Steve Coogan
- 59 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, producer and executive producer
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Review - Alan Partridge: Why When Where How and Whom?
Steve Coogan's monstrous comic icon is all set to return to the BBC next year with a new Brexit-related show, so as a nice curtain-raiser this documentary about Alan Partridge works as both a laugh-packed clips show and a history of the spoof celebrity who put Norwich on the map.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th December 2017Steve Coogan: I was conflicted about addressing Brexit
After deliberation, Remain voter Steve Coogan decided to address Brexit in his new series of Alan Partridge as "having a fool praise something is a far more powerful indictment than just criticising it".
i Newspaper, 11th December 2017Preview: Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How & Whom?
This richly textured account of the craft involved in that early development and the ongoing story of how, through Coogan's virtuoso performance, Alan remains one of the most beloved comic creations of the last few decades.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 11th December 2017The 20 best TV comedies of 2017
Here - in no particular order - are the 20 best shows from 2017.
Alex Nelson, i Newspaper, 11th December 20177 real-life Alan Partridges
Here are seven Partridgean presenters who may well empathise with his plight.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 30th November 201750 best TV shows of 2017, #17: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon's biggest indulgence yet, with the lushest restaurants and the loosest structure for their impersonations and complex frenemy vibe.
The Guardian, 30th November 2017BBC to broadcast Alan Partridge documentary
BBC Two is to broadcast Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How And Whom?, a documentary featuring new interviews and previously un-seen behind-the-scenes footage.
British Comedy Guide, 28th November 201710 reasons why Alan Partridge is the perfect life-coach
Hard as it is to believe, it was 25 years ago that Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge first aired on Radio 4.
Mark Monahan, The Telegraph, 28th November 2017Monkey Tennis may yet see the light of day
Peter Bradshaw's timely reminder about the re-emergence of Alan Partridge in Brexit Britain (The revenge of Alan Partridge, G2, 6 November) is underlined by the inclusion in recent TV schedules of such absurd real-life programmes as The Ganges with Sue Perkins and Gordon Ramsey on Cocaine, which might have been dreamed up by the great man in a previous television incarnation. Alan's previous suggestions of Youth Hostelling with Chris Eubank and Monkey Tennis are surely now ripe for production.
Quentin Falk, The Guardian, 7th November 2017His time has come: the revenge of Alan Partridge
For two decades, Alan Partridge has been a glorious failure. But now he's made a triumphant return from the Travel Tavern to be the BBC's face of Brexit Britain. We trace his journey from humble football commentator to national icon.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 3rd November 2017