Alan Partridge - is it just me

I liked the Office too only because during my working life there was always " one " and David Brent took them off a treat.

I don't like Alan Partridge either.........can't see why he is funny.........seems just daft to me!

I believe A P is based on Richard Madeley. The early series were quite amusing but this one didn’t amuse me at all. I think it’s had its day and shouldn’t have been brought back.

I haven’t seen this but don’t like Alan Partridge at all I find him really gringy

Going to see Stan and olly on Wednesday so will reserve judgement on the film till then

I read that Steve Coogan based Alan Partridge on Alan Titchmarsh from the days when he used to present Pebble Mill at One. He chose the surname Partridge because the bird has a puffed out chest!

I find him funnier now I know that.

Unsurprisingly, the rather precious Alan Titchmarsh was not amused!

It is the most unfunny programme on TV. I have never found Alan Partridge funny, just cringe making.? Steve Coogan is a really good actor. I wonder why he wastes his time with this drivel.
It may be comedy, but it's not to my taste.

That's just it MiniMoon it's a matter of taste!

I think a lot of people are missing the point. He's supposed to make you cringe with embarrassment because it's a parody of that kind of presenter.

If you try and look at it from a traditional comedy point of view then you won't find it funny.

He was great in Stan and Ollie can't stand him as Alan partridge.

Just don't get it, not funny at all

Finger down throat icon required here.

I don't want to 'cringe with embarrassment' merlotgran. I want to enjoy the programmes I watch and be entertained.

I have to say that he was very good, as himself, in "Philamena" with Judy Dench.

merlot I get the point. As I said in a previous post. I dislike any 'humorous' programme that is based on laughing AT people.

I think it is a form of bullying, and if you can laugh at people on television because they are socially inept and mainstream channels can run 'prestigious' programmes based at laughing at people like that, how can you justify not bullying and laughing at people like that in real life?

Steve Coogan is a good actor, Alan Partridge is just another acting role he plays.

Excruciatingly unfunny and uncomfortable to watch?

Another one who doesn't find this funny - I agree with MOnica - this encourages laughing at people who are different.

It isn't the people as individuals you are laughing at, it is the whole industry that promotes them to these positions and tries to sell us this image of people which is so at odds with reality. That's the whole point of AP. It's not just a parody of one person it's a parody of the whole concept of the inane and mindless programmes we are fed daily. Nothing to do with people who are "different".

A friend of mine was told by her work colleagues she should watch this programme because "it is so like you". She rang me in tears and asked me if everyone was laughing at her - she has Aspergers, so yes it does make it seem acceptable to laugh at people who are different.

That was nothing to do with the programme and everything to do with the people your friend is working with. If she has Aspergers and her colleagues know she has she should report them for discrimination.

I do fails to see how a programme can be so like one person. Did they mean she is like Alan Partridge? What sort of job does she do? The whole point about AP is the industry he works in.

Cant stand the man skin is crawling just thinking about him

I agree with M0nica - he might be satirising other reporters but he does it in a very cruel way.
Makes me think what a nasty person HE is.

Of course it is satirising the industry, but W1A did that and without setting anyone up as a patsy for everyone to laugh at.

There are a lot of people who enjoy watching people behaving like prats. It makes them feel so superior.

There are a lot of people who enjoy watching people behaving like prats
I believe The One Show is very popular.

Trisher !

Never watched it.