Those were the days a 50,000 queue for the NHS……we thought it was scandalous….look at the state the Tory scum have left the NHS in now. Hope they never get into power again! BTW good vid 😊

He's on top form here.

agree with everyone about coogan's comedic genius here but also hats off to clive for playing his part

Where’s Clive gone? He was brilliant.

I cant watch any presenter on TV with out thinking about the hi bar Alan set

Sue Cook's pulled out

Clive Anderson was brilliant

Clive Anderson looks so tense, like he’s worried his guest is going to get up and walk out.

Love partridge

What's all this about Prince Andrew? What's it like being a keen equestrian?

I love the subtleties of the character. He's talking about Nick Peacock's revamp at Radio Norwich (who is not a real person) but he asks Clive if he knows him due to Clive also being in showbusiness. It just adds to the believability of the character. Its genius really

From his intro, it sounds like hospital waiting lists were 50k in '97 and that was news. Looks hillariously quaint against today's 7 million.

From these early days, right through to the current "Oast House" audio stuff, it's a 3 decade masterpiece. It even gets quite emotional in Oast House, when his grandkids come to visit. I can't think of any other comedy character that evolved so naturally, for so long.

Love him hate his politics

Where’s Michael Parkinson now? Jesus he died this morning.

Two of me faves at once \(^v^)/

Partridge is still relevant. Is Anderson? No, he isn't. Quid pro quo

This is good but it’s no Bravo Two Zero by Andy McNabb.

Alan Partridge Interview from Clive Anderson Talks Back 1025am 8.6.23 quite telling that an advert re: university clearance and a reference to being admitted to hospital conjoin to create a lateral narrative to the juxtaposition of an ad for scholastic achievement and Clive Anderson's partridge interview... so beware those of you who have not got a family tradition of schooling or tertiary education lest you rock the boat in their favour 9and rock her face...look at her face when you put in an application!!!) as you're allus going be seen as a baaaad egg. forever to be plagued by a vast array of defunkt minions and brainaches... partridge makes sense he "got out"...

Genius

Hilarious. ps Partridge has a grasp of geopolitics & an intelligence level that suggests he would have voted Leave

Such an enduring genius, he doesn't just do comedy he embodies it.

This douchebag makes a living by insulting others, adds vulgarity and wraps it all and calls this kind of crap "comedy". U can get the hell of here with ur british humor, out of this planet now and take ur paid audience with u.

This is great banter.

Alan Partridge did a Alec Baldwin. I did not know that

Oh yeah but Ali G is atill funny

I feel similar about his enunciation of words as Coogan portrayed Alan Partridge. "lovely touch"..."airport rabble". So fluid and the character, the emotions, the reactions, the subtleties - so marvelous and talented and hilariously amusing to watch!

Prince Charles 🤴 🤣

Clive Anderson’s hospital queue comment is interesting I wonder whether it referes to one hospital in a region or whether He’s actually referring to the number of people nationally waiting to get into a hospital. If it was the latter I have to say that’s good very good. Compared to the way the NHS is being run currently……….. what is indeed have we allowed to happen

I find Alan Partridge annoyingly addictive and want to switch off but don't.

Early morning Farmers, late night returning Raver's

So much canned laughter ruins it

Alan partridge has been 40 for almost 30 years

Anderson is awkward and unfunny. Painful.

Coogan keeps Anderson on a knife edge. Total control. And very funny too.

My old man saw a young Partridge, then grumbled about slipping standards at the BBC. A precious moment :)

Clive Anderson, a career built on sarcasm and bitterness.

This is brilliant.

Pure art

You can tell this was made after the infamous Bee Gees walk off... Partridge was having a bit of fun with that from about 4 minutes in, and Clive Anderson walked right into it lol

Clive laughing already at “not like physics or biology” is so sweet.

Apparently Richard Madely is going to sue.

It took Alan Partridge to put Clive Anderson down.

Steve just becomes Alan here! It's masterful

Jurassic Park!

Think he nearly cracked after the "..but in this case I'm willing to make an exception"....!?

Loving the dig about when Clive called the Bee Gees has beens on a live show & they walked off set.

Considering how well Coogan portrays Partridge, I'm left wondering how much of Partridge is actually Coogan. But the nagain, the man's a comedic genius, so potentially there's zero relation. All I can say is, smell my cheese, you mother.

Smart casual, with tie and badge combo.

It's amusing that Clive was exactly the sort of person Alan is a parody of. The famous BeeGees incident for instance.