Alan Offends the Irish | I'm Alan Partridge | BBC Studios

[@RyanODon]

The clip omits the part about U2 and Bloody Sunday..."Sunday Bloody Sunday really encapsulates the frustration of a Sunday - you wake up in the morning, you’ve got to read all the Sunday papers, the kids are running around, you’ve got to mow the lawn, wash the car, and you think “Sunday, bloody Sunday!”

[@tonytouch2446]

Also the "bald chap who ripped up the pope"😂

[@trainwreck3697]

Wonder if Bono called in and made a stink about it being on KZbin? Must have been sick of all that canteen food. Sorry i forgot, you're not Bono.

[@danielvanr.8681]

And then the Irish lads retort: "I'm sorry te do dis te ya, Alan, but _Bloody Sunday_ is actually abewt a massacre in Derry, in '72." Alan: "A massacre? Urgh! Not playing that again!" 😂😂😂

[@Jacob-2796]

Brilliant writing

[@The_Revived_Raver]

100%. That's the best bit!!

[@zamiadams4343]

"You blonde bastard, from the future" one of my fav partridge moments ever.

[@cleverbobby]

It perfectly describes Erling Haaland too...

[@rogerramjet5302]

The genius of this is that a person can come back to these clips years later, know every word and still laugh out loud.

[@redpillnibbler4423]

I watch the whole series about four times a year.It never gets old. 🤣👍

[@SD-de4do]

and whites still talk like this and think they aren't the joke!

[@thecollector75]

One of the funniest sitcoms out there.... 2 series of pure genius

[@michaelwalsh9145]

I watched for the first time and never laughed, what exactly is funny about it?

[@michaelwalsh9145]

@@thecollector75 English humour is so strange that only English people get it, honestly you lot would laugh if your house went on fire.

[@cbarry88]

As an Irishman I loved this ... ders more to Ireland dan dis

[@lilliankeane5731]

😂😂😂laughing out loud five years later! 😂 it still holds up as brilliant. Yep I’m irish too.

[@SofaKingShit]

As an Irishman l find such stereotyping to be extremely offensive. No wonder I'm always getting drunk and fighting when I'm as misunderstood as this.

[@maolsheachlannoceallaigh4772]

​@@SofaKingShitah yeh bastard, I'll give yeh yer go anytime yeh want

[@danw1374]

An alternative would probably be 'Ders more to Norfolk den Diss'

[@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp]

I used to work with an Irish lad and we did these lines all the time

[@victoriaward6457]

When he says it's only £49 to fly to Ireland and Alan says I know that's what puts me off 😂

[@eisaatana96]

Victoria Ward Lol yeah totes xDDDDD

[@george_3264]

What about it?

[@FFM0594]

He should have gone when it was €200 then!

[@phatfuxgaming]

I completely agree with Alan on dis one 😂😂

[@Dermot2927]

£49 seems expensive now as an advertised price. They advertise it for £9.99 but by the time you've paid for all the add-ons it's more like £70-80. Imagine wanting to travel with hand luggage! It'll cost ya! Print your boarding card? That'll be another £50! I'm talking about Ryanair, of course, the company that delights in upsetting people.

[@marcusmaher-triskellionfil5158]

As an Irish person i remember seeing this as a kid on BBC in 97, brilliant and hillarious, hits all the cultural sterotypes "on both sides of the Irish Sea'

[@cyborgbadger1015]

that's true comedy isn't it when you take the piss out of yourself as well.

[@Porkcylinder]

You know what? I forgot what we were fighting about. Let’s have a beamish 🎉

[@gooseboy4025]

That's crazy, a year later the Good Friday Agreement was signed, so these nasty stereotypes must of still been quite fresh in people's minds at the time of release. I watched this as a kid in 2005 and it seemed like a distant memory these grievances, but it really wasn't that long ago

[@Porkcylinder]

@@gooseboy4025 it was written by Irishmen so if there are any ‘nasty stereotypes’ ….

[@gooseboy4025]

@@Porkcylinder and your point is? they are still nasty stereotypes, doesn't matter who wrote them. But that's what makes the jokes land, like was mentioned above, both sides taking the piss out of themselves.

[@KidFresh71]

"Hmmph, this looks disgusting. Still: might as well eat it." Superb line delivery.

[@kingloser4198]

I say that quite regularly

[@threethrushes]

10 on ten.

[@asobstoryforeverysong9853]

Out of all the Alan Partridge scenes over the years, this is still the very best of the best in my book

[@_PrimetimePranks]

Lovely stuff

[@jimmorrison2657]

I don't know mate. What about the spike? Some of these people have come from Stoke 🤣👍

[@mag5020]

Check out his martin brennan character

[@marymaloney2824]

i love where he plays the part of Martin from Sligo and starts singing Get out ye black and tans so hilarious 😂😂😂

[@collydub1987]

​@@jimmorrison2657 agreed. That was hilarious

[@Ibrahim-ex8du]

As a dutch teenager I couldn’t get enough of this show, watched every episode 20 times. only one friend liked it too. He didn’t get all of the jokes but he absolutely lost it at “there’s more to Ireland than this”. Alan is pretty obscure over here except for his show “Skirmish.”

[@GTF85]

😂😂 Do you like This Time? I think it’s some of his best stuff tbh

[@badly_dubbed2401]

They broadcast UK Conquest in Holland🤣

[@twiglet2214]

Alan had to break the sad news that his Dutch friend who designed the famous ' inflatable footwear ' had popped his clogs !

[@alexclemence8685]

Skirmish was great!

[@ianpoulter1442]

@@alexclemence8685 …It actually had the highest ratings of any daytime show in the Norfolk area😅 🎙️

[@WillowJordan1979]

The body language of the Irish guys is so spot on. Trying to control the urge to yell at Alan to shut up.

[@benjaminrooker5793]

Yeh it's played really well. Reason you can go back to this series is that it's jammed pack with quality.

[@WillowJordan1979]

@@benjaminrooker5793 I think all the actors are so good at being natural. My only critique is the laugh track, it doesn't really suit this kind of comedy.

[@benjaminrooker5793]

Deniselle Swan i can tolerate laugh tracks when the writing is exceptional. Lead up - Punch line - pause (laugh track) only formula is where it’s painful e.g big bang theory.

[@sallycinnamon795]

Agreed...And they're not even actors

[@name8631]

It's funny because the one on the right is notorious for not knowing when to shut up in real life

[@jez9999]

"If it was just the potatoes that were affected, you will pay the price if you're a fussy eater" LOL

[@caeserromero3013]

100% As a kid I was VERY fussy. Hated tomatoes, beans etc. One year we drove (yes drove) to the French Alps for a skiing holiday (18 hours). When we got to the resort all the restaurants were closed except for a Pizza parlour. Everyone except me ate a Pizza, as I wouldn't touch it as it had tomato on it. We went tobogganing and then got into the self catering chalet and mum cooked us dinner (without tomato!) and just as she was about to dish it up, I fainted through hunger. Fell right off the back of the wooden dining bench 🤣 Irony is that now as an adult, Pizza is one of my favourite foods...though I still hate raw tomatoes and baked beans

[@7.92Gav]

​@caeserromero3013 same here, as a kid I wouldn't touch pizza because of the tomato. My No.1 favourite now 😂

[@Deedee-ee1sg]

Alan Partridge is one of the greatest comic characters ever made! This clip is fkng brilliant. Coogan's a genius!

[@fish18ish96]

"No we're from Dublin" "But that's where you make them"

[@axeljk1]

Actually made in co.offaly

[@chestermarcol3831]

that slayed me. LOL

[@BeatlesN01]

The two irish guys are the writers of Father Ted

[@canturgan]

And The I.T. Crowd.

[@pinkhundredwatts8485]

and Black Books

[@coltsuperocean10]

oh dear.

[@Woeboy29]

you forgot big train which has some comedy gold as well

[@Futurevenomzone]

it's​ funny because later in the episode Alan mentions "The Crying Game" and there's a joke about that film in Father Ted "He got his lad out"

[@michelangelobuonarroti8042]

"49 quid, that's what puts me off" lol😂😂

[@terratec1001]

2:44 - "There's more to Ireland dan dis!" Haha.

[@Sunlight70]

"What's da big oideahhh?"

[@amightyatom]

terratec1001 oylend*

[@stuartbritton7408]

Deres

[@oobenoob]

Din diss.

[@carn5haun343]

The 2 lads can hardly keep a straight face. Absolutely hilarious stuff

[@person8203]

"you will pay the price if you're a fussy eater" lol

[@thomasbayer1843]

Don't get addicted to potatoes, seems to be the lesson there.

[@missydee6085]

If they (the 2 million) could afford to emigrate, they could afford to eat in a modest restaurant!

[@anfear9764]

One of the greatest sketches of all time. Coogan can carry this as he is of course of Irish descent. A true comic genius.

[@Tigerland1962]

but was born, raised and educated in England, He is more English than Irish, what about the fact that you lot pick anyone who has drunk a pint of Cuiness to be in your useless football team, up the t'ns..

[@anfear9764]

@@Tigerland1962 you lot ? Clearly have a little axe to grind mo chara. Go back to sleep

[@danielfield2570]

@phil Stop, no need for that here. This is why people hate us English, ffs

[@GrandmasterFerg]

@@Tigerland1962 Cuiness is an Anglo-Irish beverage Philip

[@bennyblanco936]

@@Tigerland1962 ok ..calm down there captain manering

[@luvuyonobadula40]

I remember watching this at work one night with my boss, who is Irish. I was cringing a bit, but he just laughed his ass off!

[@geoffpoole483]

The humour comes from Alan Partridges ignorance and total lack of social etiquette. He's like an embarrassing relative. It works because the joke is on Partridge.

[@3storiesUp]

It's all in good fun mate.

[@liammhodonohue]

@Hamish Munroe he did that film Philomena with Judy Dench, about Home for "fallen women"

[@carmelmulroy6459]

Coogan's parents are Irish so he can get away with this a bit more.

[@murpho999]

@@carmelmulroy6459No that’s not it at all. Thanks to his Irish background he understands Ireland completely and he’s taking the piss out of the British and their attitude to and ignorance of Ireland. He’s not getting away with anything and most British don’t realise that they’re the subject of the joke.

[@jmmiddup1976]

Eating his full English, "so how many people where killed in the Irish famine?"

[@quirkypurple]

He was diplomatic and PC at the start though because he asked for "4 British Isles breakfasts" well, maybe not so diplomatic but he was trying to be inclusive :P

[@Dermot2927]

Do you think the lads' reaction was a bit OTT? I've lived in the UK for 40+ years and had inappropriate comments, be they vindictive or just plain stupid ("Dublin? Is that Northern Ireland or Southern Ireland?") from day one right up to the present day - yes, including about atrocities such as the famine. If I were to go to pieces like they do every time someone put their foot in it I'd have been on a mental ward after a month. You just have to roll with it, maybe politely put people straight now and then ("There's no such country as Southern Ireland").

[@malahammer]

Errrrrrrrrr Brendan.......it's a comedy show!

[@cultureclashmusicvideo4545]

Paul Furey yes and it’s all about prejudice!

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

His full British Isles.

[@anton__84]

Der's more to Oireland.. dan dis.

[@pachma405]

what's der big oidea?

[@thomasbayer1843]

More like "There's more ta Oireland.. dan dis."

[@oobenoob]

Din diss.

[@chokesmc]

Now lets gan down to business

[@flaggerify]

Dan!

[@trevscribbles]

Honestly, the fact that he mentions 'Beamish' is very impressive. That's something you still struggle to find outside of Cork like!

[@Seansaighdeoir]

Very big in the 80's in the UK. Used to drink it all the time.

[@strawberrykicker2]

It's the best stout though,Guinness is piss compared to it

[@gipperbanana]

Coogan is from an irish family , which makes it all the funnier

[@3storiesUp]

Best stout in the World .. from the best city in the World ;)

[@markws5952]

@@gipperbanana he's English.

[@anthonywhelan5419]

I'm Irish and I have never seen this before but I think it's hilarious. We can take the piss out of ourselves - you should watch the brilliant Dave Allen. Writers for Father Ted? Great craic. I love Father Ted and Black Books.

[@vordman]

Anthony Whelan Dave Allen lived in England for his own safety because he was always (quite rightly) taking the piss out of the Catholic church and got threatened. Love Irish humour though, Father Ted is genius and Dylan Moran is one of the best stand-ups ever.

[@maureenm8462]

Love Dave allen

[@markuslappalainen6847]

The glorious nation of Kazakstan has lot to learn from you.

[@jackstrider9509]

Alan Partridge surely trumps Black books

[@Evergreen0021]

The Father, Son, in the hole he goes.

[@alexmac770]

Poor old Lynn. Finally comes to life and she's cut off.

[@stephendoran2690]

Steve Coogan was to supposed to play John Kenny role as the Eurovision song contest host on father ted but couldn't do it, said it was one of his biggest regrets

[@mstheroff]

But Alan did go on to produce the Eurovision Thong Contest, along with Boob Olympics and Wet Christmas.

[@thetelegothika5327]

@@mstheroff Very true. And following that, so tell me what you mean by watersports.

[@ivorbiggun710]

The actor who did play him was absolutely brilliant.

[@fomoran]

@@ivorbiggun710 and he acts a gateway to 'd'unbelieveables' and then I can add to the number of friends who say 'one of dem' and smile to themselves

[@BackToTheBlues]

@@ivorbiggun710 I don't think anyone could've done it better!

[@TheIkaraCult]

Alan's disco freakouts always tickle me!

[@tomdavies6368]

When he starts giving examples of stereotypical Irish things and they initially agree with him.... and he just carries on and on

[@nc3music920]

Toothless simpletons haha

[@eilishoshea3349]

Men in platform shoes being arrested for bombings

[@newbarker523]

Definitely one of many great parts to this sketch! 😂

[@CyborgHyperdrive]

The woman that plays lynne was cast perfectly

[@Mark-lj1dj]

Everyone was perfectly cast in this 😂 alan partridge, lynne and of course Michael 😂

[@guitarchoonz]

horses running through council estates sounds like my lovely cherry orchard

[@SepulchreBrit]

quite accurate in cork city to be fair. (so i am)

[@Comewithmeifuwant2live]

Cherry orchard isn’t too bad... you’re just getting all the toothless simpletons from Neilstown.

[@cribbe6547]

Ballyfermot represent

[@davecunningham8476]

guitarchoonz I'm from Clondalkin and I agree with Alan 😂

[@zisdead11]

Bawnogue in the house 🤣👍

[@davidmurphy8364]

"We're from Dublin...yeah well that's where you make them"😂😂😂

[@harrypalmer3481]

Steve Coogan & Graham Linehan, comedy giants. Thank you comedy giants & all!

[@manosparavida3551]

If they can afford to emigrate, then they can afford to eat in a modest restaurant. Christ that is genius 🤣😂🤣

[@Richard-hv5hh]

Yes, it's just a priceless comment. But my goodness he comes out with so many that are just so appalling and yet so funny and original. He can get away with anything!

[@bucks1985]

😂😂😂

[@chrisduncan7954]

Pity the full scene is not there as he goes on about the U2 song Sunday Bloody Sunday..... thinking its about a Sunday

[@timothygraham4304]

Chris Duncan I loved that part, it's in my top ten Partridge quotes at number. Tom Donaldson is first place

[@kleinequietboykleinequietb7126]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIO3e2esfdSMi9U dere ye have it, da.

[@workingclasstory4996]

Chris Duncan There Was No Massacre in Derry. There was a massacre in Londonderry where The British Army Defended Themselves. But there has never been a massacre in Derry, Because there’s no such place as Derry. Derry is a Catholic term, Londonderry is the real name.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

@@workingclasstory4996 How can I trust a man who doesn't know when to use a capital letter? Begone from this comedy thread

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

@@workingclasstory4996 You've been begoned sir. Please leave

[@juliemooney6663]

Keep coming back to this genius.

[@kenmccready2870]

Hilarious !!!! for me being Irish adds an extra belly laugh here .....Alan's train of thought is just awe inspiring, comedy acting at its best !!

[@bobfromsoireegames4309]

Aye!

[@dublinbay2362]

I am Irish and pissed myself laughing.

[@adrianred236]

Me too and Steve Coogan is of Irish descent, that inner insight gives him the edge.

[@murpho999]

Yes because he’s slagging the Brits not Irish.

[@CrazyChunkles]

The fact that Alan goes for Saddam Hussein over the French as a beret wearer says it all 😂😂😂

[@WonderofWatches]

Followed by Frank Spencer

[@TheImparter]

This is one of the funniest scenes in television history.

[@rogerward3390]

I'm Irish and this is hilarious

[@-M0LE]

The crossover we all needed Father Ted x Alan Partridge Two of the best

[@erniemccracken2429]

They should have had Alan Partridge instead of Henry Sellers

[@-M0LE]

@@erniemccracken2429 🤔 that would have been very interesting

[@Amadeus-ms9lt]

He's so inappropriate it's incredible.

[@Dangermoose-rv6bb]

Almost as if that's the whole joke

[@harryhicks1142]

Amadeus190890 still hilarious

[@Amadeus-ms9lt]

@@harryhicks1142 It's absolutely hilarious. Just when you think he can't be any more of a twat, he surpasses himself.

[@timothyphillips5043]

inappropriate should be banned from the English language. A word only used by simpletons.

[@harryhicks1142]

Amadeus190890 you watched the new show??

[@WallKenshiro]

The irony of Alan talking about subverting Irish stereotypes to two characters who's actors play up all those stereotypes for laughs more successfully than any English man ever has, is a great joke in itself.

[@markws5952]

Are you a bit butt hurt paddy by the irony 😥

[@WallKenshiro]

@@markws5952 why would I be?, and who's Paddy?

[@markws5952]

@@WallKenshiro you seem a bit triggered. Was wondering why your choosing to disparage Englishmen.

[@WallKenshiro]

@@markws5952 I wasn't, and I am English.

[@charliebridges3584]

@@markws5952 See WallKenshiro below, dog-breath.

[@voorheesjason3161]

When he says, " ... well, you will pay the price if you're a fussy eater. " 😂😂😂 Genius ...

[@jamesknox64]

west Cork is absolutely lovely. worked there in a restaurant for 9 months. great seafood and great pubs and great music. always bloody raining of course but that's why the pubs are so good!

[@AlisonBryen]

james knox We have a saying in our family "It doesn't rain in pubs..."

[@Porkcylinder]

james knox wow! How much does it cost to fly there? ( from Norwich)

[@jamesknox64]

Trucker Surely there is a booming industry in people trafficking in Norwich? Going to, like, anywhere else?

[@Porkcylinder]

james knox what? You don't want east Anglias lucrative tourist trade to fill the coffers? Why ever not? As for 'people trafficking' I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure they're inward bound ?

[@Porkcylinder]

james knox oh I see your point.

[@basehead617]

One of the funniest scenes in television history

[@nicknack3648]

Men in platform shoes being arrested for bombings

[@Striker1973666]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@glamdolly30]

PMSL!

[@davehoward22]

Glam rock terrorists .

[@davehoward22]

Long hair,flairs and a tank top

[@glamdolly30]

@@davehoward22 Ha! Ha!

[@neiljones2264]

'That's where you make them', class.

[@thecornedbeefcouncil9792]

Must have seen this episode and scene a hundred times and today was the first time I noticed the look on Graham Linehans face at 02:58.

[@fds7476]

Knowing Linehan, he must have been greatly inspired by Patridge's wit!

[@markgreet3543]

The way lyn goes quiet when Alan's back

[@kingeatking]

Love Alan Partridge. Can’t for the life of me understand why anyone would dislike this video 🤨

[@newbarker523]

Probably toothless simpletons.

[@joedent3323]

Minor Transgressions

[@kevinworthington5419]

Horses running through council estates!😂😂

[@marcusmaher-triskellionfil5158]

Badly tarmaced drives...in this country 😂😂😂

[@FragranceView]

They never got the 4 cups of tea...

[@IndependentGeorge76]

I blame R2D2

[@Futurevenomzone]

FragranceView They should've gotten Mrs Doyle to get it for them

[@ciaranc7460]

The tea was quaffed by R2D2

[@rickrennyoneill]

She was too busy playing with the wires in her chest

[@KC-lt1ns]

Also what are they eating, looks like there's a whole onion in that fry up what's the big round ball?Q

[@peterlukats937]

This is so cringe it's borderline difficult to watch. I LOVE IT 😂

[@geoffpoole483]

A great script and some great acting. Graham Linehan's character (the dark-haired bloke) is trying very hard not to lose it with Alan.

[@LeMerch]

I'm Irish and this has me rolling!!

[@janeparfitt65]

Genius especially when he does it in their Irish accent. This has always cracked me up, 😂

[@TonyEnglandUK]

Sunday bloody sunday.

[@leeosborne3793]

"Dere's more to Oireland dan dis!"

[@uinvin]

Coogan is a comic genius. He has Irish heritage also. Always delivers.

[@martinmcdonald4207]

Thats how he gets away with this and no one is offended. Its the English man that is the butt of this scene, as is every scene with Alan Partridge. Great stuff!

[@leeosborne3793]

I absolutely loved the Partridge lookalike on "This Time", complete with IRA folk songs. :)

[@charliekane135]

Why would anyone be offended? It's a comedy sketch. If this was about Scotland it would be equally funny (I'm Scottish) The joke is on Partridge as usual being so ignorant but its definitely not offensive.

[@NetConsole]

Not just Irish heritage. He is fully Irish. His mother is(was?) Irish, and his father is(was?) a second generation Irish immigrant.

[@chestermarcol3831]

Man, this show was sublime. LOL Comedy at it's finest.

[@charliekane135]

This stuff never ages. Alan is as hilariously ghastly in 2022.

[@bryanlint9327]

What a grand time to watch the writers of Father Ted.

[@TheKaluNaama]

Damn this is good writing, and spot on delivery.

[@mrmods7912]

Pure brilliance! Steve Coogen ... Legend!!

[@Dubgirl78]

I remember watching this on TV and my whole family busting out laughing 😂 and next day in School we'd be all doing the impressions 😂 including some teachers. That was Dublin in the 90s

[@donovanshawvids]

Been listening to his Audible book. Really enjoying. I only know him from the Trip movies. As an Aussie never heard of Alan Partridge so doing KZbin searches! Classic!

[@SquidgyPickle]

It never gets old

[@SmilerORocker]

I'm Irish... and lived in Norwich.... everything Alan ever said about the one way system is true.... its also one of the nicest small cities anywhere. I recommend a boat on the broads.

[@carn5haun343]

'I think that's what puts me off' 🤣

[@rezashia3135]

‘We’re from Dublin’ ‘That’s where you make them’! 😂

[@lemonlateralus]

Sunday...bloody Sunday :P

[@bigcheese1955]

I remember this from when life was simpler. Thanks for posting

[@Robin838]

Steve Coogan and Arthur Matthew were still speaking to Graham Linehan. All his comedy friends have disowned him in recent years.

[@beckym8245]

You don't get more Oirish. ...dan dat.

[@Noisehead101]

you're gorgeous. Kiss my face.

[@damian-795]

Hi Lenny x

[@Karl_with_a_K]

Becky Morris ta be sure ;)

[@musashidanmcgrath]

'Horses running through council estates' 😂😂😂 I grew up on a council estate in Dublin, and this is 100% spot on. 😂😂

[@GregOrCreg]

I think this was a reference to the 1992 film Into the West.

[@marcusmaher-triskellionfil5158]

Yeah, Ballymun, Ballyfermot, Driminagh, Coolock comes to mind.

[@StephenSpooner-m5x]

And Finglas when I was a kid .

[@kristiankeddie4664]

" Tea or coffee Tea or coffee "

[@imedi]

It's only 49quid by plane .. That's what puts me off 😂😂😂

[@tinnedtuna8242]

Funny seeing how many time Graham and Arthur crack up during this scene.

[@youandwhosearmy6339]

The guy on the left mostly. Sorry, I don't know which is which. But both are clearly struggling to do it

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

@@youandwhosearmy6339 Arthur Morgan on the left, Graham Linehan on the right.

[@stephendines1936]

Badly tarmacked drives in this country.

[@hithere6303]

Stephen Dines what's the joke with that??

[@fitzerelli1]

Pinnacle Level Design LDC Correct but they.r loyalty is not to Ireland but their pockets.purescum.

[@DendyJungle]

@@hithere6303 Irish travellers have a stereotype of going to Britain, charging a lot of money for tarmacking drives and then moving on to another city. They have started to do this in France and America too.

[@pmacc3557]

Mo 2k 1 turned up on my door here in grmny....

[@milesgeary9213]

Irish Travellers have been in the US for over a century. There are over 10,000 in the country. The biggest group of them is in Murphy Village in South Carolina. The Cant they speak is different from the one spoken by travellers in the UK and Ireland because they've been separated from the old country for so long. They sound like any other American when speaking English, but they're very insular and aren't associated with the greater Irish diaspora that you'd find in cities like Boston. Some of them are fairly affluent and they've been investigated by the federal government for various forms of fraud in recent years, mostly roofing and welfare schemes. I don't think they're still into the bareknuckle boxing like Paddy Doherty and the more famous travellers in the UK and Ireland. It's a strange and fascinating culture, unknown to most people in the US but there was a movie about travellers in the states that came out in the 90s. Bill Paxton starred in it.

[@johnzo70]

Im irish this is Brillant very funny and mostly true 😂😂

[@rughead101]

I went to Northern Ireland in 1998 they were lovely

[@christschinwon]

Probably best avoid food at the Linton. I recommend The Horse & Groom in Swaffham where you can get a lovely lamb lunch followed by slightly shop-soiled chocolate orange for only £6.99. Mine's a lady boy. Aaahaaaaa

[@Tony-sj3xq]

''followed by slightly shop-soiled chocolate orange'' Lol

[@rgrace6609]

christschinwon Kiss my face.

[@AlisonBryen]

Mine's a Director's Bitter...

[@LiamEFC.]

I feel so sorry for the waitress she was being lovely to them and Alan is flicking the Vs at her

[@Dangermoose-rv6bb]

He's flirting really...just a little awkward at it , but hey, arent we all

[@smoog]

If you watch the full series, Alan is infatuated with her (the restaurant is part of the hotel he's living in, and she's a senior staff member). iirc, one of the Irish blokes makes a comment about her which Alan interprets as them not liking her. He's so desperate to impress them, and so pathetic in reading people, he carries on disparaging her in the Alanesque idea this will make them like him. Typical Alan Partridge being embarrassingly awkward.

The best part being that he's totally un-selfaware, and treats it all as being perfectly rational and a normal thing to do.

[@humann5682]

She gets her own back in the final episode of the series though !!

[@grasshopper1292]

@@Dangermoose-rv6bb that was flirting?! Fucking hell 😂 😂 😂

[@lsmith6036]

Great stuff, well done coogan, linehan and the team

[@billkingston4402]

Watching this in Cork, served Steve in a bar in Manchester when he was filming 24 hour party people, met the Happy Mondays as well, great comic

[@presidentwoodrow]

the ultimate talk yourself out of a job

[@MichealBurnett5]

Great thing about BBC COMEDY... You work with everyone... You work in radio comedy You work in TV comedy You write for other comedians They write for You. ❤🇮🇪🎉🎁🎊 A great ACADEMY of LEARNING

[@SandyYoung1]

“Come out ye black n’tans”😂

[@jameseyk1]

C'mon and fight me like a man!

[@kav6666]

PRICK

[@stevoc9930]

@@kav6666 Who?

[@kav6666]

Not you stevo

[@stevoc9930]

kav6 66 No worries mate 👍 🎶”Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders.”🎶

[@kayzeaza]

He plays the character so well

[@KevTheImpaler]

I got as far as "Can I have four British Isles breakfasts?" It's too excruciating to watch.

[@ulture]

the best part is he thinks that's made them like him more, most English people don't realise the Irish have an issue with calling this rainy archipelago 'The British Isles'

[@ColmPadraig]

​@@ulture But I do know, I just say it to wind them up

[@ianharwell7500]

New AP related series in 2021. It's OK - BUT you cannot beat the scripts from the two "I'm Alan Partridge" series & SC's comic acting masterclass here.

[@DR.MF.DOOMSDAY]

Horses running through council estates couldn’t have been more true hahahaha

[@cathalbrendankelly1892]

As an Irishman, I find this deeply hilarious!

[@CPTM1]

Back then. I would of never of known that them two Irish guys would make a show that had a big influence on my humour. This also includes Steve Coogan. 3 geniuses of comedy writing

[@TonyEnglandUK]

Have. Never *_have_* known, not never OF known. You robot.

[@offal]

they also came up with ted and ralph of the fast show, that is genius too. Pat Mustard what a character name, that was also genius.

[@jogon7914]

Derrs morr t' oiland..den dis 🤣 funniest ever.

[@mizzkelcat3279]

“ what’s da big oidea “ haha.

[@nickmail7604]

Funny, and a table full of comic genius!

[@jrspiritcommunicator7611]

''this looks disgusting, still might as well eat it'' lol

[@josephgent3196]

Thanks for uploading these :)

[@ShahPhilLeotardo]

Can we have four full British Isles Breakfasts please. Ya Robot.😂

[@TheThejpmshow]

What’s da big oy-dear? Gets me every time 🤣

[@danw1374]

He just insults everybody he meets😂😂

[@mortalclown3812]

The Guardian published an interview of Partridge interviewing Coogan which I read prior to knowing who Partridge was. Needless to say, it got a bit confusing before becoming hysterically funny. Since then, I've tried to see everything I can of A.P. - my favorite character since Rik Mayall's magnificent portrayal of Alan B'Stard in 'The New Statesman'. Hard to believe it was made so long ago - '87 - and that he left us so soon. (Wonder if using the name 'Alan' is paying homage to Rik.) Rest in paradise. ✨️