I'm Alan Partridge
I'm Alan Partridge Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 8.5 | |
| S2 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 8.2 |
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"Peak British cringe comedy, no mercy shown"
Steve Coogan's disgraced radio host Alan Partridge, exiled from television, is stuck presenting graveyard-shift local radio and living in a grim roadside motel. The show follows his desperate, self-deluded attempts to claw back relevance, all while being oblivious to how pathetic and awful he actually is. It's excruciating, tightly written cringe comedy: pompous, insecure, casually cruel, and endlessly quotable. There's no warmth cushioning the humiliation, just a masterclass in a man's ego colliding with a mundane, humbling reality. Episodes are short, dense with awkward silences and disastrous decisions, and it rewards close attention to every flinch.
Steve Coogan's note-perfect creation of a deluded, self-sabotaging has-been broadcaster.
you find sustained secondhand embarrassment unbearable rather than funny.
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