Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013)
Director
Declan Lowney
Main cast
Steve Coogan; Anna Maxwell Martin; Nigel Lindsay; Simon Greenall; Colm Meaney
Genres
Comedy
Description
Alan Partridge has had many ups and downs in life. National television broadcaster. Responsible for killing a guest on live TV. Local radio broadcaster. Nervous breakdown in Dundee. A self-published book, 'Bouncing Back', which was subsequently remaindered and pulped. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa portrays the events of the greatest low-to-high ebb spectrum in his life to date, namely how he tries to salvage his public career while negotiating a potentially violent turn of events at North Norfolk Digital Radio.
Declan Lowney
Main cast
Steve Coogan; Anna Maxwell Martin; Nigel Lindsay; Simon Greenall; Colm Meaney
Genres
Comedy
Description
Alan Partridge has had many ups and downs in life. National television broadcaster. Responsible for killing a guest on live TV. Local radio broadcaster. Nervous breakdown in Dundee. A self-published book, 'Bouncing Back', which was subsequently remaindered and pulped. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa portrays the events of the greatest low-to-high ebb spectrum in his life to date, namely how he tries to salvage his public career while negotiating a potentially violent turn of events at North Norfolk Digital Radio.
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