I'm Alan Partridge (TV Series) To Kill a Mocking Alan (1997) User Reviews

Very strong episode with some of the best cringe humour

[snoozejonc · 9/10 · 1 March 2021]

Alan hosts an event at the hotel and meets with some Irish television network executives.

This is a hilarious episode with some very memorable scenes.

The plot as always is driven by a number disastrous encounters between Alan, the hotel staff and guest characters.

As always the dialogue is fantastic, with pretty much everything that come out of Alan's mouth being pure gold. His conversations with the Irish characters include some of the best cringe humour I've ever heard. What follows with the obsessive fan is just as memorable in a different way.

Steve Coogan is brilliant as ever and he has strong support from the rest of the cast.

Alan meets his greatest fan

[ShadeGrenade · 14 August 2010]

Alan is due to host a show at the hotel entitled 'An Afternoon With Alan Partridge' with special guest star Sue Cook. Alas Sue drops out and Alan is forced to do the whole thing alone, discussing various subjects as terrorism. A pair of Irish television executives - played by Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews ( creators of 'Father Ted' ) are in the audience. Afterwards, they go back to the house of Jed Maxwell ( Ian Sharrock ), who claims to be Alan's biggest fan. Unfortunately, the man is also a fruitcake...

Another great episode, a bit like 'The Germans' instalment of 'Fawlty Towers' in that Alan cannot talk to two Irish men without mentioning the Potato Famine and the I.R.A., subjects he knows nothing about.

Funniest moment - Alan finds himself in a room covered in Partridge memorabilia. Jed closes the door and pulls off his shirt, revealing a detailed tattoo of Alan's face on his chest.