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Alan Gordon Partridge is a fictional character portrayed by English actor and comedian Steve Coogan. Partridge is a tactless and inept television and radio presenter who often insults his guests; he is arrogant, with an inflated sense of celebrity, and often resorts to treachery and shameless self-promotion. Coogan described Partridge as a Little Englander, with right-wing values and poor taste in music and clothes.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, which transferred to television in 1994. The character appeared in a two-series BBC sitcom, I'm Alan Partridge, in 1997 and 2003. In 2011, a bestselling fictional autobiography, I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan, was published. A feature-length film, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, was released in August 2013.
Critics have praised the character's complexity, realism and pathos. He has been described as a British "national treasure", and the Guardian described him as "one of the greatest and most beloved comic creations of the last few decades". According to Den of Geek, Partridge has so influenced British culture that "Partridgisms" have become part of everyday vernacular.
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Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013)
, 1h30Directed by Declan Lowney
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney, Sean Pertwee, Anna Maxwell Martin, Nigel Lindsay, Felicity Montagu
Rating68%
Norwich radio station North Norfolk Digital is bought out by a multinational conglomerate, with staff members facing redundancies. DJ Alan Partridge is not concerned, but DJ Pat Farrell convinces him to gatecrash a board meeting to persuade the new owners not to fire Pat. When Alan discovers that either he or Pat must go, he urges them to fire Pat, and writes "JUST SACK PAT" on the room's flip chart.