It won’t win the Booker Prize (although as Alan says, it’d be nice to be nominated…), but take note that Alan Partridge’s autobiography makes it to bookshelves later this month.
No… it’s not “Bouncing Back” – as that’s been pulped, or “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To The Stadium”, two self-penned books steeped in Partridge folklore… this is an in-depth look into the career of Mr Aha himself.
Entitled “I, Partridge: We Need To Talk About Alan”, this is bound to be a must-have for anyone who’s in possession of a box set of Alan Partridge DVDs, and for those who’ve followed his downward spiral from chat show supremo, to quirky North Norfolk Digital personality.
Alan started his illustrious broadcasting career reading out complex travel reports for local radio, progressed to The Day Today, secured his own chat show (briefly), and then stumbled back to radio, where he’s been behaving badly on-air with Sidekick Simon. The book claims to reveal all, without the aid of a ghostwriter, a Corby trouser press, or a badge-and-blazer combo. No idea what the book will contain, but our pre-order is reserved, and we’re on hold!
It’s a quiet day here at Radio & Telly towers, and we’ve been discussing the unanswered mysteries that this book might uncover – Just what happened to Sonja…Where is Lynn these days? Did Alan ever find a battery for a Sony Ericsson? Just who is this Steve Coogan bloke? And did Alan and Glenn Ponder ever kiss and make up? Hopefully answers to these and other burning questions will once and for all be laid to rest (like Lynn’s mum).
Given that it’s all gone quiet on the “Alan Partridge Movie”, and that neither Dave nor GOLD seem to be interested in running repeats of “I’m Alan” or KMKMWAP, this will have to tide us over until we see Old Alan Partridge back on the screen again.
Availability
Published at HarperCollins with a release date of 29 Sep 2011 – “I, Partridge: We Need To Talk About Alan” is available for pre-order now from Amazon.co.uk. It’s available as an electronic book for your Kindle or in good old pulpable paperback. Oddly, at the time of writing, the electronic Kindle version is more expensive than the paper version – How bizarre.
By the way – if you’ve enjoyed Alan on the telly – consider getting copies of some of his early radio shows – still available on CD, and as an MP3 download – More on the various versions of all things Alan, see our dedicated Aha! Alan Partridge portion of the site.
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