Alan Partridge fights with an old lady while trying out his new cashier skills in this preview clip from the upcoming Seeso special Alan Partridge’s Scissored Isle. The special debuts on November 17th.
Alan Gordon Partridge is a fictional character portrayed by English actor and comedian Steve Coogan. A parody of British television personalities, Partridge is a tactless and inept television and radio presenter who often insults his guests and whose inflated sense of celebrity drives him to treachery and shameless self-promotion. Coogan described Partridge as a Little Englander, with right-wing values and poor taste.
Partridge was created by Coogan and Armando Iannucci (Veep, In The Loop) for the 1991 BBC Radio 4 comedy programme On the Hour, a spoof of British current affairs broadcasting, as the show’s sports presenter. In 1992, Partridge hosted a spin-off Radio 4 spoof chat show, Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge. On the Hour transferred to television as The Day Today in 1993, followed by Knowing Me, Knowing You in 1994. In 1997, Coogan starred as Partridge in a BBC sitcom, I’m Alan Partridge, written by Coogan, Iannucci and Peter Baynham, following Partridge’s life working for a small radio station and living in a roadside hotel. It earned two BAFTAs and was followed by a second series in 2002.
