{"id":77373,"date":"2025-09-21T17:49:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T17:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/77373\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T17:49:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T17:49:13","slug":"new-alan-partridge-series-how-are-you-launch-date-revealed-with-trailer-and-spoof-crowdfunder-plea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/77373\/","title":{"rendered":"New Alan Partridge series ‘How Are You?’ launch date revealed with trailer and spoof crowdfunder plea"},"content":{"rendered":"

The release date for the new Alan Partridge<\/a> series, How Are You? It\u2019s Alan (Partridge), has been confirmed.<\/p>\n

The show will see Steve Coogan<\/a> return as the iconic comedy character as he hosts six episodes that will explore the subject of mental health. After a year living in Saudi Arabia, Partridge has returned to Britain and the show will see him \u201cask some important questions\u201d.<\/p>\n

The series will premiere on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 9:30pm on Friday 3 October, and all six episodes will be available to watch online from that day.<\/p>\n

It was originally announced in 2024 under the title And Did Those Feet\u2026 With Alan Partridge, and a synopsis explains: \u201cWe follow the beloved and, to be fair, revered broadcaster Alan Partridge as he reintegrates into life in Britain after a year working in Saudi Arabia.\u201d<\/p>\n

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How are you? It’s Alan (Partridge) pic.twitter.com\/5nuXulAXLA<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Neil Gibbons (@neilgibbons) September 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cBut what begins as a documentary about homecoming soon morphs into something more personal as Alan realises that the happiness he thought he\u2019d feel at being back in Norwich just hasn\u2019t materialised. Something\u2019s missing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a journey through the mental health of himself and the country he loves (the UK including Northern Ireland) to ask: are we mentally unwell, mentally challenged, sad, cross, disturbed or just plain fed up?\u201d<\/p>\n

Partridge himself has given fans an insight into how the show came about: \u201cThe kingdom of Saudi Arabia enjoys extensive oil and natural gas reserves, but has also seen economic growth in other areas such as agricultural production, retail trade, construction, and transport,\u201d he said. \u201cIt directs some $69 billion to military expenditure each year. And yet despite all that, I somehow felt incomplete.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ahead of the show\u2019s launch, the BBC have also shared a spoof crowdfunder appeal from Partridge, in which he offers a range of services for fans, including a birthday voicemail for \u00a350 and a dinner at a restaurant of your choosing for \u00a3400 (or at one of Alan\u2019s choosing for \u00a3200). Watch above.<\/p>\n

The inept, awkward broadcaster first appeared in 1991 on the radio show On The Hour, before transitioning to television when he hosted the fictional chat show\u00a0Knowing Me, Knowing You\u00a0from 1994-95, followed by the sitcom\u00a0I\u2019m Alan Partridge\u00a0from 1997 to 2002. The character has been revived on various platforms including YouTube, podcasts, books, and the 2013 feature film Alpha Papa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last year, Coogan said he would like to do more live shows as the character, saying\u00a0\u201cI\u2019d like to do some other stuff first and I\u2019ll go back to him\u201d.<\/a>\u00a0One of those other projects will be a\u00a0film about footballer Roy Keane, titled\u00a0Saipan.<\/a><\/p>\n