Product Details

• Actors: Steve Coogan, Peter Baynham, Amelia Bullmore, Simon Greenall, Melanie Hudson
• Directors: Adam Tandy
• Writers: Steve Coogan, Peter Baynham, Armando Iannucci
• Producers: Peter Baynham, Adam Tandy, Peter Fincham
• Format: PAL
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 2
• Run Time: 171 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000CGD3A
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #111,643 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "I'm Alan Partridge, Series 2 [Region 2]" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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[Non-U.S. format (PAL) region 2 U.K. DVD - This will not play on U.S./Canada DVD players (or those from most other countries outside of Europe). You would need a "multi-region" or "region-free" PAL compatible DVD player or computer.] SYNOPSIS: 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. EXTRAS: 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.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Alan Bounces Back, Hilarity Ensues!, January 1, 2006

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M. OYoung - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I'm Alan Partridge, Series 2 [Region 2] (DVD)

Fans of HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" will recognize a kindred soul in the hilariously Alan Partridge, played by Steve Coogan (Around the World in 80 Days, 24 Hour Party People). Coogan has played Partridge in three TV series, documenting Alan's fall from ABBA-obsessed chat show host in "Knowing Me, Knowing You", to becoming a desperate rural DJ living out of a motor lodge in Series 1, and finally, "bouncing back" in Series 2.

Alan Partridge is a sneering pompous bastard who thinks he's the greatest broadcaster ever. The fun of all three series has been watching Alan's ego collide with reality. Series 2 is actually the best place to start because, like Series 1, Alan's selfish personality shines outside the confines of the chat show studio. But unlike Series 1, viewers of Series 2 never get the uncomfortable feeling that they're laughing at the disintegration of a man's psyche. Fans of uncomfortable comedy a la "The Office" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" will do well to see this DVD.

Highlights: Alan doing an excellent air guitar; Alan reenacting the beginning of "The Spy Who Loved Me" in one minute; Alan trying to convince his girlfriend that he knows Bono.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Please release on Region 1!!!!, October 24, 2007

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R. Diaz (Orlando, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I'm Alan Partridge, Series 2 [Region 2] (DVD)

Please release this on region 1 - I have the first two, but would love to have this series in my region (USA).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cashback!, March 25, 2008

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Marco Panajon (Manila, Philippines) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I'm Alan Partridge, Series 2 [Region 2] (DVD)

I bought the region 2 copy off of amazon UK; freaking hilarious stuff. All the classic moments you've only seen on YouTube are here: the James Bond improv, the "Dan!" incident, giving a deceptive tour of Bono's house, etc. Just as the layout of the DVD menus were quirky in the season 1 discs, so it is on this one. Terrific extra features-- watch for the Anglian Lives special where they feature Alan a few years after he's moved out of the caravan.