Scripted series · BBC Two
I'm Alan Partridge
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Steve Coogan
Alan Partridge
12 eps
Sally Phillips
Sophie
6 eps
Amelia Bullmore
Sonja
6 eps
Felicity Montagu
Lynn Benfield
12 eps
Simon Greenall
Michael
12 eps
Phil Cornwell
Dave Clifton
12 eps
James Lance
Ben
6 eps
Barbara Durkin
Susan
6 eps
David Schneider
Tony Hayers
6 eps
Andrew Burt
Frank Raphael
1 eps
Kevin Eldon
Mike Sampson
1 eps
Chris Morris
Peter Baxendale Thomas
1 eps
Julia Deakin
Jill
1 eps
Arthur Mathews
Paul Tool
1 eps
Philip Fox
Estate Agent
1 eps
Jo Enright
Tax Inspector Catherine
1 eps
Phoebe Nicholls
Karen Colman
1 eps
Julia Davis
Kate Fitzgerald
1 eps
Peter Serafinowicz
Tex
1 eps
Doon Mackichan
Jenny
1 eps
Graham Linehan
Aidan Walsh
1 eps
Daniel Cerqueira
Andrew
1 eps
Stephen Mangan
Dan Moody
1 eps
Rebecca Front
Tessa McPherson
1 eps
Simon Pegg
Steve Bennett
1 eps
Simon Ludders
Builder
3 eps
Rob Brydon
Baptist Fan
1 eps
Peter Baynham
Hugh Morris
1 eps
Bill Thomas
Bill
1 eps
Ian Sharrock
Jed Maxwell
1 eps
Terence Booth
Peter Linehan
2 eps
Constantine Gregory
Chris Feathers
1 eps
Sarah Wynter
Jane Hayers
1 eps
Hugh Parker
Policeman
1 eps
Colin Farrell
Martin
1 eps
Danny Nutt
Jason
1 eps
Chris Ryman
Peter
1 eps
Louise Yates
Alison
1 eps
Matthew James
Waiter
1 eps
David Prescott
Stephen Brai
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How I'm Alan Partridge actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
I'm Alan Partridge reads strongest on Bingeability, Humour and Character Depth.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
The fortunes of a former chat show host who is reduced to a lowly slot on Radio Norwich. Alan Partridge is divorced, living in a travel tavern, and desperate for a return to television.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E19
Alan Partridge Live: Stratagem
S00E10
Mid Morning Matters: Special Edition
S00E09
Alan Partridge on Open Books with Martin Bryce
S00E08
Welcome to the Places of My Life
S00E20
Steve Coogan Live as Alan Partridge and Other Less Successful Characters
S00E04
Alan Partridge Presents - The Cream of British Comedy
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Steve CooganExecutive Producer
- Adam TandyProducer
- Peter FinchamExecutive Producer
- Alison MacPhailProducer
- Armando IannucciProducer
- Peter BaynhamProducer
Writing
- Steve CooganWriter
- Armando IannucciWriter
- Peter BaynhamWriter
Direction
- Armando IannucciDirector
- Dominic BrigstockeDirector
- Tristram ShapeeroDirector
Recognition
Awards
1 win · 2 nominations
BAFTA Awards
1 win · 2 nominations · latest 2013
- WinnerBritish Academy Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance2013
I'm Alan Partridge · I'm Alan Partridge
- NomineeBritish Academy Television Award for Best Comedy1998
I'm Alan Partridge · I'm Alan Partridge
- NomineeBritish Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Performance1998
I'm Alan Partridge · I'm Alan Partridge
Where to watch
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