I'm Alan Partridge
| I'm Alan Partridge | |
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Title screen, featuring Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge, wearing his trademark green blazer (1997)
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by |
Peter Baynham Steve Coogan Armando Iannucci |
| Starring |
Steve Coogan Felicity Montagu Simon Greenall Phil Cornwell Barbara Durkin Sally Phillips Amelia Bullmore James Lance |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 12 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 27-29 minutes (approximately) |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Two |
| Picture format | 4:3 Series 1, 16:9 Series 2 |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 3 November 1997 – 16 December 2002 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge |
| Followed by | Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge |
| Related shows |
The Thick of It In the Loop Saxondale |
| External links | |
| Website | |
I'm Alan Partridge is a 1997 BBC situation comedy starring Steve Coogan and written by Coogan, Peter Baynham and Armando Iannucci. It follows Alan Partridge, a tactless and inept radio DJ, after he has been left by his wife and dropped from the BBC; he lives in a roadside hotel, presents a graveyard slot on Norwich local radio, and desperately pitches ideas for new television shows. A second series followed in 2002, with Partridge now living in a static caravan after recovering from a mental breakdown. Iannucci said the writers used the sitcom as "a kind of social X-ray of male middle-aged Middle England." 12 episodes were produced.
Supporting Coogan are Felicity Montagu as his faithful but timid personal assistant, Lynn Benfield; Simon Greenall as Geordie handyman Michael; and Phil Cornwell as Partridge's rival DJ Dave Clifton.
The series was nominated for three BAFTAs (winning two), two British Comedy Awards (winning both), and a Royal Television Society award. In a list drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, voted by industry professionals, I'm Alan Partridge was named the 38th best British television series of all time.
Digital Spy wrote: "the character of Partridge hit his comic peak" in I'm Alan Partridge.Entertainment Weekly described the show as "bleakly hilarious".
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