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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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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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- Symchicken
- 11-12-17
Good book, even better audiobook.
If you buy one book, aside from Bouncing Back, make it this one. It had me in stitches (not literally) from Fortin services to Sandbach and back again (literally)
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- Will
- 01-04-22
Just brilliant
One of my favourite books of all time. I must of read/listened to it a dozen times and still laugh
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- Client d'Amazon
- 29-07-22
Needless to say, he had the last laugh.
Classic 'Cook Pass Babtridge' from start to finish. North Norfolk's finest. Back of the net!
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- moreno berti
- 22-12-22
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A review requires at least fifteen words. Here are mine. Read by the man himself.
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- Gareth
- 07-02-23
Lovely Stuff
Brilliant as you’d expect. Fantastic work from start to finish only let down by the pronunciation of Wisbech …
Always makes me laugh no matter how many times I listen to this audiobook. First class.
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- Gina
- 30-05-23
Back of the net!
Classic Partridge. Brilliant stuff!
Good effort… a 7/10- use a sausage as a breakwater.
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- ken
- 17-01-24
Innovative, well written and performed a must! Funniest story you will listen to.
Alan Partridge is a creation I cannot get enough of. I have listened to all the books and podcasts just get better every time.
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- Fintan Doherty
- 17-02-24
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He needed to talk about Alan, and he did. I’m glad he did. But I’m also glad he stopped when he did.
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- Mr Cube
- 10-12-11
Sidesplitting!
Coogan's dry and absurd sense of humour makes for an absolutely fantastic listen! Highly recommended, genuinely hilarious. Fans of Brass Eye and The Day Today will be especially pleased with this..
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- Mr Alexander R Gill
- 25-11-20
Hilarious
Narration brilliant. An excellent listen to supplement the excellent series. Hilarious at the comedy of Alan's own perspective of the series.
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