Alan Partridge: Nomad

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I launched into the song but still hadn’t remembered the note sequence and ended up repeating the opening line again and again, in the hope of landing on the correct melody. By the 20th attempt a crowd had formed. Twenty-five years years after making his debut on Radio 4’s On The Hour, Alan Partridge is the comedy gift that keeps on giving. He’s a grandfather now, we learn in passing from his new book Nomad, but still as petty, immature and deluded as ever. On 7 August 2013, a feature film, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, was released in the UK. It was directed by Declan Lowney [25] and co-produced by StudioCanal and Baby Cow Productions, with support from BBC Films and the BFI Film Fund. [26] The film sees Partridge enlisted as a crisis negotiator during a siege at his radio station. [24] Hoad, Phil (6 February 2023). " 'I did my climactic speech – then took half an E': Steve Coogan on making 24 Hour Party People". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 6 February 2023. a b "Teenage Cancer Trust Gigs Through The Years, Starring Oasis, The Who, Coldplay And More". NME. 20 September 2016 . Retrieved 2 December 2020.

There aren't many comic actors who have grown into their characters the way Steve Coogan has grown into Alan Partridge. When Partridge first appeared in On The Hour in 1991, he was a sort of generic parody of sports presenters, mashed increasingly with a nightmarish caricature of Richard Madeley. (Anyone who has met Madeley will be able to tell you that he basically is Alan Partridge.) Then, Steve Coogan was a 26-year-old playing a middle-aged man. Now, he's 52 himself, and has more or less resigned himself to inhabiting the character with alarming verisimilitude. The First Noël. Because it’s the name of a Christmas song and also because you’re one of the first here and your name’s Noël.” The key to the character’s success over the years has been how Coogan has used him across different formats and styles, changing it up with new new show to avoid it all getting stale. The genius of this book, and “I, Partridge” before it, is how it manages to portray events through Alan’s perspective while also making it obvious how it would have played out if you’d been watching it from outside. Chilton, Louis (1 June 2022). "Alan Partridge: Stratagem is excruciatingly bad at times – review". The Independent . Retrieved 2 June 2022.The premise is perfectly ridiculous. Alan is doing the 'in' celebrity thing of going on some type of journey, which encompasses actual travel, intermingled with a less tangible, personal sense of discovery. But being Alan, rather than climb K-2, or cycle from Land's End to John O'Groats, he chooses to follow in the footsteps of his father, from Norwich to Dungeness, determined to get to the bottom of the mystery of why he never made it to a job interview with British Nuclear Fuels.

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Petridis, Alexis (5 August 2013). "Alan Partridge's music taste: surprisingly great". The Guardian . Retrieved 14 September 2015.

Curtis, Daniel (7 August 2017). "We laughed at Alan Partridge – little did we realise he heralded the age of Donald Trump". New Statesman . Retrieved 2 August 2018. Earlier versions of Partridge were more bigoted, but the writers found there was more humour in having him attempt to be progressive. [52] For example, in I, Partridge, he stresses his friendship with the gay television presenter Dale Winton. [20] Coogan said Partridge was aware of political correctness: "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." [52] Lifestyle [ edit ] I enjoyed Alan Partridge: Nomad more than the first book. Both books feature Alan revisiting some career "highlights" and this is especially enjoyable for fans to get Alan's spin on past events, in this instance many of the events from the 2013 'Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa' film, including Alan dangling the tantalising possibility of the return of Michael from beyond the grave. I will watch that one with interest. BBC News - Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa tops the UK box office". BBC News. 12 August 2013 . Retrieved 14 September 2015. 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 development as a character study gave him a timeless quality. [62] Another Guardian journalist, 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." [63] The Independent wrote that Partridge was a "disarming creation" whom the audience root for despite his flaws. [64] In the Guardian, Alexis Petridis wrote that audiences find Partridge funny partly because they recognise themselves in him, [65] and Edmund Gordon called Partridge "a magnificent comic creation: a monster of egotism and tastelessness". [20] According to Gordon, Partridge allows progressive audiences to laugh at politically incorrect humour as "every loathsome comment is sold to us not as a gag, but as a gaffe". [20] Writing that Partridge "channels the worst excesses of the privileged white man who considers himself nonetheless a victim", the New Statesman journalist Daniel Curtis saw Partridge as a precursor to post-truth politicians such as Nigel Farage and Donald Trump. [66] Statue outside the Forum, Norwich

Actually, Noel, I said, you can go to the toilet. I’ve changed my mind’ ... Alan Partridge. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA Leaf, Jonathan (25 April 2014). "Review: Steve Coogan Takes Flight In 'Alan Partridge' ". Forbes . Retrieved 14 September 2015.

A merciless piss-take of every bullshit 'personal journey' every celeb ever undertook, as Alan undertakes the Footsteps Of My Father TM walk to come to terms with the memory of his late father, and definitely not because he's under the mistaken belief he might get a new TV series out of it (because he's perfectly happy working on North Norfolk Digital's mid-morning slot, OK? He even explains why it's really much better than certain other slots which people might mistakenly consider higher profile). I know some people say you need the audiobooks for these, but really, can't we all inwardly read them in the appropriate Partridge voice? I've somehow missed his previous book, but what really came through for me more here than on TV are the way the character's grounded in multiple layers of deceit - obviously there are the things he knows but refuses to admit to the reader, but then beneath those are the things he genuinely doesn't see, despite their being incredibly obvious to everyone else (though oddly, for me this was least successful in the chapter giving his version of events in the Alpha Papa film, where we've actually seen what went down - it felt like over-egging the pudding somehow, when the rest of the book is so good at making the actual events so clear just by implication). I'd almost say 'poor bastard' if only his ilk weren't running the world. For those of you familiar with the work of Partridge, he does ‘over-share’ and in typical praeteritio style he plummets to great depths of poor taste, over the top open disclosure and unashamed narcissism. We learn about his sex-life (he admits he’s pretty good) and his various hygiene habits. One example that had me literally in hysterics was: Partridge returned to the BBC in February 2019 with a six-part series, This Time with Alan Partridge, a spoof current affairs programme in the style of The One Show. [36] In the series, Partridge stands in after the regular host falls ill. [36] Coogan felt it was the right time for Partridge to return, and that he might represent the views of Brexit voters. [36] Neil Gibbons said the world of live television had changed since Partridge's creation: "If someone fluffed a line or got someone's name wrong or said something stupid, it was mortifying. But nowadays, those are the sort of people who are given jobs on TV." [36] A second series was broadcast in 2021. [37] 2020–present: From the Oasthouse and Strategem [ edit ] Coogan performing as Alan Partridge in Brighton in May 2022The publisher said: “In Big Beacon, Norwich’s favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the odds. TWICE. Using an innovative ‘dual narrative’ structure you sometimes see in films, Big Beacon tells the story of how Partridge heroically rebuilt his TV career, rising like a phoenix from the desolate wasteland of local radio to climb to the summit of Mount Primetime and regain the nationwide prominence his talent merits. But then something quite unexpected and moving, because Big Beacon also tells the story of a selfless man, driven to restore an old lighthouse to its former glory, motivated by nothing more than respect for a quietly heroic old building that many take for granted, which some people think is a metaphor for Alan himself even though it’s not really for them to say.” This is the second of his books, and where I, Partridge took on the celebrity autobiography generally, this one is much more focused on describing Alan's intense, personal journey of discovery as he retraces ‘The Footsteps of My Father’, in the futile hope of possibly getting a TV deal out of it. Walks, as he explains, make a good subject for a book, since they're so ruddy personal. Gordon, Edmund (23 November 2011). "I, Partridge by Alan Partridge - review". The Guardian . Retrieved 25 July 2016.