I [once] developed incredibly strong feelings towards the female broadcaster Sue Cook, which did extend to touching,” he admits. He’d told Cook that her hair was beautiful, and wondered whether he might feel it. “I was crossing a line, and I regret that.” Working with the Gibbons brothers has given Alan Partridge his most funny period and during this book, we see him at his best. Flipping between time periods during chapters keeps it fresh and his point of view recollections of his time at midmorning matters and this time are hilarious. If you are in Australia or New Zealand (DVD Region 4), note that almost all DVDs distributed in the UK by the BBC and 2entertain are encoded for both Region 2 and Region 4. The UK and Australasia are in the same Blu-ray region (B).

I'd love to see him expand a bit - a behind the scenes docco on the filming of the pilot of Swallow, perhaps, or some sort of The Trip style travelogue paid for by the Radio Times. Create more room for him to be a character and react to things, rather than keep him tied to the past. They've sort of done that with the lighthouse stuff I guess? Irrespective of his recent career boost, he remains uncomfortably C-list, and weekends are spent enduring garden barbecues at Esther McVey’s house, where he shares cooked meat and passive aggression with Andrew Castle and Gary Barlow. He also spends some time in Qatar with disgraced former Sky TV football pundit Richard “Hairy Hands” Keys. Alan Partridge is publishing a third volume of memoirs, British Comedy Guide can exclusively reveal.But this format of him reading his own words is by far the funniest most comprehensive humour i have ever enjoyed. It is my opinion that this, I partridge and Nomad are the best bits of art i have ever experienced. This is my 3rd time buying audible purely for partridge and i will happily buy it 3 more times . Using an innovative 'dual narrative' structure you sometimes see in films, Big Beacon tells the story of how Partridge heroically rebuilt his TV career, rising like a phoenix from the desolate wasteland of local radio to climb to the summit of Mount Primetime and regain the nationwide prominence his talent merits.

Yes, that very clearly is what it's about - the bit of his life he has yet to write about, half of which is new to us all so dunno what people are moaning about. It's true at the end of the vid he says it will also include anecdotes from throughout his life but that'll just be garnish, by the sounds. An inveterate chat-meister like Partridge will always have something new to say Timeline # 1 follows Alan in the wake of his 2021 expulsion from BBC One magazine show This Time, and his subsequent obsession with renovating a derelict Victorian lighthouse on the Kent coast, an entirely altruistic project which should in no way be regarded as a heavy-handed metaphor for resurrecting his career and sense of self-worth. He’s very clear on that point. Leaving his old life behind and relocating to a small coastal village in Kent, Alan battles through adversity, wins the hearts and minds of a suspicious community, and ultimately shows himself to be a quite wonderful man. A passionate auto-biography written in a style unheard of in literature; the dual narrative. Alan has to be given credit for his forward thinking, this really is a game changer for the written word and has to be considered for the Booker prize.This article is taken from The Big Issue magazine, which exists to give homeless, long-term unemployed and marginalised people the opportunity to earn an income. To support our work buy a copy!

But then something quite unexpected and moving, because Big Beacon also tells the story of a selfless man, driven to restore an old lighthouse to its former glory, motivated by nothing more than respect for a quietly heroic old building that many take for granted, which some people think is a metaphor for Alan himself even though it's not really for them to say.* It seems that Steve is disengaged from the character of Alan and it no longer feels like the same character. The original charm and authenticity is gone and what's left is an empty narrative. In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the odds. TWICE. Quote from: Magnum Valentino on May 11, 2023, 07:05:03 PMIt's published by Seven Dials and I've never heard of them But then something quite unexpected and moving, because Big Beaconalso tells the story of a selfless man, driven to restore an old lighthouse to its former glory, motivated by nothing more than respect for a quietly heroic old building that many take for granted, which some people think is a metaphor for Alan himself even though it’s not really for them to say.*Get the latest news and insight into how the Big Issue magazine is made by signing up for the Inside Big Issue newsletter