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* MirroringFactions: Probably one of the most vindictive of Alan's guests, and also one of the most similar. Being a famed (and somewhat pushy) entertainer who desperately puts up a cheesy affable facade, but is actually a petty, ill-tempered Manchild embittered by personal woes. Though Alan gloats having a more adjusted family life than Keith, it becomes clear by later appearances his marriage is in tatters and he is even more miserable than he is.
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* HypocriticalHumor: She's extremely vulgar and rude, but still sides with Keith about Alan treating her band impolitely. She's also left just as indignant when Alan finally mouths off back at her.
* HypocriteHasAPoint: While she is really isn't in any position to call out Alan for bad manners, and should have known her song's content would have gotten it pulled, she isn't wrong that Alan is an unprofessional fool who didn't bother to learn ''anything'' about her band or their work (or food tastes) before bringing them onto his show. This would become a recurrance for Alan in later episodes.
* HypocriteHasAPoint: While she is really isn't in any position to call out Alan for bad manners, and should have known her song's content would have gotten it pulled, she isn't wrong that Alan is an unprofessional fool who didn't bother to learn ''anything'' about her band or their work (or food tastes) before bringing them onto his show. This would become a recurrance for Alan in later episodes.
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* BodyHorror: PlayedForLaughs. He's got an unnaturally hairy back, as Alan's happy to show the audience.
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* AtLeastIAdmitIt: He will in a rather merry tone acknowledge on air he is a contemptuous man who hates every person on the planet indiscriminately, compared to Alan and most other guests who are egotistical frauds with a NeverMyFault complex concerning their atrocious behaviour on and off-screen.
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* MirroringFactions: Probably one of the most vindictive of Alan's guests, and also one of the most similar. Being a famed (and somewhat pushy) entertainer who desperately puts up a cheesy affable facade, but is actually a petty, ill-tempered Manchild embittered by personal woes. Though Alan gloats having a more adjusted family life than Keith, it becomes clear by later appearances his marriage is in tatters.
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[[folder:Glen Ponder]]
!!Glen Ponder
->'''Played By:''' Steve Brown
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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).
[[/folder]]
[[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.
[[/folder]]
[[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.
[[/folder]]
[[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.
[[/folder]]
[[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.
[[/folder]]
[[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.
[[/folder]]
[[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]]
!Staff
[[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.
[[/folder]]
!Guests
[[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.
[[/folder]]
[[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?]]
[[/folder]]
[[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.
[[/folder]]
[[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.
[[/folder]]
[[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.
[[/folder]]
[[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.
[[/folder]]
[[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]].
[[/folder]]
[[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.
[[/folder]]
[[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
[[/folder]]
[[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).
[[/folder]]
[[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.
[[/folder]]
[[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.
[[/folder]]
[[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.
[[/folder]]
[[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.
[[/folder]]
[[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.
[[/folder]]
[[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]]
