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Alan Partridge's This Time Has Totally Ruined The One Show For Everyone

Viewers claimed he'd "nailed the absurdity" of the nightly BBC show.
Ash Percival
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Entertainment Editor, HuffPost UK

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Alan Partridge fans are obviously delighted to have him back on with his new series This Time, but their excitement has come at a cost.

And that price is never being able to watch The One Show in the same way ever again.

Viewers picked up on how Alan’s fictional magazine show, also called This Time, took the piss out of the BBC’s nightly series, which is fronted by Matt Baker and Alex Jones.

Alan Partridge was back with his new show This Time, which poked fun at The One Show
Alan Partridge was back with his new show This Time, which poked fun at The One Show
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The One Show is famed for its eclectic mix of items, and how it can wildly change tone from one link to the next, which has often been a source of amusement for its celebrity guests.

But seeing that framed through the eyes of Alan Partridge only served to highlight just how ridiculous it really is...

Partridge nailed the absurdity of the one show and the bbc #ThisTime

— Sparky (@MarkWinstanley) February 25, 2019

Surely the strangest thing about this new Partridge show is the fact that they’re going to be talking about it on the One Show tomorrow, and it’s going to be brutally apparent to everyone watching that the BBC thinks its own primetime show is completely and utterly rubbish.

— Beau (@DrBeauBeaumont) February 25, 2019

Don’t know whether The One Show team are cringing, crying, or laughing. #Partridge #ThisTime

— Gary Rae (@gary_rae) February 25, 2019

I always thought The One Show had murdered itself. But Alan Partridge has done a double murder.

— Tom (@ThomasJamesFisk) February 25, 2019

#Partridge is it going to be like this all the way thru? It's just like watching the one show.

— Michael McCartney (@MickeyMcCartney) February 25, 2019

They should put #ThisTime with Alan Partridge on at the same time as the One Show and nobody would know the difference.

— Tony McK ||⭐|| (@oakroyd) February 25, 2019

This Time with Alan Partridge is like The One Show except the cringeworthy moments are intentional. Has a dash of This Morning about the opening titles as well. This is funny! #ThisTime #AlanPartridge

— Cameron Yarde Jnr (@CameronYardeJnr) February 25, 2019

This Partridge thing. It was ok. I laughed a few times. Should have just used The One Show instead of making up #ThisTime.

— James Scholey (@JamesFromLeeds) February 25, 2019

Partridge didn't even have to parody The One Show. Some episodes of The One Show are stranger than This Time.

— Michael Burgess (@MikeJBurgess) February 25, 2019

The One Show is absolutely all over the place, and This Time reflected that. #Partridge

— Billy Bell (@Billy_Bell99) February 25, 2019

God, the One Show-esque format is so perfect for Alan Partridge.

Was crying with laughter at the bit where he's pacing the back of the studio, delivering a monologue, hits the end of it before he's across, so you just hear his loud, clomping footsteps until he reaches the chair.

— MuddyFunster (@Maindrian) February 25, 2019

Partridge was good but not a patch on this https://t.co/6lOiI5COSQ

— Tom Thorogood (@TomThorogood) February 25, 2019

Alan Partridge creator Steve Coogan preceded his new series by sending a priceless email to his “colleagues” at the BBC.

In the mail, crafted completely in character, Alan urged them to watch his new show while also managing to insult “know-nothing” BBC employees in true Partridge style.

This Time is the character’s first full BBC series since the second run of I’m Alan Partridge in 2002.

The fictional broadcaster was last seen on screen in 2016 for a one-off Sky Atlantic special, entitled Scissored Isle, following the network’s Mid Morning Matters series.

This Time With Alan Partridge continues next Monday at 9.30pm on BBC One.

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