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I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan
- Narrated by: Alan Partridge
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
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Summary
Journalist, presenter, broadcaster, husband, father, vigorous all-rounder – Alan Partridge – a man with a fascinating past and an amazing future. Gregarious and popular, yet Alan’s never happier than when relaxing in his own five-bedroom, south-built house with three acres of land and access to a private stream. But who is this mysterious enigma?
Alan Gordon Partridge is the best – and best-loved – radio presenter in the region. Born into a changing world of rationing, Teddy Boys, apes in space and the launch of ITV, Alan’s broadcasting career began as chief DJ of Radio Smile at St. Luke’s Hospital in Norwich. After replacing Peter Flint as the presenter of Scout About, he entered the top 8 of BBC sports presenters.But Alan’s big break came with his primetime BBC chat show Knowing Me, Knowing You. Sadly, the show battled against poor scheduling, having been put up against News at Ten, then in its heyday. Due to declining ratings, a single catastrophic hitch (the killing of a guest on air) and the dumbing down of network TV, Alan’s show was cancelled. Not to be dissuaded, he embraced this opportunity to wind up his production company, leave London and fulfil a lifelong ambition to return to his roots in local radio.
Now single, Alan is an intensely private man but he opens up, for the second time, in this candid, entertaining, often deeply emotional – and of course compelling – memoir, written entirely in his own words. (Alan quickly dispelled the idea of using a ghost writer. With a grade B English Language O-Level, he knew he was up to the task.)
He speaks touchingly about his tragic Toblerone addiction, and the painful moment when unsold copies of his first autobiography, Bouncing Back, were pulped like ‘word porridge’. He reveals all about his relationship with his ex-Ukrainian girlfriend, Sonja, with whom he had sex at least twice a day, and the truth about the thick people who make key decisions at the BBC.
A literary tour de force, I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan charts the incredible journey of one of our greatest broadcasters.
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- Peter Miller
- 07-05-19
Lovely stuff. 😉
If you like Alan Partridge then you need to listen to this Audiobook. Just brilliant.
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- Mr Harrison Kirwin
- 12-07-20
Great
Despite the slightly archaic nature of an autobiography. Steve Coogan is at amazingly witty as Alan Partridge, plus this trumps the book as it is narrated by Alan
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- Gareth Davies
- 08-09-19
Bloody funny!
6 hours of classic Coogan funniness. If you like Partridge, you'll love this. Give it a listen, you won't be disappointed.
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- Graham Eglinton
- 22-10-19
Partridge from the very beginning
Hilarious from start to finish - even the small details. Only Coogan could do him justice as narrator
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- Jason Rimmer
- 04-05-18
Alan read by Alan
What more can a Partridge fan want. This format is THE format to consume his book.
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- MICHAEL
- 12-11-19
Funny as all sorts of heck!
Pure, unadulterated, unfiltered Partridge. Hilarious way to start the day and a light-hearted break from deeper more serious novels. Ideal for the morning commute!
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- Martin McCluskey
- 05-12-21
Aha
Just great laughs! Especially if you like the old series from the BBC. Great stuff!
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- Anonymous User
- 04-11-20
Hilarious, obviously
Nothing is funnier than hearing the world's dumbest narcissist (Alan Partridge) talk about himself in his own book and then read his own book.
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- Yarper
- 10-04-21
Very Very Funny
The neighbours must think I'm mad. I've listened to this in two days while digging and working in the garden, breaking out into laughter consistently. Top notch performance from Coogan.
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-02-19
Get to know Alan
I’ve listened to this three times now. I listen to comedy every day on the way to work so I spend a full half an hour laughing first thing in the day. Try it for yourself. Make a habit of it. Do it on the way home too. Just be aware that you will start to talk and think like Partridge.
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