If you’re childish, like me, that furnishes your first yelp of laughter. But it’s also a clue to how well tuned in the writers are to the echt voice of Partridge. It would be a subtler joke, and probably a funnier one, to have glossed definition 3 with “sane”. The readers would have had that beat to decode the gag themselves. That’s how they would have done it in the definitions round of I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue. But the way it’s done here feels in keeping with Partridge’s literal-mindedness, his instinct for over-elaboration. It feels in keeping with his perfect tin ear. A merciless piss-take of every bullshit 'personal journey' every celeb ever undertook, as Alan undertakes the Footsteps Of My Father TM walk to come to terms with the memory of his late father, and definitely not because he's under the mistaken belief he might get a new TV series out of it (because he's perfectly happy working on North Norfolk Digital's mid-morning slot, OK? He even explains why it's really much better than certain other slots which people might mistakenly consider higher profile). I know some people say you need the audiobooks for these, but really, can't we all inwardly read them in the appropriate Partridge voice? I've somehow missed his previous book, but what really came through for me more here than on TV are the way the character's grounded in multiple layers of deceit - obviously there are the things he knows but refuses to admit to the reader, but then beneath those are the things he genuinely doesn't see, despite their being incredibly obvious to everyone else (though oddly, for me this was least successful in the chapter giving his version of events in the Alpha Papa film, where we've actually seen what went down - it felt like over-egging the pudding somehow, when the rest of the book is so good at making the actual events so clear just by implication). I'd almost say 'poor bastard' if only his ilk weren't running the world. Actually, Noel,” I said. “You can go to the toilet. I’ve changed my mind. If you want to go, go. It’s fine, actually.” Harp, Justin (3 September 2020). "Exclusive: Steve Coogan discusses the 'absence' of cast on Alan Partridge podcast". Digital Spy . Retrieved 4 September 2020.

The deeply personal follow-up to Alan Partridge's deeply personal autobiography, I, PARTRIDGE, charting the highs, lows, and mediums of his one-man walking tour around (certain parts of) Britain. Craig, David (22 December 2020). "This Time with Alan Partridge to return with season 2 in 2021". Radio Times . Retrieved 22 December 2020.

Journalist, presenter, broadcaster, husband, father, vigorous all-rounder – Alan Partridge – a man with a fascinating past and an amazing future. Gregarious and popular, yet Alan’s never happier than when relaxing in his own five-bedroom, south-built house with three acres of land and access to a private stream. But who is this mysterious enigma?

a b c Aroesti, Rachel (15 March 2014). "Tim Key: from living-room poetry jams to comedy ubiquity". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 18 February 2016. a b "Teenage Cancer Trust Gigs Through The Years, Starring Oasis, The Who, Coldplay And More". NME. 20 September 2016 . Retrieved 2 December 2020.a member of a people that travels from place to place to find fresh pasture for its animals and has no permanent home a b Virtue, Graeme (27 July 2013). "Alan Partridge: a look inside his mind". The Guardian . Retrieved 14 September 2015.

Gordon, Edmund (23 November 2011). "I, Partridge by Alan Partridge - review". The Guardian . Retrieved 25 July 2016. a b c Keeling, Robert (7 August 2013). "Alan Partridge's top TV moments". Den of Geek . Retrieved 14 September 2015. The Partridge character first appeared in 1991, presenting sports on Radio 4 current affairs programme On The Hour, before being approached by BBC talent spotters to present his own chat show on the station, Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, which was soon transferred to television. Our walks are as unique as we are—from the pert strut of a Strictly Come Dancer to the no-nonsense galumph of a Tory lady politician. Gill, AA (14 February 2010). "Sir Christopher Meyer makes his move for more telly work". The Sunday Times.Coogan and co-writers Rob and Neil Gibbons really hit the mark with Nomad. Terrible adjectives and ridiculous metaphors. Clumsy use of grammar Awkward sentence formation. Overblown vocabulary. Its all here. And its all hilarious. I launched into the song but still hadn’t remembered the note sequence and ended up repeating the opening line again and again, in the hope of landing on the correct melody. By the 20th attempt a crowd had formed. Twenty-five years years after making his debut on Radio 4’s On The Hour, Alan Partridge is the comedy gift that keeps on giving. He’s a grandfather now, we learn in passing from his new book Nomad, but still as petty, immature and deluded as ever. Lionel Gordon was my father, but some people say father’s stop being your father when they’re dead”

a b de Semlyen, Phil (30 April 2012). "Armando Iannucci on Alan Partridge Movie". Empire . Retrieved 14 September 2015.Like Julia Bradbury, Clare Balding and Michael Portillo before him he will be walking through history and amazing places except Alan does not want any publicity or a TV series about. Right, of course not. I am sure Alan would not veer so far off his route to try and get a programme out of it. There's a lot of inaccuracies here which also serve to undermine the fiction. While there were a few in the first book, the chronology and geography are noticeably messy here, and there's a lot of gaffes that simply wouldn't have been made by the character. The sneering aspect towards the countryside is a bit tiresome too, mostly relying on ancient stereotypes about inbreeding and the absurd premise that Alan would be unaware that Norwich has now become one of the most liberal/left areas in England. Edmonds put his feet up on the table and folded his arms, and for the next hour he roared with laughter at my nascent TV work. At one point he saw former Radio 1 DJ Mike Read walk past the door, and Edmonds invited him in, even though Read didn’t even work at the BBC any more and had moved on to Gold, or Classic or something – or one those other commercial stations with names that sound like a chocolate bar. Another volume of pedantic, over-wrought, stylistically and tonally muddled prose from a man who once again comes across as petty, parochial and ludicrously vain,” one buyer writes. Leaf, Jonathan (25 April 2014). "Review: Steve Coogan Takes Flight In 'Alan Partridge' ". Forbes . Retrieved 14 September 2015.