Overview

• Coogan recounted finding himself wearing the exact same shirt reserved for Partridge on set, underscoring how their identities have converged.
• The upcoming BBC series Alan Partridge: How Are You? will follow the character back to Norfolk after a year in Saudi Arabia under the tagline “I’m Alan Partridge, and I’m not OK.”
• He discussed the identity merge in an interview with Radio Times, marking the first time he has publicly addressed the overlap between himself and his character.
• Coogan will team up again with Rob Brydon for The Trip to the Northern Lights, a six-part travel-comedy that blends on-screen banter with northern Europe’s landscapes.
• Filming for The Trip to the Northern Lights is set to begin later this year in Scandinavia, though no broadcast date has yet been announced.