History Series / ImAlanPartridge

* FauxDocumentary - the program was filmed in the style of a fly-on-the-wall documentary, albeit with a laughter track and several scenes a documentary would be unlikely to be given space to record.
** It all gets a bit meta: on the in-universe commentary for series 1 Alan explains that IAP is actually a dramatisation of real events, and that aside from himself and Lynn everyone else was an actor. [[MST3kMantra One has to wonder]] why he allowed [[FridgeLogic such massively unflattering material to be made/aired]], given his rank narcissism and very, ''very'' different take on the series' events as demonstrated in his in-universe autobiography ''I, Partridge: We Neeed to Talk About Alan''.

1997-2002 BritCom starring SteveCoogan as Alan Partridge, a failed chat show host and candidate for the most UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist of all time. An utterly loathsome, pathologically narcissistic and self-absorbed failure of a human being with a permanent sneer, an entire wardrobe of Pringle jumpers and an unhealthy fascination with 'ladyboys', Partridge, after a failed chat show in which he failed to get an appearance from RogerMoore, shot a guest dead, and punched his BBC boss with a turkey (''KnowingMeKnowingYouWithAlanPartridge''), is reduced to the graveyard shift on local radio and living in a motel after being kicked out by his wife. The series took a [[FauxDocumentary fly on the wall]] view on Partridge's life (such as it was) and his increasingly desperate attempts to get back on television. A second series was broadcast in 2002, which showed Partridge -- following an off-screen nervous breakdown -- as slightly more successful and a lot more smug. Other important characters include:

* OffTheWagon: Alan's Radio [[EastAnglia Norwich]] colleague, Dave Clifton: "...you're back on the ''boddle''!"

* OffTheWagon: Alan's Radio Norwich colleague, Dave Clifton: "...you're back on the ''boddle''!"

* PrecisionFStrike: Alan's response when Dave Clifton attempts a series of traffic cone {{pun}}s.

--> '''Alan''': If you would. Actually, can I have a look at that list? I want to get to the bottom of this. [Reading] "Mr. G. String... Mr. Nick Hers... Y. Front... Mr. T. Osser"? That doesn’t even work! "Mr. B. Ody"? This is Bill Oddie! It’s not a prank call. Why have you put it on there?

1997-2002 BritCom starring SteveCoogan as Alan Partridge, a failed chat show host and candidate for the most UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist of all time. An utterly loathsome, pathologically narcissistic and self-absorbed failure of a human being with a permanent sneer, an entire wardrobe of Pringle jumpers and an unhealthy fascination with 'ladyboys', Partridge, after a failed chat show in which he failed to get an appearance from RogerMoore, shot a guest dead, and punched his BBC boss with a turkey (''KnowingMeKnowingYouWithAlanPartridge''), is reduced to the graveyard shift on local radio and living in a motel after being kicked out by his wife. The series took a [[FauxDocumentary fly on the wall]] view on Partridge's life (such as it was) and his increasingly desperate attempts to get back on television. A second series was broadcast in 2002, which showed Partridge- following an off-screen nervous breakdown- as slightly more successful and a lot more smug. Other important characters include:

* Michael: Alan's only friend - a emotionally tortured and desperate ex-soldier who is, possibly, even more of a loser than Alan is.

This is the role that Steve Coogan will forever be remembered as, and rightly so; one of the best British sitcoms ever made. Came forty-second in ''Series/BritainsBestSitcom''.

* BiggerIsBetter: A significant part of why Alan won't drive a Mini Metro, even though Lynn points out it would make more sense for him to do so if he wants to keep his company Pear Tree Productions in business.
* BlessedAreTheCheesemakers: "SMELL MY CHEESE, YOU MUTHA!"

* BullyHunter: In the last episode of season two, Lynn introduces Alan to her fiance, a retired policeman who attends her church, who reveals that he's heard all about Alan -- and has managed to piece together exactly what sort of a man he is, informing him in no uncertain terms that if he doesn't stop bullying Lynne and treating her like a doormat he'll get what's coming to him. Alan is sufficiently intimidated to start by raising her salary.

* EroticDream - a recurring gag in the first series has Alan frequently segue into a kind of daydream in which he offers to do a lapdance for a variety of men whilst wearing a leather codpiece and one of his pringle jumpers with the nipples cut out, whenever he's whoring himself to get back on TV.

-->'''Alan:''' "Strangest story I ever heard..."

* MailOrderBride: Sonya, Alan's Ukranian girlfriend. Also Michael's Thai wife who "didn't fit in with the culture in Newcastle", and left him to move to Sunderland.

* AttractiveBentGender: Potentially the ''Bangkok Chickboys''.

--> "I’LL TELL YOU WHAT MY PROBLEM IS! HAVING TO LISTEN TO YOUR CRAP FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS! YOU'VE BEEN IN THIS HOTEL FOR A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO DAYS, YOU LITTLE [[PrecisionFStrike SHIT]]!"

* BullyHunter: In the last season of episode two, Lynn introduces Alan to her fiance, a retired policeman who attends her church, who reveals that he's heard all about Alan -- and has managed to piece together exactly what sort of a man he is, informing him in no uncertain terms that if he doesn't stop bullying Lynne and treating her like a doormat he'll get what's coming to him. Alan is sufficiently intimidated to start by raising her salary.

* PrecisionFStrike: Alan's [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]] response when Dave Clifton attempts a series of [[AWorldwidePunomenon traffic cone puns]].

* NoodleImplements: Alan keeps one in his drawer.
** According to WordOfGod (i.e. Coogan, on the commentary), it's exactly what you think it is. Yes, one of ''those''.

1997-2002 BritCom starring SteveCoogan as Alan Partridge, a failed chat show host and candidate for the most UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist of all time. An utterly loathsome, pathologically narcissistic and self-absorbed failure of a human being with a permanent sneer, an entire wardrobe of Pringle jumpers and an unhealthy fascination with 'ladyboys', Partridge was, after a failed chat show in which he punched a BBC superior with a turkey (''KnowingMeKnowingYouWithAlanPartridge''), reduced to the graveyard shift on local radio and living in a motel after being kicked out by his wife. The series took a [[FauxDocumentary fly on the wall]] view on Partridge's life (such as it was) and his increasingly desperate attempts to get back on television. A second series was broadcast in 2002, which showed Partridge- following an off-screen nervous breakdown- as slightly more successful and a lot more smug. Other important characters include:

* IncrediblyBadPun: Alan, as a generally terrible broadcaster, is fond of these, and usually in incredibly bad taste.

* EstrogenBrigadeBait: John the sexy builder.

--> '''Alan''': [turns it off] "Gonna get rid of that, it's just annoying."

--> BG: "[BEEP BEEP] Get out the way, you f---ing idiot! [HONK] You could get a bus through there, you f---ing c--t! [HONK] You stupid ----ing ----, LET ME THROUGH! [AIRHORN] GO!! THERE'S NOTHING THERE!! ''GO!!!!''"
--> Alan: "We've got a report -"
--> BG: "[HONK HONK]"
--> Alan: [turns it off] "Gonna get rid of that, it's just annoying."

This is the role that Steve Coogan will forever be remembered as, and rightly so; one of the best British sitcoms ever made. Came forty-second in ''[=~Britain's Best Sitcom~=]''.

* SoundEffectBleep: Alan find a few suitable farm animal noises to use on the angry farmers.

* EroticDream - a recurring gag in the first series has Alan frequently segue into a kind of daydream in which he offers to do a lapdance for a variety of men whilst wearing a leather codpiece and one of his pringle jumpers with the nipples cut out, whenever he's whoring himself) to get back on TV.