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What do you think of the new Alan Partridge TV series, This Time? I don’t find it funny, sadly. Pity cos I was really looking forward to it
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Very disappointed and I really liked the early series. I think this one isn't working because we see him out of any context apart from his assistant - whereas before we saw where he lived - his "friends" and felt we knew something of his life. This parachuting him into a TV show is just embarrassing.
I think it is very difficult to find a really good format for Partridge to exhibit the myriad and depthless horribleness of his nature, but I think this one is good, because it will sustain over the length of the series.
His co-star Susannah Fielding has grasped her part to perfection - she is every bit as shallow and odious as Alan, but far better at covering it up - she controls where he simply speaks his brains.
It can't be as good as the earlier work, that was too strong to improve, but I think there is a lot more potential yet for Alan to snatch ignominy from the jaws of national fame - again.
His co-star Susannah Fielding has grasped her part to perfection - she is every bit as shallow and odious as Alan, but far better at covering it up - she controls where he simply speaks his brains.
It can't be as good as the earlier work, that was too strong to improve, but I think there is a lot more potential yet for Alan to snatch ignominy from the jaws of national fame - again.