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‘Partridge is more popular than me – that’s a given!’ Steve Coogan on Alan’s glorious return

For three decades, he has played one of the UK’s greatest ever comedy characters. But how different is he to Alan Partridge really? Ahead of the presenter’s new show about mental health, Coogan is put in the psychologist’s chair

The Guardian - UK

Sally Phillips: ‘I saw Hugh Grant and I screamed. I was surprised he was human-size’

The comedian and actor on what she has learned at clown school, showing her Austin costar Michael Theo around London and the weirdest thing she has done for love

The Guardian - AU

20 autumn TV shows everyone will be talking about

IN FOCUS: ‘Celebrity Traitors’, the return of ‘Stranger Things’, and a new drama starring the stellar duo of Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson are among the highlights of the season, chosen by Louis Chilton, Ellie Harrison and Katie Rosseinsky

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Tim Key: ‘I imagine Alan Partridge smells lightly of Brut aftershave’

The comedian, actor and poet behind The Ballad of Wallis Island on stalking an England cricket captain, being evicted in Edinburgh and his love for fig rolls

The Guardian - AU

The magic of samphire season: Jimi Famurewa’s recipe for mackerel, chorizo, new potato and samphire

When the samphire is growing on the coasts of north Norfolk, our writer returns almost every year to cook this buttery, smoky marine dish

The Guardian - UK

Tom Basden on Here We Go and The Ballad of Wallis Island: ‘Writing love songs for Carey Mulligan? Mortifying’

INTERVIEW: The writer, actor, and musician has, over the years, quietly become a staple of British comedy. He tells Ellie Harrison about mining absurdity for laughs and his golden partnership with Tim Key

The Independent UK

Steve Coogan says he now dresses the same as character Alan Partridge

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Steve Coogan says he’s morphing into alter-ego Alan Partridge

Actor has been playing the hubristic broadcaster for over three decades

The Independent UK

Steve Coogan claims Keir Starmer’s Labour will ‘pave the way’ for Reform UK

‘Alan Partridge’ star claimed Labour are ‘putting Band-Aids on the gash in the side of the Titanic’

The Independent UK

Steve Coogan says he now ‘admires’ Margaret Thatcher because of Keir Starmer’s politics

‘I never thought I’d say that,’ Alan Partridge star admitted

The Independent UK

Tim Key: ‘Filming Alan Partridge, I was living in a lot of fear’

INTERVIEW: The actor and comic poet speaks to Louis Chilton about his new theatrically released film ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’, the pressures of acting in ‘Peep Show’ and Alan Partridge’s ‘Mid Morning Matters’, and the realisation that made him stop supporting Liverpool FC

The Independent UK

‘There’s no chance an American will laugh’: Tim Key on his very British new film and the US Office sequel

The idiosyncratic comic’s sprawling CV includes poetry, Alan Partridge and a spell in a pigeon costume but his latest career destination might be his most unlikely yet – Hollywood

The Guardian - UK

"I see this lump in the bed, and I go, Oh God, who's this?" The day Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher woke up to find British light entertainment legend Alan Partridge in his hotel bed

The '90s were a strange and magical time where anything could happen, and often did

Louder

Virgin Island review – a sex therapy show that Alan Partridge would pitch

As 12 virgins try ‘sexual surrogacy’ and roll around on the floor moaning, this sexperiment is surprisingly touching. Still, you will watch the excruciating bits through your fingers

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A spoof universally acknowledged: comic Rosalie Minnitt on her bonnet-crazed Jane Austen parody

The standup is hitting new heights of pastiche with Clementine, a riotous one-woman show about a Regency belle seeking a tailcoated beau. As the Edinburgh hit goes on tour, Minnitt explains why her mum’s doing the driving

The Guardian - UK

Trump respite lets out-of-kilter Starmer get back to the day job

After so much time spent on global diplomacy, a hi-vis Keir found he didn’t quite know how to do normal any more

The Independent UK

Steve Coogan spared driving ban after using The Trip filming as excuse

The actor and comedian was caught travelling at 97mph on the M6 near Telford, Staffordshire, in July last year.

Evening Standard

Steve Coogan spared driving ban after plea to save new series of The Trip with Rob Bryson

Steve Coogan said crew on The Trip with Rob Brydon would be affected if he received a driving ban

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Steve Coogan felt 'saddled' with Alan Partridge

Steve Coogan had admitted he used to feel "saddled" with his comedy character Alan Partridge but has learned to love his creation and brings him back to the small screen "through choice".

The Guardian - UK

Mary Makes Christmas review – like dropping in on a relative who is an utter festive genius

This hour of cosy, solid cooking tips features excellent titbits on cake, soup and homemade gifts. Not to mention a section on apricots in brandy with Amanda Holden – an Alan Partridge commission waiting to happen

The Independent UK

Netflix fans make same point about new Bear Grylls show where he hunts celebrities

‘Celebrity Bear Hunt’ will be hosted by Holly Willoughby

The Independent UK

Gary Barlow – the inadvertent icon of ‘hun culture’

IN FOCUS: The Take That singer is currently enjoying a whole load of ‘nice days out’ on his new ITV travel show. It’s the latest step in his reinvention as the accidental king of memes, says Katie Rosseinsky

The Guardian - UK

Jannik Sinner v Alex de Minaur: ATP Finals group-stage tennis – as it happened

Jannik Sinner defeats Alex de Minaur 6-3, 6-4 in ATP singles group match in Turin

The Independent UK

Richard Madeley reveals he doesn’t sleep in the same bed as wife Judy Finnigan for most of the week

Couple have beem married for over 38 years

The Guardian - UK

‘Oh god I’m Sue Gray – don’t, I’m cringing’: comic Emma Sidi brings the embattled civil servant to the stage

After Starstruck and Taskmaster, the new project sees Sidi play a profane, lowbrow version of Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff. She explains why her latest comedy creation is breaking-news proof

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