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I'm Alan Partridge : Complete BBC Series 1 [1997]
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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
I'm Alan Partridge finds Steve Coogan's media creation back in his native Norwich, having lost his beloved chat show Knowing Me, Knowing You, and now reduced to the pre-Breakfast slot playing old T'Pau and Soft Cell singles to an audience of farmers and all-night bakery workers. He's also lodged at the Linton Travel tavern, whose permanently smiling manageress, bland decor and themed buffets are redolent of what vast tracts of England have become. He's very much at home there. While there's much media satire in Partridge's pitiful pitches of programme ideas to the BBC ("Inner city sumo? Monkey tennis?"), I'm Alan Partridge is more a bleakly hilarious take on Modern Middle English Man, irascible and profoundly bored. Between innumerable moments of high, wild comedy, such as a disastrous video Partridge does for a boating agency and an encounter with his one (insane) fan, the most telling moments of the series come with his efforts to fill his dismally empty days, taking a trouser press to pieces, staring at the astro turf at an owl sanctuary or walking to a service station to buy windscreen cleaning fluid just for something to do. All this proved a little too darkly uncomfortable for mainstream audiences--yet Alan Partridge was probably the finest British comic creation of the 1990s. --David Stubbs
Its always funny no matter how many times you watch it!
Review date: 2008-04-27 Rating: 10 out of 10
This series of Alan Partridge is an absolute hoot. Steve Coogan plays Partridge the hideous and obnoxious has been television presenter to perfection. Partridge is now seperated from his wife and lives at the Linton Travel Tavern. He still works as a presenter but now its on radio Norwich and his show is in the very early hours of the morning. Yet Partridge is convinced he still has something to offer. His belief is commendable but his talent is....well...His own production company is insolvent (the way he dismisses his staff is hilarious) as his promotional video for a local boating company. Its a joy to watch time and time again. Its not just the sheer brilliance of the writing. Its the facial expressions of Partridge along with the excellent cast who support him. I will never tire of Partridge and his hilarious escapades. If you haven't got this yet then acquire it quickly - you will not regret it!
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Reviews
Iannuccian and Baynhamic comedic gold!
Review date: 2008-04-08 Rating: 10 out of 10
A work of, well not genius, as that is a word bandied round with ill deserved regularity, but certainly 2 clever brains that undersatnd comedy. Much of the scripts of this series have now sunk into the culture of many of my friends and we find ourselves reciting bits of it when slightly drunk. The character of Alan Partidge was (I always thought) slightly 2 dimentional on his tv series and intially radio series, but when he is fleshed out and dumped in a travel tavern in East Anglia, desperate to gain his former status of tv presenter, it is a joy to watch. Every episode is a gem, peppered with fantastic dialogue ('smell my cheese', 'monkey tennis', 'inner city sumo with Chas and Dave', 'ooooh; lady boys', 'no way, you're a mentalist!' etc); when I have had a rough day and want to laugh out loud, it is either this (and series 2, equally as good) or Father Ted.
A must for fans of BBC comdey (as ITV don't seem to do comedy anymore. Perhaps they can't be bothered!), this is worthy of hanging in a pool of lights!
DVD review
Review date: 2008-02-27 Rating: 10 out of 10
A crescent of crisps, the sniggering receptionist, 12" plate, monkey tennis, Lynn, and dressing up in a shower curtain. Sir Alan, we salute you!!
Brilliant!
Review date: 2008-02-25 Rating: 10 out of 10
" That was Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell, a song in which Joni complains they paved paradise to put up a parking lot! which actually would have alleviated traffic congestion on the outskirts of paradise, soemthing that Joni singulary fails to point out, perhaps because it doesnt quite fit in with her blinkered view....of the world " LOL classic Alan Partridge, there is only 2 series, 2 series you must own !
So clever, so funny
Review date: 2007-09-21 Rating: 10 out of 10
My favourite episode in this is the one with Jed, his number one fan. The tears were running down my cheeks, I was laughing so much. Every episode is a gem. Michael is a great character and his bonding with Alan is a good idea.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Steve Coogan
Director(s):
Recording label: 2 Entertain Video
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video
EAN: 5014503120221
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2002-11-25
Number of discs: 2
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 180 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1997-11-03
Language: English (Original Language)
Brand: Generic