Irish Alan Partridge sings IRA ballad live on BBC

Lorelli! · 20-03-2019 02:05PM

WinnyThePoo wrote: »

I've been inspired to visit Norwich numerous times thanks to Alan. Wonderful spot.

It's got a cracking owl sanctuary

Suckit · 20-03-2019 02:10PM

Woke Hogan wrote: »

Was that supposed to be funny? An Englishman in Paddyface singing about the British? It's not 1974 any more.

If he was a sportsman (mainly soccer) he would qualify as Irish.

Liam Gallagher tells a story about meeting him at a wedding (presumably mayo as he does an accent in parts of the story), where it sounds like they got good and wrecked

Proud of his Irish roots, as it has been embedded in him from a young age. His mother would have done that.

WinnyThePoo · 20-03-2019 02:11PM

Also big up to his PA Lynn. Who stuck beside him through thick and thin.

Roger Hassenforder · 20-03-2019 02:13PM

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

That Sligo guy really looked like Alan, though he had different teeth.

I don’t really see Alan partridge as a very good interviewer though, although people rave about him.

Well played!

Birneybau · 20-03-2019 02:15PM

Suckit wrote: »

If he was a sportsman (mainly soccer) he would qualify as Irish.

Liam Gallagher tells a story about meeting him at a wedding (presumably mayo as he does an accent in parts of the story), where it sounds like they got good and wrecked

Proud of his Irish roots, as it has been embedded in him from a young age. His mother would have done that.

He's more Irish than the Edge.

His mother is Irish-born, from County Mayo, and his father is of Irish descent

The Edge:

David Howell Evans was born at the Barking Maternity Hospital,[2] in the county of Essex in England, on 8 August 1961. He is the second child of Welsh parents Garvin and Gwenda Evans,[1] both of whom originated from Llanelli, a coastal town in South Wales.

:D:D

EmmetSpiceland · 20-03-2019 02:54PM

Suckit wrote: »

Proud of his Irish roots, as it has been embedded in him from a young age. His mother would have done that.

Probably with a big wooden spoon and a Brenda Fricker look.

Suckit · 20-03-2019 04:13PM

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Probably with a big wooden spoon and a Brenda Fricker look.

No issues with that.
Not mad keen on the glammed up, 'I'll try and ride your friends' Irish mammy that's been floating around the last decade+.

Edit - Here's a Liam Gallagher interview where he also references the wedding - https://youtu.be/QPTkbaq7mUY?t=232

Riskymove · 20-03-2019 04:48PM

Birneybau wrote: »

He's more Irish than the Edge.

well...

Adam Charles Clayton, the oldest child of Brian and Jo Clayton, was born on 13 March 1960 in Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England. His father was a pilot with the Royal Air Force, who moved into civil aviation, and his mother was a former airline stewardess.[4] When he was 4 years old, Clayton's father worked in Kenya as a pilot with East African Airways,[4] the family being resident in Nairobi

Ipso · 20-03-2019 05:03PM

Needles to say, Martin had the last laugh.

Charles Ingles · 20-03-2019 05:08PM

That was actually a genuine Alan Partridge lookalike.
Martin Brennan is a well known farmer from Drumcliffe in Sligo he is a well known character in the area.
Steve Coogan heard about him and invited him on the show

Ipso · 20-03-2019 05:25PM

Charles Ingles wrote: »

That was actually a genuine Alan Partridge lookalike.
Martin Brennan is a well known farmer from Drumcliffe in Sligo he is a well known character in the area.
Steve Coogan heard about him and invited him on the show

He desreves a career in impersonating Alun.

Mefistofelino · 20-03-2019 05:29PM

WinnyThePoo wrote: »

Also big up to his PA Lynn. Who stuck beside him through thick and thin.

Lynn doesn't want to be part of your sex festival, thank you.

kowloon · 20-03-2019 05:43PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I love the way there is still comedians out there willing to push the boundaries. The irony in this is that BBC have become this 'woke', PC, diversity obsessed, broadcaster so its strange that they sanctioned it.

Given that he has played similar characters years ago, and on the BBC, I think that boundary was pushed years ago. As for the criticism of them being so PC brigade etc. I think a lot of that comes from people who don't like that tastes have changed. There's plenty of Jim Davidson videos on Youtube to cater for them.

Ipso · 20-03-2019 06:12PM

kowloon wrote: »

Given that he has played similar characters years ago, and on the BBC, I think that boundary was pushed years ago. As for the criticism of them being so PC brigade etc. I think a lot of that comes from people who don't like that tastes have changed. There's plenty of Jim Davidson videos on Youtube to cater for them.

Well Tony Hayers would never have allowed this.

sligojoek · 20-03-2019 06:13PM

Charles Ingles wrote: »

That was actually a genuine Alan Partridge lookalike.
Martin Brennan is a well known farmer from Drumcliffe in Sligo he is a well known character in the area.
Steve Coogan heard about him and invited him on the show

I live in the next village. I've had many a pint with Martin. Great crack when he's had a few.

kowloon · 20-03-2019 06:26PM

Ipso wrote: »

Well Tony Hayers would never have allowed this.

I had to look that one up.

B0jangles · 20-03-2019 06:35PM

I quite liked that crime investigation show that started as an Alan Partridge spin-off.

SligoSean · 20-03-2019 08:16PM

B0jangles wrote: »

I quite liked that crime investigation show that started as an Alan Partridge spin-off.

Crash! Bang! Wallop!

Even had a great title, details again.

refusetolose · 20-03-2019 10:02PM

Charles Ingles wrote: »

That was actually a genuine Alan Partridge lookalike.
Martin Brennan is a well known farmer from Drumcliffe in Sligo he is a well known character in the area.
Steve Coogan heard about him and invited him on the show

why wasn't he mentioned in the ending credits and Daniel Craig lookalike was?

the credits mention "Irish Band" Kevin Boyle,Paul Brennan,Steve Brown and Dermot Crehan

B0jangles · 20-03-2019 10:03PM

SligoSean wrote: »

Crash! Bang! Wallop!

Even had a great title, details again.

Back of the net!

I was thinking of:

innuendo141 · 20-03-2019 10:07PM

Birneybau wrote: »

He's more Irish than the Edge.

The Edge:

:D:D

The Edge is fine...

20-03-2019 10:41PM

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

This wasn't crossing boundaries... The English don't know Irish history

Thats true. One of the English actresses from the RTE series Rebellion spoke of how aghast she was at learning about Britains role in Irelands history while she was researching her part and she said ''Well we weren't thought this in school''

20-03-2019 10:47PM

kowloon wrote: »

Given that he has played similar characters years ago, and on the BBC, I think that boundary was pushed years ago. As for the criticism of them being so PC brigade etc. I think a lot of that comes from people who don't like that tastes have changed. There's plenty of Jim Davidson videos on Youtube to cater for them.

Yes, but the BBC have become fairly sanitised since Alan Partridges original run. You only have to look at the dreadful remakes of great comedies and the likes of Two pints of lager to see what constitutes 'comedy' today. Aside from the Office and Extras, there has been some almighty howlers

janfebmar · 20-03-2019 11:41PM

Deleted User wrote: »

One of the English actresses from the RTE series Rebellion spoke of how aghast she was at learning about Britains role in Irelands history while she was researching her part and she said ''Well we weren't thought this in school''

We cannot really complain about how history is taught in other countries when you look at how many of us were indoctrinated in school here to hate England, and to blame them for everything. Even in the 60's and 70's and 80's when there was huge emigration to Britain, and many Irish got jobs over there.
From my schooldays I can still see the posters of the brave 1916 patriots on the wall, and recall the anti-English rhetoric, but we were not told of the 210,000 Irishmen who volunteered to serve in British uniforms in WW1, or 120,000 Irishmen volunteered in WW2. History can be taught quite one sided. We were told the IRA were grand lads but no mention of the murder of thirteen Protestants in West Cork in April 1922 or other such acts.

jaysisjames · 20-03-2019 11:46PM

Good thread!

and some funny reminders of classic partridge lines from some devotees on here.

i found the segment immensely funny- the funniest part for me was the turn in martins eye.
that,combined with the cheap suit, slight comb-over and protruding teeth were classic- and the accent was spot on as mentioned before

cant believe we heard men behind the wire on the BBC !

Double o feckin bollix indeed!

Duckworth_Luas · 21-03-2019 12:01AM

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

I don’t really see Alan partridge as a very good interviewer though, although people rave about him.

Partridge has had a very successful career on the BBC, Radio Norwich, North Norfolk Digital and of course with “Skirmish”, a military-based general knowledge quiz show on digital cable channel UK Conquest.

Let's not forget that Alan was the first presenter to point out that Bono, owner of the country's largest collection of hatchbacks, as well as a house full of red rope and plastic fruit, is mentally ill.

Compare this with the output of Cliff Thorburn, who is not, primarily, a presenter. He is a snooker – ex-snooker player – and is an unknown quantity!

By the way, "Skirmish" has the largest audience share for a digital channel at that time of day, in the Norfolk area.

Needless to say Alan has had the last laugh!

fiveleavesleft · 21-03-2019 12:04AM

Love Partridges horror at the thought of going to Sligo.:D

Duckworth_Luas · 21-03-2019 12:10AM

janfebmar wrote: »

We cannot really complain about how history is taught in other countries ... YAWN ... or other such acts.

You forgot to point out that Dublin is where the IRA make the bombs and Martin McGuinness looks like a clown without makeup.

Suckit · 21-03-2019 12:10AM

refusetolose wrote: »

why wasn't he mentioned in the ending credits and Daniel Craig lookalike was?

the credits mention "Irish Band" Kevin Boyle,Paul Brennan,Steve Brown and Dermot Crehan

He's very shy.

kowloon · 21-03-2019 12:16AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Yes, but the BBC have become fairly sanitised since Alan Partridges original run. You only have to look at the dreadful remakes of great comedies and the likes of Two pints of lager to see what constitutes 'comedy' today. Aside from the Office and Extras, there has been some almighty howlers

I'd add Life's Too Short to the list with The Office and Extras.
I definitely don't watch as many BBC comedies as I used to, but like most people, I'm not confined to a handful of channels anymore. The good stuff is spread out over a load of competing channels and the likes of Netflix and Amazon.
BBC Three was closed (moved online) and with it went a portion of their original comedy. It's all still out there, but now it's mixed in with 900 channels of reality tv and other cheaper to produce filler.

Irish Alan Partridge sings IRA ballad live on BBC

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