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Alan Partridge Returning To BBC For Comedy Series ‘And Did Those Feet…’
EXCLUSIVE: Steve Coogan is bringing his long-gestating Alan Partridge travelog to the BBC. Deadline can reveal that the beloved comedy icon’s latest show, And Did Those Feet.. With Alan Partr…
Penned by long-time collaborators Neil and Rob Gibbons and produced by Coogan and Sarah Monteith’s Baby Cow, And Did Those Feet… starts as a homecoming documentary but morphs into something more personal as the character realizes that the happiness he thought he’d feel at being back in Norwich just hasn’t materialized. In a similar vein to This Time, the spoof current affairs program in which Coogan starred alongside Susannah Fielding and regular comedy partner Tim Key, Petrie said the new show will “showcase the best new British character comedians,” although cast is not yet set. Baby Cow boss Monteith said the show “promises to be exactly the sort of uncompromising, state-of-the-nation piece that the country needs, almost as much as he does.” Coogan joked: “The kingdom of Saudi Arabia directs some $69 billion to military expenditure each year.
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