Alan Partridge: Big Beacon

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I [once] developed incredibly strong feelings towards the female broadcaster Sue Cook, which did extend to touching,” he admits. He’d told Cook that her hair was beautiful, and wondered whether he might feel it. “I was crossing a line, and I regret that.” But then something quite unexpected and moving, because Big Beacon also tells the story of a selfless man, driven to restore an old lighthouse to its former glory, motivated by nothing more than respect for a quietly heroic old building that many take for granted, which some people think is a metaphor for Alan himself even though it's not really for them to say.*

Alan Partridge spends much of Big Beacon, the no-less-than third instalment of his memoirs, fretting over cancel culture. The ageing broadcaster is, after all, prime meat for “woke” reconsideration. But he has an ace up his sleeve – he’ll mitigate any awkward revelations with upfront mea culpas. Quote from: gotmilk on May 11, 2023, 08:54:22 PMIt's very much a Gibbons era thing, these weird, Butterfield-esque vocal tics. Is there any precedent for that kind of affect in the Iannucci era? It always feels a bit much for me, but I appreciate a lot of people enjoy it. Working with the Gibbons brothers has given Alan Partridge his most funny period and during this book, we see him at his best. Flipping between time periods during chapters keeps it fresh and his point of view recollections of his time at midmorning matters and this time are hilarious.If you are in Australia or New Zealand (DVD Region 4), note that almost all DVDs distributed in the UK by the BBC and 2entertain are encoded for both Region 2 and Region 4. The UK and Australasia are in the same Blu-ray region (B).

Irrespective of his recent career boost, he remains uncomfortably C-list, and weekends are spent enduring garden barbecues at Esther McVey’s house, where he shares cooked meat and passive aggression with Andrew Castle and Gary Barlow. He also spends some time in Qatar with disgraced former Sky TV football pundit Richard “Hairy Hands” Keys. Get the latest news and insight into how the Big Issue magazine is made by signing up for the Inside Big Issue newsletter Listening to Alan Partridge trying to get the word 'cubs' and hearing how tired he sounds only drives home just how long we've been watching & listening to the great man. This article is taken from The Big Issue magazine, which exists to give homeless, long-term unemployed and marginalised people the opportunity to earn an income. To support our work buy a copy! QuotePublished by Seven Dials on 12th October, the book reveals how "Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster" triumphed "against the odds. TWICE."

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I've watched and listened to the entire Alan Partridge catalogue and the earlier shows/books literally had me crying with laughter all the way through. Unfortunately, this book, and the most recent podcast barely triggered an occasional smile. Leaving his old life behind and relocating to a small coastal village in Kent, Alan battles through adversity, wins the hearts and minds of a suspicious community, and ultimately shows himself to be a quite wonderful man. Using an innovative ‘dual narrative’ structure you sometimes see in films, Big Beacontells the story of how Partridge heroically rebuilt his TV career, rising like a phoenix from the desolate wasteland of local radio to climb to the summit of Mount Primetime and regain the nationwide prominence his talent merits.