History Characters / AlanPartridge

** Also, when he actually kills Forbes Mccalister on TV by accident, he's as horrified as anyone else.

* OnlySaneMan: On ''occasion.'' Despite being, well, Alan Partridge, from time to time he deals with people who are even weirder and/or more obnoxious then he is, and at times like that he actually comes across pretty well. This rarely lasts long, however.

The main character of the series, Alan, a former sports commentator and host of Creator/TheBBC chat show ''Radio/KnowingMeKnowingYouWithAlanPartridge'', was dismissed from the BBC partly for punching Chief Commissioning Editor Tony Hayers in the face with a stuffed partridge and partly because his programmes were of a low standard, delivering ever-declining ratings. In series one he is divorced from his wife Carol, lives in the Linton Travel Tavern and is reduced to working the graveyard shift on Radio Norwich whilst desperately trying to get back on television in any capacity.

* AbusiveParents: Parodied. He claims this in his autobiography, but he's clearly trying to cash in on the trend of 'misery lit' and the incidents he describes are clearly utterly normal. If anything, his parents -- while apparently not the most caring, devoted and loving parental figures if the way their son turned out is any indication -- seem to have been quite boring.

** ''On The Hour'' / ''The Day Today'' shows his "sports commentator" days. As he's merely part of an ensemble there's less focus on his character and individual neuroses. While not exactly an OnlySaneMan, he's a lot less weird and manic than most of the other characters, frequently seems puzzled by what's going on, and is less aggressive and confrontational. A bit more good-natured and jocular, he tends to be the victim of Christopher Morris's bullying and mind-games.

** ''Series/ImAlanPartridge'' is gives us a fly-on-the-wall look at the JadedWashout version of Alan and is probably the darkest take on him, making him much more of an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist (and he wasn't hugely sympathetic previously). He's still egotistical and narcissistic, but is a lot more pathetic and bitter on top of it following his fall from grace. The series also highlights -- to an almost cruel degree at times (but he's so horrible you won't mind much) -- what an empty, hollow and superficial life he leads.

* AmbiguouslyBi: Though he really only shows interest in women, he often has weird dreams where he dances to a crowd of men wearing a codpiece, and he has shown some curiosity towards "ladyboys". However, Alan generally has right-wing leanings and has in the past described himself as a 'homo-skeptic', but has lately become more accepting of it in his attempts to be more politically correct.

* ManChild: Alan's personality, mental processes and attitudes are basically those of a rather spoiled yet simultaneously attention-starved ten-year-old who doesn't fully understand how the world works, is both fascinated with and slightly frightened of feelings and sex, and constructs elaborate fantasy worlds in his head because he's got no friends or anyone to talk to. He reacts childishly to challenges and crises and his relationship with Lynn revolves around her mothering him to a ridiculous degree.

* NoSocialSkills: The great irony of Alan's life is that he's desperate to be a famous celebrity, in particular a chat-show host, yet possesses almost no social skills that would help him with this whatsoever. He's chronically lacking in charm and charisma, he's no good at small talk, he's boring, pedantic and obsessed with inane trivial minutiae, his interpersonal skills come off as smarmy, he tends to say inappropriate things at the wrong time and has very little filter, he doesn't really seem to understand how the world works, he's thin-skinned and tends to get overly combative at the slightest provocation, he's arrogant and smug with very little justification, he's childish, he doesn't care about other people beyond what they can do for him, and so on.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Although Alan hails from Norfolk, Mancunian Steve Coogan just gives Alan a more smarmy, arrogant version of his own voice. This may be justified by the fact that Alan is a broadcaster, and so has adopted a 'professional' voice as many tend to do; his autobiography details his attempts to develop a professional voice after being criticised for speaking too nasally by former sports commentator Des Lynam. In a meta-sense, Alan's Norfolk roots were only created/revealed several years after Coogan had already started playing Partridge, by which time his voice performance was pretty much locked in despite the incongruity.

!''Recurring Characters''

->''"Lynn's not my wife. She's my PA. Hard worker. But there's no affection."''

[[folder:Tony Hayers]]
!!Tony Hayers
->'''Played By:''' David Scheider

->''"Tony Hayers. I tell you Sophie, you’ve not witnessed pure evil until you’ve looked into the eyes of a man who’s just cancelled your second series."''
-->--'''Alan Partridge'''

The Chief Commissioning Editor for BBC Television. He wasn't a huge fan of Alan to begin with, which made Alan punching him with a frozen chicken live on television and then assaulting him with some cheese after being informed his show wasn't going to be recommissioned something of a mistake on Alan's part.
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* ButtMonkey: Alan shoves cheese into his face in Series 1 of I'm Alan Partridge, shouting "SMELL MY CHEESE, YOU MOTHER!"
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:A guest at his funeral notes that he spent his professional life in television, only to die while trying to fix a TV aerial. Alan finds this observation to be very impressive.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: He's only really a jerkass from Alan's point of view, but nevertheless he does have a point that Alan isn't entitled to TV shows on the BBC, and that the poor quality and lack of success of his work more than justifies the decision not to commission any more from him.
* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:Sue Cook informs Alan over the phone of Hayers' death by falling.]]
* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: [[spoiler:Alan says he'll do this in his book, but then goes on to talk about how pathetic and horrible Tony was, even saying he was overjoyed at his death.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Although Alan doesn't view him as such, he tries to let Alan go as gently as he can and shows a lot of patience as Alan desperately pitches increasingly terrible ideas for programs, until in the end he has no choice but to put his foot down.
* SitcomArchNemesis: To Alan, of course, granted Hayers is often impressively pragmatic until Alan reaches extremes.
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[[folder:Carol]]
!!Carol Parry
->'''Played By:''' N/A

Alan's ex-wife. He hasn't quite managed to get over their divorce.
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* SympatheticAdulterer: Although Alan himself doesn't view it this way (for obvious reasons, to be entirely fair to him), it's heavily implied. At the very least, one doesn't have to observe Alan for long to realise that being married to him probably wasn't a tremendously happy experience.
* TheUnseen: She's only ever referenced by other characters, and has never made an on-screen appearance.
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[[folder:Michael]]
!!Michael
->'''Played By:''' Simon Greenall

An all-purpose worker at the Linton Travel Tavern, Michael speaks with a heavy Geordie accent, which Alan barely understands (or claims not to) and, being Alan, never fails to demand clarification. Michael is arguably Alan's only friend, and Alan is glad of his presence when he needs to have a heart-to-heart or, more often, inane chat; their friendship is clearly not on an even basis, however, as Michael only ever refers to Alan as 'Mr. Partridge' and Alan clearly regards Michael with a great deal of disdain. Michael is almost as desperate and neurotic a character as Alan, and is very emotionally disturbed (shown most clearly when Alan looks out of his room window to see Michael tearing at his hair in a state of some distress).

Michael frequently tells stories of his time in the British army, to the delight of Alan, especially if they are of a salacious or violent nature. During a period of military placement in the Philippines, Michael married a Filipino woman, and the two moved back to Michael's native Newcastle upon Tyne. However, his wife left him and now lives with his brother in Sunderland, possibly shedding light on the origins of Michael's neuroticism.
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* AxCrazy: Displayed most prominently in his extended monologue about his desire to steal a helicopter, fly it over the house of someone he knows, kill him and commit suicide by flying into the sea.
-->'''Michael:''' Me, I'd, I-I-I'd have an, an Apache attack helicopter.
-->'''Alan:''' Oh, great.
-->'''Michael:''' Aye. I'd gan back to school. [[{{Revenge}} But first I'd take out the labs and then I'd type into the attack computer 'Mr Cragg, chemistry teacher'. Blow 'im to bits.]]
-->'''Alan:''' Yeah, I know the feeling.
-->'''Michael:''' And then I'd go looking for Tom Donaldson. I'd be hovering just down the road from his house, there. [[ParanoiaFuel And he'd see us, but I'd duck down behind the trees, and he thinks he's safe, right?]] And he's just about to put the key in his front door, and I come up from behind the hedge, [[PreAsskickingOneLiner 'Hello, you bastard.']] He panics, right? And he goes in the house, so I get the [[{{BFG}} 30-millimetre cannon]] and I take out the fish pond, coy carp in there couple of rounds each, right? And then I just tilt the helicopter over to one side and the [[MoreDakka machine-gun bullets is chewing up the drive, right?]] He comes out. 'Oh no! Not me Triumph Stag! I've just had it resprayed!' I cut it right in half, right? And then he goes, 'Ahhh!' He runs up on to the garage roof. I say, [[PreMortemOneLiner 'Right. This is for you, Tom.']] He goes, [[AintTooProudToBeg 'No, no!' He's begging us, he's begging us man, 'No, please don't!']] [[SuicideMission And then I fly off to Cornwall and I just smash in the sea in a big ball of flames.]]
-->'''Alan:''' ....sleep well, Michael. Erm, who's Tom Donaldson?
-->'''Michael:''' [[WithFriendsLikeThese Oh, he's just a mate.]]
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Probably why he becomes friends with Alan. He's one of very few people to carefully listen to Alan's insane stories and hypothetical situations.
* TheDitz: He is one of the few people who can make Alan Partridge seem like a smart, wholly sane individual.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Alan, eventually.
* OopNorth: He's from Newcastle.
* TheUnintelligible: His broad Geordie accent can be difficult to understand, especially when he speaks fast, and Alan often points this out. Eventually he grows to understand Michael a little more.
* ViolentGlaswegian: Well, he's actually a Geordie, but he's quite violent, if his dialogue with Alan is anything to go by.
* SanitySlippage: He appears a bit more put-together during initial appearances, but it soon becomes clear just how crazy he actually is.
* ShellShockedVeteran: He has not come back from the war unscathed.
* SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler:When trying to save Alan from Pat, Michael bewilderingly jumps off a pier into the ocean. It's unclear if this was a diversion or an escape strategy, and merely serves to confuse Pat and Alan.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:He isn't found after his SenselessSacrifice in Alpha Papa.]]
** According to Nomad: [[spoiler:Michael was not found after jumping from the pier and is presumed dead.]]
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[[folder:Dave Clifton]]
!!Dave Clifton/Tom Barrington
->'''Played By:''' Phil Cornwell

Dave is a Radio Norwich DJ who runs the programme right after Alan's "graveyard slot" show. During the handover every morning, Alan always tries to engage in witty banter with Dave, but their chatting fails to disguise the bitter rivalry between them. Dave is an alcoholic and has a driving ban, according to Alan. Much to Alan's surprise and chagrin, Dave is a friend of Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley.
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* TheAlcoholic: Dave seems to have an addictive personality; he fell into alcoholism and later drug addiction.
* DumbassDJ: Speaks with a typical smarmy, irritating radio DJ voice. Nor is he particularly intelligent.
--> '''Dave''' I think you're splidding hairs a little bit there Alan.
--> '''Alan''' Sorry, "splidding"?
--> '''Dave''' Yeah, splidding, you know.
--> '''Alan''' Sorry, it’s difficult to understand you when you say "splidding" Because I know in real life you say “splitting”. It’s interesting the way you substitute a “d” for a “t” when you’re broadcasting. If you ask me, it’s the behaviour of a "dosser".
* {{Jerkass}}: To Alan, who he despises and is despised by in turn.
* OffTheWagon: After being reassigned to the graveyard slot himself, he falls back into prolonged drinking.
* TheRival: To Alan. They often aim barbs at each other on-air, pretending it's banter. Their rivalry gradually softens up over the years until they finally bury the hatchet.
* TookALevelInKindness: His experiences with alcoholism and drug addiction leave Dave with a much more optimistic, friendly and humble personality. He even manages to become friends with Alan, if ''Nomad'' is to be believed.
* WittyBanter: Their interactions aim for this, but it works out as well as this trope usually works out between two people almost completely lacking in wit who viciously hate each other.
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[[folder:Bird-Mad Goodie]]
!!Bill Oddie
->'''Played By:''' N/A

* TheUnseen: He's never seen in person, only mentioned. He's seen on-page in ''I, Partridge: We Need To Talk About Alan'', though. He helps Alan with his wife's infidelity and takes him to the zoo when Sue Cook doesn't show up, but then, that's Sue.
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[[folder:Sue Cook]]
!!Sue Cook
->'''Played By:''' N/A

* TheGambler: She's a gambling addict, betting mostly on horses.
* TheUnseen: Except in the book.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Sue Cook has a rather pleasant, professional and calm public persona. In the world of Alan Partridge, however, behind the scenes she is apparently a rather foul-mouthed and unreliable [[TheGamblingAddict gambling addict]] with a bit of a drinking problem.
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[[folder:Simon]]
!!"Sidekick" Simon Denton
->'''Played By:''' Tim Key

* ButtMonkey: It's his official role to endure awful things, often by Alan's hand. Alan did hire him, but working for Alan is no picnic. Alan bullies him off-air and on (physically too, as revealed in ''Nomad''), steals his best jokes, is constantly watching him for the slightest of mistakes, briefly fires him completely for an ill-advised prank and views any kind of potential career advancement that doesn't involve Simon as a betrayal deserving of harsh retribution. Then comes the hostage situation where he gets clobbered by Alan, then spends a whole night with a shotgun to his head.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Simon is adopted, and occasionally tries to talk about his search for his birth mother, subsequent rejection and how he grapples with that. It sounds like an interesting drama, but Alan is quick to cut Simon off when this topic surfaces.
* HiddenDepths: Simon is much more socially adept than Alan, and there are hints about his self-awareness and intelligence via some SilentSnarker tendencies. Of course, Alan does everything he can to quash his potential.
** At one point on ''This Time'' he introduces a segment and comes across as very self assured and charismatic. Naturally, Alan is not happy.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Even Alan is taken aback when he makes one insensitive snipe too many and a hungover, heartsick Simon barks, "Back off!" abruptly, on-air.
* PluckyComicRelief: Alan tries to use him as this in-universe.
* SilentSnarker: He usually knows better than to say anything outwardly, but he'll sometimes be seen reacting with disbelief at Alan's antics.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Despite Alan's constant bullying, they are mostly on the same side and Alan does care about Simon and doesn't abandon him when the BBC give him another chance.
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!''Knowing Me Knowing You With Alan Partridge''

[[folder:Glen Ponder]]
!!Glen Ponder
->'''Played By:''' Steve Brown

The front man of Partridge's house-band.
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* ButtMonkey: He was found by Alan in an unsuccessful pub band, where he was often mugged after shows since it was his job to collect change on the floor. From there, it somehow gets worse: Alan fires him, they end up suing and counter-suing each other for years which cripples him financially and forces him to take terrible musician jobs (with arthritic hands) and destroys any joy he once took in his work. And his former band members are still suing him for unpaid royalties.
* DeadpanSnarker: From time to time, when trading barbs with Alan.
* RunningGag: His band's name changes episode-to-episode; Chalet, Debonair, Ferrari, Savoir Faire, Lazarus, Bangkok, Vajazzle and Brandy Snaps.
* SnubByOmission: Alan fires him after it's revealed Glenn held a staff party for everyone besides him.
* StraightGay: He's only revealed to be gay when he off-handedly mentions having a boyfriend. Of course, this terrifies Alan.
** Then again, his sexual preferences were foreshadowed earlier on, when he said he hadn't seen the dance troupe Hot Pants, but he was looking forward to it when they got in a jacuzzi with Alan. When Hot Pants show up to close the show, they're all ''male'' dancers.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: During the show after which Alan fires him live on-air. Glen is still in the band due to contract obligations and some other legal reasons, so they muddle through the episode quite frostily.
* ThrowTheDogABone: [[UnreliableNarrator According to Alan's autobiographies at least]], the two have made peace over the years.
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[[folder:Sue Lewis]]
!!Sue Lewis
->'''Played By:''' Rebecca Front

* TheDitz: She doesn't seem to ''quite'' grasp the nature of a chat show, at least the banter aspect.
* NiceGirl: Sweet-natured and polite. if a little dull and a bit clueless.
* ShrinkingViolet: She appears to be very shy, which is why she was taken aback by Keith Hunt organizing a "This Is Your Life" party in her house.
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[[folder:Keith Hunt]]
!!Keith Hunt
->'''Played By:''' Patrick Marber

* {{Catchphrase}}: ''"Am I right?"''
** PhraseCatcher: ''"You're not wrong!"''
* TheHeckler: After Alan puts his personal woes onscreen and even insults him over it, Keith, initially quite affable, starts mocking Alan's chat show as more and more disasters occur. He then spearheads the other guests to make their complaints known, only for Alan to interrupt them with profanities every time they speak.
* {{Hypocrite}}: It's rather two-faced of him to lose his temper at Alan when he surprises him with his son on the show, given that he surprised Sue Lewis unpleasantly by throwing a party in her house, and showing her off to the camera.
* {{Jerkass}}: He becomes very angry at Alan after he surprises him with an appearance from his son on the show. While Alan should have cleared it with him first, Keith is still somewhat to blame for not remembering his own son's birthday. After this incident, Keith becomes increasingly nasty towards Alan.
** While Keith should have remembered his son's birthday, even if it's not his fault that he didn't bring a present, it's the way Alan disregards Keith's custody arrangements with his ex-wife that really makes him angry. First, Alan brought Keith's son onto the show on a day when Keith was legally not allowed to have contact with him. Second, Alan bought Keith's son a surprise trip to Disneyland with his mother and her partner, and scheduled it for the next weekend, which is when Keith was supposed to have his son and celebrate his birthday with him. While Alan didn't know all the details of the Hunts' custody arrangement, he did seem to know enough to keep reminding Keith to keep the legally mandated physical distance from his son.
* UnfortunateNames: Reduce his first name to its initial, and his name spells K.Hunt. [[CountryMatters What does that sound like?]]
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[[folder:Shona Mcgough]]
!!Shona Mcgough
->'''Played By:''' Doon Mackichan

* DeadpanSnarker: Her response to Alan's "What's up a Scotsman's kilt?" question? "His penis."
* JabbaTableManners: She grabs one of Alan's display pears, bites it, tosses the rest of the pears to her bandmates, then blows bits of pear out over the floor.
* LargeHam: When her song gets into full swing, she goes NoIndoorVoice, and her music rises intensely too.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: An opinionated, somewhat controversial Celtic singer? Shona smacks of Music/SineadOConnor, only she's Scottish, not Irish.
* TheQuincyPunk: She's definitely one, judging by her song content and behaviour.
* StrawVegetarian: She brings up the fact that Alan gave her band ham sandwiches to insult them, because they're vegetarians.
* Stripperiffic: Her outfit is basically a kilt, StockingFillers, and a leather bra.
* ViolentGlaswegian: Well, she's more abrasive than violent, but her song ''Sunday Morning'' is about a put-upon housewife who finally loses her temper and goes on a murder spree.
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[[folder:Gary Barker and Tania Beaumont]]
!!Gary Barker and Tania Beaumont
->'''Played By:''' Patrick Marber and Rebecca Front, respectively

* BunnyEarsLawyer / MundaneMadeAwesome: Despite being a cantankerous {{Jerkass}}, Gary is very gifted at fixing printing machines. So Alan asks him to fix his printing machine on stage.
* CoolShades: Subverted. Gary insists that his sunglasses are cool, and threatens to break Alan's legs if he touches them, but Tania manages to snap them unpunished.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Gary is a temperamental washed-up actor who smokes.
* KickTheDog: He's well known for doing callous things to other celebrities- driving a car through Creator/BruceWillis|' window, punching Angela Lansbury, throwing Angela Lansbury's kettle at Creator/WhoopiGoldberg|'s cat, [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers setting fire to an Alan Partridge tie and blazer pack]]...
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: The reason Gary's so temperamental and vindictive.
* {{Manchild}}: Tania sometimes treats her husband like a grumpy little boy. Makes sense, considering the above...
* MsFanservice: Tania is a tall, red-haired woman who wears a nice white dress, and is not above appearing in sexually-explicit films.
* ReallyGetsAround: Tania, according to Alan.
* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Tania.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Gary is a ruffled, untidy little man with hair that his wife compares to a spider. She, on the other hand, is downright gorgeous.
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[[folder:Tony LaMesmer]]
!!Tony [=LaMesmer=]
->'''Played By:''' David Schneider

* BadassBeard: He has a small goatee.
* HypnoFool: He hypnotises Alan to behave like an owl, see him as Creator/UrsulaAndress, and behave like a little monster every time he says "A-ha".
* KnifeNut: He's in charge of the knife-throwing act at the end of Episode 2, much to Alan's horror.
* PurpleIsPowerful: A mystic who wears a purple jacket.
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[[folder:Daniella Forrest]]
!!Daniella Forrest
->'''Played By:''' Creator/MinnieDriver

* MsFanservice: She certainly dresses in an enticing manner, and doesn't mind Alan kissing her on the mouth at the start of the chat. Presumably she was just as attractive as a man, though Alan certainly doesn't think that.
* StatuesqueStunner: Played by the tall and beautiful Minnie Driver.
* TakeThatKiss: Gives one to Alan after he finds out she was born a man, which disgusts him. In response to his offensive behavior, she kisses him hard and sarcastically says his catchphrase before departing.
* {{Transgender}}: She was Daniel before she was Daniella.
* UnsettlingGenderReveal: She assumes Alan has read her book, which he hasn't, and so the reveal is quite casual. Alan finds it very upsetting.
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[[folder:Gina Langland]]
!!Gina Langland
->'''Played By:''' RebeccaFront

* AccidentalMisnaming /TheDitz: She repeatedly addresses Alan as "Alec" for some reason, irritating him until he finally spells it out for her.
* TheChanteuse: She's a beautiful singer.
* MsFanservice: Shimmering black dress, bob cut, and with some AbsoluteCleavage and ShowSomeLeg.
* ShipTease: She gets to do a very intimate Music/{{ABBA}} medley with Alan. It's quite touching, really.
* ThanksForTheMammary: Alan accidentally grabs her breast at one point when they're doing their ABBA dance. Then again, [[CovertPervert chances are he meant to do that]].
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[[folder:Lawrence Knoles]]
!!Lawrence Knoles
->'''Played By:''' Patrick Marber

* BodyHorror: PlayedForLaughs. He's got an unnaturally hairy back, as Alan's happy to show the audience.
* CureYourGays: What he arranges to ensure that ArmoredClosetGay celebrities still come across as appearing heterosexual.
* DirtyOldMan: He's grey-haired, and he promotes smutty literature.
* NoseNuggets: He picks his nose and eats the contents in private.
* TranquilFury: When Alan embarrasses him by bringing his dermatologist on stage carrying a bag full of hair from his back, he calmly threatens to call his lawyer on Alan. Alan is undaunted, until he hears that Lawrence has the same lawyer as Creator/RogerMoore, who Alan has already insulted once.
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[[folder:Nina Vanier]]
!!Nina Vanier
->'''Played By:''' Melanie Hudson

* FrenchJerk: She's snobby and rude to Alan. Sure, Alan is as unprofessional as she claims he is, but he's still trying his best.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: With Alan, very frequently.
-->'''Alan:''' I'd just like to say, I love your Channel Tunnel. Just don't send us your rabid dogs.\\
'''Nina:''' I also like your country. Just don't send us your mad cows.\\
'''Alan:''' I'd like to point out that our cows probably went mad because your dogs bit them.
* StrawFeminist
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[[folder:Phillippe Lambert]]
!!Phillippe Lambert
->'''Played By:''' Patrick Marber

* TheBully: He delights in taunting Alan.
* DeadpanSnarker
* ForeignCuisine: He cheerfully feeds Alan a vol-au-vent which is actually a bull's testicle. Alan's [[IAteWhat reaction]] is appropriate.
* FrenchCuisineIsHaughty: He's certainly haughty.
* FrenchJerk: He's a massive food snob and takes an instant dislike to Alan.
* StealthInsult: Comparing Alan to "what Creator/PeterUstinov is to philosophers"(e.g. nothing at all).
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[[folder:Yvonne Boyd]]
!!Yvonne Boyd
->'''Played By:''' Rebecca Front

* MsFanservice: Her clothes don't exactly leave much open to the imagination.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: She is modelled on Vivienne Westwood, who had made a somewhat infamous appearance on real-life chat show ''Wogan'' a few years earlier.
* OopNorth: She's from Lancashire.
* TokenMinority: Alan's only English guest on his show from Paris.
* TrueArtIsAngsty: Or, in her case, "True ''Fashion'' Is Angsty", since all her outfits are modelled on hospital gear.
* WTHCostumingDepartment: Alan's in-universe opinion of her outfits.
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[[folder:Terry Norton]]
!!Terry Norton
->'''Played By:''' Alan Ford

* BlondesAreEvil: A dodgy boxing promoter and possible former gangster with graying blonde hair.
* DirtyOldMan: He's at least in his late fifties, and he organizes beauty pageants.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He seems pretty friendly to Alan when they first start chatting, but when Alan implies that he garrotted a nightclub guard, he starts getting violent and threatening. Then again, what can you expect from an (implied) LondonGangster?
* ImpliedDeathThreat: When Alan seems to be implying he killed a man.
-->'''Terry:''' Do you want to get involved in this world? Garrotted men outside nightclubs, ammonia on the boat? Do you want to get sucked in, son? I promise you, you'll get sucked in so fast, you'll be spat out the other side!
* LondonGangster: He's heavily implied to be one. His enraged denials of murder accusations don't help, either.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He doesn't like women's libbers or gay people.
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[[folder:Charlotte Fraser]]
!!Charlotte Fraser
->'''Played By:''' Rebecca Front

* HotTeacher: She used to be a teacher, and she's still pretty attractive.
* OnlySaneMan: Well, compared to Alan and Lieutenant Colonel Kojak Slaphead III, though she shares this role with Ronald Biggs.
* WomenAreWiser: She actually makes good points about refusing to restore the death penalty.
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[[folder:Ronald Biggs]]
!!Ronald Biggs
->'''Played By:''' Felix Dexter

* OnlySaneMan: Shares this role with Charlotte Fraser.
* TokenMinority: The only political figure in "Partridge Over Britain" who's black.
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[[folder:Adrian Finch]]
!!Adrian Finch
->'''Played By:''' David Schneider

* BaldnessAngst: He has receding hair, and he reaches his RageBreakingPoint when Kojak Slaphead III calls attention to it by doing exactly what his surname implies.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Eventually the dithering, balding, shy politician reaches his limit with Kojak Slaphead III and starts attacking him right in the studio, beating him up with his own wig.
* TheDitherer: Why Alan complains about him: he's not quick or snappy enough when delivering points.
* NerdGlasses: He wears such glasses.
* PrecisionFStrike: When he reaches his RageBreakingPoint with Kojack Slaphead III, though [[BigStupidDoodooHead his chosen profanities are somewhat awkward]].
-->'''Adrian:''' You ''bloody shit''! You're a ''bloody, buggering, shitting BUGGERHEAD!''
* RedheadsAreUncool: He has red hair, and Alan certainly thinks he's uncool.
* StrawmanPolitical: Namely because he's not snappy enough when making points.
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[[folder:Lieutenant Colonel Kojak Slaphead III]]
!!Lieutenant Colonel Kojak Slaphead III/Martin Dwyer of the Bald Brummies Against The Big Foot Conservatives Party
->'''Played By:''' Patrick Marber

* BaldOfAwesome: Subverted. He's just wearing an incredibly conspicuous wig, below which he has normal hair.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "BALD BRUMMIES!!"
* FakeNationality: In-universe. He's not a Brummie, he's a Londoner pretending to be a Brummie.
* GagNose: A fake one.
* LargeHam: His Brummie accent is over-the-top, and he repeatedly shouts his party's catchphrase whenever he's elated.
* NonIronicClown: He's basically more like a clown than a politician, and his dress reflects this.
* OopNorth: Subverted. He's a Londoner pretending to be a Brummie.
* StrawmanPolitical: He doesn't even pretend to have any sensible political goals.
* {{Troll}}: He unabashedly interrupts Adrian Finch by saying "slapheads" a lot, and finally drives him to lose his temper(and his seat) by insulting his receding hair. And after Adrian calls him a "bloody, buggering, shitting buggerhead" on TV, he proudly remarks, "I think he's just lost the safest Conservative seat in the country!"
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bridie McMahon]]
!!Bridie [=McMahon=]
->'''Played By:''' Rebecca Front

* AmicableExes: With Wanda Harvey, who she had a relationship with three years ago.
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Wanda certainly did.
* LipstickLesbian: There's nothing stereotypically butch about her appearance.
* {{Oireland}}: She's Irish, and Alan has fun with the implications of her name being like the LoveInterest in a Creator/JohnWayne film.
* StrawFeminist:...and lesbian.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Wanda Harvey]]
!!Wanda Harvey
->'''Played By:''' Doon Mackichan

* AmicableExes: With Bridie.
* AwesomeAussie: She's Australian, and she's a lot less odious than Alan.
* LipstickLesbian: Like Bridie, there's nothing butch about her.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses:
* StatuesqueStunner: She's certainly taller than Bridie.
* StrawFeminist:...and lesbian.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Joe Beazley & Cheeky Monkey]]
!!Joe Beazley
->'''Played By:''' John Thomson

* BerserkButton: Trying to touch Cheeky Monkey without his permission.
* ButtMonkey: He can't remember his jokes due to Cheeky Monkey repeatedly attacking him.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Defied, '''hard'''. Cheeky Monkey does nothing to improve Joe's stand-up.
* OopNorth: He's clearly Northern.
* TheBusCameBack: He makes a return appearance on Series/ThisTimeWithAlanPartridge.
* TheDogBitesBack: When he appears on Series/ThisTimeWithAlanPartridge, he uses Cheeky Monkey to throttle Alan. However, after the cameras go off he sincerely offers Alan help with his depression.
* TheWoobie: It's not clear if he is really an awful comedian or if he's had a massive attack of stage fright, but either way it's painful to see him so completely blowing his big break.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Forbes McAllister]]
!!Forbes [=McAllister=]
->'''Played By:''' Patrick Marber

* AccidentalMurder: While handling Lord Byron's duelling pistols, Alan actually sets one off, shooting Forbes in the heart and killing him.
* AssholeVictim: One of Alan's most odious guests yet...and ends up ''shot on air''.
* BlondesAreEvil: Or in his case, Blondes are {{Jerkass}}es.
* CausticCritic: Very much so.
* ChekhovsGun: Literally, they're what kills him.
* DeadpanSnarker: Whatever his other failings, a dearth of wit is not one of them.
* HatesEveryoneEqually: As he openly admits.
* InstantDeathBullet: Alan shoots him through the heart, killing him instantly.
* {{Jerkass}}: A miserable, vile, bullying, homophobic man motivated entirely by hate.
* KarmicDeath: Shot with the pistols that belonged to a man he hated, which he brought just to spite another man he hated.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: A homophobic, bigoted, woman-hating ogre of a man.
* RecklessGunUsage: His death comes entirely down to improper gun usage. He brings loaded pistols onto a live television set and hands them out without making it clear just how hair-trigger they are.
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: He has time to bark ''Be careful with that!'' before Alan accidentally sets off his pistol and shoots him.
[[/folder]]

!''I'm Alan Partridge''

[[folder:Susan]]
!!Susan Foley
->'''Played By:''' Barbara Durkin

The manager of the Linton Travel Tavern, Susan appears to be a stereotypical front-desk worker, with a dazzling smile and sickly sweet manner. However, even these forced skills are not enough to deal with Alan's clumsy flirting and inane comments. Alan frequently makes tactless comments to Susan about her appearance (once suggesting to her that she "could have been throwing up all night" but that her smile would not falter). In reaction to these comments, Susan's painted-on smile is sometimes momentarily replaced by a look of shock and bemusement.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes
* BreakTheCutie: Eventually, Alan's general Alanness gets to her.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: But as Alan finds out, she has limits.
* RantInducingSlight: After she orders a drunken Michael to leave Alan's farewell party, Alan says to Ben and Sophie "Don't know what her problem is" and Susan snaps.
-->'''Susan''': '''[[SuddenlyShouting 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 182 days, you little shit! Ben, Sophie, I want you on reception. And you! Check out is twelve noon tomorrow!
* StepfordSmiler: Even when she's giving bad news, she has a great big smile.
-->'''Alan''': What a lovely smile. You know, you could have been throwing up all night for all I know, and yet your smile wouldn’t show it. I don’t know, perhaps that’s how you keep your figure.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sophie]]
!!Sophie
->'''Played By:''' Sally Phillips

A recently employed receptionist at the Travel Tavern, Sophie is also rarely without a smile; however, in her case it is normally because she is suppressing a laugh over Alan's antics. While Susan endures Alan's appalling lack of social skills with a smile, Sophie often can't contain her amusement and has to walk away so she doesn't laugh in his face. Alan is bemused by her behaviour and is annoyed when he overhears her doing an impression of him.
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* Corpsing: She frequently leaves the room and tries to hide her giggling at Alan's mishaps.
* ServileSnarker: Since she works at the Travel Tavern and Alan's a paying customer, she clearly can't unleash the full force of her disdain for him if she wants to keep her job. But she manages to work around it plenty.
* SmugSnake: Her relationship with Alan is like a snotty teenage girl laughing at a dorky boy.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ben]]
!!Ben
->'''Played By:''' James Lance

Ben is another member of staff at the Travel Tavern and Sophie's boyfriend. Alan is irked by his youth and his very laid-back approach to his job, but later when Ben admires Alan's new Bang & Olufsen speaker set, they have a brief chat about music and Alan feels a moment of bonding with him, but he still ends up acting like an out-of-touch old fart.
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* OfficialCouple: With Sophie.
* ServileSnarker: Is clearly enjoying himself when he comes up to Alan's room to disconnect the adult movie channel from his TV, when it's quite obvious Alan doesn't really want him to, despite his claims to the contrary.
* TheSlacker
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sonja]]
!!Sonja
->'''Played By:''' Amelia Bullmore

Alan's thick-accented Ukrainian girlfriend. Sonja, who is fourteen years Alan's junior, possesses a very excitable, scatterbrained personality which leads Alan to describe her as 'mildly cretinous'. Easily amused, she delights greatly in pulling lame practical jokes and showering Alan with cheap (and unwanted) gifts such as London souvenirs and personalised coffee mugs and cushions emblazoned with their faces. She is very devoted to Alan and clearly treasures him, although he demonstrates little genuine affection for her in return and clearly bases their relationship around the ego-boost produced by their age difference and the sex.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Sonja does seem to love Alan in her own way, but Alan views her more as a tool to boost his own ego.
-->'''Sonja''': Alan, I love you!
-->'''Alan''': (from the other room) Thanks!
* BewareTheSillyOnes
* FunnyForeigner
* MailOrderBride: A crass old friend of Alan 'set him up' with Sonja, along with some of his other friends with similar foreign girlfriends. Alan seems to be unaware of this.
* MayDecemberRomance: With Alan, who is much older than her. He never shuts up about this, constantly boasting about their age difference.
* SensualSlav: Her main appeal for Alan.
* {{Yandere}}: For Alan.
[[/folder]]

!''Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa''

[[folder:Pat]]
!!Pat Farrell
->'''Played By:''' Colm Meaney

An Irish radio DJ at North Norfolk Digital who, after being fired by the new owners, returns with a shotgun bent on revenge.
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* AffablyEvil: Pat might be the BigBad, but he's also a genial fellow who spends a fair chunk of the hostage situation chilling with Alan and playing music requests for his beloved viewers. At times, he seems to forget he's even in a hostage situation, leaving his shotgun unattended in front of his hostages several times.
* AntiVillain: Type II. He's not really ''evil'', he's just snapped from the death of his wife combined with getting fucked over by his bosses.
* BigBad: Of Alpha Papa; he takes several employees of North Norfolk Digital hostage, instigating the events of the film.
* FightingIrish: He loses his temper and takes over the radio studio with a shotgun. Alan actually brings up the fact that Pat is Irish to get away from the studio.
* TheMourningAfter: Pat still grieves for his wife, Molly.
* SanitySlippage: After getting fired from his job at North Norfolk Digital, he gets very...shotgunny.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: His weapon of choice.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: A veteran DJ and widower who is callously fired by his heartless new bosses. He has nothing else to live for beside his job, and the loss of it makes him feel entirely worthless.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jason]]
!!Jason Tresswell
->'''Played By:''' Nigel Lindsay

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:A non-fatal example when he's tasered by a disgruntled employee whom he stabbed in the back.]]
* BadBoss: Jason is a dick to his employees who he sees as expendable unless he can use them for his own ends.
* TheBully: Toward his employees, whom he treats like shit unless he thinks he can make money off them.
* GreaterScopeVillain: His actions set off Pat's rampage, and his general behavior causes problems.
* HateSink: A key reason that he exists is so that ''Alan'' looks like a decent human being when standing next to him.
* {{Jerkass}}: Jason is just a basic asshole, only seeing people as tools to manipulate. [[spoiler:He cruelly taunts Pat when he gets the drop on him.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Angela]]
!!Angela Ashbourne
->'''Played By:''' Monica Dolan

* BirdsOfAFeather: She's Alan's first love interest who seems to go beyond being a LustObject; they connect because she's just as socially awkward and weird as he is.
* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:With Alan at the end of Alpha Papa and Mid Morning Matters Series 2, at the end of which she breaks things off when Alan flirts with a co-worker.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Danny]]
!!Danny Sinclair
->'''Played By:''' Dustin Demri-Burns

* {{Jerkass}}: Danny is smug, arrogant and treats the older [=DJs=] like shit.
[[/folder]]

!''This Time with Alan Partridge''

[[folder:Jennie]]
!!Jennie Gresham
->'''Played by:''' Susannah Fielding
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Alan's co-host on ''This Time''. A smooth, charming and professional young woman, Jennie is everything that a modern female television presenter should be, which naturally means that she can't stand Alan.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: We learn very little about Jennie when she's off-camera, but from what we see she's heavily implied to be this. In her first appearance, she's all charm to Alan's face but is quick to steal the off-camera jokes he makes which actually ''work'', she snaps very quickly between on-camera smiles and charm to off-camera grumpiness, and it's implied that she's a bit of a two-faced prima donna behind the scenes.
* {{Hypocrite}}: She spends the entire episode memorialising John Baskell emphasizing both what a wonderful man he was and how close they were, but as soon as it's revealed that his personal life was quite unsavoury she instantly tries to distance herself from him.
* MaleGaze: Her primary function on ''This Time'' appears to be providing for this. One segment we see her making involves her wearing a leotard.
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Frequently hinted at; Jennie's pretty and successful, but the trade-off is that she's a big target for lechery. Illustrated in episode two, wherein every male presenter (and potential presenter) that we see her working with pulls the same "cop a feel of her leg while pretending it's a chummy moment" move.
* StepfordSmiler: She's constantly kind of blandly cheerful whenever the show is on, and constantly has a big smile on her face. The smile begins to slip more frequently whenever Alan's screw-ups start to pile up, however.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ruth]]
!!Ruth Duggan
->'''Played by:''' Lolly Adefope

The roving reporter for ''This Time'', often seen via live cam. Alan once spilled shandy on her at a behind-the-scenes function at the BBC, and she hasn't forgotten it.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: We only ever see her on-air, where she is effortlessly charming and pleasant -- even when clearly trying to undermine Alan.
* CommanderContrarian: She appears to be devoted to contradicting every single thing Alan says or every question he asks her, even when it's perfectly reasonable. This even extends to when he comments that she must be happy about ''getting engaged''.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Her deeply-held grudge against Alan stems from him spilling shandy on her once. Of course, that's Alan's story.
* NotSoDifferent: She's clearly just as petty and prone to holding a grudge as Alan is. Perhaps even more so, since he's often the one trying to be professional for once.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:John]]
!!John Baskell
->'''Played by:''' Peter Wight

The long-running host of ''This Time'', and a broadcasting legend. John's sudden illness provides an unexpected opportunity for Alan to return to the BBC. It's quickly revealed, however, that away from the cameras he had plenty of secrets...
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: In two key ways:
** Most prominently, his air of wholesomeness and charity work concealed a depraved sexual predator who used his charitable works to find, groom and prey on his victims.
** In a slightly less appalling sense, he was also clearly the kind of celebrity who made a big deal of appreciating his fans while clearly not caring about them in the least beyond what they could do for him. Notably, in the one photo seen of him interacting with Alan, he looks barely interested.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: John Baskell is clearly a stand-in for Jimmy Saville and a multitude of other well-respected male entertainment personalities who were revealed to be less wholesome than first they seemed in the wake of Operation Yewtree and the #[=MeToo=] movement.
* EvilCounterpart: To Alan. Say what you will about him, he's never been accused of doing some of the things that John apparently did.
* FatBastard: Not only a jerk and overweight but his title sequence shows him in quite slovenly mannor. Alan tries to contracts this in his title squence by showing how active he is [hilariously via a slow mo of him jumping over a log!]
* NotSoDifferent: From Alan. It is clearly suggested that both in personality and in talent, Alan and John were quite similar, with the only real differences being that John was better skilled at putting on a professional air of competence and that John was (or at least had more opportunities to become) more corrupt and deviant than Alan. Most notably illustrated through a list of his career highlights, which from the sounds of them were barely any better than the half-witted program ideas Alan keeps coming up with. They also both take an opportunity to grope Jennie's leg in a similar way.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: Played with, since his death is only revealed in the second episode. The illness which leads to his death, however, creates the opening in the show that Alan fills, thus leading to the events of the series.
* PosthumousCharacter: We only ever see him in footage used after his death.
* SmarmyHost: Although much better at hiding his smarminess than Alan, it still clearly seeped out. Tellingly, a shot of him presenting the show with Jennie features him groping her leg in a similar fashion to Alan.
* UnPerson: Is not mentioned on the show again once the truth has been exposed with Alan replacing him on the title sequence.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tiff]]
!!Tiff
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/NatasiaDemetriou

* TheGadfly: She might like Alan, but that doesn't mean she doesn't enjoy fucking with him when he deserves it, often by playing on his insecurities.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sam]]
!!Sam Chatwin
->'''Portrayed By:''' Simon Farnaby

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Although he presents a charming facade, he's obviously an ambitious manipulator out to stea lAlan's job right out from under him. It's also perhaps a little telling that when Alan asks if he can say for certain that the allegations about Baskell are false, he clams up.
* {{Expy}}: Of Dan Snow, a television historian whose career may or may not be owed to his fahter, legendary BBC journalist Peter Snow.
* {{Hypocrite}}: He spends an entirely episode of ''This Time'' boasting about his close personal friendship with the late John Baskell, but when revelations about Baskell's sexual misconduct emerge before the episode's end he quickly and clumsily tries to distance himself.
* MayDecemberRomance: With Jennie, who's substantially younger than him.
* {{Nepotism}}: It's pretty clear he's where he is largely due to his father having been the Head of Factual Programming at the BBC.
* SmarmyHost: Although better at fooling audiences than Alan, he's no more sincere.
[[/folder]]

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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Sue Cook informs Alan over the phone of Hayers' death by falling.]]

* CharacterDeath: While handling Lord Byron's duelling pistols, Alan actually sets one off, shooting Forbes in the heart and killing him.

* AffablyEvil: Pat might be the BigBad, but he's a pretty genial fellow who spends a good part of the hostage situation chilling with Alan and Simon...albeit with a shotgun.

* BigBad: Of Alpha Papa.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:A non-fatal example when he's tasered by a disgruntled employee he betrayed.]]

* OfficialCouple: With Alan [[spoiler: at the end of Alpha Papa and Mid Morning Matters series 2.]]

* ParentalSubstitute:Alan acts as Stepdad to Angela's sons. If Nomad is anything to go by, he didn't do a great job...

* PungeonMaster: He’s ''deeply'' fond of puns. Although even he seems [[EverybodyHasStandards disgusted]] with "[[IncrediblyLamePun chatty-chatty-bang-bang]]".

* VitriolicBestBuds: Despite his behaviour he does care about the people closets to him deep down [Lynne, Michael, Simon] and does make ameds when fallouts occure [such a with Lynne in ''Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa''].

* ConspiracyTheorist: He's deeply convinced that there's a conspiracy within the BBC to sabotage his career. He also tends to credulously buy into conspiracy theories that he's seen in movies such as ''Film/{{JFK}}'' and ''Film/CapricornOne''.]

-->''"Go to London, I guarantee you’ll either be mugged or not appreciated. Catch the train to London, stopping at Rejection, Disappointment, Backstabbing Central and Shattered Dreams Parkway."''

The main character of the series, Alan, a former sports commentator and host of the BBC chat show ''Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge'', was dismissed from the BBC partly for punching Chief Commissioning Editor Tony Hayers in the face with a stuffed partridge and partly because his programmes were of a low standard, delivering ever-declining ratings. In series one he is divorced from his wife Carol, lives in the Linton Travel Tavern and is reduced to working the graveyard shift on Radio Norwich whilst desperately trying to get back on television in any capacity.

* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Although Alan hails from Norfolk, Mancunian Steve Coogan just gives Alan a more smarmy, arrogant version of his own voice. This may be justified by the fact that Alan is a broadcaster, and so has adopted a 'professional' voice as many tend to do; his autobiography details his attempts to develop a professional voice after being criticised for speaking too nasally by former sports commentator Des Lynam.

* KickTheDog: He's well known for doing callous things to other celebrities- driving a car through Creator/BruceWillis|' window, punching Jessica Tandy, throwing Jessica Tandy's kettle at Creator/WhoopiGoldberg|'s cat, [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers setting fire to an Alan Partridge tie and blazer pack]]...

* Unperson: Is not mentioned on the show again once the truth has been exposed with Alan replacing him on the title sequence.

* 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 ArmorPiercingQuestions 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.

The roving reporter for ''This Time'', often seen via live cam. Alan once spilled sherry on her at a behind-the-scenes function at the BBC, and she hasn't forgotten it.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Her deeply-held grudge against Alan stems from him spilling sherry on her once. Of course, that's Alan's story.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: She is modelled on Vivienne Westwood, who had made a somewhat infamous appearance in real-life chat show ''Wogan'' a few years earlier.

* EvilCounterpart: To Alan. Say what you will about him, he's never been accused of doing some of the things that John apparently did (though this may also be simply because Alan has rarely been in a position to do so).

* OfficalCouple: With Alan [[spoiler: at the end of Alpha Papa and Mid Morning Matters series 2.]]

* ParentalSubsistute:To Angela's son's [describing himself as their stepdad]. Nomid indicates he didn't do a good job..

* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:Breaks up with Alan in Mid Morning Matters episode 'Grundy' after Alan sends some ill advised text messages to another woman. Alan takes the break up hard leading to an on air meltdown]].