Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa: Script (and Scrapped)

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The official script for the box-office smash movie, featuring every ruddy word (and stage direction) of Alan's seamless transformation from natural-born broadcaster into fully fledged and occasionally fully dressed hostage negotiator. Contains deleted scenes and an exclusive Foreword by Steve Coogan. With a television career behind him and a much-coveted breakfast slot in his spiritual home, regional digital radio, there was only one place left for Alan Partridge to turn: Hollywood! Or rather, an Anglo-French funded co-production for the big screen. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa sees Alan face his biggest challenge since he spent six months in a travel tavern, and is almost certainly the first time he has handled a loaded gun since he was a prime-time BBC2 presenter. When his beloved income-source North Norfolk Digital is taken over by a faceless media conglomerate, Alan's inimitable instinct for self-preservation leads to a violent and bloody siege on the radio station by an unhinged, nay mentalist, DJ, and a hostage crisis for which there can be only one man with the chat to diffuse it ... Featuring a cast of old and new Partridge favourites, including Sidekick Simon, assistant Lynn and Michael the Geordie, Alpha Papa is proof that while the jury's out on whether you can keep a good man down, it's an outright fact that you can't keep a good regional broadcaster off the airwaves.

Steve Coogan is an English comedian, actor, writer and producer. His best known character in the UK is Alan Partridge, a socially awkward and politically incorrect regional media personality, who featured in several television series, such as THE DAY TODAY, KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU ... WITH ALAN PARTRIDGE and I'M ALAN PARTRIDGE.Outside the UK, Coogan is better known for his film roles including 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE, THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS, AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, MARIE ANTOINETTE, SWEET REVENGE and NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM.

Praise for the film Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa: 'The funniest movie this year' **** Independent 'Smartly executed, endlessly quotable and machine-gun quick, this is one of the funniest films of 2013' **** Total Film 'Ruddy hilarious.' **** Empire 'Partridge has established himself as one of those great English cartoonlike characters... in the tradition of the comic supporting acts in Austen or Dickens.' **** The Times 'Extremely funny... It's all very English in its recognition of the mean smallness of so much of British life.' Observer 'Knowing and funny' Guardian