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I'm Alan Partridge: Series 1 (1997)


Commentaries on this disc:

Commentary 1: Wwriter/director/producer Armando Iannucci, writer Peter Baynham, and actor Steve Coogan Rating:8.0/10 (2 votes) [graph]Login to vote or review
Commentary 2: Actor Steve Coogan (in character as Alan Partridge) and actor Felicity Montague (in character as production assistant Lynne Benfield) Rating:4.5/10 (2 votes) [graph]Login to vote or review
Reviewed by Gavin Millarrrrrrrrrr on July 13th, 2008:Find all reviews by Gavin Millarrrrrrrrrr
The idea of this sounds a lot better than it actually is. (Ditto when Coogan talks about recording it on the other track.) It's a nice conceit to have the fictional Partridge talking about the programme supposedly made about his life (we're told everyone else in the programme, apart from Lynne, is an actor playing a real person and recreating real events) but in truth it doesn't come off, mainly because Partridge is such a prat that in reality you wouldn't really want to spend 5 minutes in his company let alone 3 hours. Also, it has to be said that ad-libbing isn't necessarily Coogan's strength so there's a lot of um-ing and ah-ing as he (and co-star Montague) try to think of things to say while remaining in character.
Partridge die-hards will probably want to give it a listen but not recommended for the casual listener.