Alan Partridge is Rural Alan

Alan Partridge shows us the Norfolk countryside where he chooses to relax in solidarity by rambling across common ground

[@meandthepotatoes4916]

Coogan/Partridge is just perfect… the choice of Fernando as his child, doing a motivational speech for Bostick, Swaffham… everything is just excellent

[@Lucas26vvv]

One of the very best Partridge clips this. It’s scary how funny he is and how well written it is.

[@tomdavies6368]

when he does that final bird shriek. gets me everytime.

[@anonmouse956]

I could never get sick of this character.

[@metafis2490]

The crack in Alan's voice at the end of the song snippet....wonderful acting by Steve Cooghan..you actually feel sorry for Alan.

[@stephenbrady4829]

Alan is a deeply lonely, isolated man. That's why he resonates with people

[@smoog]

Alan is such a beautifully crafted tragic figure. You laugh at him and feel sorry for him at the same time. Coogan is a comic genius.

[@MajorKlanga]

He has many characteristics of someone on the autistic spectrum so even though he's easy to laugh at , it is slightly mean humour. The best and cleverst comedy punches up, not down or is self deprecatory.

[@Fin365]

lol oh fuck off

[@MoskHotel]

Alan is socially inept, which leads to most people viewing him as a narcissistic lunatic, but really, he’s just a awkward TV personality trying to gain fame and attention as part of his own dreams. All what Alan wanted was to say to everyone; *He’s* Alan Partridge.

[@zazuzazz5419]

A contemplative, quiet, early morning Christmas ramble. Lovely stuff.

[@m3anthony]

I love the way he describes the car in such detail, and lets us know the A road to take.

That's the beauty of Partridge. He'll go into the minutest of details about totally irrelevant things and yet will also be totally oblivious about how what he says to people can be utterly tactless and inappropriate, at the same time.

[@wxcferdts]

I also love how every detail seems to matter in Alan's eyes ... it wasn't his father's car that he used to go on trips in, it was in his father's "mustard-coloured Dolomite"! To Alan, that is absolutely relevant information ... Also, when he's inadvertently spot-on as to his relevance and meaning in this world: "... times when I think birds are the only onbes I can really talk to ...". How sadly and tragically right he is!

[@tommytoofar]

I keep seeing a mustard coloured Triumph Dolomite in the last few weeks here in Kilkenny

[@Anfubvinch]

*Walks in the middle of the woods* "Somebody should clean up these leaves"

[@TallSilentGuy]

"There's a caravan site there now. It's quite a good one. There's not gypsies. There's proper toilets."

[@Marky.H]

Alan's voice is so soothing

[@Sr19769p]

Hilarious! Worrying thing is, the older I get the more I'm actually turning into this guy

[@davidpetermcmorris857]

Do you carry a finger of fudge when you go out though?

[@tomoliver9239]

Is your wife living with a narcissistic sports pimp?

[@Sr19769p]

@@tomoliver9239 🤣 No, but I drink that yellow stuff in cans; it's called Stella 🤣

[@Sr19769p]

@@davidpetermcmorris857🤣 No, just a Toblerone when I'm driving to Dundee in my slippers 🤣

[@davidpetermcmorris857]

@@Sr19769p just make sure you don’t throw a shoebox off a ferry containing all your tax receipts whilst you’re up there.

[@MrKnightlore]

"I proposed a series of vending machines in hedges" lol

[@ShahPhilLeotardo]

MrKnightlore Kit Kats, Mars Bars, Chunky Soup, Slices of Ham, Five Alive

[@leewright1]

Doggers would just abuse them....this country.

[@MrKnightlore]

@@ShahPhilLeotardo sounds good!

[@andynixon2820]

18 months ago I moved up to Norfolk and bought a house in North Pickenham . Then I found this on you tube . They say there's a little bit of partridge in all of us , maybe mines come home to roost .

[@PTD2023]

I did the same. I'm quite close to Swatham :)

[@blacktoothfox677]

I was in Cromer last year living with one of Norfolks web-toed women. Now I literally want to kill myself everyday. I was quite happy before.

[@mannixflinn6227]

I lived in East Dereham for a few months. It seemed like a few years. Hated it. Boring town. Weird people. Getting back to London seemed like a relief.

[@Rodiraskal]

Mannix Flinn I had a clothes shop on the high street there for years. The staff treated me like some kind of godlike alien whenever I went to drop off new stock from Leicester where I live. I’m sure they were robbing me blind though and I had to shut it down so they lost their jobs. Needless to say I had the last laugh.

[@MrPlannery]

I bought a Lexus, the Japanese Mercedes

[@oldmanc2]

"I pack a finger of fudge" - I dropped my coffee

[@Bungadin639]

@Hugh Jones I laughed too - but er, my nostrils were clear...

[@enemywithin1295]

Whenever I'm walking in an area with a leaf covered ground, I never avoid saying "someone should really clean up these leaves" and then booting a big pile of them.

[@popmur7089]

Nor should you. They are a hazard.

[@peterh1353]

Amazing the number of people who write "leaves" for "leaf's." Might be the number one KZbin grammar error.

[@enemywithin1295]

@@peterh1353 Well noticed! However I don't think "leafs" needs an apostrophe.

[@popmur7089]

@@peterh1353 Leaves is correct!!! 😂

[@peterh1353]

@@enemywithin1295 Depends on context.

[@1220b]

Gentle thoughtful tragic comedy. The British have quite sophisticated comedy.

[@ex-voto]

I looked up the town's he mentioned Swaffam, North Pickenham, Necton, Great Palgrave, Sporle, even East Walton. They are all small villages about 3km out of Swaffam, East Walton is about 10km.

[@DannyDarwen]

That was lovely. Thank you Alan

[@britishstewart]

I'll let Alan know for ya

[@TommyRazzle69]

Bit small minded really....bit nasty.

[@monstermunch4956]

😂😂😂

[@Rodiraskal]

Best bit 👌

[@lose8447]

ahahahaha the original david brent

[@Rich7714]

I really hope Mike Oldfield saw this!

[@stephenbarlow2493]

@@Rich7714 - I think he'd be surprised to find that there's a Hergest Ridge in Norfolk as well as the one on the Herefordshire/Welsh border he named his album after.

[@chargeriderepeat7024]

Ah the Bostik sale force, great bunch they all bonded as soon as they met.

[@mikeoglen6848]

It's a shame they came unstuck in the end...

[@pupskin123]

Brilliant...

[@54spatula]

Liquid

[@PaulieD1984]

Buh-dum tish

[@jimmorrison2657]

1:36 He would have a job seeing Hergest ridge from Norfolk. It's in Wales.

[@FiddlerNick]

Love the glimpse of a watch in the final scene

[@MrCatalysis101]

Alan seeks solace after motivating the Bostik sales force, reinventing Leo Sayer classics on his way, while simultaneously enjoying a finger of fudge, about the size of a slim panatella.

[@mannixflinn6227]

@Lewis 970 he got a new one from the vending machine in the hedge.

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

"Oldfield hosts a celebrity clay pigeon shoot every Christmas. He invites round Paul Eddington, Adam Faith, Danny Baker, Moira Stewart, Edward Heath and Mr Motivator....................and Francis Rossi of Status Quo."

[@scesfizia]

That moment in life when you realise you are as lonely as Alan Partridge

[@marrs1013]

He is lonely in a relationship with kids. That makes it bad.

[@zapkvr0101]

I'm alone. I'm not lonely

[@octagonseventynine1253]

Bunch of Eleanor Rigby’s

[@paulkielty3800]

@@octagonseventynine1253genius 😂

[@genericuser2339]

Yea but look on the good side. It’s impossible to be as sad as he is.

[@blundershock]

"to this day I don't know whether it was dead or just badly concussed..." prolly dead, Alan.

[@therealcaldini]

Going to go full Partridge here and point out that Hergest Ridge is actually on the Wales/England border, west of Leominster. Great album. Lovely stuff.

[@YaHozna1]

Was going to post that, live just outside Leominster myself.

[@wxcferdts]

And it's just east of the B4594 south of Dolyhir, but watch out for the inevitable tailbacks along the A44 near Dunfield. My advice would be to head on for a bit, then go left on Old Radnor Road, keep right through Croft Castle into Dolyhir before joining the B4594 again near Hales Brook ...

[@ianmackenzie8584]

Hergest Ridge in this case was supposedly the name of Oldfield's house. Relax.

[@therealcaldini]

@@ianmackenzie8584 I somehow feel you’re missing the point.

[@ianmackenzie8584]

@@therealcaldini No, you didn't get the joke.

[@_Super_Hans_]

Never seen this, thanks for the upload.

[@davidmarchant9386]

Super Hans maybe it's cos of all the crack Hans

[@chilldude30]

@@davidmarchant9386 REALLY moreish

[@ConyCees]

The scenery reminds me of the Barchester Chronicles.

[@eleveneleven572]

Partridge is the precursor to many KZbin vloggers. 😂

[@jacksmall2221]

"I'm no Doctor Dolittle, but uh there are times when I think birds are the only ones I can really talk to. Maybe that's because I'm a Partridge, Alan Partridge." - Am I safe to say Steve Coogan might be Britain's finest comedian?

[@PaulieD1984]

Nah Michael Macintyre is

[@vinfishin2582]

I like him a lot but he's definitely not

[@PaulieD1984]

@@vinfishin2582 I was being sarcastic I can't stand macintyre I've never seen such an unfunny comedian be so popular

[@vinfishin2582]

@@PaulieD1984 i didn't like him at the start but he grew on me. He has a few good bits. But each to their own. I think Amy Schumer is more shocking that she's popular

[@upon-fe2720]

For me nobody comes close to Coogan, Coogan sits at the top, then Peter Cook. Michael McIntyre sits in with the list of people I've met on nights out that i've wanted to punch in the face.

[@graemeorr8121]

For all the subtlety, the best double entendre here is the opening line about Alan 'rambling'.

[@markdougan2278]

I had a mustard coloured triumph dolomite. But I have been to swaffham

[@robparry1692]

“I always like going on an Xmas morning walk, for 2-3 hours”. 🤣🤣

[@burning4902]

thanks Steve Coogan for brightening my life and giving me such belly laughs!!!

[@sarcasmo57]

As a bird I have no idea what he's saying.

[@PostProteusKitten]

As an American watching this in 2020 with absolutely no context; this has to be the DRIEST bit of English humor i've ever witnessed. So much so that I can barely tell it's even meant to be humorous. Edit: That said, I did laugh.

[@wxcferdts]

Do watch the other Partridge stuff, in chronological order: it is simply genius!!

[@caperlamb1930]

Ye big time, watch the rest of Alan Partridge. This is v early and not quite as most of us would see the character nowadays but still, if you liked this the rest will definitely do it for ya

[@cfinlay6428]

Being British really helps to know why it's sooooo funny. The more you watch the more you'll get it.

[@caperlamb1930]

@@cfinlay6428 Definitely, there's a bit of alan in all of us haha

[@TheCatBilbo]

It is very British: all of the cultural references etc. plus, it's played by Steve Coogan totally straight. Some of the other Alan Partridge clips are better for out-right laughs! Alan is a DJ/TV presenter who believes he is amazingly talented, when he's actually terrible. He has an awful, selfish personality. He's a sad, clown-like character under all of the BS.

[@domnorth952]

This is quite a sad video really even from the start “they get there excuses in early asif they know I require solitude “

[@breakingaustin]

That's the joke..

[@boorhaave5880]

He's the precursor to David Brent, he's unlikeable but we still feel sorry for him. One of the best fictional characters in British history in my opinion

[@tomoliver9239]

Exactly what the first reply said that's the actual joke you f* simpleton it's as if he's in a married relationship with kids and still is rejected to go alone on these rambles how dumb are you or how do you perceive comedy

[@tomoliver9239]

@@boorhaave5880 I love alan but I dunno I think David brent was the best thing to come out of British comedy

[@boorhaave5880]

@@tomoliver9239 Possibly but Brent wouldn't have been possible without Partridge. Basically Partridge is Brent's dad

[@guitarlover302]

brilliant 👌 i’ve bonded with Alan

[@alasdairgriffiths6448]

This was on the Knowing me Knowing Yule VHS if i remember correctly

[@hestonpfheffer1299]

"I Alan partridge require solitude" 😂😂😂

[@niansenx]

Remember, Alan is not Jesus. He doesn't want to get bogged down in that controversy again.

[@higurro]

Reminds me of Garth Merenghi's "I'm not Jesus Christ, I've come to accept that now."

[@IbnShahid]

Only God can smite him.

[@letsseeif]

Jesus. Isn't he

[@ollythorp5428]

He's just a very naughty boy!

[@wxcferdts]

If I were forced to choose one artistic work - be it literature, music, film ... whatever - to have as my only source of enjoyment for the rest of my life, I'd pick all things Partridge! For the sheer fun of it, for the subtly marvellous writing, for the near perfect acting, for my own unwaning realisation, after all these years, of how ruddy good it all is!

[@DackxJaniels]

I recommend the podcast. Aside from the obnoxious theme song, it's great.

[@wxcferdts]

@@DackxJaniels It SHOULD be obnoxious, or it wouldn't be Partridge: cringingly painful self-aggrandizement, even through song

[@jameselliott1965]

@@DackxJaniels Also agree that should be obnoxious. Particularly enjoy the 3rd repetition where he sings juuuuust TOO hard/high

[@octagonseventynine1253]

@@DackxJaniels even after hearing it 50000 times it can’t get it out of my head lol

[@popshedpilot]

Partrimilgrimage

[@tobetrayafriend]

A pilgrimartridge

[@martinobrien723]

As always brilliant from mr coogan funniest thing I’ve seen in ages really cheered me up but feel sorry for Alan at the same time even though he’s a fictional character 😂😂😂

[@MarmaladeStex]

Just before He did a Corporate with Bill Oddie!.

[@johnny5805]

Stupidly, I checked Wikipedia to see if Mike Oldfield really lived in Norfolk. It said "Oldfield has lived in Nassau, Bahamas, since 2009" :-)

[@2kusiainen]

I wonder was this the Christmas when Carol left him :(

[@harryflashman2029]

I think so, hence the rendition of One Man Band. I had Kenco coming out of my nostrils at that point, AAHAAAAAAAA!

[@blackphoenix8932]

What for the idiot fitness instructor who drinks yellow stuff out of cans? I reckon so.

[@brendanhunter389]

No it was after Valentine's Day. He shook Jackie Stewart's hand. His marriage fell apart soon after

[@bhiav]

He's an idiot.

[@54spatula]

Fucking Mike Oldfield hosting a celebrity clay pigeon shoot. A lot of Spag-Bol came back out of my mouth when he said this.

[@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549]

SPAG-BOLL!

[@chokesmc]

Really sad at the end

[@deathbysnusnu515]

Alan manages to look equally uncomfortable in every single environment.

[@grahamblack1961]

Thank goodness there are no gypsies on the caravan site, certainly reassuring if you have elderly relatives.

[@Jesus_H._Tap-DancingChrist]

Lovely stuff. Not my words. The words of Shakin' Stevens.

[@matthewdeepblue]

The moment he started doing a cuckoo clock, I lost it

[@Tmuk2]

That squark right at the end always gets me - amazing timing

[@hussbilbs]

Schroedinger's badly concussed duck.

[@letsseeif]

Well. It's his cat that i'm worried about.

[@union310]

Who would have ever known he would start factory records

[@boonuts1975]

I know these places well!!

[@mannixflinn6227]

No you don't because Norfolk doesn't have hills like that. They filmed it in Hertfordshire or somewhere near the studio.

[@boonuts1975]

@@mannixflinn6227 the references you dick

[@thelawless1523]

I have a 16 pack thanks to this guy. fkn hell is this guy funny!

[@courageousginger3892]

Love Swaffham and Fakenham for that matter. Lovely stuff

[@stephenbrady4829]

"... and Francis Rossi of Status Quo"

[@zoebidwell720]

Forgotten 5 Alive until I watched this

[@suburbia2050]

I can see the inspiration behind Farage's new KZbin channel!

[@1who4me]

To this day, this is an Alan Partridge video.

[@ChrisCaaa]

Amenities is such an Alan Partridge word. 1:18

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

"Someone should clean up these leaves." 🍁🍃🍂🍁🍃🍂🍁🍃🍂🍁🍃🍂

[@Jayfive276]

Are people incapable of saying anything with stupid little pictures next to them? Grow up.

[@george_3264]

Jayfive276 🅱️🅾️🅾️😢😢😢😢😢

[@stevechristie2569]

Irina Volkoeva how old are you Miss Volkoeva?

[@monstermunch4956]

Jayfive276 er...GET A LIFE!!!! 👍🏼

[@TheJohnnycreep]

I fucking died

[@christopherdilks6540]

Lovely stuff!

[@garethmorgan3665]

Can't believe how young Coogan is in this.

[@Scripture-Man]

"Mr Motivator" "…that whole controversy _again."_ I like how he makes this both funny and moving.

[@edrooney9580]

Free Palestine bitch

[@robferguson8696]

This is where the very best comedy works, where you feel sorry for a really dislikable character

[@leecarney4373]

It's genuinely terrifying reading the comments below videos like this & seeing the number of people who don't understand it's comedy

[@vanvilet1]

You can re enact this at Trent Park

[@MrPlannery]

Trent park in Enfield?

[@brendansheerin8980]

I have

[@kenmccready2870]

Steve coogan is totally hilarious !!!

[@krisinsaigon]

What is this from?!? I don’t remember this at all. Coogan looks young and Alan is still married so he’s not living alone yet at the hotel, so it’s before I’m Alan.., but I don’t remember it from “Knowing Me Knowing You...”. Was it from the Christmas special? Not seen that in 20 years This is great, Alan at his pathetic best

[@johnmartinez7440]

As far as I can tell, it was a bonus feature on the Knowing Me, Knowing Yule DVD release, hence why he's out walking on Christmas Day.

[@sprink88]

A fascinating footnote to add to this rare clip! I'd not heard of Mr partridge until I got a text SMS message from my niece, a keen legal mind, saying "Grandad, Grandad, There's a fellow on Norfolk Now, using your bird-calls. I know they're your's, I could recognise them a MILE OFF.": Suffice it to say, to say it suffice, we won a handsome settlement, delivered in crisp pound (brackets Sterling) notes, delivered by his equally handsome older (male !) PA. I ask you!

[@jeffreybussmann3313]

Five alives?! 😂

[@LizzieMc]

Epic 👏🇬🇧

[@akageorge3662]

"......... and Francis Rossi of Status Quo."

[@oldishandwoke-ish1181]

Aw, bless him.

[@ShahPhilLeotardo]

Mustard coloured Triumph Dolomite

[@rossfromfriends8468]

As an American I’m thankful for top gear for giving me context on that car

[@andrewpeters6339]

genius.

[@alan-sk7ky]

and the watch reappears, singing over the gate.. 'Partridge you wanker!'

[@rabbitss11]

just as we suspected, Mike Oldfield is small-minded and nasty

[@TommyRazzle69]

Just lost my blumin’ watch

[@m3anthony]

dave smith Kerplunk

[@keepgoing1973]

Norfolk nights, come on man. You are born to do it Radio gravy

[@raminybhatti5740]

I would laugh at him as a kid. As an adult I see far too much of myself in him. Quite upsetting, tbh.

[@alexrose9388]

I'm not comparing myself with Jesus. I don't want to get bogged down in that whole controversy again.

[@tomoliver9239]

I want to make that absolutely clear, right!? I am NOT Jesus.

[@420thSFG]

Class

[@ped117uka]

"someone should clean up these leafs"

[@ronalddefeo5814]

Brilliant even years later 😂

[@suzyqualcast6269]

Didst ever venture toes into Borley b'chance ¿

[@zzginigzz]

1:19 smooth as you like

[@mitchb77]

Funniest thing i’ve seen Alan do!!

[@christoguichard4311]

"The Bostick sales force..." 🤣

[@zapkvr0101]

Adam Faith from Budgie? Damn that makes me feel old

[@bigmansbasketballlaughs8325]

Thats my watch

[@AdrianPG63]

This has aged very well ...like chunk of cheddar at the back of your grandma's fridge ...

[@oliverhiston4223]

3hrs!!!!!

[@AdamJSchwarz]

Back when Partridge was Partridge.

[@lukenluken]

What's he now?

[@thegray-man]

That was liquid football!

[@MrUmandMrEr]

That's not Swaffham. The magic of television.

[@Shanzha23]

one of my relatives knew Edward Heath