13 Years of Mid Morning Matters | Alan Partridge | Baby Cow

13 years ago today, Mid Morning Matters started airing! - here are 5 of Series 1's top rated episodes to celebrate. #13YearsofMidMorningMatters
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[@CorporalFriendlyShark]

The purest form of Partridge - in a room, chatting. No fuss, no gimmicks, just utter cringe and hilarity 😂

[@laflame7338]

This and from the ousthouse is pure partridge. Seriously can’t recommend the podcasts enough if you haven’t listened yet. Available on audible

[@bobadams7654]

Yes, really excellent. My all time fave is when Alan plays Steve Coogan. He's so natural. True genius.

[@whatifitneversnows]

The Gibbons have made Partridge what we always thought he was. The details are insane. The modern era stuff is incredible

[@TheSunlight74]

Agree. I just can't get into 'This Time' , Coogan seemed to overcook it and the writing a little contrived

[@humann5682]

Doing what AP was born to do: scaling the Northern face of Chatmandu.

[@josemaria8177]

13 years later and MMM is still one of the greatest sitcoms ever made

[@themagikian4237]

Take out the "one of" and you're on the ball!

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

Ten on ten

[@christopherleech7779]

it's up there with Gary Willmotts wedding

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

@@christopherleech7779 👍🙂

[@TomNoles007]

First class comments guys...

[@shayZero]

"After a quick call to the DVLA, love making can begin...in anger" I love this character so much, instant belly laugh

[@The7thStranger-h1t]

A phenomenal line. Up there with 'Oddie is like a bearded catherine wheel scything through the crowd.'😂

[@robertomartin59]

That Sad Story is a work of towering genius

[@eyeshandy]

I married his twin brother…because he had a twin brother

[@Bats-7]

MMM is one of my favourite series of any Alan Partridge content , I might rewatch these now with a bowl of “ Chucky egg “ …. Egg & butter chopped up in a bowl

[@tommarino69]

Lovely stuff!

[@shookamuse1932]

I agree, series one of MMM with the scissored isle are my favourites,

[@matthewstephens6848]

If I ate egg and butter in a bowl, my wife would not enjoy our bedtime. 🙂

[@CaptainBlood2010]

Chucky egg!? 🤮

[@CorporalFriendlyShark]

*lifts chin and deep inhale through the nose*

[@80srenaissance67]

Loved seeing Nigel Planer in that first clip...he really is a great character actor

[@ChrisFarrellChannel]

hahahahahaha!

[@GhastlyCretin]

13 years? Wow. I remember watching MMM when it was first released on the Fosters KZbin channel and watching it all the time with my brother. Scary how fast that time went.

[@matthewstephens6848]

I just had to do the maths in my head too!

[@killbotone6210]

You know I was just thinking this as I was reading through the comments. I guess Foster's are owed a debt of gratitude by many of us for that initial sponsorship

[@lucasm3879]

The expression when he has to have his own question explained to him by the SAS guy 😆

[@matthewhendy5785]

They are VAST! 😂😂😂😂

[@georgeohunt2263]

I need to send this to Jonathan Ross

[@matthewhendy5785]

@@georgeohunt2263😂😂😂😂

[@micknanoo]

Great vid. I've gotta send this to Jonathan Ross.

[@mrneutral8423]

Belly laughed at 'she's got a lovely face' followed by that weird gesture of him trying to fix it with his hands.

[@jaycuthbert245]

I've I've to send this to Jonathan Ross!

[@mrneutral8423]

Bill Oddie went 'Ape shit' @@jaycuthbert245

[@TravelChimp]

absolute class mid morning matters. Alan defo works a million times better as a radio presenter than tv! Did...... you put....up bus......fares 😭😭😭😭🤣

[@theknack]

I’m sure a single tear would roll down Grandad Graham’s cheek when his son treated his favourite grandson so terribly

[@NoName-eo2mv]

You just know that Johnathan Ross would love that kind of email, that’s why it’s so surrealy funny!

[@bird3010]

Exactly, made laugh out loud

[@tommarino69]

"Repeat and adapt, repeat and adapt" or as Michael would say "move and fire, move and fire!"

[@shirty2]

Do you want me to take out Sue Cooke?

[@GG-ml3vr]

And the terrorist is incapacitated.

[@spindriftbeach6082]

'Opens up like a Muppets mouth'. AP and assistant horrified looks 🤣

[@stoicsteveYT]

"They are vaaast" Hahaha

[@ED-209UHD]

OMG They are vast I’ve Gota send this to Jonathan Ross 😂😂😂

[@TheJohnCooperShow]

This is the best format for Alan partridge. Never enjoyed the other formats

[@cardinalnight3883]

Mmm is the epitome of Partridge. Brilliant writing which allows Coogan to truly portray Alan.

[@bobadams7654]

I think Alan's at his best when he plays Steve Coogan. So natural.

[@Chriswatney]

Season 1 is peak Partridge. The App was GENIUS… You could play all the various parts of the show as if a radio station whilst shuffling between your songs.. Sadly I updated my phone one time and it no longer worked.. rarely been so disappointed. I used to only ever listen to this stuff going round and round and round… was amazing.

[@cardinalnight3883]

Was there an app? Tell me about it!

[@Chriswatney]

@@cardinalnight3883 Well yes, it simply did what I said.. it cut all the Mid Morning Matters clips up.. allowed you to choose which songs from your phone to include and would then play as if you were listening to a radio station live, with Alan as the presenter… and all your favourite songs. It also kept all the Alan clips chronologically in order.. so it made sense if a guest remained in the studio for a couple of clips etc.. and if you had the right songs, you could have Alan actually introduce certain tracks correctly, as he did in the show from time to time. It was the greatest App ever made.. but they didn’t update it and so when I got a new phone or updated my old one etc, it no longer opened.. I was GUTTED! It was the only way I ever listened to music!! 😂

[@TomNoles007]

​@@ChriswatneyAwww man I desperately want that app now!! Please someone with tech skills recreate it, make it so! 🙏

[@MrJocky82]

The suede waistcoat is a masterpiece.

[@54spatula]

“You will never amount to anything, you are that to me”😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@themagikian4237]

Thank you for the upload, I LOVE this show! There's so much rewatch value. His acting is unbelievable at times, try at home - take any segment and try recreate 20 seconds even, of the subtlety of expression and emotion. Stream of consciousness sitcom. PS. I have 4 different copies of the full series, on 4 different harddrives. Thats the only thing ive done that with.

[@thisisit333]

You’re so right. I love to re-watch and watch each character while Alan is talking! Such good body language acting!

[@Samlowry27B-6]

Peak Alan simple and classic.

[@sirvidia]

This is peak Partridge.

[@chrismoore7606]

I love Partridge with every breath in my body but the thing that stands out to me throughout the series is that, despite being on air there doesn’t seem to be much talking into microphones.

[@liambennion9627]

Who gives a flying ... monkey

[@johnLennon255]

Aren't these type of rooms wired all around for sound

[@GG-ml3vr]

You may have over thought that one

[@hhhsf4357]

In the episode with the rich ceo guest alan tells him not to pick up and hold the mic since it can record his voice from the desk

[@chrismoore7606]

@@hhhsf4357 I've spent over 30 years of my working life in radio studios, you can take it from me that in order for listeners to hear you, you have to speak into a microphone. Oh, and wear headphones while you're doing it. There isn't a radio studio in the world that just picks up what you say. They don't exist.

[@chestermarcol3831]

Comedy in it's highest form.

[@PaisleyParkGirl]

😂😂 Steve Coogan and Julia Davis are comedic genius 😂

[@ashroskell]

Arguably the greatest comedian this country has ever produced. And Armando Iannucci has been his best script writing collaborator (Alan is always at his funniest with his input). Somehow, Coogan has found that sweet spot at the centre of a triangle, where cringe, pratfall and tragedy reside at the points. “The very perineum,” as Alan would put it. But to keep it up for as long as he has, he may well have given us the longest running character study in British acting history. It will probably end up on the syllabus at RADA eventually. It takes a great actor, immense creativity and incredible restraint to develop a character like Partridge over decades. And, I think we may all owe a debt to the failure of his movie, Around The World In 80 Days, for not losing Steve Coogan to Hollywood? Their loss was our gain. Though, I do wonder how well Partridge has gone down with American audiences? His early stuff depends very much upon the, “grammar,” of British Television and Radio production techniques and presentation styles that would not be so instantly recognisable to an American audience. But I feel sure that some Americans must know about him?

[@definitelyl7985]

It's more of a cult thing in America, never cut through the mainstream but a lot of comic personalities seem to appreciate it. It's incredible what they've done with the character really, not only for how long it's been going with the change of writers as well, but also because how they've spread him through different mediums going along with the changing times. Sometimes I feel the journey's not been appreciated enough because it's almost unprecedented and people don't know how to react and ractionalise it. One day people will look back and realise how amazing what Steve and the crew have achieved is. Also yes, I think his Hollywood "failures" gave us some of his most interesting work. Not only the resurrection of Partridge, but also The Trip and some of his ventures into drama as both an actor and a writer (I thought Philomena was a lovely movie). I'd rather have this than him going down the Gervais route or starring in shallow american studio comedies.

[@TomNoles007]

100% agreed with these first 2 comments. Greatest comedy character (with pathos shaded in) of the last 30 years- christ that time went fast. Anyway, you 2 put it better than me, Partridge has given me sooo many laughs over the years

[@msmith323]

Alpha Papa didn't break America either, and most recently Coogan was in Joker: Follie à Deux, to mixed reviews. Been watching him since 1990, I love Alan Partridge, but I don't think Coogan wants us to like him. In fact I just saw a video of him claiming Lineker's comments on illegal immigration were justified. Had to switch off, like Partidge would!

[@shunksounds]

i bet there's great corpsing and giggles outtakes from this, but by not cheaping out on a "bloopers" clout the Alan legacy is puristically maintained. best comedy of the last 13 years at least.

[@mattb8738]

Once I'd made a quick call to the DVLA love making could begin again in anger😂😂😂

[@jaycuthbert245]

"And ofcourse..make sure the heatings on.."

[@GG-ml3vr]

Let battle commence.

[@Xenunt1]

13 years holy hell

[@damianclark550]

We need more Alan

[@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549]

He’s just released a book

[@WhatInTheDeepestShadeOfFeck]

This show is peak Partridge, and that's saying something

[@xtraspecialmango]

Anthea Turner: “What Lovely Butter…Lightly Salted.”

[@matthewstephens6848]

I can never drive past Wookie Hole without thinking of this.

[@ACinDorset]

Did you see any caves being cleared of radicalised bird watchers?

[@CS-mo7xp]

*Wookey stop getting Wookey Hole wrong.

[@GG-ml3vr]

Ill never go near ir for fear of ending up with a throat like a muppets mouth .

[@TomNoles007]

​@@GG-ml3vrBig lolz man, love it 😂

[@emucat1]

I got a speeding ticket nr Cheddar Gorge, although another sad story.

[@Retrobeemer]

An itty bitty of Scriti Politi! 😂

[@20thCB]

More rubbery than turgid...omg I'm dying here

[@BarnsleyMatchdayDrinkers]

There used to be an iPhone app that mixed parts of episodes with your Apple Music catalogue. Had it on all the time in the car then sadly it went down

[@jamesfield1674]

I got to send this to Jonathan Ross 😅

[@simonh6371]

13 years on...and Noel Edmonds is still very much at large.

[@theoriginalbluey]

The DVLA got in the way of his love-making.

[@joelonsdale]

I can't get enough of MMM!

[@Spooky_32]

MMM, a nice thick slice!

[@tonygrice1450]

Omg classic partridge 😅😊

[@simonlawrencesings]

Can I have another? I'm still thirsty! 🤣🤣

[@MovieCaveDave]

Triple M needs a season 3, "Ever been out with a woman with a rough tongue?" 😂😂😂

[@2ndlieutenantcaptian]

Partridge is great !..... "SIMPLES "!....

[@Chinese_MartialArts]

I cant watch this...its soo funny im laughing literally almost to death. 😂

[@killbotone6210]

Roll up your sleeve, unhook your belt, wrap it firm beneath the elbow , tap those veins and inject yourself with a pure dose of Partridge

[@AlanAttack]

My best work.

[@MorrisseysMonkey]

Haha! "They are vast"!!

[@Chriswatney]

In the clip with Sophie on the phone, talking to the soldier about the terrorism.. can’t believe you cut the tongue twister out! 😂

[@melvert33]

Alan also goes on to explain what state sanctioned murder is to the little girl, brilliant.

[@ragingpagan8847]

Lovely stuff it really was first class. “Textbook” partridge

[@MattieBennett]

“Which muppet?”

[@gedrooney9305]

Need a season 3 👍

[@Josh-g7d9t]

Alan needs to do a Daniel Plainview skit witg that milkshake impression

[@standman525]

Give him a third series ya shit

[@owencampbell8799]

Alan gave her a break and she did this.

[@gonkymoukeeper]

"Shit", she writes

[@The_English_Pels_Fan]

We need the bit where he asks a woman disguising her voice to say "soon your planet will be mine" 😂

[@jaycuthbert245]

Zoe - "banter jocky...B..J..ooopss that sounds wrong hahaha.." Alan - "😊..youre a breath if fresh-aaiirr 😊.."

[@greg0uk]

Bum time with Branning!

[@ashleyburns6752]

Remember spreading the word about the original Fosters website shows, just like I did with Karl Pilkington around 2006 😂

[@MrChrisBarker]

MMMANNDWAP is simply brilliant.

[@crustyferret8956]

This is Britain 2023- you’re welcome to it.

[@mrneutral8423]

Some of these comments have come from Stoke!

[@guinnessharvey4476]

Peak Partridge

[@andrewlane801]

Why is the bbc logo in the corner? This series was on SKY..?

[@sports872]

Will there be a third series?

[@sloppijussepi8479]

2:45 he forgot the mousse

[@starshapedtambourineman]

Dedicated to all those with fat arms and a lovely face. X

[@joc1178]

Much appreciated!

[@jordangill2710]

13 years ago?!?!?

[@fredflintstone8569]

Textbook Partridge.

[@KennyCarter90]

Where can I buy all of this? TAKE MY MONEY, STEEVE COOGAN!!! 💸

[@benleightonify]

Why was I 25 when this happened 😭

[@jeztaylor6308]

I always thought Alan was tall especially when he dressed up as a zombie as he looked MASSIVE, but in real life he's not even 6'....neither am i. Bye.

[@PlantBP]

Have you put. Up bus... fares.

[@CasperLCat]

The therapeutic lady in pink, being oh-so-supportive of everyone’s foibles, but at the same time construing everything as she imagines it, is a very timely character herself. For example, she saying that men’s “performance” is all about “setting the mood” - no, it isn’t. Women care about all that emotional and contextual stuff, men just don’t.

[@lebagel]

I love how she leans away from Alan as if magnetically repulsed.

[@NevilleBamshu23]

You can't summon up tumescents like room service. ...pahahaha..that's a good name for a punk band..the tumescents..ha ha

[@philfyphil]

Hilarity prevails.

[@brimleyhillmassive]

Alice Clunt

[@NorthWalesKid]

This should have been on the bbc instead of this time

[@paul-gy6yl]

Bill oddie one classic Alan partridge kmku I'm Paul Myler

[@andrewmaccallum2367]

Jurassic Park!

[@happyclappyslappy]

Tax discs should be axed

[@kqizft]

simples.

[@jobyjoe1]

13 years ...really?

[@lucasm3879]

It started out low key on youtube in late 2010. Sky put it on TV a year or two later.

[@deedeesplectrum9924]

And Asbestos!

[@theprophet9429]

Moribund

[@hellobirdiecreative]

Fill your uggs.

[@brimleyhillmassive]

BOTN

[@ThomasPowellNZ]

The flirting is too painful to watch.

[@ctcurry1777]

Love Partridge cant stand Coogan and his virtue signalling nonsense. 👍😎

[@MontyCantsin5]

🤦

[@ThePorkypete51]

repeat, and adapt....