Sunday, March 29, 2020

Tony Hayers- Character Profile- I'm Alan Partridge 1

You've not witnessed evil til you've stared into the eyes of the man who's just cancelled your second series...

Tony Hayers- David Schneider

Tony Hayers is Alan's nemesis, and the subject of many flashbacks we see throughout the series where Alan Partridge offers him a lap dance in exchange for a second series. However, Tony Hayers is a tough man with an evolution not revolution policy. He even rejects such crackign programme ideas as Monkey Tennis, Cooking in Prison and Youth Hostelling with Chris Eubank.

tony hayers played by david schneider
Tony Hayers, Chief Commissioning Editor, BBC


In the final episode of the series, Towering Alan, Tony Hayers fatefully dies whilst taking the aerial of his roof, leaving Alan wide open to return to the BBC- Jurassic Park!

Tony Hayers is played by David Schneider who starred opposite Steve Coogan in On The Hour and The Day Today. He also wrote the screenplay for Death of Stalin with Armando Iannucci. He is known as a director, actor, writer and comedian.

Saturday, March 28, 2020

Peter Baxendale-Thomas- Character Profile- I'm Alan Partridge 1

You serve simply to inflame the farmers...

Mooooooooo!!!!!!

Peter Baxendale-Thomas (Chris Morris)

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Peter Baxendale-Thomas is the representative of the Norfolk Farmer's Union who comes on to Alan Partridge's show to hear Alan's supposed apology for comments he made about farming methods- they produce infected spinal columns in a bap- Alan needs to get out of this rather ugly hole...



Alan doesn't agree- he calls Peter a big posh sod with plums in his mouth, and the plums have mutated and have got beaks! He also states that farmers have those big sheds that nobody is allowed in- inside are 20 foot high chickens!

This episode was played during the height of the CJD outbreak so Alan's distaste for farmers comes down to this. Baxendale-Thomas grows tired of Alan's insults and eventually leaves the interview, leaving Lynn to take over.

Peter Baxendale-Thomas is played by the absolute genius Chris Morris who worked with Steve Coogan on On the Hour and The Day Today. He is widely known for his excellent, almost as funny as Alan Partridge series Brass Eye amongst many other productions such as Four Lions. 

Jill- Character Profile- I'm Alan Partridge

Do you know what I used to think when I used to see you in reception? I used to think oooooooo she's nicer than my wife!

Jill- the receptionist from Peartree Productions

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Jill is Alan's favourite, she could even be described as a 40 year old scorcher and work for Sol Dangerfield's casting agency! She was formerly Alan's receptionist at Peartree Productions, for whom Alan always held a slight liking to. When Alan asked 'Jill, do you like me sex wise?' when she answered in the affirmative, a romance was born... for an afternoon.

jill the receptionist from peartree productions
Jill you're so dirrrrty
A trip to the owl sanctuary followed by a romantic buffet supper on a 12 inch plate at Linton Travel Tavern resulted. However, when she had the temerity to get chocolate mousse not only on Alan Partridge, but also on the bedsheets and the valance (the skirt thing round the side of the bed), this could have been misconstrued as a dirty protest by an unwitting member of the hotel, and Alan needed to act immediately.

alan partridge's receptionist jill


Jill, unfortunately for her, found herself sacked (she was being made redundant anyway) and in a taxi home, sadly puffing on a cigarette... it started with a kiss....

Jill is played by Julia Deakin, who has also appeared in Spaced, Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead

Cope with Covid-19 like Alan Partridge

In these strange times of social distancing amid the spread of the bitter bastard Coronavirus emanating in Covid-19 lodging in people's lungs, here is some sage advice from King of Anglia Alan Partridge on how to cope...

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1. Practice Social Distancing like Alan

cope with corona with alan partridge
Coping with Corona can be very complex- but one thing is certain- you must repeat must- maintain your social distancing. Practice like Alan and get a good distance and avoid breathing or coughing on your friend or foe.

Go on give me a second series you swine










2. Wash your hands after your morning toilet like Alan

alan partridge handwashing technique
Alan is very clean, the cleanest person you have probably ever met- this is down to an aggressive body scrub that turns soap from mini sized frisbees to actual sized paracetamol.

You must remember to wash your hands- after the pee or poo has landed, do make sure that you're clean handed. Plus wash them before and after anything...

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3. Stay at HOME like Alan

alan partridge's house
Yes, the mortgage crippled him, but Alan is helping Britain by staying at home to prevent the spread of Covid-19. He has been enjoying his rather salubrious digs... and certainly will not travelling to around Britain to the spiritual home of the needy, also the home of cotton and guns, Manchester.

Nope, he'll be practising CPR in the comfort of his front room in sunny East Anglia... and so should you be... but just where you live... not Norwich... unless you actually do live in Norwich, then it's fine.




4. Practice Safe Shopping Like Alan


The above video needs no introduction... but with the British economy currently collapsing like a warm Easter Egg, we will still need to shop in our local supermarkets to get vital supplies like cheese, chops, chocs, cheap chicken and chives... just keep your distance...

So there you have it- follow these rules- don't be a dwad and carry on usual- we've all seen them crowding around the ice cream van in those undesirable areas- sleep walking into a Coronavirus nightmare- follow the rules so that this hell can be over and forgotten about like Carol and her narcissistic sports pimp boyfriend...




Thursday, March 26, 2020

I'm Alan Partridge 1- Towering Alan

This is final episode of the excellent series I'm Alan Partridge. Alan is obviously very affected by the events of the previous episode To Kill a Mocking Alan where crazed fan Jed Maxwell pretty much kidnapped him in his horrific fan room!

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Here are the plotlines from I'm Alan Partridge series 1

Alan Partridge judging the vegetable competition in Towering Alan

We open by seeing Lynn trying to calm Alan down with his fears of being assassinated-a hangover from the previous episode. At least he is cheered by the fact that his sleeveless jacket gives the appearance of a bullet proof jacket- the attacker would be forced to take a head shot, and he wouldn't even know what had happened!

Alan Partridge in Towering Alan I'm Alan Partridge series 1


Alan is very much cheered by the fact that Chief Commissioning editor of the BBC Tony Hayers has actually died whilst removing an aerial from his roof- Spiceworld- things are looking up for Alan! Even better than that is the fact that Chris Feather, who likes Alan (God knows why) has taken up the role! 

Alan Partridge with Chris Feather in Towering Alan


Onto judging the vegetable contest at The Swaffham Country Fayre- he absolutely loves the plums- just put nice plums- but is confused by the protusions from the onions... are they a good things or a bad thing? They would make an excellent murder weapon- beat someone to death then eat the evidence!

Sadly, Alan then attends the funeral of Tony Hayers (you've never looked evil in the face until you've looked into the eyes of the man who has just cancelled your second series). He eventually manages to speak to new BBC boss Chris Feather, who tells Alan that he needs to back on TV- Jurassic Park!

I'm alan partridge and tony hayers is dead in towering alan


The series ends on a strange note in Chris Feather's office. Chris promises Alan a new 5 year contract with the BBC, on a salary of £200,000 per year... but dies just before he signs it... however, in a sinister way, Alan grabs Chris' hand and signs it anyway! 

So after a terrible start for Alan, at least things are looking up by the end of the series! However, things do change quite alot for Alan Partridge before the start of I'm Alan Partridge series 2


I'm Alan Partridge 1- To Kill A Mocking Alan

I'm just a fan Alan, your biggest fan... oh my god Alan always wanted lots of fans but not like crazed superfan Jed Maxwell!

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Jed Maxwell's house I'm Alan Partridge

So in To Kill A Mocking Alan, we have two major plot lines that converge and explode as if a munitions dump has been hidden under Norwich City Hall.

Scary Irish Men
On the one hand, Alan welcomes two TV executives from RTE in Ireland as they are interested in employing him to host a show in Ireland- der's more to Oireland... den dis... so obviously he is keen to impress them- so much so that he denies living in the Linton Travel Tavern and is similarly incredibly rude to Susan the hotel manager -Tea or coffee... Tea or coffee...

Creators of father Ted arthur matthews and graham linehan


Jed Maxwell- Superfan
The second major plotline is that Alan is putting on An Evening with Alan Partridge with Celebrity Guest Star- Sue Cook... er... just put with Sue Cook... and in attendance is Jed Maxwell- Alan's biggest fan. 

i'm alan partridge and jed maxwell


An Evening with Alan Partridge
It's basically a TV show that isn't on TV... Alan hosts a kind of after dinner event where he basically does his Knowing Me Knowing You just without any guests and merely fields questions from his audience- well questions he wants to answer- Has your career gone off the rails a bit... er no not you, the lady behind you... I think most people were there to see Sue Cook, but most stay out of politeness!
When Alan sees the Irish executives (played by Graham Linehan and Athur Matthews the creators of Father Ted) leaving, he desperately runs to stop them in the lobby.

Jed Maxwell's bungalow
Following a brief exchange in the lobby where Alan again denies he lives in the hotel, Jed Maxwell jumps in and says that he lives with Alan in his bungalow- Alan replies... we're not gay! There's nothing wrong with it, but I believe God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. 
When they arrive at Jed's bungalow, he makes them a drink in a coffee jar, a mug, a milk jug and an Ariel-a-tor (something I had forgotten had ever existed!), then Alan accidentally opens the door to the horrific site of his fan room...

Jed maxwell's fan room in I'm alan partridge

I was genuinely scared for Alan! Thankfully he makes a quick getaway, but not before saying- no way you big spastic you're a mentalist! at Jed's suggestion at having a pint next weekend!


Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Sophie- Character Profile- I'm Alan Partridge (Sally Phillips)

sally phillips from smack the pony playing sophie in im alan partridge

Sally Phillips plays the cheeky fun loving Sophie from I'm Alan Partridge in an excellent way- so much so that sometimes it is not entirely clear as to whether Phillips is laughing when she shouldn't be, but really it's just superb acting. After several minor roles, you could argue that I'm Alan Partridge was her first major role. She went on to play much larger roles in Smack the Pony, Bridget Jones and Green Wing.

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However, the role we love her for is playing the young Sophie. This seemingly is a summer job for Sophie as she doesn't seem to the take the role too seriously. Instead, she revels in the depths of Alan's stupidity, and seems bemused at the depths of his oddities. She is a great foil for Steve Coogan's gags as Partridge, making them even funnier.

Mr P. Nesshead
One of my favourite bits was when she has to add to the list the ever growing amount of crank callers who have contacted Alan- Mr P.Nesshead, Mr T. Osser (doesn't even work) amongst a range of others. I loved it how she pretends not to realise the joke, when obviously she absolutely does!



Phillips and James Lance (Ben) have a great on screen chemistry and this contributes to the farce of Alan Partridge as he becomes alot more jealous of the pair as the series progresses. I personally wish Sally Phillips could have been used more in I'm Alan Partridge 2, but she was far too well known by the time it was filmed. 

Monday, March 23, 2020

I'm Alan Partridge 1:- Basic Alan

Alan is effectively on lockdown... no not like Coronavirus, but because the Linton Travel Tavern is being refurbished and Alan is the only guest!

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Susan starts to despise Alan
Don't sing Susan... it sounds baaaaad! Susan the Manager starts to show her discontent with Alan's behaviour by playing a few jokes on him- You'd be the perfect Judas... betray me then kiss me... to which she replies that she doesn't want to kiss, she wants to go the whole way, making Alan feel rrrrraaaaather uncomfortable...



Love's young dream... interrupted
Alan is increasingly jealous of the budding romance between Ben and Sophie, so much so that when the young couple start messing about for 15 minutes he asks for a very complicated lunch request... a sandwich, cheese sandwich, with cooked meat, a hot egg, with a crescent of crisps, and a side clump of cress to be delivered any time... any time in the next 15 minutes...



Alan is bored
Nothing can satisfy Alan- he is completely at a loose end- the sounds of the panpipes... calling his son Fernando to tell him that he is wasting his life for being in bed with a girl... calling Curry's and stating that a basic grasp of latin is surely essential in the retail sector... to the one of the best moments when he walks to the petrol station and buys 12 bottles of windscreen washer fluid whilst singing Goldfinger...

Shitty Zombies
Trying to join in the fun, following being impersonated by Michael, Ben, Susan, Lynn and Sophie, he dresses as a zombie- shower curtain as a cape, tungsten tipped screws for claws (never gonna use em, never gonna use em), biscuits for dry face skin, tomato ketchup for a bloody mouth and the flex off a kettle for a tail. This disguise obviously frightens rather than entertains, only to contribute to the staff's dislike and amusement at Alan's expense.



Cone but not forgotten...
This towering episode culminates when Alan and Michael (I'd like you to lay the eggs you chicken) get apprehended by the police for finding traffic cones and saying look at me I'm a giant witch! This only serves to provide a source of jokey humour by Dave Clifton on the morning breakfast show!


Susan Foley (Linton Travel Tavern Manager)- I'm Alan Partridge 1

Susan Foley- a manager who almost manages to keep her cool to the very end...

Don't sing Susan... it sounds baaaaaaad- says our hero Alan Partridge when he hears the Linton Travel Tavern Manager Susan Foley singing Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush. He then crassly remarks that -You'd think she sounded like an angel... but in fact she sounds like a trapped boy...

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You would think Susan would clobber Alan for these horrific remarks- along with other such gems as - Tea or Coffee... Tea or Coffee- and when he describes her as a robot working in the hotel with a painted on smile, and a chest full of wires...



Susan does manage to keep her council with Alan, however, she does decide to have some fun at his expense. This comes when she sneakily asks Alan whether -he's getting out (of the lift) here, or going all the way with her- when this is blindingly obvious what she actually means!



However, in the last episode, during Alan's leaving party, she finally explodes in an uncontrollable rage as she has put up with Alan's crap for 182 days (you little shit), and she finally belts him across the face. Even for Alan fans this is completely acceptable- he certainly put her through the ringer.

Barbara Durkin
Susan Foley is played excellently by Barbara Durkin who hails from Steve Coogan's native Manchester. She also appeared in Knowing Me, Knowing You, Brass Eye, Midsomer Murders and My Parents are Aliens. She trained at the Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama.


Alan Partridge Fan Art- Dave Woodcock


Ok, so here is the Ferrari of the Alan Partridge Fan Art world- Mr Dave Woodcock. He started by making rude daubings and realised he had talent that was the tragedy. So he decided to create his own artwork business which you can find by clicking on the below link!



I once said it quickly and gave a paper cut to a man from Nestle



I'm Alan Partridge 1:- Watership Alan

This episode Watership Alan provides arguably some of the most quotable Partridge stuff that has ever been written- and we see the birth of the Lady Boy- read on to find out about what those are, although I'm sure many of you will already know! It is episode three in the I'm Alan Partridge first series

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A Room with an Alan
Alan Attraction


Things are starting to look up for our hero. He has managed to land a new gig as the presenter of a promotional boat video for Hamilton's Waterbreaks, but bringing things back down to earth, he is managing to inflame the farmers again... accusing them of producing infected spinal columns... in a bap. 



Initially Alan has been asked to ask his ex wife Carol to film alongside him in the boat video. I find this a little difficult to believe, but it perfectly accommodates Alan and Lynn getting wrapped up together very awkwardly in the telephone cable! During this coming together, Alan 'comes free at the side' but replaces them with the classic 'the boys are back in the barracks!' Instead, he tells Lynn to ring Sol Dangerfield's casting agency and find him a forty year old scorcher!


Ladyboys
When Alan meets the men making the video- expertly played by Simon Pegg and Peter Baynham (affectionately known as Dr. No... vocal chords), we see Alan at his best trying to fit in with these 'lads' from the 1990s. He even creates the finest drinks combination ever made- the Lady Boy- a pint of lager, a gin and tonic and a Bailey's chaser... a drink I have enjoyed many a time, as have most of the Partridgian community! Alan very quickly becomes too drunk to carry on and returns to his room, after which he goes downstairs, has his breakfast, doesn't even wash his hands... cos he's a bloody bloke!


Hamilton's Waterbreaks
While Alan is making the video, we see more classic Partridge quotes such as 'This is a Saniflo 33, and this little babe can cope with anything, and I mean anything. Earlier on I threw in a pound of mashed up Dundee cake, not a trace... piece of mind I'm sure, especially if you have elderly relatives on board..."


Call Cliff Thorburn
Alan is doing well, but obviously the video ends tragically as he is, by the end, trapped under a a dead cow on the boat and is replaced by snooker player Cliff Thorburn... plus he also ends up making the farmer situation worse by angering Peter Baxendale-Thomas, a big posh sod with plums in his mouth, and the plums have mutated and have got beaks (again played expertly by Chris Morris (genius)) to whom he states that farmers make pigs smoke, and keep 20 foot high chickens inside giant sheds that nobody's allowed in...




Saturday, March 21, 2020

I'm Alan Partridge 1- Character Profile... Estate Agent

I pride myself in bringing you not only the most popular characters in the Alan Partridge series.. but every single one!

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So, here we go! Let's look at the estate agent in A Room with an Alan- played excellently by Mr Phillip Fox! To be honest the only other time I have seen Phillip Fox was when I think he was an optician in a Vision Express (or other such similar mainstream optician) advert about 15 years ago. However, he has featured in a multitude of programmes such as Foyle's War and Midsummer Murders. Interestingly, he played the very first Baldrick in the pilot of the series Blackadder... but alas it was never shown.

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So... in Alan Partridge terms he played the estate agent in A Room with an Alan. I would say he played it quite well, allowing Alan to dominate the proceedings as necessary and provided foil for him to provide us with some very memorable quotes such as Yes it's an extender....I can imagine Buck Rogers taking a dump on there... in the 21st century... There's enough room to swing a tiger in here, wouldn't want to though, not unless it'd been stunned... What's this? A cast iron egg tree lacquered, is it included? I mean it's not a dealbreaker but I would like to know. Although overall his best moment was when he pretended to watch Alan's show Knowing Me Knowing You, but hadn't a clue what A-Ha meant...

Friday, March 20, 2020

I'm Alan Partridge 1- Alan Attraction

Michael couldn't have said it better- "Aye Mr Partridge, it's Valentine's Day and love is in the air..." to which we start to see Alan and Michael's strange relationship start to grow as they exchange these pairings where Alan has no idea what Michael is saying, and makes it plainly obvious it is due to his Geordie accent... as he says in A Room with an Alan "Sometimes it is difficult to understand the Geordie... er... people!"

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So Alan Attraction... another absolute classic from the Brothers Coogan, Baynham and Iannucci- and I have the feeling that I will be repeating that phrase quite regularly as I wrestle through the Partridge back catalogue.

Chocolate Oranges are Available in Rawlinson's
The episode opens at the end of Alan's breakfast show- Up With the Partridge- where Alan is desperately trying to flog his shop soiled damaged Chocolate Oranges (available at Rawlinson's- I'd love to go there!) and we see more of his radio nemesis Dave Clifton. Clifton at this point seems to be doing very well as he is hosting the breakfast show and looks down his nose at Alan, but Partridgians will know what happens to Clifton over the next few years!

Skeleton Staff at Peatree Productions?
Lynn starts to play a bigger role- advising Alan that unless he makes substantial savings (sacking most people at Peartree Productions) he will be made bankrupt on Friday. Obviously Alan chooses to sack ALL of his staff just so he can have a slightly better car than a Mini Metro- they've rebadged it you fool!

Jill- Do You Like Me Sex Wise?



Despite sacking all of his staff- he still tries his luck with the receptionist Jill- who, he is keen to know 'if the risque comments she makes, is it flirting like middle aged divorcees do... or whether she likes him sex-wise'. When she does we get a classic Partridge 'I'm Batman!'. Soon after, when Jill inquires as to the whereabouts of the rest of the staff, Alan replies that they had gone celebrating, not with the Spice Girls, but at Longstanton Spice Museum!

A Turn for the Worst...



An exciting day follows in the local Owl Sanctuary, followed by a romantic buffet dinner at the Travel Tavern, not from an 8 inch plate, but from a 12 incher! The climax of the evening comes in Alan's room where he had somehow managed to coax Jill upstairs, but he is exasperated by her when she gets chocolate mousse on Alan, the bedspread, the vallance (the skirt thing round the side of the bed...) and that was the end... Jill's contract had been... terminated!



Back of the net! A great second episode in this amazing series and you feel that after episode two- the series is really gaining pace and is the perfect sequel to Knowing Me Knowing You. 

Thursday, March 19, 2020

I'm Alan Partridge 1- Character Profile... Ben

Ben (James Lance)



Ben, brilliantly played by James Lance, is the giggling laughing yet charming side kick of Sophie (Sally Phillips). To Alan, these two are symptomatic of everything that is wrong with the Linton Travel Tavern, and to be honest with the world in general. To them, they are young and having a minor fling (which Alan is very jealous of), but to Alan, they are the height of unprofessionality!

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But Ben is everything Alan is not- young, hip, free, seemingly intelligent, good looking and seemingly great with the ladies. This really annoys Alan and he takes every opportunity to scupper Ben and Sophie's budding romance while he can- painfully so at times.

Ben from I'm Alan Partridge


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Whereas Ben himself is not quotable as such, he does lead Alan into some of his best firecracker quotes- maybe some of the best in Partridge history. Such gems as...

-Erm... yes please can I have a sandwich to the room... with a hot egg.... a sideclump of cress.... a crescent of crisps... yeah anytime... anytime in the next ten minutes... (when he sees Ben and Sophie fooling around despite having literally nothing to do!)

-(discussing Kurt Cobain and the Beatles)... which is your favourite Beatles album? Erm... tough one... I'd have to say... the Best of the Beatles... classic.

Despite Alan's earlier misgivings on Ben, he does try to make friends, although unsuccessfully, later on in the series- trying to connect on music- showing off his new Bang and Olufsen Sound System... but thankfully Alan doesn't matter to make his new acquaintance!

James Lance
Lance himself has had minor roles in a range of great programmes such as Teachers, Boy Meets Girl, Absolutely Fabulous, Smack the Pony, Spaced and Steve Coogan's Saxondale. I do however think he has deserved a little more exposure nationally. He is married to Kate Quilton and they had a son in 2018. Awwww

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

I'm Alan Partridge 1- A Room with an Alan

During I'm Alan Partridge, we start to see more of Alan's off screen character. Particularly in A Room with an Alan, he provides us with a great range of quotable material and jokes- one of my favourite
episodes...

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Plotlines
So A Room with an Alan is the first episode in the first series of I'm Alan Partridge, and after the first 2 minutes, we start to realise just how deep Alan's fall from grace has actually been! He is ploughing the graveyard shift on local Radio Norwich, and after leaving his wife Carol, he is living in the Linton Travel Tavern.

alan partridge in a green jumper in a room with an alan


Upon Alan's entry to the hotel, it represented a great opportunity to intro all of the characters for the series ahead including Dave Clifton, the smug DJ from the infinitely more popular breakfast show, the smily hotel manager Susan, hotel worker Sophie (expertly played by Sally Phillips) and the wonderful odd job man Michael. This is not to mention the introduce of Alan's PA Lynn Benfield, with whom it quickly apparent that Alan treats her like a rubbing rag.



House Viewing
But things are not all bad for Alan... he has a big house viewing upon the horizon- his 5 bedroom bastard house! The sequence where Alan views this potential new abode is one of my absolute favourite bits of the whole of Partridge. Quotes like... 'What's this little sink... a rinser... get rid of it" and "Yes it's an extender!" have gone down in Partridge folklore. Eventually very happy with the house, partially because it has a Buck Rogers toilet that flushes on the first yank... he puts in an offer (£324,000 when it was on for £325,000) and the house is his... or is it? The estate agent plays along a bit with Alan's madness, but when he says he loved Alan's TV show, but doesn't get the A-ha reference, we know he is lying! He was never a Partridgian!

BBC Meeting with Tony Hayers
This is the first point where we feel badly sorry for Alan. Tony Hayers, played by David Schneider, completely wrecks Alan's dreams when he denies him a second series (interspersed with shots of Alan's lap dancing dreams...). He then completely tears apart all of Alan's programme ideas- incidentally many of which have actually been made- including Swallow, A Partridge Amongst the Pigeons, Cooking in Prison and the hilarious Monkey Tennis, until Alan's arguably suffers his first minor mental breakdown by stabbing a huge cheese with his fork and running back through the BBC to his car and the watchful gaze of Lynn his PA.

alan partridge and tony hayers in room with an alan

In an sad ending, we see Alan hanging around the house he can no longer afford, comforted by Lynn... he states that 'that was a negative and right now I need 2 positives..." one of which is the ability to get an irish coffee delivered to his room in the Travel Tavern...



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