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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Alan tries extremely hard to come across as the usual friendly talk-show host but it takes very little for his more unpleasant character traits to show up.
** In "Alpha Papa", for all his cowardice, he makes little secret of his disgust at Greg Frampton saving his own skin first and leaving the female hostages behind.
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* SmallNameBigEgo: Alan gets very angry when people don't recognise his 'greatness'.
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* SmallNameBigEgo: Alan is a megastar of broadcasting and a legend of the medium only in his own head and he gets very angry when people don't recognise his 'greatness'.
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* StrawmanPolitical: Alan is basically a walking dictionary definition of the stereotypical small-minded "Little Englander" Tory.
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* StrawmanPolitical: Alan is basically a walking dictionary definition of the stereotypical small-minded "Little Englander" Tory. Tory though Alan believes himself to be more progressive.
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* CatchPhrase: ''"A-ha!"''
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* CatchPhrase: CharacterCatchphrase: ''"A-ha!"''
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Through all his self-sabotage, his lack of competence and poor sense of propriety often causes the professional veneer of other media-types in his sphere to break down, exposing their phoneyness or hypocrisy and occasionally giving rise to perceptive questions in his fluff interviews. The writers of ''This Time'' have said that, in a television world where Piers Morgan fronts a flagship breakfast show, Alan’s re-employment by the BBC makes sense.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Through all his self-sabotage, his lack of competence and poor sense of propriety often causes the professional veneer of other media-types in his sphere to break down, exposing their phoneyness or hypocrisy and occasionally giving rise to perceptive questions in his fluff interviews. The writers of ''This Time'' have said that, in a television world where Piers Morgan fronts a flagship breakfast show, Alan’s Alan's re-employment by the BBC makes sense.
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Dewicking Kick The Son Of A Bitch.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: When he himself isn't the victim of this, he's often dishing this out to guests in ''Knowing Me Knowing You''. Many are just as standoffish, egomaniacal or heckling as he is, but Alan often dishes out the abuse as much as he takes it.