TV’s biggest mouth, Alan Partridge, meets some very quiet monks This Time with Alan Partridge / Streaming now / BBC iPlayer: bbc.in/33lELgX | BBC Comedy

I’m Alan Partridge is a landmark British sitcom that perfected the art of cringe comedy, turning a once-secondary character into one of television’s most enduring and uncomfortable creations. First airing in 1997, the series stars Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge, a failed and deeply insecure broadcaster desperately clinging to relevance after the collapse of his television career. What makes the show remarkable is how precisely Alan is written and performed. Coogan portrays him as arrogant yet fr