I'm Alan Partridge

I'm Alan Partridge is a British sitcom. Two series were produced, the first in 1997 and the second in 2002. Six episodes were produced for each series. Steve Coogan stars as Alan Partridge.

Both series were written by Steve Coogan, Armando Iannucci and Peter Baynham. They starred Coogan as Alan Partridge; Felicity Montague as his faithful, mousey PA, Lyn; Simon Greenhall as Geordie Travel Tavern handyman/BP garage attendant, Michael; and Phil Cornwell as rival DJ, Dave Clifton.

Series One

In this series, the former chat show host Partridge has divorced his wife, distanced himself from his children and ends up living in a small motel. He is reduced to doing local radio broadcasts very late at night and making corporate appearances for various relatively low profile firms. Partridge shows his usual sexism and bigotry, constantly insulting his hard-working personal assistant, Lynn, by giving her a meagre salary and making her perform the most trivial of tasks. His social life is minimal, with only phone calls from Bill Oddie and the occasional acquantance talking to him as well as silly, masculine chats with friend/hotel handyman/liar about military work, Michael. Michael, a Geordie with a thick accent that Alan barely understands at times, is a desperate character, never less than when Alan looks out of his hotel room window to see Michael standing in a car park, head in his hands tearing at his hair. He tells army stories, arousing suspicion that he is just a compulsive liar, a "wannabee". Other hotel staff include receptionist Susan Barbara Durkin, her assistant, Sophie Sally Phillips, and Sophie's young boyfriend, Ben