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Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa. Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan). Copyright: Baby Cow Productions
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

  • 2013 film

Alan Partridge makes a long-awaited transfer to the silver screen. Stars Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney, Tim Key, Felicity Montagu, Simon Greenall and more.

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Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa. Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan). Copyright: Baby Cow Productions

Key details

Genre
Film
Released
2013
Stars
Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney, Tim Key, Felicity Montagu, Simon Greenall, Phil Cornwell, Monica Dolan, Dustin Demri-Burns and more
Writers
Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons, Steve Coogan, Armando Iannucci and Peter Baynham
Director
Declan Lowney
Producers
Kevin Loader, Henry Normal, Armando Iannucci, Christine Langan, Joe Oppenheimer, Danny Perkins, Jenny Borgars, Steve Coogan and more
Company

Alan Partridge, Steve Coogan's famous local radio DJ character, arrives on the big screen.

When Alan's radio station, North Norfolk Digital, is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to work with the police to defuse a potentially violent siege.

Will Alan talk round disgruntled colleague Pat Farrell? Will there be shots fired in anger? Will Alan become a public hero or simply another footnote in the history of broadcasting?

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Additional details

Tagline
He used to chat for a living... now he's chatting for his life
UK certificate
15
Duration
90 minutes
UK release
Wednesday 7th August 2013
Produced
2013
UK premiere
Wednesday 24th July 2013, Anglia Square, Norwich
Also known as
  • The Alan Partridge Movie
  • Alan Partridge: The Movie
Production
Location
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

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Broadcast details

Most recent repeats
  • Thursday 13th June 2024 at 9:00pm on BBC3
  • Tuesday 26th December 2023 at 9:00pm on BBC3
  • Sunday 1st January 2023 at 1:30am on BBC2

Recording details

  • Norfolk - Filmed in January and February 2013 in the studio and on location in Norfolk, including Sheringham and Cromer Pier

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