"At the start of his new, self-produced project, the light documentary How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge), the broadcaster reveals he's since hit another low by fainting into the lap of a female interviewee during a corporate event for Norfolk agribusiness stalwarts Bannroyd Animal Feed. Tough times, but personalities of Partridge's calibre know how to bounce back: tie your troubles to a national trend and see if you can get a series out of it."
"How Are You?, then, sees Steve Coogan's immortal alter ego in roving factual mode, looking into an epidemic of anxiety, stress and loneliness that he feels is worsening: If I can use an outdated term, it's just got mental! The journey will see him experiment with religion, reconnect with friends from school and take a lot of restorative country walks, as well as confronting his recent past."
"Episode one builds towards a hostile but cathartic reunion with Sidekick Simon Denton (Tim Key), Alan's former colleague on This Time and North Norfolk Digital radio, and as this new series goes on, we're shown unseen clips from Alan's stints on both. For Coogan and his long-term writing/directing collaborators Neil and Rob Gibbons, How Are You? is a sideways move."
Alan Partridge collapses further in public after fainting into a female interviewee's lap at a corporate event, prompting a self-produced documentary, How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge). The series follows Partridge investigating a perceived epidemic of anxiety, stress and loneliness, framing his own troubles as part of a national trend. He experiments with religion, reconnects with childhood friends, takes restorative country walks and confronts his recent past. Episode one culminates in a hostile but cathartic reunion with Sidekick Simon Denton and includes unseen clips from his earlier shows. The series often revisits familiar formats, resembling earlier mockumentaries and podcast work.
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