This Time With Alan Partridge - Series 1, Episode 6 - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
Faced with some of the toughest challenges that live TV can throw at a man - rancour behind the scenes, a viewer in danger, a segment on ladies fashion - Alan calls on 'Sidekick' Simon Denton to step up to the plate. But will they sink or swim?
Broadcast details
Date
Monday 1st April 2019
Time
9:30pm
Channel
Length
30 minutes
Cast & crew
Cast
| Steve Coogan | Alan Partridge |
|---|---|
| Susannah Fielding | Jennie Gresham |
| Felicity Montagu | Lynn Benfield |
| Tim Key | Simon Denton |
Guest cast
| Alex Dee | Floor Manager |
|---|---|
| Seb Cardinal | Tommy Chaucer |
| Andrew Stafford | Re-enactment Alan |
| Adam Stevens | Re-enactment Policeman |
| Nigel Doyle | Arresting Officer |
| Bayo Gbadamosi | Interpreter |
| Leke Adebayo | African Chairman |
| Katy Wix | Dr Susan Lyle |
| Joel Fry | Phone In Caller (Voice) |
| Morwenna Banks | Phone In Caller (Voice) |
| Rob Gibbons | Phone In Caller (Voice) |
| Jamie Demetriou | Phone In Caller (Voice) |
| Dan Skinner | Phone In Caller (Voice) |
Writing team
| Steve Coogan | Writer |
|---|---|
| Neil Gibbons | Writer |
| Rob Gibbons | Writer |
Production team
| Neil Gibbons | Director |
|---|---|
| Rob Gibbons | Director |
| Dave Lambert | Consultant Director |
| Ted Dowd | Producer |
| Christine Langan | Executive Producer |
| Steve Coogan | Executive Producer |
| Kate Daughton | Executive Producer |
| Neil Gibbons | Executive Producer |
| Rob Gibbons | Executive Producer |
| Rebecca Kerley | Line Producer |
| Joe Fraser | Associate Producer |
| Joe Fraser | Editor |
| Richard Drew | Production Designer |
| Sarah Crowe | Casting Director |
| Marcia Stanton | Costume Designer |
| Amanda Monk | Costume Designer |
| Pete Rowe | Director of Photography |
| Lisa Cavalli-Green | Make-up Designer |
| Martin Coogan | Composer |
| John Ellis | Composer |
| Kas Braganza | 1st Assistant Director |
Video
When translations go wrong...
Alan tries to conduct an interview via a translator.
Featuring: Steve Coogan (Alan Partridge), Bayo Gbadamosi (Interpreter) & Leke Adebayo (African Chairman).
Press
Quite accountably, in the less than loved This Time With Alan Partridge, they saved the very worst for last. I'd retained hopes for this, and some of the format worked winningly, but as soon as his co-host, the wonderful Susannah Fielding, walked off set at the very start, it fell apart: Alan was just allowed to get nasty, which was never, ever, the point. I'd love to see Alan return. Just not with those writers.
Euan Ferguson, The Guardian, 7th April 2019
After a slow start, this latest iteration of Coogan's cringe-worthy character has hit its stride in recent weeks, with the introduction of Alan's Irish doppelganger and a perfectly pitched #MeToo episode. Now comes a victory lap of a final episode where, in true Partridge tradition, everything goes even more wrong than usual, and Alan and Sidekick Simon are forced to present the show themselves. Plus, Alan re-enacts his traumatic recent encounter with the boys in blue.
Gwilym Mumford, The Guardian, 1st April 2019
Review This Time with Alan Partridge
As his loose lips land him in trouble with his co-host and the BBC's director general, could This Time be the last time for Partridge?
Sarah Carson, i Newspaper, 1st April 2019