This Time With Alan Partridge (One Show Spoof)

[The Bumlord]

Is it Coogan on the right?

It really does look like him.

Curiouser and curiouser.

[holyzombiejesus]

Spoilers: The guy on the right is an Irish Alan Partridge lookalike. I thought the man on the left was Daniel Craig.

[Maurice Yeatman]

Spoilers:

Yeah, it would be weird if it was Coogan. Would take you right out of Partridge reality.
Only two male actors named on IMDB so far: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7011370/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm. (Interesting writing credits if that's correct. Have Lee & Herring been acknowledged before? I missed it if so.)

[Howj Begg]

Very interesting. Thanks holyzombiejesus.

Good to see Lee and Herring getting some credit.

[olliebean]

Yeah, it would be weird if it was Coogan. Would take you right out of Partridge reality.
Only two male actors named on IMDB so far: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7011370/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm. (Interesting writing credits if that's correct. Have Lee & Herring been acknowledged before? I missed it if so.)

AFAIAA, anyone can contribute to the info on IMDb (note the "Edit Page" button at the bottom), so probably that's just a Lee & Herring fan who wanted them to get some credit. I'd be surprised if they're credited in the actual credits (unless they actually have done some writing specifically for this series, which seems unlikely).

[axel]

Are the Beeb waiting until after Brexit?

[bobloblaw]

Yeah, it would be weird if it was Coogan. Would take you right out of Partridge reality.
Only two male actors named on IMDB so far: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7011370/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm. (Interesting writing credits if that's correct. Have Lee & Herring been acknowledged before? I missed it if so.)

Saw it. It is he.

[holyzombiejesus]

Saw it. It is he.

Tell us more! Was it Daniel Craig too? Were the clips good? Did it show how Lynne was involved?

[bobloblaw]

not that actor, no.
no Lynne in the clip.
was def a return to the Knowing Me, Knowing You-style formula of Partridge+awkward/annoying guest - perfectly pastiching One Show style

[bobloblaw]

Tim Key's in the clip too, btw
Susannah Fielding (The Great Indoors) plays his Christine Bleakley-esque co-host
Alan stands in after her co-host has a heart attack and ends up staying
Coogan says he choose to call it This Time With... when he "tried to think of the blandest name for a magazine show"

Coogan was in full beardy, long-haired auteur mode for the festival - sample quote:" I love comedy, but I'm much more interested in having it as a tool in your arsenal to sugar the pill when you explore anything more complicated"

Was also bigging up Kieran Hodgson, who he'd seen the night before

[holyzombiejesus]

was def a return to the Knowing Me, Knowing You-style formula of Partridge+awkward/annoying guest - perfectly pastiching One Show style

So are the guests all fictional characters rather than celebrities playing themselves?

[bobloblaw]

well, we only saw 2 in the clip. He didn't elaborate

[Maurice Yeatman]

Saw it. It is he.

Lumme. Does it work? It really seems an odd decision to me.

[Wayman C. McCreery]

Considering the same actors play several parts across Knowing Me, Knowing You and some of the other series, I don't feel like Coogan playing someone else is a step too far.

[Maurice Yeatman]

I guess so, it's only TV comedy, but to me that was nascent Partridge. Just seems a strange choice since he's now a semi-realistic figure, with MMM, documentaries, autobiographies and the film.

[St_Eddie]

...was def a return to the Knowing Me, Knowing You-style formula of Partridge+awkward/annoying guest...

Oh, fuck YES!

[Clownbaby]

Aw sweet, I didn't know about this. There's often plenty awkwardness in the real One Show so it's potentially a gold mine for Alan-y cringe value

[QDRPHNC]

Still cautiously optimistic, but getting a bit of a sinking feeling about this.

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

Still cautiously optimistic, but getting a bit of a sinking feeling about this.

Based on what? With the exception of Alpha Papa - which still has its moments - everything that Coogan and the Gibbons have done with Partridge has been fantastic.

[QDRPHNC]

Based on what? With the exception of Alpha Papa - which still has its moments - everything that Coogan and the Gibbons have done with Partridge has been fantastic.

The return to the KMKY talk show format. I'm hoping it's a superficial resemblance, and they maintain the realism and underlying pathos of the more recent stuff.

[Howj Begg]

No no, I want the KMKY format back. I excite.

[Twed]

No no, I want the KMKY format back. I excite.

I think that would undo about 20 years of character development.

[Howj Begg]

I don't see why, if it's the current character, and I doubt Coogan would revert the character to its signs and significations of 20 years ago. But that format is potentially evergreen, and it looks to me like Coogan himself has recognised that, but choosing this one show spoof in the first place (and with playing other parts himself).

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

The return to the KMKY talk show format. I'm hoping it's a superficial resemblance, and they maintain the realism and underlying pathos of the more recent stuff.

It'll almost certainly be a combination of the KMKY format and everything they've done with the character since.

[QDRPHNC]

It'll almost certainly be a combination of the KMKY format and everything they've done with the character since.

Well like I said, cautiously optimistic.

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

I don't see why, if it's the current character, and I doubt Coogan would revert the character to its signs and significations of 20 years ago. But that format is potentially evergreen, and it looks to me like Coogan himself has recognised that, but choosing this one show spoof in the first place (and with playing other parts himself).

I suspect he's only playing one other part. As bobloblaw mentioned earlier in the thread, the guest in that clip is an Irish Alan Partridge lookalike.

[hedgehog90]

Seems pretty safe to assume that it'll resemble MMM structurally, where you have the on-air show inter-cut with behind-the-scenes goings on.
The way the character's developed I can't imagine them doing anything but that tbh.
Whoever mentioned KMKY is most likely comparing it on a superficial level.

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

Seems pretty safe to assume that it'll resemble MMM structurally, where you have the on-air show inter-cut with behind-the-scenes goings on.
The way the character's developed I can't imagine them doing anything but that tbh.

It has to be that, as we already know that Lynn is a recurring character.

[Utter Shit]

Maybe a bit like the somewhat-unfairly forgotten Annually Retentive then? Mostly backstage stuff, but with plenty of clips of the show itself providing structure?

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

Yes, I think it might work along those lines. Annually Retentive, which I quite liked, was blatantly influenced by The Larry Sanders Show, but unlike the latter I don't think it ever left the studio or backstage area? The new Partridge show might be similar.

I liked the simple in-universe explanation of everything we saw in MMM being recorded by a studio Webcam, but I also like the idea of this show being a combination of backstage sitcom and on-air shenanigans: basically a fusion of every Partridge TV format so far.

Anyway, we'll see.