I'm Alan Partridge finds Steve Coogan's media creation back in his native Norwich, having lost his beloved chat show Knowing Me, Knowing You, and now reduced to the pre-Breakfast slot playing old T'Pau and Soft Cell singles to an audience of farmers and all-night bakery workers. He's also lodged at the Linton Travel tavern, whose permanently smiling manageress, bland decor and themed buffets are redolent of what vast tracts of England have become. He's very much at home there. While there's much media satire in Partridge's pitiful pitches of programme ideas to the... BBC ("Inner city sumo? Monkey tennis?"), I'm Alan Partridge is more a bleakly hilarious take on Modern Middle English Man, irascible and profoundly bored. Between innumerable moments of high, wild comedy, such as a disastrous video Partridge does for a boating agency and an encounter with his one (insane) fan, the most telling moments of the series come with his efforts to fill his dismally empty days, taking a trouser press to pieces, staring at the astro turf at an owl sanctuary or walking to a service station to buy windscreen cleaning fluid just for something to do. All this proved a little too darkly uncomfortable for mainstream audiences--yet Alan Partridge was probably the finest British comic creation of the 1990s. --David Stubbs [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Alan Partridge is the C-list celebrity from hell a sacked chat-show host determined to claw his way back to the heady heights of the B-list by any means necessary Steve Coogan&39;s characterisation of the monstrous Partridge is a masterful composition of misplaced ambition frustrated sexuality brutal insensitivity and pathos A Room with AlanAlan gets a chance to put his new programme ideas to BBC Chief Commissioning Editor Tony Hayes Alan AttractionIt&39;s Valentine&39;s Day and Alan enjoys a romantic liason with the receptionist at Peartree Productions Passions are aroused and some hot sticky moments ensue Watership AlanAlan gets into deep water when he presents a promotional video for a boating company Has his PA Lynn got what it takes to be an on-air Mrs Partridge?Basic AlanTo while away the hours at the Linton Travel Tavern Alan gets to grips with the workings of a Corby trouser press To Kill a Mocking AlanAlan hosts An Afternoon with Alan Partridge at the Travel Tavern He&39;s especially interested in the reaction of his Irish TV executive guests while coping with the attentions of Jed number one fan Towering AlanAlan receives an unexpected telephone call with some tragic news Could this be the big break he&39;s been looking for?Actors Steve Coogan David Schneider Sally Phillips Simon Greenall Phil Cornwell Barbara Durkin James Lance Felicity Montagu Peter Baynham & Chris MorrisDirector Dominic BrigstockeCertificate 12 years and overYear 1997Screen Fullscreen 43Languages English - Dolby (20) StereoSubtitles English For The Hearing ImpairedDuration 3 hours (approx)
A box set containing the entire first series chronicling former chat show star Alan Partridge's (Steve Coogan) attempts to rebuild his career after assaulting the BBC's Chief Commissioning editor with a frozen turkey. 'A Room With An Alan' finds him working as an early morning DJ on Norwich Radio and living at Linton Travel Tavern. That could all change, however, when Alan has a power lunch opportunity to put forward his ideas for a new series. In 'Alan Attraction', Alan seizes the chance for a Valentine's Day liaison with his Peartree Productions company receptionist. 'Watership Alan' sees Alan in deep water when he appears in a promotional film for a boating company after offending Norwich's entire farming community live on air. 'Basic Alan' sees Alan attempting to relax by strolling along the M11 when the Travel Tavern closes for refurbishment. In 'To Kill a Mocking Alan', Alan meets his psychotic number one fan after hosting an afternoon of chat at the Tavern. 'Towering Alan' sees Alan finally getting his chance of a comeback when the BBC's Chief Commissioning Editor dies in tragic circumstances.
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