Steve Coogan

Video - Coogan: 'Partridge will be back' on screen

Steve Coogan stars as Hades, God of the Underworld, in the film Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief which is based on a series of children's books written by Rick Riordan.

He spoke to Sophie van Brugen about acting, awards, and why his comedy character Alan Partridge will make a comeback in the near future.

Chris Morris and the Roar of "Four Lions"

Perhaps one of the most unusual sights of the Sundance Film Festival was seeing British comedy legend Chris Morris walking around and doing Q&As after screenings of his "jihadi comedy" "Four Lions." Infamous in Britain for his shows "The Day Today" (which helped launch the career of Steve Coogan) and "Brass Eye," Morris is generally regarded as something of a recluse, and rarely gives interviews.

Q&A: Steve Coogan

Steve Coogan: "What makes me unhappy is the fact that war criminals are never on the winning side."

This could possibly be the most deranged variety show you'll ever see, the only place on earth where you can watch Christopher Biggins pretending to be Boris Johnson, and Jerry Hall impersonating Katie Price. If that doesn't draw you in, how about Joe Pasquale as Lady Ga-Ga? Or Ulrika Jonsson as David Beckham? No? Surely Vanessa Feltz masquerading as James May is irresistible. As is Eamonn Holmes as Elvis Presley. And David Gest as Elton John. Les Dennis as Gary Barlow... The list goes on, and just gets odder. The All Star Impressions Show could be completely awful or it could be enjoyably barmy. It certainly has a very good pedigree, being co-produced by Steve Coogan's and Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer's production companies. And it has a certain surreal gloss that could be quite winning. Harry Hill will make a guest appearance, though we don't know whether he will reprise the Morrissey impression that won him Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes all those years ago.

The Steve Coogan Collection

Steve Coogan made his first real impression on U.S. audiences in the 2002 biopic 24 Hour Party People, playing real-life TV presenter and music mogul Tony Wilson, though few Americans realized at the time that this was just the latest in a string of Coogan performances that examined the quirks, insecurities, and arrogance of television personalities. The staggering 13-disc DVD box set The Steve Coogan Collection contains most of Coogan's major BBC projects-from the decade-spanning Alan Partridge series to the short-lived The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon-and while the shows vary in style and quality, they all offer variations on one question. How do people behave in the public eye, and how they behave in private?

Flight Of The Conchords's star Rhys Darby anchors tonight's comedy test-out pilot. He's Dermot, a not so amazing magician trying to get his life on track by checking himself into a rehab clinic after screwing up a hypnotising trick. he has a rubbish catchphrase and is as uncool as he is un-PC - qualities that bring to mind Alan Partridge's spell holed up in a Linton Travel Tavern in I'm Alan Partridge. It worked for Steve Coogan: will it work for Darby?

Fans salute 'real Alan Partridge'

26 fans travelled from as far away as Australia, Thailand and the US to pay homage to veteran BBC Radio Norfolk early-morning show host DJ Wally Webb - allegedly the inspiration for Steve Coogan's hit character.

Coogan writing Alan Partridge film

Steve Coogan is back in the follow-up to 2006's Night At The Museum, Battle of the Smithsonian. The British comedian reprises his role as Octavius, the Roman general brought back to life by museum night watchman Lawrence Daley (Ben Stiller). He says it was a pleasure to work with Owen Wilson and reveals an I'm Alan Partridge film is also in the works.

Owen Molloy (Marc Wootton) is a mild-mannered, slightly porky school janitor who spends his days painting radiators, picking up litter and gently lusting after mousy teacher Miss Violet. So he's surprised when he's approached by a shadowy figure (a local tramp, as it turns out) who anoints him 'Caretaker Of The World: Brighton Division'.

This sitcom pilot from Steve Coogan's Baby Cow productions is essentially a provincial British take on Quantum Leap, with the earnest moral sermonising replaced by absurdity and mild bathos.

It's painfully slight, but rescued from complete inconsequentiality by the quirky premise - a lab assistant attempts to vanquish rivals at a local beer festival with his homebrew - and a decent cast including Tom Basden, who recently distinguished himself in BBC4 sketch show Cowards. At the very least, it's streets ahead of most recent BBC3 comedy commissions, which may be damning it with faint praise, but should make a series a formality.

Sunshine was a three-part BBC series from the pen of Craig Cash and Phil Mealey, starring Steve Coogan. Never quite sure what it wanted to be, the show was diverting enough, but had a tendency at times to be overly mawkish and sickeningly sweet.