To Kill a Mocking Alan

Episode aired Dec 1, 1997
TV-PGTV-PG
28m

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8.9/10

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Steve Coogan, Graham Linehan, and Arthur Mathews in I'm Alan Partridge (1997)

Comedy

Two Irish TV executives are visiting Alan to discuss possibilities for future projects. Alan tries to impress them with his knowledge of Irish things and his "An Afternoon with Alan Partridg... Read allTwo Irish TV executives are visiting Alan to discuss possibilities for future projects. Alan tries to impress them with his knowledge of Irish things and his "An Afternoon with Alan Partridge" event held in the conference room at the Travel Tavern. Unfortunately his guest, Sue Co... Read allTwo Irish TV executives are visiting Alan to discuss possibilities for future projects. Alan tries to impress them with his knowledge of Irish things and his "An Afternoon with Alan Partridge" event held in the conference room at the Travel Tavern. Unfortunately his guest, Sue Cook, pulls out, leaving Alan to entertain his mostly elderly audience by himself. Also pres... Read all

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Steve Coogan in I'm Alan Partridge (1997)

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Trivia
The character Peter Linehan, head of News and Current Affairs at the BBC, is named for Graham Linehan, who appears in this episode.

Goofs
Camera crew clearly reflected in car window when Alan drives off after the "You're a mentalist" line.

Quotes
Alan Partridge: 'Sunday Bloody Sunday'. What a great song. It really encapsulates the frustration of a Sunday, doesn't it? You wake up in the morning, you've got to read all the Sunday papers, the kids are running round, you've got to mow the lawn, wash the car, and you think "Sunday, bloody Sunday!".
Aidan Walsh: I really hate to do this to you, Alan, but it's actually a song about...
Paul Tool: Yeah, Bloody Sunday is actually about a massacre in Derry in 1972.
Alan Partridge: A massacre? Ugh. I'm not playing that again.

Connections
References Doctor Who (1963)

Soundtracks
Joan of Arc
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Written by Andy McCluskey
Performed by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

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9/10

Very strong episode with some of the best cringe humour

Alan hosts an event at the hotel and meets with some Irish television network executives.

This is a hilarious episode with some very memorable scenes.

The plot as always is driven by a number disastrous encounters between Alan, the hotel staff and guest characters.

As always the dialogue is fantastic, with pretty much everything that come out of Alan's mouth being pure gold. His conversations with the Irish characters include some of the best cringe humour I've ever heard. What follows with the obsessive fan is just as memorable in a different way.

Steve Coogan is brilliant as ever and he has strong support from the rest of the cast.

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