This BBC sitcom starried Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge, a character previously seen
as the sports news presenter on The Day Today and his own chat show Knowing
Me Knowing You.

The follow-up series observes Partridge as he tries to rebuild his career by hosting a
local radio show. Despite being a total loser, Alan is still under the impression he is a
major media star.

This series found Alan working for Radio Norwich – 'a national broadcaster trapped in
the body of a regional disc jockey' – and generally down on his luck.

Alan Attraction
Facing impending bankruptcy, Alan has to give up his Rover 800 and is forced to drive a Mini
Metro instead. Then he has to sack everyone at his company Peartree Productions but rather
than admit he failed to secure a second series, he finds trivial reasons to get rid of them.
He takes his secretary Jill (Julia Deakin ) out for a Valentine’s Day trip to an owl sanctuary
and a meal. They end up in bed, but it all gets very messy and she is fired, too.

Watership Alan
Alan upsets Norfolk farmers with remarks about BSE to his guest on This Morning’s Farmer and
he upsets Lynn when his skimpy shorts fail to keep everything in. And he’s upset about an £8
item on his bill until Sophie explains it was for Bangkok Chickboys that he watched, for fifteen
minutes, by mistake, on the adult TV channel (“It’s complicated”). Alan is hired by Steve (Simon
Pegg) and Hugh (Peter Baynham) to make a corporate video for Hamiltons Waterbreaks but filming
is hampered by protesting farmers after he refuses to apologise to the Norfolk NFU’s Peter
Baxendale-Thomas (Chris Morris).

Basic Alan
As Alan is the only guest, Linton Travel Tavern closes for the weekend for redecoration. He's
so bored he rings his son Fernando, dismantles the Corby trouser press and drives round and
round the ring road. Back at the motel, he catches the staff doing cruel imitations of him, but
tries to show he’s game for a laugh by preparing a prank of his own. That leads to embarrassment
but there's worse to come when Alan has a run-in with the police.

To Kill A Mocking Alan
Alan tries to impress Aidan Walsh (Graham Linehan) and Paul Tool (Arthur Mathews) – two
executives from Irish TV – by staging a pilot version of a new chat show idea at the Linton
Travel Tavern. Sue Cook is lined up as his star guest, but she pulls out, leaving Alan to answer
questions from the audience, demonstrate how to shoot terrorists and flog his exclusive badge
and tie sets. When the executives want to go back to Alan’s house to discuss ideas, Alan is
helped – then hindered – by his biggest fan Jed Maxwell (Ian Sharrock).

Towering Alan
Alan makes a special appearance at the Swaffham Country Fayre (where he uses the PA
system to rant, ignored, against BBC chief commissioner Tony Hayers). Back at the Linton
Travel Tavern, Sue Cook phones with some good news: Hayers has died in a fall, while fiddling
with his TV aerial (how ironic). Alan can hardly contain his glee at the funeral, especially when
he gets some encouraging signals from Hayers' replacement, the old-school, hard-drinking
Chris Feather (Constantine Gregory).

The Colour of Alan
Alan is to present a sales conference for Dante's of Reading, the Ferrari of the coal effect fire
industry. After a book signing in Norwich Railway Station (buy the book and get a free Danko
Nightstick torch - as seen in The X Files!), Alan meets with Dante's Piet Morant to discuss the
conference. Someone has stolen Michael's front door so Alan kindly allows him to stay in his
unfinished house. Alan attempts to break climb over the fence at Choristers after forgetting his
security pass. He pierces his foot on the railings. Despite loosing about a pint of blood and vomiting
violently he is determined to do the conference. 

Brave Alan
Alan makes a new friend at the B.P. station: Dan Moody. Dan owns Planet Kitchen, 10,000 square
feet of sheer kitchens. Alan and Dan both love Directors Bitter, use Lynx deodorant and drive Lexi
(plural for Luxus). Through Dan, Alan is introduced to the elite of Norfolk; specifically Mike Yapley,
owner of Car Supermarket on the a47 and Karen Colman of mustard fame. Alan visits Dan and his
wife Ceri at their palatial Norwich mansion. The new friendship is sorely tested when Ceri let’s her
wandering hand get within 30mm from Alan’s ‘gland’ and Dan puts on a video of him and the wife
having sex on a kitchen surface.

Never Say Alan Again
Alan is planning a bank holiday weekend watching every single James Bond film back to back.
Alan intended to share this special time with petrol-vending friend, Michael. Alan smoulders with
jealousy upon finding out Michael has other friends, in particular ‘Tex’ (real name Terry) who loves
all things American. Michael is quickly un-invited to the Bond-fest and Alan homes in on John the
Builder. Lynn seems to have a boyfriend, ex-copper Gordon. He orders Alan to treat his PA with
a good deal more consideration. Alan is thus unexpectedly restrained when Lynn spills two jugs
of Sunny Delight on his entire Bond collection.

I Know What Alan Did Last Summer
Alan has two big problems. Firstly he is being inspected by the Inland Revenue. Secondly,
girlfriend Sonja has been going a bit mad with the gift giving. She keeps buying Alan Beefeater
Bears, toy London cabs, toy buses, even a Marble Arch cake. On the upside, Sonja makes a
pretty good full English breakfast (beans a bit close to the egg but otherwise superb). Things
go really bad when Sonja insists on meeting Alan's 'old friend' Bono from U2. Lynn improvises.
Using her late mother's cataract glasses and a friend from her Baptist church, she manages to
rustle up an almost convincing Bono Vox. Sadly Sonja isn't fooled. In this episode we also find
Alan close to a decision on naming his new house.

Alan Wide Shut
Despite his new house being ready to move in to, Alan is on edge. 14,000 surplus copies of his
book Bouncing Back are to be pulped and he's very sensitive about it. Worse, everyone seems
to be buying books about East End Gangsters, especially one called 'Bad Slags'.
Alan is a guest on Prayer Wave, a show on Talk Cambridge. The Host dares to point out that
there is a lot of unresolved bitterness in Alan's book, evident in oft used phrase '...needless to say,
I had the last laugh' (actually used 14 times). The highlight of the day is Lynn's baptism at
Sprowston Baptist Church. Alan makes a rather ill-judged speech which involves miming a
suicide by shotgun. After this, all that remains to do is visit the industrial plant where Bouncing
Back is to be pulped. Even though the 14,000 books end up looking like 'word porridge' - at
least the process has a certain dignity.

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