Alan Partridge: Big Beacon

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The only issues I had with it were the same as with just about any feature-length sitcom adaptation. Last month, Audible announced it had commissioned a third series of From The Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast. The sequences when he broadcasts live from the siege with Sidekick Simon (Tim Key) and kidnapper Farrell remind us just how funny and Partridge-appropriate the Mid Morning Matters shorts really were.

The only problem with this book is that it takes so long to read it: you want to savour each sentence, and frankly there isn’t t much plot to propel you on in the desire to find out what happened next. Alan Partridge is little short of a cultural phenomenon, having transitioned between radio, television, print and podcasts with an ease that few other fictional creations can match.Of course the success of the film large hangs on Coogan's portrayal of Partridge, and in that respect it doesn't disappoint.

After such a distinguished broadcasting career it was inevitable that the character be allowed the run of a cinema screen at least once. But this format of him reading his own words is by far the funniest most comprehensive humour i have ever enjoyed. Big Beacon is the third memoir from Alan Partridge, written by Steve Coogan with longstanding collaborators Neil and Rob Gibbons. Quote from: Lemming on October 21, 2023, 06:24:50 PMWhich makes me interested in exactly how much Coogan contributes to each work versus how much the Gibbons contribute.Alan Partridge spends much of Big Beacon, the no-less-than third instalment of his memoirs, fretting over cancel culture. And so, after leaving Norfolk and “emigrating” to the Kent coast, Partridge goes into battle with locals outraged at his renovation plans. So many laugh out loud moments, you know why you are here, reading these aren't going to stop you enjoying Partridge's peerless production.