This Time with Alan Partridge teaser

roberty

Philly_Q

The bit about handwashing and the interview at the end were OK.  All the scenes on the sofa felt more strained than they were supposed to.

menamestom

Not bad, not a classic on first watch, but some funny moments.  On first watch you really can't tell what might stick and end up in the nations lexicon.

I'd like to see a bit away from the studio, hopefully it's not all in front of the camera.

paulnb57

One to avoid for me, can't abide Partridge....

Danny1969

I thought it was OK, first time back on TV he IS trying too hard. That was kinda the point I think.  To me a poor AP show is still infinitely more funny than 99% of what's on TV nowadays anyway so I'll keep watching. 

57Deluxe

no, was rather clumsy and unbelievable (even for him) that he would overtake the direction that would have previously only be tolerated from being 'the 'star' back in his earlier day.

Sassafras

FWIW, I thought he was at his best when he was on the radio. Excruciatingly cringeworthy, therefore very funny. All the rest was just a dilution for a mass TV audience.

ESBlonde

I don't find AP funny so I won't be watching. Mind you I don't watch much regular TV anyway.

Dopesick

The bits with Sidekick Simon trying to work the Digiwall and trying to get a 'that's right' out of that Ruth woman were fucking hilarious. I think it being a different setting made for a new and unfamiliar experience as I think AP is best when conversing to other people rather than alongside them. His facial expressions are still second to none.

I have noticed ever since the mid 2000s or thereabouts that he does have an annoying tendency to over-exaggerate his silly pronunciation of words. However it's only the first episode. Still lots more to come.

Schnozz

I loved him in the hotel and the campervan and I enjoyed the movie too. Not so much the talkshow and I didn't see it last night

roberty

Dopesick said:

I have noticed ever since the mid 2000s or thereabouts that he does have an annoying tendency to over-exaggerate his silly pronunciation of words. However it's only the first episode. Still lots more to come.

That's the character of Alan Partridge doing his presenter voice.  Coogan explains that Partridge the character wants to be better than he is, but doesn't know what that looks like.  I think this is a manifestation of that; also his nasty competitive streak

Sesh

I thought it was pretty good. Not quite up there with the best AP, but worthwhile. The Clunt/Fluck mixup was a highlight for me.

hoops

Disappointing!

darthed1981

Sesh said:

I thought it was pretty good. Not quite up there with the best AP, but worthwhile. The Clunt/Fluck mixup was a highlight for me.

Agreed on both points.

Rabs

Yeah I was a bit disappointed at first.. But I think by the end of it I was enjoying it more...

HATED the sidekick Simon bits.. Very obvious..

For me the two bits I like the best was the demonstration of how go to the toilet without touching anything..  And the woman he was talking to who he spilled shandy over at a party who now hates him and refuses to agree with anything he says.

roberty

darthed1981 said:

Sesh said:

I thought it was pretty good. Not quite up there with the best AP, but worthwhile. The Clunt/Fluck mixup was a highlight for me.

Agreed on both points.

The Fluck/Clunt joke is apparently ancient and lifted from Diana Dors

sev112

I thought the hacktivust interview was quite good, what with the emails , and then he turned it back on him with the mask.  

cj73

Pathos?

richardhomer

I recently went to see the Stan & Ollie film at my son’s insistence. I had pretty much zero interest in the subject matter - but Coogan was exceptional in it - a really affecting piece of cinema. A classic example of a story being captivating when told well enough.

First impressions of last night’s episode weren’t great - reminiscent of Knowing Me Knowing You - the format is potentially too restrictive to get into the character of him as fully as the subsequent series allowed. 

I’ll persevere with it. My guess is that his rivalry with co-presenter will get more intense and ugly as it progresses. 

thermionic

I am disappoint. As Richard says, very reminiscent of Knowing Me, Knowing You - which when I think of it is not vintage Partridge for me. He’s funniest when trying to cope with life, in a Travelodge doing local radio or whatever. It’s finely observed though so I’ll keep watching. What struck me most was Lynn’s Machiavellian manipulation!