Details have emerged about Alan Partridge's return to the BBC as filming begins on Steve Coogan's latest iteration of the classic comedy character. BBC One will launch This Time With Alan Partridge later this year, more than 25 years since Coogan and Armando Iannucci created the character. The six-part series will see…

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has set its nominees for the 2017 International Emmy Awards. Represented are 18 countries with notably strong showings for programming out of Japan and Brazil. The latter’s Justiça, a miniseries from TV Globo, scored double nominations for Drama Series and lead…

Say, aha! Steve Coogan’s iconic alter-ego Alan Partridge has been confirmed to be returning to the BBC in both a 25th anniversary special and a new series. Shane Allen, BBC Comedy Controller, said today at the Edinburgh International Television Festival that BBC Two will air the one-hour special before the end of the…

This is a jam-packed weekend of new releases, many hoping to be the perfect counter-programming pick against Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Magnolia is opening Nymphomaniac: Vol II just weeks after releasing Vol. I in theaters. The film is the continuation of the much talked about Lars von Trier two-parter that…

Philomena‘s Steve Coogan takes his long-running character to the big screen in Alan Partridge, in which the TV and radio broadcaster finds himself in the middle of a hostage crisis at his radio station. Colm Meaney, Felicity Montagu, Simon Greenall, and Tim Key co-star in the film directed by Declan Lowney. Alan Partri…