Alan Partridge: Big Beacon

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Alan Partridge is publishing his third memoir, Big Beacon, about resurrecting his television career. But also about restoring an old lighthouse Quote from: jamiefairlie on May 11, 2023, 07:48:27 PMI'm obsessed with how he says certain words, like 'career' in this Listening to Alan Partridge trying to get the word 'cubs' and hearing how tired he sounds only drives home just how long we've been watching & listening to the great man. This article is taken from The Big Issue magazine, which exists to give homeless, long-term unemployed and marginalised people the opportunity to earn an income. To support our work buy a copy! Alan Partridge spends much of Big Beacon, the no-less-than third instalment of his memoirs, fretting over cancel culture. The ageing broadcaster is, after all, prime meat for “woke” reconsideration. But he has an ace up his sleeve – he’ll mitigate any awkward revelations with upfront mea culpas.

Of all the recent Alan Partridge work, this was possibly the one I was least looking forward to. And this does come from the biggest Partridge fan. However, I would go as far to say that this is the best book of his. But then something quite unexpected and moving happens, because Big Beacon also tells the story of a selfless man, driven to restore an old lighthouse to its former glory, motivated by nothing more than respect for a quietly heroic old building that many take for granted, which some people think is a metaphor for Alan himself even though it's not really for them to say.* Using an innovative 'dual narrative' structure you sometimes see in films, Big Beacon tells the story of how Partridge heroically rebuilt his TV career, rising like a phoenix from the desolate wasteland of local radio to climb to the summit of Mount Primetime and regain the nationwide prominence his talent merits.The two strands will run in tandem, their narrative arcs mirroring each other to make the parallels between the two stories abundantly clear to the less able listener.

But then something quite unexpected and moving, because Big Beacon also tells the story of a selfless man, driven to restore an old lighthouse to its former glory, motivated by nothing more than respect for a quietly heroic old building that many take for granted, which some people think is a metaphor for Alan himself even though it's not really for them to say.* Leaving his old life behind and relocating to a small coastal village in Kent, Alan battles through adversity, wins the hearts and minds of a suspicious community, and ultimately shows himself to be a quite wonderful man.Working with the Gibbons brothers has given Alan Partridge his most funny period and during this book, we see him at his best. Flipping between time periods during chapters keeps it fresh and his point of view recollections of his time at midmorning matters and this time are hilarious. QuotePublished by Seven Dials on 12th October, the book reveals how "Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster" triumphed "against the odds. TWICE." Exclusive memorabilia: a lighthouse cutout bookmark, a Pear Tree Productions pen, and a Big Beacon cotton tote bag.

A passionate auto-biography written in a style unheard of in literature; the dual narrative. Alan has to be given credit for his forward thinking, this really is a game changer for the written word and has to be considered for the Booker prize.It seems that Steve is disengaged from the character of Alan and it no longer feels like the same character. The original charm and authenticity is gone and what's left is an empty narrative.

yes, similarly excited and appreciative of the Partridge audiobooks and Gibbons brothers input, but slightly puzzled by what is left to say about Alan (in any media format) from 1994 to present. Firstly, this month the Norwich broadcaster presides over a further instalment of his hit podcast, From the Oasthouse, another multi-hour marathon of precision-tooled comedy in which he mulls over the topics of the day. Or, as one of its writers describes it, “the ramblings of a lonely man who doesn’t want you to know he’s lonely”. And then, in October, comes Big Beacon, the third instalment of his memoirs. (Did Winston Churchill manage three memoirs?) Big Beacon, so the blurb tells us, will use an innovative “dual narrative structure you sometimes see in films” to tell the story of how he rebuilt his TV career alongside rebuilding an old lighthouse to its former glory, “motivated by nothing more than respect for a quietly heroic old building that many take for granted, which some people think is a metaphor for Alan himself even though it’s not really for them to say”.Get the latest news and insight into how the Big Issue magazine is made by signing up for the Inside Big Issue newsletter Alan Partridge is undoubtedly one of the greatest characters in the annals of British comedy. Over the last 32 years, Steve Coogan and his collaborators have created a richly textured inner and exterior life for the oft-thwarted Norfolk-based broadcaster, hence why fictional self-authored books such as Big Beacon – his third volume of memoirs – work so beautifully.