I, Partridge We Need To Talk About Alan

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Journalist, presenter, broadcaster, husband, father, vigorous all-rounder -- Alan Partridge -- a man with a fascinating past and an amazing future. Gregarious and popular, yet Alan's never happier than when relaxing in his own five-bedroom, south-built house with three acres of land and access to a private stream. But who is this mysterious enigma?

Alan Gordon Partridge is the best -- and best-loved -- radio presenter in the region. Born into a changing world of rationing, Teddy Boys, apes in space and the launch of ITV, Alan's broadcasting career began as chief DJ of Radio Smile at St. Luke's Hospital in Norwich. After replacing Peter Flint as the presenter of Scout About, he entered the top 8 of BBC sports presenters.

But Alan's big break came with his primetime BBC chat show Knowing Me, Knowing You. Sadly, the show battled against poor scheduling, having been put up against News at Ten, then in its heyday. Due to declining ratings, a single catastrophic hitch (the killing of a guest on air) and the dumbing down of network TV, Alan's show was cancelled. Not to be dissuaded, he embraced this opportunity to wind up his production company, leave London and fulfil a lifelong ambition to return to his roots in local radio.

Now single, Alan is an intensely private man but he opens up, for the second time, in this candid, entertaining, often deeply emotional -- and of course compelling -- memoir, written entirely in his own words. (Alan quickly dispelled the idea of using a ghost writer. With a grade B English Language O-Level, he knew he was up to the task.)

He speaks touchingly about his tragic Toblerone addiction, and the painful moment when unsold copies of his first autobiography, Bouncing Back, were pulped like 'word porridge'. He reveals all about his relationship with his ex-Ukrainian girlfriend, Sonja, with whom he had sex at least twice a day, and the truth about the thick people who make key decisions at the BBC.

A literary tour de force, I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan charts the incredible journey of one of our greatest broadcasters.

Copyright: HarperCollins Publishers
Filmed by Baby Cow Productions and Hilary O'Hare

Category:

Comedy

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• Alan Partridge
• Steve Coogan
• Baby Cow
• autobiography
• aha
• Norwich
• Knowing Me Knowing You

[Gkirby001]

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Dan!

[pulrh]

The book the Bible could've been.

[ImaniHekima]

All I can say is I hope there's another book in the future - classic Queen.

[ProfessorBullshyt]

There’s a part in the book where Alan gives a quite in-depth and well researched explanation about FM radio and if you look up FM radio on Wikipedia he’s literally copied and pasted their explanation word for word, pure Partridge! Bring on the upcoming movie!

[minigeorgethe8th]

not my words Carol, the words of Top Gear magazine.

[deanthedude12]

Was this recorded at the Muswell Hill golf course?

[elusivejahnell]

Love that bit where he calls the interviewer a tit! haha!

[Fronika]

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[angusord]

Action man bow ties

[GatorM]

Turn up the volume.

[borismuller86]

the book about "Bouncing Back" getting pulped is incredible.

[fin652]

You make pigs smoke