Steve Coogan interviewed by Michael Parkinson, 2002

Steve Coogan interviewed by Michael Parkinson. This interview aired on Saturday 9th November 2002 on BBC One - thanks to the commenter below for this detail.

[@lauracaskey7730]

Perfect example of someone who grew into their looks.

[@Chalice1017]

Yeah I think so too.

[@outsiders4951]

Yeah perfect way to describe how his appearance has developed, I hope that happens with me too lol.

[@angiehazelaar]

@@outsiders4951 Aw! Bet your beautiful inside and out

[@PeteUnsigned]

Yeah, the more fame and riches the better looking he gets, right?🤣🤣

[@SD-de4do]

no, the opposite. he grew into being a pandering, awkward, hateful weirdo

[@petegeorge94]

alan is more famous than steve. that is when you know your charecter has made it, and been set in the foundations of comedy history

[@ianclarke5404]

Rebecca front and Steve coogan as Alan partridge 5 minute ABBA tribute deserves an award on its own ,I can't think what category it would be, probably the " it's just bloody Brilliant" award .

[@SmugSuspenders]

Rebecca is great

[@rockstarrist]

I've been admiring Coogan's work for a couple of years now... I've watched everything he's been in. I am probably the only proper Indian (living in America) to have adored the genius characters-Partridge, Saxondale etc. Yesterday, I watched "Ruby Sparks" an American comedy with Coogan in a tiny (shoddy) role. I am repulsed by these Hollywood hacks who don't recognize the genius that he is. Partridge alone trumps any other character created on American TV.

[@foddyfoddy]

jwgeezer Fantastic critical insight there!

[@johnharris6691]

This is funnier than him lol!

[@cityzens634]

Tony Fordyce And very true I’ve met him.

[@MrBrianNZ]

18 YEARS ago , but still as fresh as a Gingsters Pasty from a service station on the Nrwich bypass.

[@TheMrbc74]

Put it on the slate

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

In 2002 I went with several friends (who were mostly Polynesians from South Auckland) to see a film, but it was booked out, so they had chosen '24 Hour Party People' instead. I didn't like the sound of the title, but we went in. I hadn't heard of Steve Coogan, let alone Joy Division, but I loved the film and Coogan's dry wit. Only afterwards did I find out that my friends couldn't stand the film, and only stayed because they could tell I was enjoying it!

[@johnking5174]

This interview aired on Saturday 9th November 2002 on BBC One.

[@xGaLoSx]

+John King appreciate that dude!

[@BillyJango]

2002? I assumed it was from the 90s.

[@johnking5174]

No, this was when he was promoting the second series of Im Alan Partridge which aired in 2002.

[@BillyJango]

John King Right. Ok thanks mate. I thought it was 90s because of his hair style. Mine was like that in the 90s!

[@johnking5174]

No it is 2002. Steve must have just liked the hair style

[@DarrenBonJovi]

This is GREAT banter, it really is.

[@mogadon7]

Alans Ukranian girlfriend - wonder if she went back ?

[@kobalt77]

thanks for sharing this soulbrotherjimmy.

[@soulbrotherjimmy]

You're very welcome, thanks for your thanks and have a grand ole day now!

[@SmugSuspenders]

@@soulbrotherjimmy Ah, you're so nice :)

[@paulmorphy6187]

12:20 'Are you gonna struggle to maintain him?' 20 years later...NOPE!

[@SuperBronaldo]

Where's Michael Buble?

[@emdblues]

+THthefirst Steve, please, for fuck sake dont talk over me on!

[@connorharding2083]

emdblues sorry I didn't get to mention your fitness DVD

[@gramsci1094]

when we think of you we think of of the 90s

[@lillyjaneanneharris3366]

I used to go to school with him he is the same as he was when used to know him

[@youandwhosearmy6339]

You're lucky. The bloke is a God, in my books.

[@GaryGoals]

Did you draw a chalk penis on his back?

[@francesriddiough8818]

how nice!.....to know that someone is real despite fame and fortune. I used to teach Danny Dyer and his younger brother in primary school and my niece was at school with Ross Noble. My dad's second cousin is Tony Hicks from the Hollies......and my mum?.....nah.....she just had a chat with Paul Mccartney at Crufts once( he and we had Old English Sheepdogs at the time) I think Steve Coogan is very talented indeed.......I also think apart from his characters......his scripts are underplayed somewhat which is refreshing for me.....only a Brit does that.

[@calcugedhion1592]

You're not sweaty rafael are you?

[@robsmithracing]

Got the lab assistant pregnant; never sees the kid.

[@energybrown]

Great interview! 😃

[@PaulSinghSelhi-VFX-TUTORIALS]

Recording Monty Python on cassettes from the TV and memorizing the lines and all your mates reenacting them...part of growing up and being British.

[@LxUxNxA]

It’s was The Fast Show when I was at school ( and Alan partridge 😂)

[@Bubinga5]

in my top 5 of the geniuses of comedy...

[@Captain-Cardboard]

Who are the others? I'm guessing...Milligan, Everett, Cleese......Sessions?

[@foddyfoddy]

Captain Cardboard Good reference!

[@SmugSuspenders]

@@Captain-Cardboard Jeff Sessions?

[@mentaldavethefirst]

20 years after the interview Madeley is now out-Partridging Partridge

[@olliebrock5070]

Parky called Steve, Alan straight away by mistake after the alan partridge clip haha.

[@farmbrough]

No he didn't, he said "He's interesting, Alan,", meaning that Alan was the person to whom he was referring.

[@LondonSambaDancerBellydancer]

Keep writing Coogan!!

[@Sprongo]

Coogan's very talented.

[@paulietrev1]

LEGEND..COMEDY GOLD

[@lizzykiss441]

Amazingly funny man, theres no1 like him

[@waynepinnock5874]

Charming unaffected bloke . Comic effortless genius

[@darrenjones3784]

I shouldn't think Coogan needs as much ageing makeup for Partridge these days.

[@SmugSuspenders]

Partridge looks younger now than he did in "I'm Alan Partridge" :p

[@rvpstudioscanada3991]

He looks very young here.

[@steveballinger9643]

4:40..The Partridge sports commentary never heard as Alan..😂😂😂

[@geeblanco]

Lovely stuff.

[@andrewtucker94]

I feel that he takes himself very seriously, ironically

[@ThreeWordsFirstWord]

Love the Coogantor!

[@robsmithracing]

Lovely Stuff.

[@jlennon48]

Good one Steve, with the legend Parkinson. Pretty good impressions as well.

[@adrinathegreat3095]

Alan partridge is more famous than Steve Coogan, Its almost as if Coogan is jealous of The Character he created. I actually work with a guy very much like Alan Partridge, that's what everyone calls him, to his face as well and like Alan Partridge he just doesn't get it lol

[@SmugSuspenders]

Awesome ^^

[@polyorchid528]

Curly Coogan.

[@tribalpeacock]

Alan Davies has this hairstyle lol

[@GTP_Mars]

Looks like a young Tommy Saxondale...

[@oldlogin3383]

I'm glad he actually likes Alan.

[@michaelchampion96]

Really interesting interview.

[@DizGuys]

Parkey was a class act. Wonderful interviewer created many ot the most memorable exchanges on British tv.

[@johncarroll772]

His interview with Helen Mirren in the 70s was remarkably classy, remember it was the 70s.

[@---df5sr]

My favourite line is the name of the other video “Eurovision Thong Contest”

[@tyler5198]

What does he mean he went to drama school? I thought he went to Norwich Polytechnic??

[@TheMrbc74]

And madeley hasn’t changed

[@Sprongo]

Parkinson had lost it by this stage.

[@mickigoe]

Love it :)

[@adlofheltirchiefadvisortot40]

parkinson was great in the days before PR people... thats why he retired

[@marcomolinero5877]

He went all partridge at the end applause. 15:00

[@normanno8514]

maybe because parky wasnt doing a chat show in the mid eighties

[@SebDangerfield-yu7cm]

LOL.

[@kevinforster1573]

He's back on the boddle

[@Guedingen]

Many thanks. He's gone one better in my opinion than Cleese (with Basil) with Saxondale.

[@FinnE30]

Saxondale is criminally under appreciated...

[@GerLeahy]

No, there's a picture of Stalin in Iannucci's obituary

[@TheProducerPeople]

Richard Madeley's hosting Never Mind the Buzzcocks tonight, should be interesting.

[@kevrockism]

5.50 now it all makes sense

[@mandymarshall9220]

We all know an Alan Partridge sort , also try and avoid them like the plague!

[@lillyjaeckk]

gosh i’ve been obsessed with steve but i do have to say he rlly hasn’t been hot here. but he aged like fine wine…

[@alfamonk]

0:45 parky: A-Haaaaa

[@Tobiwanz]

Younger coogan looks a lot like Chris Addison.

[@angiehazelaar]

I love Steve Coogan but I think he’s had some of the white stuff prior to this interview, especially if you compare to his other interviews?

[@soulbrotherjimmy]

Milk?

[@angiehazelaar]

@@soulbrotherjimmy if milk makes you this buzzed I’m off to the fridge...

[@soulbrotherjimmy]

@@angiehazelaar kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWitkKl6bsqgZ7c

[@ChorltonandtheWheelies]

welshgirl cymraeg. I really enjoyed this interview but I was thinking exactly the same thing! He's famously not great to interview as himself out of character but my God was he chatting away in this one. So I agree - think 'charlie' helped him out here! 😂✌

[@TesterAnimal1]

“Ears” comes from John le Carré. Used in The Russia House I think.

[@MartinPurvis]

He looks a lot like Dave from Kick-Ass on here

[@martinmerrywinkle]

I've checked, she's not

[@vandolmatzis8146]

parky always a gent

[@alriooreo]

agreed

[@iBeep2009]

finished years ago....

[@craig1538]

I used to like him but now I'm not so keen. Not really sure why either. I just tend to go off people. Guess I'm just an asshole.

[@magnotiioi6606]

theres no fuckin way wogan didn't make it into the partridge genome.

[@willzer808]

i'm sure there is, but i have a feeling i'd still dislike Parkinson more

[@nigelbenn4642]

Kevin? There's a Kevin Coogan? Poor git.

[@markcarrington8380]

I’m really very talented man

[@tryharder75]

Parky is like he's always been. The Paxman interview that follows Coogan is great. Coogan is just very antsy and defensive. Which is fine.

[@Hellwyck]

Coogan just answers the questions... If you think he's "defensive" then that's your opinion.

[@BazzerObama]

Being a bit defensive there Hellwyck..............

[@Jacob_Crowthorne]

@@BazzerObama hahaha! 😁

[@jonnysupreme]

Comes out like the joker

[@freqest1]

dont rub your fanny on me!

[@consul1957]

Manchester

[@garethgriffiths8577]

At 3.00 mins it's poignant now!

[@cityzens634]

Why did they laugh when he said he had a Ukrainian girlfriend? Far better than an English one.

[@kristianTV1974]

It was more a joke about about British men being so desperate and bereft they'd settle for a Ukrainian woman over anyone else.

[@cityzens634]

@@kristianTV1974 But that’s just it, any British man would be better off with a Ukrainian woman over a British woman so the joke doesn’t even work.

[@TesterAnimal1]

@@cityzens634 YOU are the butt of that joke. Maybe you’d like to delete that post. 😊

[@cityzens634]

@@TesterAnimal1 How so? Please explain what is funny about preferring Ukrainian women?

[@willzer808]

I don't know if there's anyone who repels me as much as Parkinson. I just can't stand the guy

[@lovelyspuds]

willzer808 Does he continue to repel you 3 years on?

[@QueenBee-mk8xm]

kafka comedy characters?

[@arnesaknussemm2427]

‘ Ukrainian girlfriend’, racism right there. How very liberal.

[@TesterAnimal1]

Whoosh. 🙄

[@chrisw11]

Love Coogan, not a fan of his preachy politics though...

[@alphabetaxenonzzzcat]

Before the cocaine and the prostitutes. Also the “hackgate” campaign. Also his preachiness and condescension towards people nowadays. I admire some of his work. But his personality is another thing.

[@kjellolofsson6766]

Hahaha. You think he hadn't done Coke n Prozzers before then? This was pretty much his hey day i.e. fucking every female celeb he partied with.

[@kjellolofsson6766]

@NakedMoleRat 43 I couldn't tell you. I've never been on it.

[@Jacob_Crowthorne]

Good interview but wish Steve would just stop constantly saying how good he is or the comedy that he's done - it's really irritating!

[@DDavy2014]

5:42 - so true. Alan Partridge is Richard Madeley. Or is it the other way round? Richard Madeley is Alan Partridge.

[@rogerramjet5302]

Disappointed Steve didn't discuss Youth Hostelling with Chris Eubank, Inner City Sumo and Monkey Tennis.

[@davecook9770]

Love Alan partridge he dose the best Steve coogan impersonations

[@theovolz3073]

Needless to say, the forklift driver had the last laugh.

[@xxFORDIExx]

Utter genius

[@SmugSuspenders]

Otter genius

[@patreidcocolditzcastle632]

excellent his worst then alan partridge 5.40.so admire how he can pull himself back to himself.his style is so in character.never boring

[@naturalbornchiller158]

Richard Madeley is well Alan Partridge

[@Marinix]

I love him!!!

[@tessah1730]

love coogan

[@sakkshi12]

Like his hair

[@consul1957]

Stallone impression spot on!

[@alexpn_]

I'm not okay, I'm not okay. I can feel an udder on my leg.....

[@MultiVince95]

Saturday 9th November 2002

[@omygod9062]

The prince of the parochial

[@jasonwaterfalls9]

"Steve Coogan ladies and gentlemen...wonderful stories from Steeeve, em, and there'll more of him next week - you must do the story about the flies under the tree, it's wonderful stuff...the new Ustinov"

[@DarrenBonJovi]

well spotted :-)

[@paulhowarth6976]

Alan what would you say the Beatles best album was? 'That's hard but it has to be their greatest hits LP'

[@martinmerrywinkle]

would you be her husband

[@mid-walesrover681]

Parky was expert at his craft.

[@classicartfoundation639]

I like his characters but I don't like him, bit up himself

[@orth82]

ooh yes, and me as well! Not so young anymore (30) but still got my looks :)

[@Househead1200]

Showbiz sherbet no more then, fair play.