Steve Coogan
- 59 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, producer and executive producer
Press clippings Page 30
There was something metatextually fascinating about the scheduling on Monday night, when the BBC followed Warren with This Time With Alan Partridge. Steve Coogan's return - remember, this character was created in 1991, and that's some longevity in comedy years - was by and large triumphant. I clutched myself gleefully at the pitch-perfect pastiche of The One Show, replete with fixed grins and soft-soaping and "questions" that a stuffed velveteen rabbit could bat back with a sleepy paw, and sudden shifts to "investigation": goodness, that real-life show is one drift of dreck.
Susannah Fielding is a terrific asset. I''m immensely looking forward to further intense interplay between those two egos sitting slightly too forcedly close together on the couch. Partridge now has just enough (intensely hard-won) self-knowledge to know when he's flubbed something; his tragedy is that it can never be enough to prevent re-flub, often before the mouth has closed. Grand already and can get only better.
Euan Ferguson, The Guardian, 3rd March 2019Review: This Time with Alan Partridge
This Partridge was only lukewarm as I said at the top, whereas I always prefer mine steaming hot.
Telly Binge, 1st March 2019Monstrously vain maybe... but we can't help loving Alan
We shrivel inside to watch him ... and know that later, when his brain catches up, he'll be shrivelling too.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 26th February 2019This Time with Alan Partridge review
Steve Coogan and the show's writers, Neil and Rob Gibbons, have summoned up another perfect reimagining of 'the Partridge'
Chris Bennion, The Times, 26th February 2019Fans review the return of Alan Partridge
Can Alan still cut it in 2019, or did he fluck it up? Here are your verdicts on This Time With Alan Partridge.
The Guardian, 26th February 2019Review: 'This Time with Alan Partridge' is a triumph
Even when Alan's keeping his mouth shut, there are plenty of laughs to be had from his forced smiles and the look of absolute terror in his eyes at being on live TV. Not to mention the silent fury on his face when his co-host steals a joke he said off-air.
Sophie Davies, The Custard TV, 26th February 2019This Time With Alan Partridge episode 1 review
Guess who's back in the big time? Alan Partridge returns to the BBC, and we're tremendously excited by all this...
Simon Reynolds, Den Of Geek, 25th February 2019I talk This Time with Alan Partridge
Jurassic Park! Alan Partridge has finally made his return to the BBC, 25 years since he last hosted a show for the broadcaster. But was it the glorious return we all so desperately wanted it to be?
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 25th February 2019Alan Partridge review - 'lame'
Steve Coogan's lame Alan Partridge only serves to prove that Piers Morgan is beyond parody.
Ally Ross, The Sun, 25th February 2019This Time With Alan Partridge review
To see Alan back on tv, and the BBC at that, is a real joy but it's superseded by the fact that he's better than ever.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 25th February 2019