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Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

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Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

"12 hostages. 24 hours. 1 Partridge."

2013

1h 30m

6.6(516 votes)

Comedy

Overview

When famous DJ Alan Partridge’s radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to work with the police to defuse a potentially violent siege.

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BFI

BBC Film

StudioCanal

Baby Cow Productions

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Steve Coogan

Steve Coogan

Alan Partridge

Colm Meaney

Colm Meaney

Patt Farrell

Felicity Montagu

Felicity Montagu

Lynn Benfield

Simon Greenall

Simon Greenall

Michael

Anna Maxwell Martin

Anna Maxwell Martin

Janet Whitehead

Darren Boyd

Darren Boyd

Martin Finch

Nigel Lindsay

Nigel Lindsay

Jason Cresswell

Dustin Demri-Burns

Dustin Demri-Burns

Danny Sinclair

Monica Dolan

Monica Dolan

Angela

Phil Cornwell

Phil Cornwell

Dave Clifton

Creative team

Directed by: Declan Lowney
Written by: Peter Baynham
Steve Coogan
Produced by: Henry Normal
Kevin Loader

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