I have been following Alan Partridge since he was just a lowly sports reporter on The Day Today almost 20 years ago.
Since then we have had his disastrous chat show when he ended up hitting the Head of BBC with a turkey in his live Christmas Special.
Then some years later he rebuild his career on the radio whilst living in the Travel Tavern in 'I'm Alan Partridge.'
Partridge now hits the big screen, courtesy of BBC films. Partridge has always been middle of the road, middle aged and conservative.
His creator, Steve Coogan is now almost the same age as his screen persona. Two decades ago, Coogan was still in his 20s when he was inspired by the likes of Alan Titchmarsh to create Partridge.
In Alpha Papa, Partridge works for a Norwich based radio station which has been taken over by a new corporate that intends to fire some of the fuddy duddy presenters.
One of the sacked radio presenter is so aggrieved, he ends up going to the radio station with a shotgun and takes hostages. Partridge finds himself in the middle of a rescue effort.
I expected this to be a humorous version of Dog Day Afternoon. I think I got more laughs at that film than this. There were a few twitters, even a guffaw or two but nothing more.
Colm Meaney and Steve Coogan make a good team as the unhip duo but this would had been better pared down for TV.
Since then we have had his disastrous chat show when he ended up hitting the Head of BBC with a turkey in his live Christmas Special.
Then some years later he rebuild his career on the radio whilst living in the Travel Tavern in 'I'm Alan Partridge.'
Partridge now hits the big screen, courtesy of BBC films. Partridge has always been middle of the road, middle aged and conservative.
His creator, Steve Coogan is now almost the same age as his screen persona. Two decades ago, Coogan was still in his 20s when he was inspired by the likes of Alan Titchmarsh to create Partridge.
In Alpha Papa, Partridge works for a Norwich based radio station which has been taken over by a new corporate that intends to fire some of the fuddy duddy presenters.
One of the sacked radio presenter is so aggrieved, he ends up going to the radio station with a shotgun and takes hostages. Partridge finds himself in the middle of a rescue effort.
I expected this to be a humorous version of Dog Day Afternoon. I think I got more laughs at that film than this. There were a few twitters, even a guffaw or two but nothing more.
Colm Meaney and Steve Coogan make a good team as the unhip duo but this would had been better pared down for TV.