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Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

Comedy. Local radio DJ and former talk show presenter Alan Partridge ends up in a siege when a disgruntled colleague decides to take the staff hostage.

To save his own job, Alan gets radio colleague Pat laid off, but when the man returns to the relaunched station with a shotgun and a siege ensues, Alan is given the high-profile role of go-between, trying to appease both the hostage taker and armed police. So lots of people have Alan in their sights.

Hit big screen spin-off for the self-obsessed former TV 'personality', from BBC Films.

1 hour, 24 minutes

Last on

Sat 4 Oct 202501:30
BBC One Scotland HD & Scotland only

Music Played

  • Philip Glass

    Koyaanisqatsi

  • The Police

    Roxanne

  • Hoffman's Witwe

    Škoda lásky

    AKA Beer Barrel Polka

  • Taja Sevelle

    Cuddly Toy

  • Glen Campbell

    Wichita Lineman

  • Willie Nelson

    Always On My Mind

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Enola Gay

  • Bryan Ferry

    Let's Stick Together

  • John Farnham

    You're The Voice

  • Willie Nelson

    Always On My Mind

  • Sparks

    The Number One Song In Heaven

  • Example

    All The Wrong Places

  • Climax Blues Band

    Couldn't Get It Right

  • jACQ & Passion Victim

    I Want You to Know

  • Chicago

    Hard to Say I'm Sorry

  • Calvin Harris

    Bounce (feat. Kelis)

  • Jakob Liedholm

    Swede Love

  • Andy Fairweather Low

    Wide Eyed and Glass

  • Sam Fonteyn

    Pop Goes Bach

    AKA Ski Sunday

  • The Outlaws

    Swingin' Low

Credits

Alan PartridgeSteve Coogan
Pat FarrellColm Meaney
Lynn BenfieldFelicity Montagu
Side Kick SimonTim Key
Jason TresswellNigel Lindsay
Janet WhiteheadAnna Maxwell Martin
Detective Martin FinchDarren Boyd
Angela AshbourneMonica Dolan
MichaelSimon Greenall
Dave CliftonPhil Cornwell
Danny SinclairDustin Demri-Burns
Steve StubbsSean Pertwee
Greg FramptonKarl Theobald
DirectorDeclan Lowney
WriterRob Gibbons
WriterSteve Coogan
WriterArmando Iannucci
WriterNeil Gibbons

Broadcasts

  • Sat 16 May 201521:20
    BBC Two
  • Tue 22 Dec 201522:30
    BBC Two
  • Thu 22 Dec 201623:05
    BBC Two except Northern Ireland
  • Thu 28 Dec 201723:30
    BBC Two
  • Sat 15 Dec 201823:45
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Sun 16 Dec 201800:15
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Sun 29 Dec 201923:40
    BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
  • Fri 24 Apr 202023:45
    BBC One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Wales & Wales HD
  • Sat 25 Apr 202000:15
    BBC One Wales HD, Northern Ireland, Wales & Northern Ireland HD only
  • Thu 31 Dec 202001:10
    BBC One except Scotland & Scotland HD
  • Tue 9 Mar 202123:30
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Fri 31 Dec 202101:20
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • New Year's Day 202301:35
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Boxing Day 202321:00
    BBC Three
  • Thu 13 Jun 202421:00
    BBC Three
  • Wed 18 Dec 202421:00
    BBC Three
  • Sat 4 Oct 202500:45
    BBC One except HD, Scotland & Scotland HD
  • Sat 4 Oct 202501:30
    BBC One Scotland HD & Scotland only

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