Overview

• The series debuts in the UK on BBC One and iPlayer today, with a U.S. release on HBO Max set for October 4.
• Steve Coogan reprises Partridge in a self-made documentary about mental health, framed as a career reboot after a fainting mishap and a stint working in Saudi Arabia.
• Longtime collaborators Neil and Rob Gibbons co-wrote with Coogan and direct, with production credited to the BBC and Baby Cow.
• Coogan and the writers say they deliberately use Partridge to probe sensitive topics and to test boundaries in today’s mental-health discourse.
• Critics praise frequent laugh-out-loud moments and flashes of poignancy, with some noting uneven patches but affirming the character’s enduring comic power.