Authors: Alan Partridge
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Press play on Track 46. When it comes to an end, the book is finished.
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Witnessing the birth of my first child, witnessing the birth of my second child, marriage, getting my first job with the BBC, finding out that
Knowing Me Knowing You
had been commissioned for radio, finding out that
Knowing Me Knowing You
had been commissioned for TV, securing a lucrative deal to be the face of military-based quiz show
Skirmish
on UK Conquest, being awarded a Burton’s Gold Card.
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Dundee.
1. Theme from
Harry’s Game
– Clannad
2. Down in the Park – Tubeway Army
3. Nights in White Satin – Moody Blues
4. Anything by Keane
5. Smalltown Boy – Bronski Beat
6. Thank God I’m a Country Boy – John Denver
7. First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Roberta Flack
8. Fernando – Abba
9. Poppa Joe – The Sweet
10. Jump – Van Halen
11. Theme to
Ski Sunday
12. Solsbury Hill – Peter Gabriel
13. Tusk – Fleetwood Mac
14. Love Is a Battlefield – Pat Benatar
15. Amateur Hour – Sparks
16. If I Was … – Midge Ure
17. Japanese Boy – Aneka
18. Licence to Kill – Gladys Knight
19. The Winner Takes It All – Abba
20. Knowing Me, Knowing You – Abba
21. Is It a Dream? – Classix Nouveaux
22. On the Wings of Love – Jeffrey Osborne
23. Brothers in Arms – Dire Straits
24. Alone – Heart
25. Stop the Cavalry – Jona Lewie
26. Alright Now – Free
27. Équinoxe Part 4 – Jean Michel Jarre
28. Be With You – Mr Big
29. Wishful Thinking – China Crisis
30. The Race – Yello
31. Mamunia – Wings
32. Anything by Keane
33. Axel F – Harold Faltermeyer
34. Fade to Grey – Visage
35. Cake Walk into Town – Taj Mahal
36. Single Ladies – Beyoncé
37. Babooshka – Kate Bush
38. Drive – The Cars
39. Satisfaction – Benny Benassi
40. Pipes of Peace – Paul McCartney
41. Iko Iko – The Belle Stars
42. Poison Arrow – ABC
43. Theme from
The Saint
44. Theme from
Harry’s Game
– Clannad
45. Fix You – Coldplay
46. Portsmouth – Mike Oldfield
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Note: ‘n’ refers to a note.
Abba 43, 93, 94, 95, 96, 110n, 127, 175
Al-Qaeda 148, 266n
Alvin (visionary) 275
Anderson, Clive 112
Andersson, Benjamin ‘Benny’ 96
Archer, Lady 71
Backley, Steve 89, 90
Banter, Wally 280, 287
Barrymore, Michael 115
Bazalgette, Joseph 117n
Bazalgette, Peter 117
BBC
bar 64
Broadcasting House 59, 62–3, 92
club 70–1, 78
compliance culture 210
execs, TV as inconvenience for 187
Television Centre 84–5, 91–2, 101, 159, 160, 161, 187, 269
see also
Radio 4; Radio 5Live
BBC1
Dr Who
188n, 205
Grandstand
82n, 160, 161n
as
KMKY
’s natural home 100–1
Points of View
112
Question of Sport
29
BBC2
Day Today
,
The
79, 80–1, 89–90, 103
Knowing Me Knowing You
(
KMKY
) 99–100, 101, 111–20, 133, 159–62, 218, 248, 275, 310n
Knowing Me Knowing Yule
132, 133–5, 159
Top Gear
100–1
Beasley, Joe 114–15
Bevin, Mr (English teacher) 23
Birt, John 59
Boyce, Emily 143
Boyd, Jon 50, 216
Boyle, Jessica 187–8
Butterworth, Kev 187–8
Camley, Lawrence 96
Channel 4
100 best catchphrases 95
Countdown
212
Deal or No Deal
209
Grand Designs
252
Million Pound Drop Live
182n
Chesney, Henry 242
Chipping Norton set 267n
Clark, Elaine 61
Clarkson, Jeremy 160, 194, 267
Clifton, Dave 142, 163, 258–9, 278, 299–302
Coe, Sebastian 186
Coleman, David 29, 55
Cook, Sue 71, 124, 127, 169, 170, 171, 179, 180, 181, 224
Crowther, Peter 53–4
Dance, Charles 299n
Denton, Simon 285–94
DeVault, Sophie 61
Diamond, Anne 139
Diana, Princess of Wales 195n
Dimmock, Charlie 186
Dwyer, George 109–10
Eastwood, Steven 63–4, 79, 80
Edmonds, Noel 123, 174n, 209
Essex, David 255
Feather, Chris 181–2, 183–4, 218, 238, 244
Fielding, Yvette 209
Ford, Nick 96
Frank, Anne 228
Furnish, David 105
Gabitas, Pete 40, 193–5, 260
Galbraith, James 170
Geoff Love Orchestra 94n
Golding, Brian 51
Goodhew, Duncan 54
Goodier, Mark 145
Gordale Media 278, 279, 282
Grainger, Bob 157
Grossman, Loyd 186
Gunnell, Sally 82–4, 139
Hamilton’s Water Breaks 181, 210–11
Harrier, Dave 209
Harrison, Georgia 111
Harvey, Wanda 116
Hayers, Jane 181, 238
Hayers, Tony 97–9, 111, 119–20, 134–5, 137, 159–67, 179–81, 244, 300
Heron, Gordon 134, 136, 180n
Hethersett, Barry 53, 54
Hitler, Adolf 8, 291
Holmes, Eamonn 220
Hoseasons (Bournemouth) 36n, 114–15
Hurst, Lewis 110
ITV
Aspel & Company
99, 101
Cube
,
The
182n
Police, Camera, Action!
202
This Morning
50
World in Action
199
Jameson, Derek 118
Janice (McCombe’s cashier) 26
Jason (Peartree ex-assistant producer) 93, 109, 111
Jeff Lovell girls 95
Jeff Lovell Orchestra 94, 104
Jemima ‘Jem’ (first girlfriend) 31–2, 33
Jesus Christ 44, 54, 195n, 219, 266, 268
Jill (Peartree receptionist) 110
John, Elton 105
Jom (Jim or Tom, entrepreneur) 156–7
Kelly, Henry 199
Kilty, Craig ‘The Monster’ 296, 300
Lambert family 21–2, 190–2
Lancashire, Jennie 5–6
Langland, Gina 110, 110–11n
Lewis, Sue 226
Lewis-Smith, Victor 27
Lisa (Peartree researcher) 93, 98, 101
Littlejohn, Richard 204
Lynam, Des 84–5, 161n
Maclean, Scott 114
Malick, Jon 8
Matt and Mario 211, 212
Matthews, Bernard 75–6, 104, 219
Maul, Ted 81
Maxwell, Jed 169, 172–8, 179
May, Rosie 65, 66, 81
McAllister, Forbes, death of 112, 113–14, 116–20, 132, 162, 211, 289
McCombe, Steven 24–6, 27
McMahon, Bridie 27, 116
Michael (Travel Tavern employee) 80n, 151, 152–3, 154, 171–2, 177n
Millicent, Dave 18, 20
Moore, Roger 65, 110
Morgan, Piers 90
Morgan of Glossop, Lord 97, 98
Morris, Christopher 65, 81
Noden, Vic 74
Norfolk
backward underachievers of 24
Broads 201–2
‘development’ in 15–16
first-class countryside 1, 2
Gabitas’s enemies in 194
Round Table 9
Royal Norfolk Show 72, 179
sex in 2n
starvation in 228
summer roadshow, Carol Partridge at 121
Swaffham Country Fayre 179–80
North Norfolk Digital (
né
Radio North Norfolk)
Bedtime with Branning
287, 292–3
loses FM licence 277
Mid-Morning Matters
10, 248, 258, 282–4, 286–9, 291–3, 307–9
‘Mid Morning Matters, mid-air’ 297–300
rebranding 279
Norwich
bus system, seeking snivels on 86
Café Symphony 102, 106
Choristers Country Club 256, 259
City Council 238
Mead Hotel 273
Metropole 152
Nando’s 106–8
Our Price store 49–51, 52, 73, 215–16
Playhouse 274
Ponder’s band as fixture 101, 102
Richer Sounds 272–3