Alan Partridge Superthread - Sponsored by Dettol

The Nal · 07-06-2021 12:17pm

Ive really enjoyed it. Partridge can be hit and miss anyway but some great bits in this series.

dasdog · 07-06-2021 4:38pm

With low hopes I watched it with a couple of beers on board last night and pissed myself laughing throughout. Watched an episode of Yes Minister afterwards to benchmark.

EltonJohn69 · 07-06-2021 9:48pm

It’s not 5/5 but it has great moments in every episode.... how do I get my hands on the oat house ?

Maybe I am hungover but I genuinely got emotional from watching the bond he formed with that robot dog/ unit 1

Roar · 07-06-2021 9:56pm

That last episode was magnificent. I laughed like a drain from start to finish.

Thargor · 07-06-2021 10:05pm

Yeah last night salvaged it for me, that was absolutely hilarious. Pompous Shakespearean Alan talking to the heir to the throne (if theres a terrible accident), Simons prank (that he was too scared to admit to so got Lynn to do it), blackface on the yacht, the robot dog, punching Simon, it was back at its best.

fryup · 07-06-2021 11:14pm

Steve Coogan paid a tribute at the end to his nephew who die earlier this year

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/06/05/will-coogan-alan-partridge/

Skid X · 08-06-2021 2:55pm

I think Alan has done terrific work on This Time,

He has really made that seat his own - if you asked most people about John Baskell now, their reaction would be "Who's John Baskell?"

tv3tg4 · 08-06-2021 7:26pm

I think it will be renewed.
Jenny is brilliant.

Grayditch · 08-06-2021 8:01pm

I enjoyed that season. Few bum notes here and there but the subtleties were fantastic.

silliussoddius · 08-06-2021 8:12pm

If I may be so bold, ma’am. I believe we have an associate in common, ergh, Roger Stubbs, he supplies the Land Rovers to your estate. And I believe you were kind enough to provide refreshments on the occasion of his birthday.

One hopes the, erm, scurrilous charges that weigh heavy upon his good name come to a speedy, just resolve.

No, ma’am, he battered a man in a pub toilet. A most regrettable occurrence… although by all accounts the chap who took the hiding was giving it that.

Mr.Nice Guy · 08-06-2021 9:36pm

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Laughed heartily when he left the studio and ran out into the street to try and get people to shout from their windows, and somebody shouted ‘A-ha!’

‘F***ing idiot.’

That was brilliant.

I've enjoyed the series. I hope there will be more.

Ash.J.Williams · 08-06-2021 11:53pm

tv3tg4 wrote: »

I think it will be renewed.
Jenny is brilliant.

I don’t think it can be the way it finished , he’s gone again

silliussoddius · 09-06-2021 7:32pm

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

I don’t think it can be the way it finished , he’s gone again

He may re-invent himself as some man against the system/polemical shock jock type. There is definitely a potential smell my cheese moment in future series negotiations.

fryup · 10-06-2021 10:42pm

Grayditch wrote: »

I enjoyed that season. Few bum notes here and there but the subtleties were fantastic.

esp from the guy reading from the book:P

Thargor · 16-06-2021 4:23pm

The Accidental Partridge account has been shut down apparently

https://twitter.com/AccidentalP/status/1390986786587955205

Penn · 16-06-2021 5:29pm

Thargor wrote: »

The Accidental Partridge account has been shut down apparently

https://twitter.com/AccidentalP/status/1390986786587955205

Yeah, he was given an order to stop selling merch based on Partridge, so I think he said it wasn't worth the effort any more. Real shame, was one of the best Twitter accounts.

AndrewJRenko · 16-06-2021 8:53pm

Penn wrote: »

Yeah, he was given an order to stop selling merch based on Partridge, so I think he said it wasn't worth the effort any more. Real shame, was one of the best Twitter accounts.

Maybe he decided he couldn't compete with real life.

https://twitter.com/ScottRuth/status/1405057516548075521

everlast75 · 17-06-2021 2:14pm

This is brilliant...

https://twitter.com/YGVassilakis/status/1405076428413100033?s=19

17-06-2021 5:51pm

Anyone get his very subtle Jimmy Saville reference/imitation (or not so subtle if you grew up with Jim’ll fix it) few weeks ago?

EltonJohn69 · 23-06-2021 2:17pm

That oasthouse really gets stuck in the head

artvanderlay · 23-06-2021 6:27pm

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

That oasthouse really gets stuck in the head

I've gotten into an unhealthy habit of putting on episode 16 of From the Oasthouse every time I have a bath or shave and shower. It's the one where Alan spends a day in a spa to help him deal with the stress of having an online troll.

A fellow guest drops her keycard and Alan chivalrously offers to pick it up, warning the woman that she doesn't want to bend over when the robes are that short, not in front of a chap anyways. He then promptly does what he warned her not to do :pac:

Sakana · 23-06-2021 7:28pm

Thargor wrote: »

The Accidental Partridge account has been shut down apparently

https://twitter.com/AccidentalP/status/1390986786587955205

Jesus Christ.

joeguevara · 28-06-2021 2:57am

everlast75 wrote: »

This is brilliant...

https://twitter.com/YGVassilakis/status/1405076428413100033?s=19

As long as they don’t change the script to anything as cringe as US in betweeners did. https://youtu.be/zN1Br6QVCzs

Greyjoy · 28-06-2021 3:14pm

Penn wrote: »

I dunno. I think Alan does work great when there's a mix of successes and failures. The idea that he manages to get back on the BBC through sheer luck more than anything but manages to keep his foot in the door just enough to keep his position, yet constantly trips over himself for the pettiest reasons and is constantly on the verge of getting knocked so far down again imo makes for a more interesting scenario than just falling further and further down the ladder into complete obscurity.

Exactly, the fact that he keeps getting *almost* near success gives the series some actual stakes. If he just fell down a constant spiral of failure it would become very predictable. But instead he keeps getting handed opportunities on a plate but he ends up sabotaging himself.