Alan Partridge - Which episode is this bit from? Possibly a special?

SideWinder · 22 Apr 2022 at 09:35

I saw a clip on Instagram last night and I forgot to save it.

Alan is walking around hills with a group of 'young people' wearing high visibility yellow jackets. One of them is refusing to wear it and Alan is saying he has to due to insurance reasons.

Then he asks if any of them know what Bovril is.

I don't think its Scissored Isle...but could be?

VincentHanna · 22 Apr 2022 at 10:03

It is, it's the last 5-10 mins of Scissored isle

SideWinder · 22 Apr 2022 at 10:10

VincentHanna said:
It is, it's the last 5-10 mins of Scissored isle

Ah ha! Ty.

ArcticHeron · 22 Sep 2023 at 10:20

Anyone been listening to the newest series of Oasthouse? Just as good as the previous ones imo and some of the best stuff ever done with the character. He's got another book coming out in October I think which I'm really excited for.

Just checked:

Big Beacon
Using an innovative 'dual narrative' structure you sometimes see in films, Big Beacon tells the story of how Partridge heroically rebuilt his TV career, rising like a phoenix from the desolate wasteland of local radio to climb to the summit of Mount Primetime and regain the nationwide prominence his talent merits.

But then something quite unexpected and moving, because Big Beacon also tells the story of a selfless man, driven to restore an old lighthouse to its former glory, motivated by nothing more than respect for a quietly heroic old building that many take for granted, which some people think is a metaphor for Alan himself even though it's not really for them to say.*

Leaving his old life behind and relocating to a small coastal village in Kent, Alan battles through adversity, wins the hearts and minds of a suspicious community, and ultimately shows himself to be a quite wonderful man.

* The two strands will run in tandem, their narrative arcs mirroring each other to make the parallels between the two stories abundantly clear to the less able reader.

:cry: