A few years have passed since Alan Partridge had his own TV show, 'Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge'. He is now a radio DJ in Norwich while living in a modest hotel and holding out for a second season of his show. He whiles away his substantial spare time talking to the hotel staff, finding things for his PA Lynn to do and generally being obnoxious and making a nuisance of himself.
I enjoyed the previous two iterations of Alan Partridge: as the sports reporter on 'The Day Today' and ''Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge'. 'I'm Alan Partridge' picks up AP's career a few years after the latter show ended and is brilliant: absolutely hilarious and represents the peak of the Alan Partridge series of TV shows and films (there were a few more to follow).
Once again co-written by Steve Coogan and produced and co-written by Armando Iannucci (who later gave us the brilliant 'The Thick of It' and 'Veep') the humour is wonderfully self-deprecating: series about a man woefully out of touch and incapable of filtering his views. Some superb scenes and jokes.
Unfortunately there were only two seasons, 12 episodes, with the two seasons five years apart. It surely deserved better, though, as I said, there were a few more iterations to come. On the plus side, the second season is even better and funnier than the first, and I didn't think that was possible.
I enjoyed the previous two iterations of Alan Partridge: as the sports reporter on 'The Day Today' and ''Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge'. 'I'm Alan Partridge' picks up AP's career a few years after the latter show ended and is brilliant: absolutely hilarious and represents the peak of the Alan Partridge series of TV shows and films (there were a few more to follow).
Once again co-written by Steve Coogan and produced and co-written by Armando Iannucci (who later gave us the brilliant 'The Thick of It' and 'Veep') the humour is wonderfully self-deprecating: series about a man woefully out of touch and incapable of filtering his views. Some superb scenes and jokes.
Unfortunately there were only two seasons, 12 episodes, with the two seasons five years apart. It surely deserved better, though, as I said, there were a few more iterations to come. On the plus side, the second season is even better and funnier than the first, and I didn't think that was possible.