Steve Coogan compares key Alan Partridge trait to Keir Starmer ‘Alan is lockstep with whatever will give him the least grief,’ said the actor The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2025
‘Partridge is more popular than me – that’s a given!’ Steve Coogan on Alan’s glorious return For three decades, he has played one of the UK’s greatest ever comedy characters. But how different is he to Alan Partridge really? Ahead of the presenter’s new show about mental health, Coogan is put in the psychologist’s chair The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2025
Saipan review – football scandal makes for thrilling big-screen drama Steve Coogan and a knockout Éanna Hardwicke take on Mick McCarthy and Roy Keane in this involving workplace drama about a 2002 tabloid storm The Guardian - US · Sep 5, 2025
20 autumn TV shows everyone will be talking about IN FOCUS: ‘Celebrity Traitors’, the return of ‘Stranger Things’, and a new drama starring the stellar duo of Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson are among the highlights of the season, chosen by Louis Chilton, Ellie Harrison and Katie Rosseinsky The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2025
Tim Key: ‘I imagine Alan Partridge smells lightly of Brut aftershave’ The comedian, actor and poet behind The Ballad of Wallis Island on stalking an England cricket captain, being evicted in Edinburgh and his love for fig rolls The Guardian - AU · Aug 23, 2025
Zoe Ball reveals famous guest who broke nose at her wild wedding to Fatboy Slim Zoe Ball has revealed that actor Steve Coogan broke his nose after one too many drinks at the afterparty of her wild wedding to DJ Fatboy Slim. The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2025
Zoe Ball reveals TV star broke his nose at her wild wedding to Fatboy Slim BBC Radio 2 host revealed that wedding guest had an accident after jumping into swimming pool The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2025
Netflix just got one of the best movies you (probably) missed in theatres — and it’s like ‘Dead Poets Society’ but with a penguin Netflix just added "The Penguin Lesson," and this heart-warming drama sees a grumpy teacher take a tundra bird under his wing. Tom’s Guide · Jul 26, 2025
Steve Coogan says he now dresses the same as character Alan Partridge IN FULL The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2025
Steve Coogan says he’s morphing into alter-ego Alan Partridge Actor has been playing the hubristic broadcaster for over three decades The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2025
Steve Coogan says ‘disappointing’ Labour year will ‘pave the way’ for Reform UK The 59-year old actor and comedian reportedly supported the Labour party until last year, when he backed the Green Party. Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2025
Steve Coogan claims Keir Starmer’s Labour will ‘pave the way’ for Reform UK ‘Alan Partridge’ star claimed Labour are ‘putting Band-Aids on the gash in the side of the Titanic’ The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2025
Steve Coogan accuses Labour of paving way for Reform UK Exclusive: Actor says Keir Starmer’s party has caused a ‘derogation of all the principles they were supposed to represent’ The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2025
The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025 Steve Coogan says he now ‘admires’ Margaret Thatcher because of Keir Starmer’s politics ‘I never thought I’d say that,’ Alan Partridge star admitted
The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2025 Saipan film to reopen old wounds between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy ultras Drama-biopic starring Steve Coogan will reignite a row that split Irish football fans but there are good signs for its artistic merit
The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2025 Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon announce The Trip’s return with season five in the Northern Lights Series was previously thought to be over after the pair’s Greece-set instalment in 2020
The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2025 Survivors of Ireland’s mother and baby homes risk losing UK benefits over compensation Campaign pushes to change law that could lead to survivors living in UK being disqualified from means-tested benefits
Evening Standard · Jun 2, 2025 Paloma Faith uses her ‘voice for the voiceless’ on Gaza campaign She was part of a demonstration that put a banner with a message said to be from a Gazan child saying ‘Prime Minister I don’t want to die’.
The Independent UK · May 30, 2025 Steve Coogan reads out names of children killed in Gaza at Westminster vigil ‘We are reading out the names to remember them as human beings and not just a statistic’
The Independent UK · May 30, 2025 Tim Key: ‘Filming Alan Partridge, I was living in a lot of fear’ INTERVIEW: The actor and comic poet speaks to Louis Chilton about his new theatrically released film ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’, the pressures of acting in ‘Peep Show’ and Alan Partridge’s ‘Mid Morning Matters’, and the realisation that made him stop supporting Liverpool FC
Evening Standard · May 29, 2025 Child victims of Gaza onslaught remembered in Westminster vigil Actors read out the names of children who have died in the conflict.
Louder · May 16, 2025 "I see this lump in the bed, and I go, Oh God, who's this?" The day Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher woke up to find British light entertainment legend Alan Partridge in his hotel bed The '90s were a strange and magical time where anything could happen, and often did
The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2025 The Penguin Lessons review – Steve Coogan outshone by his feathered friend in 70s Argentina comedy drama Coogan plays a world-weary teacher in turbulent Buenos Aires who finally grows a political conscience thanks to a penguin
The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2025 It’s not poverty that’s breeding the new populism. It’s wealth Analysts trace a link between financial security and a troubling, increasingly devil-may-care, attitude to political risk