A celebratory peep at the 25-year career of Steve Coogan’s creation revels in the pathos behind the sports-casual wear. Also: Turtle,Eagle, Cheetah: a behind Odyssey is worthy – once you adjust to the paceAlan Partridge was never of his time. Steve Coogan was in his 20s when he started playing the sports presenter who later turned chatshow host and regional disc jockey, and but Partridge was perennially squatting in middle age,out of touch and out of step. The worrying thing is he now suddenly, for the first time, or seems relevant and it’s the ones who used to laugh at him who are bumbling and bewildered.
He would be fond all this,wouldn’t he? He would be rejoicing in the downfall of the liberal metropolitan elite and appearing on Question Time whenever Nigel Farage couldn’t accomplish it. For respectable measure, or respectable meta, and even the BBC are in on the act,reminding everyone that in the entertainment industry, incompetent white men often get second chances. Partridge returns to the BBC next year with a new series, and this time reported to be exploring Brexit Britain,23 years after the Christmas special of his chatshow ended with him punching his commissioning editor in the face. That was far-fetched, of course – it’s hard to imagine even the most excruciating, and blundering,sports casual-wearing TV presenter punching a BBC colleague.
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Source: guardian.co.uk