Authors: Alan Partridge
Rita’s café 37–8
St Luke’s Hospital 46–8
Thorburn’s pronunciation of 211
train station 239–41
Waterstone’s 233, 237
see also
Radio Norwich
Oddie, Bill 124, 127, 166, 173, 180n, 210, 224–5, 226
O’Hanraha-hanrahan, Peter 65, 81
Parry, Keith (ex-father-in-law) 39
Parry, Stella (ex-mother-in-law) 39
Parry, Ben E. 280
Parry, Tim (ex-brother-in-law) 60, 123
Partridge, Alan Gordon
as author and writer
book titles, meaningless 227n
Bouncing Back
222n, 233–43, 271
describe mother’s death, how to 247
Funny Thing Happened
,
A …
235
hope for current volume 310
ideas for books 247
love of alliteration 281–2
narrative techniques 4, 118, 168, 217
positioning books in-store 237
pulping and recycling 241–4
rhetorical devices 29, 168–9
run-writing 234
search for publisher 235–6
selling units, methods 238–41
awards
Booker Prize (deserved) 233
Channel 4 100 best catchphrases (84th) 95
TV Quick
’s Man of the Moment 27
as businessman
Apache Group of Companies® 256–7
Forward Solutions™ 266, 267, 268–73, 274–5
Partridge’s Nest 155–8
philosophy 158, 257
Travel Tavern’s understanding of 161
see also below under
Peartree Productions
childhood, school and poly
A-level results 28–30
beatings 8–9
birth 3–4, 42, 248
bullying 1–2, 24–5, 26–7
choice of newspaper 204
Christmas 5
dance, as self-expression 248
East Anglia Polytechnic 30–4
‘Fartridge’ affair 23–4, 27
first words, car-related 204
funeral/burial of Barney the dog 244n
hardship of 13–15, 20
as ineffective leader 19–20
inquisitiveness 6–7
as lepidopterist 7
living with parents as student 30–2
as only child 4–5
as precocious reader 13, 14, 204
and privet sweepings 9, 21
Scouting 17–20
shoe-horn/shoe-tree fixation 7
tree as
doppelgänger
2–3, 15, 302–3
dress and grooming
aftershave (Pagan Man) 122
beard, temporary 209–10
Burton’s Gold Card 76, 310n
dressing gown, when alone 132
hair, luxuriance of 98
side parting 51, 160, 297
smart/smart casual 98, 284
as student 31, 32
talc and deodorant 91, 163
underwear 245, 260
waterproof trousers, discounted 302
food and drink
as accompaniment to BBC news 68
Alan’s Cookie Jar 290
baking soda metaphors 155, 170
beer on Xmas morning 131–2
birthday cake 13–14
at BP garage 80
Coco-Pops and hot milk 304
daytime drinking, avoids 125
drunk on Watneys Party Four 32
improvisation at Travel Tavern 150
interfered-with sandwiches 24
lemonade preference 40
lunchtime sandwiches 160, 161, 217, 242
McDonald’s 291–2, 304
Murray Mints 4, 5n
Nandos’s (Norwich) 106–8
omelettes at Travel Tavern 151
in police cells 119
tea, sequence of water and milk 37
tea and AIDS 67–8
toast at Rita’s 37
Toblerone addiction 203–4, 213–23, 228–9, 231
transcending binary pairs 37–8
vegetables, surfeit of and consequences 11
‘when in Rome’ 83–4
health (mental and physical)
addiction
see above under
food and drink
ageing, three signs of 305
ankle injuries 65, 299–302, 304
calls in ‘sick’ 125
calluses, efficacy of pumice 234
Controlled Anger-Release Splashing 226
cures for flab 229–30
excess skin, solutions for 232
major bloodloss 15n
‘merciless’ exercise regime 228, 230–1
muscularity of physique 173–4
neck, pimple on 86, 97
nosebleeds 1–2, 3, 15
‘palm-piss’ 114, 119, 306
pony-trekking 226–8, 235
scrotal cancer misdiagnosis 44–5
Short-Burst Underwater Crying 225
therapy 226
Travel Tavern fitness routine 149
weight (pre- and post-toilet) 297
homes and dwellings
designs own house 252–4, 258
London penthouse 186, 189
moves into own 262, 263
naming own 253–4, 258
static caravan 254–5
‘unstatic’ caravan 260
see also
Lambert family; Partridge family members; Travel Tavern (Linton)
Peartree Productions
employment tribunal 101
genesis of, as joke not lie 92
goes under 235
liquidated 255
management style 110–11
pay rises and sacking 98
as publisher 235
restructuring 161
as ‘sleeping volcano’ 186
as ‘well-oiled machine’ 109–10
workplace ambiance 93
radio career
‘Aha’ catchphrase 94–6
cross-genre mastery 286
desk rethinks 60–1, 144
expertise in modulation modes 276–7, 283
fans and super-fans 169–70, 172–8
‘final’ show 307–9
Gabitas as ‘manager/agent’ 193–4
hospital radio 18, 46–8, 85, 289–90
impersonating 169–70
joined by sidekick 284, 286–9, 292–3
mother’s pride in 248–9
move to digital 279, 282–3
musical taste 145
nasal voice, Lynam on 85, 161n
Our Price DJing 49–51, 52, 215–16
premonitions of, at poly 32
pre-show checklist 307
purpose of 308
real-life audiences 297–300
reciprocated love 144
Red Adair role 279
research, learning and tips 146, 295–6
retirement decision 303–7, 309
return to Radio Norwich 138–42
rumours of decline 296, 298
seriousness, necessity of 187
Shayer headhunts 47, 49
sports reporting 51–8
swearing during 143
voice-over work 73–4
see also individual stations and shows
sex, relationships and friendships
attraction to Sue Cook 71, 124, 169, 170, 171
boss–employee relations, and propriety 151–2, 185
BP attendant 218
dalliance with menopausal colleague 259–60
finger-sex-miming 126
first dabblings 31–2, 33
‘friending’ Treacle (horse) 228
Michael as friend 152
as Norwich Don Juan 73
readers, with 310
sexually assaulted 217
STD checks, on others 262
see also
Jemima ‘Jem’; Partridge, Carol; Sonja
TV career
‘Aha’ catchphrase 175
BBC ‘contract’ 183–4, 188–9
BBC ditches 120, 129
as BBC2’s White Knight 101
bulldozing of 16
corporate video work 155, 181, 200–1, 210–11
cow-bombed 201–2
Crash, Bang, Wallop
202–3, 204, 206
giving others breaks 115–16
guest appearances 112
high-brow/low-brow, switching between 90
hires Ponder 103
house befitting ‘personality’ status 163
ideas for shows (inc. films) 120, 155, 165–6, 181, 187, 222, 290
KMKY
moves to TV 97–8
KMKY
‘second series’ 118, 120, 138, 147, 159–62, 165, 188, 218, 275
meetings for future shows 118–19
modifies voice for 85–7
moves into TV 79, 80
offensive reviews 136–7
Peacock pledge 182