Product Description

Steve Coogan, Peter Baynham, Amelia Bullmore, Simon Greenall, Melanie HudsonDirectors: Adam Tandy

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1446 in DVD
• Brand: DVD Boxsets
• Released on: 2003-11-10
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .24 pounds
• Running time: 171 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
The second series of I'm Alan Partridge finds the Norwich-based former celebrity "bouncing back" from being "clinically fed up" after gorging on medium-sized Toblerone bars and driving to Dundee in his bare feet. He's finally moved out of the soul-destroying Linton Travel Tavern and into a well-appointed static caravan while his luxurious suburban mansion is being constructed. Sales of his new autobiography might charitably be described as slow, but Alan has the third best slot on Radio Norwich, a cable-TV military-based quiz show and a Ukrainian girlfriend called Sonja with whom he has sex at least twice a day. Life is good. And with old pal Michael comfortably installed behind the counter at the local BP garage, Alan can drop in for a chat while buying petrol for his new Lexus, putting the odd Flavia frothy cappuccino, a Ginsters pasty or a bottle of Lucozade on the tab at the same time.

Initially seeming less focussed than the distilled genius of the original I'm Alan Partridge--perhaps because the Travel Tavern location of that series was such an inspired setting--this second instalment of Partridge life is nonetheless a simmering cauldron of repressed and not-so-repressed emotions as the dangerously unstable Alan teeters on the precipice of his own soul: will he regain the B-list celebrity fame for which he yearns so desperately, or fall back into chocolate-fuelled depression? Memorable situations for Alan this year include: trying to present a seminar whilst vomiting from the pain of an impaled foot; being offered a cup of beans on Michael's doorstep (the deluxe version, with a sausage, is "like a savoury 99"); being unnerved by a nymphomaniac's wandering hand coming within 30 mm of his "gland"; having disquieting homoerotic encounters with John, the buff builder from "oop north"; acting out the entire opening sequence of The Spy Who Loved Me; and watching the unsold print run of his autobiography being pulped like "word porridge". Needless to say, Alan has the last laugh.

On the DVD: I'm Alan Partridge, Series 2 two-disc set features commentaries on all the episodes with various members of the writing team and cast (Coogan included intermittently). The second disc's main extra is "Anglian Alan", a 30-minute Anglian Lives interview with the celebrated Norfolk Renaissance man. There are also deleted scenes and outtakes, plus more of Alan's botched Comic Relief segments, as well as a stills gallery and cast biographies. --Mark Walker

DVD Description
After a couple of years of being clinically fed-up, Alan has "bounced back". He’s got the third best slot on Radio Norwich, a military-based quiz on cable TV called Skirmish, a 33 year-old girlfriend called Sonja, an autobiography (Bouncing Back) and is only living in a caravan until his new house is finished.

Contains all six episodes from Series 2 of I’m Alan Partridge::

• The Talented Mr Alan
  
• The Colour of Alan
  
• Bravealan
  
• Never Say Alan Again
  
• I Know What Alan Did Last Summer
  
• Alan Wide Shut

Special Features

• Anglian Alan (Anglian Lives documentary)
  
• Unused Alan - deleted scenes
  
• Cast and Production Commentaries
  
• Add-on Alan (10 minutes of additional material)
  
• Alan Aid (highlights from 1999 and 2001 Comic Relief)
  
• Audio Alan (Radio Norwich jingles gallery)
  
• Still Alan (Photo Gallery)

DVD Technical Information:

• Subtitles: English SDH
  
• Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo
  
• Region Code: 2/4
  
• PAL
  
• Disc Format: DVD-9/DVD-5
  
• Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  
• Running Time: 171 minutes approx

Customer Reviews

Back of the net!
My word. Having bought this dvd on a whim having caught the tail-end of a clip on television, I must say that it possibly stands as one of my best purchases of the past few years. I had missed the first series and this, the second series when they were shown on BBC, so I was completely new to to whole 'Alan Experience'.

What an experience it is. Alan is portreyed fabulously by Steve Coogan, a man obviously full of comic talent. Alan himself is a character who splits your emotions right in two: on the one hand, you feel deeply sympathetic that a man could drop as low as Alan at times does during the episodes (throwing up at a small-time launch party as a result of injuring himself on a health club guard rail), whilst on the other you feel a sense of satisfaction that a man who obviously treats others with such contempt has been given what he deserves.

Alan is, basically, a child at heart, and Coogan gets the impression over perfectly. Be it running around his soon-to-be-built living room, to sneaking round his house like James Bond, or having his personal assistant Lynn draw a chalk 'member' on an old school rival's back, Partridge is a very insecure character always trying to 'get one over' people. It goes to say that, of course, he fails more often than not.

The acting in the series is absoloutely first-rate, and so good that you sometimes can't imagine that the characters are in fact fictional. It's so very well produced, so detailed without becoming over-complex, that repeated viewings are as pleasurable the tenth time as they were the first. In the way that every classic comedy such as Blackadder has stood the test of time due to the fact that the jokes are funny even if you have heard them countless times, so Alan Partridge maintains it's level of excellence throughout repeated viewing. Every action, word and situation the series conjurs up are clever, amusing and, in some circumstances, purposefully uncomfortable in the way that you really cannot believe the lengths Alan will go to in order to re-establish himself.

All in all, I would heartily recommend this to anyone who enjoys fine English comedy. As Alan himself would say - 'back of the net!'

In off the red!!
I thought that the second series would never have a chance of eclipsing the first series of I'm Alan Partridge. I was wrong. After some getting used to, I find that the jokes are sharper and Alan's character has evolved brilliantly. The tape which I recorded off T.V is watched so much that there is a black line across the bottom of the screen! I used to watch the first series all the time but now it is sitting on the shelf gathering dust. I'd advise anyone who liked the first series and who disgarded this one after having seen it on T.V to buy it and give it a second chance. I did and I can now see how much I would have missed out on had I not kept an open mind. Anybody with a 'Partridge' mind will love this. Buy it now!

A Partridge Among The Pidgeons. AHA!!!
Well what can i say, Steve Coogan has done it again, with the second series of I'm Alan Partridge!

If you loved the first series or you haven't even watched Steve Coogan perform as Alan Partridge, (Where have you been hiding?!) then check him out, he is a breath of fresh air when it comes to British comedy, his sarcastic and true abrasive attitude just makes you laugh until your sides start to hurt!

After a couple of years of being clinically fed-up, Alan has bounced back. He's got the third best slot on Radio Norwich, and a 33 year-old girlfriend called Sonja.

With new catchphrases such as "Back of the net" and Butter my arse" this is an essential addition to all you Alan fans out there.

I'm sure Steve Coogan has won many fans through his Alan Partridge persona, and undoubtabely will gain many more after this new release.

My advice is quite simple actually, BUY NOW!

It is simply First Class!

Episodes On DVD 1 :

The Talented Mr Alan, ***

Alan bumps into his old school teacher, who once caned Alan for having a chalk *ahem* drawn on his back, and agree's to do a presentation at his old school

The Colour Of Alan, *****

Alan is really on the up, he has been asked to organise a sales conference at Dante's of Reading, (the ferrari of the coal effect fire industry). However, following a nasty accident at his local country club 'Choristers', the day of the presentation dosen't exactly go to plan.

BraveAlan, *****

Alan meets Dan Moody - owner of Planet Kitchen, both of them love director's bitter, use lynx deodorant and drive Lexi (plural for Lexus). When Dan asks Alan to present an award at the Norwich bravery awards, it seems an invitation to join Norwich's social elite is beckoning...

Never Say Alan Again, ****

Alan and Michael plan to spend a Bank Holiday weekend watching every single James Bond film back-to-back. Alan helps Sonja work out the catering arrangements for the perfect Bondathon, but then finds out about Michael's American loving trucking friend.

I Know What Alan Did Last Summer, ****

Alan is worried about a visit from the Inland Revenue following an upsetting journey on a cross-channel ferry, in which he threw all his business receipts into the sea. Meanwhile, Sonja is swooning over her favourite pop star Bono, and has made a special scrapbook in his honour.

Alan Wide Shut, *****

Alan appears on Prayer Wave, a religious discussion show on talk Cambridge, has an invitation to Lynn's baptism, and has a pressing engagement at the recycling plant, following some bad news regarding his book.

Extras on DVD 2,

- Anglian Alan (Anglian lives documentary)
- Unused Alan (Delted Scenes)
- Cast & Production commentaries
- Add-on Alan (10 minutes of additional material)
- Alan Aid (Highlights from 1999 and 2001 Comic Relief)
- Audio Alan (Jingles gallery)
- Still Alan (Photo Gallery)