Alan Partridge had an Irish Alan lookalike singing rebel songs on St Patrick’s Day and it’s peak Partridge
Alan Partridge’s TV career contains no shortage of controversial moments – that time when he killed a man, for instance – and yet we’re not sure anything he’s done quite matches this moment from last night’s This Time on BBC1.
Last night’s fourth episode featured a Sligo farmer called Martin – played by Steve Coogan – who also happens to look uncannily like Alan Partridge.
Here’s how it started (and brilliant it was too).
Ders more to Partridge den dis. #ThisTime pic.twitter.com/C25PdfiuJi
— BBC Comedy (@bbccomedy) March 18, 2019
And then this happened.
Come Out Ye Black and Tans on prime time BBC One. Unreal pic.twitter.com/UXsfb5fUVq
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) March 18, 2019
That’s right, he broke into a stirring rendition of republican rebel song ‘Come Out, Ye Black and Tans’ in celebration of St Patrick’s Day.
My absolute hero. Coogan has perfected the art of being so beautifully offensive. I’m always going to want Partridge at my dead or alive 6 people dinner thingamajig. You can keep Winston Churchill and the bloody Dalai Lama.
— London Paul (@1LondonPaul) March 19, 2019
The horrific Irish Alan Partridge lookalike on This Time last night will very likely be the image that flashes before my eyes when I die. Joyous/hideous. cc: @RobGibbons_ @neilgibbons
— rob delaney (@robdelaney) March 19, 2019
‘oh my god that was like an ad for the IRA’ 😂
— Gillian Fitzpatrick (@gillianfitz) March 19, 2019
One of the best TV moments for some time.
— Simon Hemelryk (@SimonHemelryk) March 18, 2019
Oh my god, the lazy eye.
— Kristian (@vonstrenginho) March 19, 2019
Not everyone appreciated the joke.
Absolutely disgusted what Alan partridge did tonight praising the Ira insulting the British Protestant people of Ulster #boycott
— Craig Flanaghan (@CFlanaghan) March 18, 2019
Except, well, it was a joke.
Partridge's face when he drops "IRA" echoed in a million faces across middle England. Loooooool
— LOCALLY HATED (@JurassicArse) March 19, 2019
Oh my god that was the best episode. It’s getting better and better. The Irish Alan Partridge lookalike was a stroke of genius. The whole thing is. #ThisTime pic.twitter.com/q6FpHrRk0s
— Greg James (@gregjames) March 18, 2019
Can all FG, FF, SDLP, & Alliance party reps/supporters and all Dublin media folk please look away now or you might have to take offence.
Thank you for your cooperation in this delicate matter. https://t.co/MdX8xmvj5j— Enda Fanning (@EFFanning) March 18, 2019
https://twitter.com/Red_UnderTheBed/status/1107780332554805253
Partridge has a bit of history when it comes to the Irish …
