Although she was regularly cast in comic roles, her abilities ranged far more widely than that – she even appeared in opera.

Actress Prunella Scales, best known for her role as Sybil in the memorable TV series Fawlty Towers, has died at the age of 93 ...

Can a national joke survive when it’s also trying to become a national treasure? By Nicholas Harris I don’t think it’s a mistake to assume that New Statesman readers who are fans of Alan Partridge ...

The moment Alan Partridge brought a new girlfriend on a date to an owl sanctuary has become a fan favourite, so it seems ...

It’s been 34 years since Steve Coogan and Armando Iannucci first created Alan Partridge, a parody of British television personalities. Since his debut in 1991 on the Radio 4 series On the Hour, ...

Oh, Alan. How are you indeed. Not all that great, it seems – the wonderfully-named How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge) finds one of the leading disgraced former radio DJs in the North Norfolk area ...

“Mental health, if I could use an outdated term, has just gone mental,” says Alan Partridge in his new six-part BBC series, the first time Steve Coogan’s parody of a television presenter has been on ...

How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge) star Steve Coogan has long been known as quirky alter-ego Alan Partridge. The popular comedian has enjoyed a hugely successful career in film and television having ...

“A fantastically stylish, emotionally rich and profoundly intelligent piece of entertainment that is feminist to its bones without preaching and in every way a triumph” “A con artist gets back in ...