Not since an impromptu bullying trip to Qatar with disgraced English sports broadcaster Richard Keys and his “exceptionally Scottish” friend Andy has ’s fire burned so brightly. That was May 2017, when his masterful aired to little or no fanfare. His phone was just not ringing.
It’s been a whirlwind since then for Partridge (played as always by Steve Coogan). After landing back at the BBC in 2019 with he was fired from the show in 2021. The following year, he bounced back (as is his wont) with the divisive (read: hated) live show, only to bounce back once again (see) with another season of his podcast, and the release of his third book, .
Well, guess who’s back in the big time. Despite killing a man on air, calling their viewers “ ,” and blowing his interview with Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal Princess Anne, the BBC is ready to get back in bed with Partridge, again. Deciding against the “living-in-a-lighthouse thing,” Partridge will host a six-episode mockumentary for the BBC called .
The series follows the beleaguered and, according to the logline, “beloved” broadcaster as he returns to Norwich after a year in Saudi Arabia. Restoring our faith in humanity, belief in a higher power, and British broadcasting in one fell swoop, of earlier today. It shows Partridge ready to get in the mind of the everyday British person and figure out what the hell makes it tick.
Advertised as one of, “if not the first,” documentaries to “address the issue of .