David Brent in that he seems to have become an actual retard. There are some funny lines in it, but it doesn't really lend itself to satirising something because in the real world nobody would be going along with a weird local rock tour/disastrous, un-edited bacteria films.

[Yevrah]

Average overall I'd say.

Much like a lot of Gervais' recent stuff it came across as tired and very unoriginal, while having some amusing bits in it. Having not been on the BBC for years, why would you go back for that? It's not like he's short of a bob or two or that they pay particularly well compared to the other gigs he could get.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I enjoyed it. The content stuff was funnier than the pissing about in the studio stuff though, which was more cringe than funny. I think it would have been better aired as-on-TV.

[Kikó]

I think it had a bit of pacing issues and it made it clunky. Finished better than it started.

[Mike]

I liked it. Didn’t like the tweets section, wasn’t funny.
I hope he gets more bitter as it goes on and he ‘settles’ into being back on tv.

[SvN]

I thought it was a mixed bag. Some genuinely very funny moments, but I thought the final interview was probably the worst bit.

[Yevrah]

I enjoyed it. The content stuff was funnier than the pissing about in the studio stuff though, which was more cringe than funny. I think it would have been better aired as-on-TV.

Yeah, the segways didn't work very well and were comfortably the worst part.

[Spikey M]

It's telling that the only good stuff was the The Day Today-esque stuff. The main thrust of the show is pony.

[SvN]

I liked it. Didn’t like the tweets section, wasn’t funny. .

See, I thought the first time he went to Simon with the big touch screen was brilliant. And one of my favourite bits.

[Lewis]

The hacker bit was good but then it went stupid in the lift.

[Alex]

It was a good enough start. The highlights were Sidekick Simon messing up the Tweets, somebody shouting "Partridge, you wanker!" at him when he was walking down the street in one of the segments and (particularly) the interview with the "hackitvist". Particularly when he skewered him with "this giraffe is winding it's neck in". :D

I would have liked a bit more Lynn screen-time. Although, "the slag from the bible" was a very un-Lynn like comment.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Looking at the (very positive) twitter reactions I think it might have had broader appeal than us bunch of old cynics on here would recognise.

[-james-]

It was moderately funny at best. Cunk on Britain on now is better.

[Spikey M]

In fairness, he did well to get the BBC to allow some of those jokes.

[Yevrah]

See I don't think Sidekick Simon is a particularly good character and while Lynn wasn't bad, it's a one note joke that's been done to death.

[Dark Soldier]

Lynn was not the Lynn from previous Partridge. 'Slag' felt very out of place.

The studio bits were generally pretty awful, felt very flat. The hygience segment was fantastic.

[Mike]

His fake hand wash made me laugh in a way it shouldn’t. :D

[Henry]

It was quite good I thought. "Partridge, you wanker!" definitely had me laughing.

Also, try emailing alan.partridge-bbc@bbc.co.uk

[Giggles]

It'll be shite.

As good as ever then.

[Baz]

Watched this earlier. Absolutely dreadful. If it wasn't Alan Partridge I'd be deleting the Series Link.

[Dark Soldier]

That was a fucking brilliant episode.

[Alex]

Agreed. Especially the end sequence when the tweets about John's dodgy conduct start to come through and he gets the upper hand on the other two presenters. I love it when Alan wins! :D

The segment with the audience member from Sunderland was gold too.

[Mike]

The end was perfect.

[Alex]

The surprisingly cinematic sequence on the battle field too.

"I've been fighting....and I was the winner!" :D

[Jimmy Floyd]

The whole bit with the posh wanker on was masterful, like a W1A crossover in which Partridge stuffs them on our behalf.

I think the reason this is getting mixed reviews is people go in expecting a laugh-out-loud I'm Alan Partridge kind of romp, when it's actually just a very astutely observed piece of satire.

[Dark Soldier]

The guy falling off the end of the row when Partridge barged in to sit down slayed me.

[SvN]

I thought it was great, better than last week''s.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Again this week there were four or five big laughs but otherwise they just spend too long dwelling on badly manufactured awkwardness. The VTs are amazing though.

[Dark Soldier]

One specific moment fucking slayed me this week

The superimposed face on young Partridge

Its getting better weekly.

[Kikó]

The smacking technique was brilliant.

[Alex]

One specific moment fucking slayed me this week

The superimposed face on young Partridge

Its getting better weekly.

That was fantastic.

Another little moment I found hilarious was when he mentioned Morrissey during the segment on vegetarianism and the accompanying picture that popped up was of Gary Rhodes. :D

[SvN]

Best episode so far. I thought it was brilliant, up there with the best Partridge.

I actually think every segment was great. The bit with the Scottish guy, the contradicting woman who hates him, the school smacking stuff. I even enjoyed the Sidekick Simon stuff even though it's basically the same joke over and over.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I just thought Sidekick Simon and the guy from Sunderland being hit by his wife were jokes that are good for one line but spun out into five minutes each, not so sure. In this format it kind of needs to be solid gold throughout, which is a big ask but still.

[Spikey M]

Some genuine lol's this week. The tablet, the feud with the black reporter, Schoolboy Alan and the male abuse victim were quality.

[Spikey M]

Look Alike Alan. :D

[Dark Soldier]

That bit was fucking incredible

[Jimmy Floyd]

Irish Alan was phenomenal :D

[Kikó]

This is a really good show. I need to watch the episode again.

[Giggles]

Irish Alan was phenomenal :D

I can only imagine. Thank God I don't watch this muck.

[Jimmy Floyd]

You'd have loved it, they did an IRA song with a proper tin whistle and everything.

[Giggles]

You'd have loved it, they did an IRA song with a proper tin whistle and everything.

I'm sure there was lots of begorrah, etc. What's next week, slanty eyes and a pointy hat?

[Jimmy Floyd]

They tap danced around a small hill of potatoes for 20 minutes, and at the end Tim Key strode on in a leprechaun suit and exclaimed 'Legend, in me orrrn loiftoim!'. For anti-Irish campaigners like me it was a thrilling watch.

[Giggles]

They tap danced around a small hill of potatoes for 20 minutes, and at the end Tim Key strode on in a leprechaun suit and exclaimed 'Legend, in me orrrn loiftoim!'. For anti-Irish campaigners like me it was a thrilling watch.

It's things like these shows that keep that anti-Irish sentiment alive and well over there.

[Spikey M]

It's things like these shows that keep that anti-Irish sentiment alive and well over there.

https://www.irishpost.com/entertainment/alan-partridges-irish-lookalike-leaves-bbc-viewers-hysterics-rendition-come-ye-black-tans-165396

Seems to have gone over pretty well over there too.

[Shindig]

Apart from one tweet they picked for balance. #boycott

[Giggles]

https://www.irishpost.com/entertainment/alan-partridges-irish-lookalike-leaves-bbc-viewers-hysterics-rendition-come-ye-black-tans-165396

Seems to have gone over pretty well over there too.

Too many people here use self loathing as a means of looking modern and progressive.

That said, it seems to be upsetting northies which is a bonus.

.

[Spikey M]

Anyone getting upset by it is completely missing the joke, which is Alan's inability to deal with an awkward situation that reflects poorly on him, and his further inability to deal with anyone that he doesn't deem to be his equal. Any Norn Irons getting upset because they think it's a) In support of the IRA or b) anti Republican are just a bit sa(aaaaa)d.

[Offshore Toon]

I reckon that's the best Partridge episode ever. I'm going back in for an immediate second watch.

[Baz]

Just me that didn’t think it was anything special?

Episode 2 was funny, and 4 was okay but 1 was absolute shite and 3 was mostly boring.

[Manc]

Episode 3 was amazing.

[Spikey M]

Just me that didn’t think it was anything special?

Episode 2 was funny, and 4 was okay but 1 was absolute shite and 3 was mostly boring.

Episode 1 was shit, the rest have steadily grown on me. Last weeks was brilliant, probably the best, right up until the end of this weeks which was just top tier TV. The MELTDOWN on Twitter just adds further drool to the wet wank I'm smashing out right now.

[SvN]

I'd have 3 as the best so far, closely followed by this weeks. Just watched it for the second time - I think it has the great quality that a lot of Partridge has in that it stands up to repeat viewings.

[Jimmy Floyd]

My enjoyment was only slightly ruined by knowing from irl itk that Monty Don is a fucking weirdo.

[Henry]

Yep, that was one of the best. Hilarious throughout.

[Yevrah]

I'm in a weird place with this show in that I think it's an excellent magazine programme, but it's not making me laugh out loud that much.

[CJay]

Going to see Strategem tomorrow night in Belfast. Really intrigued to see what Partridge will be like live.

[CJay]

Going to see Strategem tomorrow night in Belfast. Really intrigued to see what Partridge will be like live.

This was… interesting. Spoilers in case anyone is going. I’d imagine there could be a recording of the show released sometime

The show is essentially Alan hawking / explaining his self-help life management system. There are backing dancers at times - with one excellent, probably accidental, run in with a young girl in a park. There were a few musical numbers including a medley of 80s power ballads to close the show. Martin Brennan from This Time ‘zoomed’ which was probably the highlight. Lynn appeared via phone and on Alan’s home security footage. There’s also some time travel to speak with past and future Alan, which was quite amusing. He also came down into the crowd at one point, with a few people having facial judgments made (Alan is diagnosed medically gormless).

Overall it was funny, but probably not the best format for the character. It’s in a similar vein to some of his stuff in This Time I would say.

[CJay]

Big Beacon is very excellent. Although I think he's having trouble with his timeline with the plot of this book, the Oasthouse podcast, Covid, and This Time. The writing is as good as ever. There are some excellent passages, especially one re: a sexual liaison with some sort of dominatrix. :D Will probably buy the audiobook later this year to get the authentic experience.

[wullie]

I went with the audiobook for it and as part of the Audible deal that came with I've got through all the Oasthouse stuff now too, lovely stuff. Not my words, the words of Shakin' Stevens