Steve Coogan

Comics with spectacular ha-ha homes

There are turrets and timbers, thatched roofs, private moorings and even an island. One home even has a secret garage, another boasts a 400-year-old walled garden. Yes, the titans of the comedy world have done rather nicely out of making people laugh.

Scissored Isle: Partridge's funny journey of redemption

Steve Coogan's new offering takes Alan into the hip new world of documentarymaking - but he's just as wonderfully awkward as ever, says Kasia Delgado.

Steve Coogan lashes out at Top Gear trio

"We're very careful not to do that sort of bullying comedy." he said. "Which is picking on people who are weak, those who are genuinely weak, genuinely dispossessed or are genuinely victims. That's important, otherwise that would be bullying, and we'll leave that to the old presenters of Top Gear."

Steve Coogan: my family values

The actor and comedian talks about growing up in a happy, boisterous family and becoming a father at a difficult time in his life.

Henry Normal to leave Baby Cow

Henry Normal is to leave Baby Cow Productions nearly two decades after launching the Alan Partridge indie with Steve Coogan.

Mainstream Sitcom: Situation Report

Why are household names like Steve Coogan and Harry Enfield still making comedy for BBC2, not BBC1 or ITV?

DVD review: Alan Partridge Mid Morning Matters series 2

Alan remains a great comedy creation, often sympathetic (unexpectedly bringing out the softer side of a loathsome opinion former played by Reece Shearsmith) but just as often sickeningly egotistical, politically incorrect and tyrannical, this format (which never sees Alan leaving the radio studio) works well.

Series two of the faultless Mid Morning Matters concludes. Series one's finale was pitched perfectly and so is this, with trouble brewing on the home front between Alan and Angela, and then at work with Sidekick Simon, who could be about to betray Alan in the most grievous manner. As one might expect, Alan's inner turmoil spills out into "North Norfolk's best music mix". Coogan and co hit a perfectly calibrated sweet spot where poignant meets snortingly funny.