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3 unusual facts about Alan Partridge


Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life

Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan) takes his viewers on a tour of his beloved home county of Norfolk.

Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life is one of two one-off Alan Partridge specials commissioned by Sky Atlantic and produced by Baby Cow Productions.

The Number One Song in Heaven

It was featured in the closing credits of the 2013 film Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa.


2008 in British radio

September - An interview on BBC Radio WM between Les Ross and writer and broadcaster Hardeep Singh Kohli is criticised for its awkwardness in the music magazine The Word and in The Guardian newspaper (suggesting that the interview ends up more like an Alan Partridge tribute act).

Dicken Ashworth

On television, can be a regular cast member in several soap operas – playing Alan Partridge in Brookside from 1983 to 1985, Geoff Horton in Coronation Street from 1992 to 2000 and he played the role of Duke Woods in Emmerdale from June 2007 until early 2008.

The Brittas Empire

The show has been credited with having an influence on Alan Partridge and The Office.


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