Alan Partridge
| Alan Partridge | |
|---|---|
| First appearance |
Radio: On the Hour Television: The Day Today |
| Created by |
Steve Coogan Armando Iannucci |
| Portrayed by | Steve Coogan |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Radio and television presenter |
| Spouse(s) | Carol (divorced) |
| Significant other(s) | Sonja (separated) Angela Ashbourne (separated) |
| Children | Fernando Partridge Denise Partridge |
| Relatives | Lionel Partridge (father) Dorothy Partridge (mother) John Partridge (grandfather) Harry Partridge (uncle) |
Alan Gordon Partridge is a fictional character portrayed by English actor and comedian Steve Coogan. A parody of British television personalities, Partridge is a tactless and inept television and radio presenter who often insults his guests and 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 1993, followed by Knowing Me, Knowing You in 1994. 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.
After a hiatus, Partridge returned in 2010 with a series of shorts, Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge, written by Coogan and new writers Rob and Neil Gibbons, who have co-written 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).
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