What’s the forum verdict on this then?

I thought it was pretty poor sadly. Coogan as Partridge will always be watchable and there were a couple of good lines. The format didn’t really work though IMO and overall the quality was a far cry from the incomparable genius of I’m Alan Partridge.

Seems to have been pretty well reviewed in the press though so what do I know!

A couple of very funny lines, but on the whole a bit of a miss.
Maybe it’ll improve over the series?

Good they tried a new format. And first episodes are always a bit ropey…

However I will still watch it as there was the occasional great moment.

Some things didn’t work, and his character doesn’t seemed to have aged/progressed in line with other versions.

A journalist wrote it doesn’t work because it is impossible to parody the idiocy and absurdity of The One Show, I’m inclined to agree.

5/5 on The Guardian. i’m watching it tonight as it was on too late for me!

Worth watching for the toilet scene alone.

Couple of really good scenes, but agree that parodying the One show is going to be impossible as it’s already so brain dead!

Will keep watching, but not as brilliant as him living in the Linton Travel Tavern.

Loved it.

Terrorist in NI accent was funny and EmilyMaitlis bit. If every episode is in the studio it’ll be unbearable.

Also as above he’s got younger!

And first episodes are always a bit ropey…

Always? Inbetweeners? Gavin & Stacy? first 2 that come to mind and their first episodes were superb.
Always found Partridge hit & miss myself (preferred Paul Calf!) but I know I’m in the minority there with the hip comedy kidz.

Alice Fluck!
I thought it was ace…absolutely laughed my head off.

I too found myself wanting it to move away from the studio or the “live TV” scenes … but that is only because with it being sooo cringey I find it really quite hard to watch.

I think I like it best when he has a little victory…. whatever, just my musings

I love a bit of Partridge, but that was disappointing.

It was always going to be a tough one.

There was no Armando Iannucci involvement, which is always going to weaken it. The Gibbons brothers have taken Alan a different, less funny, route.

The format didn’t really work though

isn’t that the point though, you cringe Along with Alan?

Always? Inbetweeners? Gavin & Stacy? first 2

Well as a general rule you’ve got set things up which takes time.

Inbetweeners was always awful.

Gavin & Stacey , unique in respect of your comments..

Can’t completely accept the comments about being beyond parody as you could’ve said that about his very first series, and the shows it was based on.

Always? Inbetweeners? Gavin & Stacy? first 2

Inbetweeners they just ripped the American pie grossout stuff, while Gavin & Stacey was only really funny when ‘Nessa was on screen.

I thought it was great, but I actually prefer the Gibbons stuff. There’s lot of word play going on, like the “china man square” reference last night, which might not be to everyone’s taste.

Inbetweeners was always awful.

Oh wow. I’ve not anybody that thinks that. Or wanted to.

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They completely obviously didn’t, but hey, you didn’t get it, fair enough.

I’ll leave you Partridge boys to your “obviously completely different sense of humour” chat.

Slag from the bible
Big in the back time
the list of c list celebs
Sidekick Simon
Clunt/Fluck
Chinaman Square
Chocolate for the wife
that reporter that wouldn’t agree with him
the story about his grandad
the way he pronounced “terrorist”
“no… we mustn’t” to the hygiene lady washing her hands for him
the hygiene lady being called Jean… “Hi Jean….”

all classic partridge, and got a genuine “lol” from me… anyone who disagrees should stick to mrs brown’s boys

bye

How dare anyone compare AP to Inbetweeners (terrible) or Gavin and Stacey (massively overrated). Haven’t seen the latest one though!

Alan Partidge occurred during one of my periods of not watching telly. Same as Inbetweeners and Gavin and Stacey.
If i’m round anyones house and they find out they often insist on showing me an episode and I tend to find it all a bit average. I did like the first episode of Inbetweeners with the trying to buy drinks in the pub scene but I’ve never felt the urge to dig out other episodes.
All seems a bit flat if haven’t got part of your youth invested in it…

I enjoyed it, obviously nowhere near as good as ‘I’m Alan Partridge’ but that would be almost impossible.

I’m kind of glad they didn’t try and do a new series of ‘I’m Alan Partridge’, it was perfect as it was.

^^^ What Eddie said. Partridge was aleays the weak bit in The Day Today.

Oh wow. I’ve not anybody that thinks that. Or wanted to

Witless toilet humour not my thing. And I’m sure I’m not alone.

Naff.

Too obvious/too trying hard.

Should have been more subtle, make it a bit more likely that he would have been chosen to host a TV show but with a few subtle slip-ups along the way. As it was there is no way that someone like that would have been given a TV show to do, and certainly not another episode.

I managed to see a bit of Malcom that was on before it and that was awful as well – the license fee is a bit of a joke now with only the odd series that is any good and then masses of junk.

Just watched it always had mixed opinions with Partridge but that was Ok.

Gavin and Stacey however was shite.

there is no way that someone like that would have been given a TV show to do

What ? As opposed to a woman being called Alice Fluck or the hygienist being called Jean or wearing a green shirt or a man being interviewed wearing a mickey mouse mask …. lol

there is no way that someone like that would have been given a TV show to do

Not brilliant but definitely worth sticking with as I reckon it’ll get better. Some geuine LOL moments of vintage Alan. Its the little details, like when he’s walking down the street and you hear someone shout, off camera, “Partridge, you w*****r!”

The difference with parodying TV now is that all the ‘Monkey Tennis’ ideas Alan blurted out, which sounded utterly absurd back then, have all become reality. Gordon Ramsey has actually made ‘Cooking in Prison’

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I thought it was excellent. 🙂

“I was told you were separated”

Loved it

I was a massive fan of Alan Partidge BITD.

We share the same clothing style and I too live in a hotel during most weeks, it’s no coincidence that I bought the same branded car..

But I can’t bring myself to watch this incarnation..

Can’t think why.

Thing is – it’s the only reason I’ve turned on the BBC in ages. (Apart from laugh a minute QT)

It was boring and not funny so we turned it off after five minutes. We also watched the new Martin Clunes thing, which was even less funny.

It was boring and not funny so we turned it off after five minutes

It was much funnier after 6 minutes

I thought the really funny stuff was between minutes 9 and 13, there was a lull noticeable between minutes 16-18 but it picked up strongly in minute 21

This was alright.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8rPBlzCIsc