Overview

• How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge) frames the character in a spoof documentary that examines mental-health discourse through uncomfortable, cringe-driven humor.
• The two-part special rolls out on the BBC in the UK in early October with US availability on HBO Max starting Oct. 4.
• Early notices are strong, with The Independent calling it magnificent, excruciating and touching, and The Guardian praising its abundance of laugh-out-loud moments.
• The project reunites Steve Coogan with writers Neil and Rob Gibbons and production partners BBC/Baby Cow.
• Coogan says mental health was chosen because it would ruffle feathers, and reviewers highlight broader satire of therapy-speak, media culture and modern anxieties.