Steve Coogan
- 59 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, producer and executive producer
Press clippings Page 39
In many ways, we are all Alan Partridge
We shudder as we see ourselves in the paradoxically self-loathing character.
Eleanor Margolis, The New Statesman, 14th February 2018Alan Partridge returns to BBC with One Show spoof
Filming begins today on a new BBC One series, This Time With Alan Partridge.
British Comedy Guide, 12th February 2018What happens when TV characters get political?
Loadsamoney was co-opted by Thatcher, Roseanne is a Trump fan and Partridge could be the new face of Brexit. But do fictional allegiances make any difference?
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 15th January 2018There were many frissons of delight in this documentary looking back at Partridge's legacy, not least the realisation that the humour has aged not one bit. It is the humour of desperation, awkwardness and of a sublime lack of self-knowledge: and Coogan does it even better than Cleese, and has done ever since (as we find out here, with so many sharp talking heads) he paused an early radio recording to nip off to Lilywhites and re-emerged in the studio emblazoned with Pringle's finest sports-casual. In that moment Partridge was born.
I suspect we need him now even more than then, as a Greek chorus to our desperately febrile times, and a reminder that we will not - do not deserve to - survive without the ability to laugh at and with ourselves.
Euan Ferguson, The Guardian, 2nd January 2018Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How and Whom? review
A celebratory look at the 25-year career of Steve Coogan's creation revels in the pathos behind the sports-casual wear.
Emine Saner, The Guardian, 28th December 2017Presumably, Alan Partridge is a fan of Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu, who once said: "If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by." So it has proved for Alan, who, in 2018, will finally find himself back on the BBC after years in the wilderness. No doubt he'll be typically gracious about the whole thing. This doc explores one of the most three-dimensional comedy creations of all time.
Phil Harrison, The Guardian, 27th December 2017The making of Alan Partridge
Twenty years on from the first series of I'm Alan Partridge, the Norwich based comedic creation is returning to the BBC.
Finlay Greig, i Newspaper, 27th December 2017Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How and Whom? review
If you are feeling as over-stuffed on seasonal jollity as you are on pigs in blankets then, surprisingly, this Alan Partridge documentary might be just in order.
Bernadette McNaulty, i Newspaper, 27th December 2017Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How and Whom?: review
This documentary proved Partridge is more relevant than ever.
Ed Cumming, The Telegraph, 27th December 2017Review - Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How and Whom
Review of documentary covering Steve Coogan famous character.
Owen Richards, The Arts Desk, 27th December 2017