I, Partridge - Alan Partridge [120]
violence in 135–6, 137, 160, 289
see also individual stations and shows
Partridge, Carol née Parry (ex-wife)
body shape, attempted 260
Bouncing Back, forced to buy 238
Chinese make-up 71
dog-like hair 37
end of marriage 131, 133, 160, 180n
Fernando’s conception 41
Good Food direct debit 274
jealous of Sue Cook 71
marital infidelity 122–7
marriage 35–6, 39, 128–30, 310n
motive for London visit 60
pregnancy and birth of Fernando 40–3
sex with 36n, 39, 261
summer roadshow incident 121
Partridge, Denise (daughter) 43, 130, 180n, 263, 295–6, 310n
Partridge, Dorothy (mother)
compared to Rover 800 177
death, funeral and wake 244, 245, 247, 249–50
marriage 10–12
neither nice nor important 141
Partridge, Fernando (son) 41–3, 67, 90–1, 130, 143, 236–7, 263, 295–6, 310n
Partridge, Snr (father)
butterfly tennis 7
contraceptive ‘technique’ 5
corporal punishment 8–9
death 244, 247
location post-death 249
marriage 10–12
slips on cake 13–14
wartime service 8, 23
Peacock, Nick 138–40, 142–3
Peaks, Sandra and Clive 96–7
Pepsie & Shirlie 216, 223
Pete (uncle) 250
Philbin, Maggie 70
Ponder, Glen 101, 102–8, 136, 149n
Queen Elizabeth Hospital (King’s Lynn) 4, 18, 46–8, 85, 289–90
Radio 4
God’s favourite shows 249
Knowing Me Knowing You (KMKY) 95–7, 103, 104, 310n
On the Hour 60, 62–8, 74, 103
Radio 5Live 277n
Radio Broadland (Great Yarmouth) 54, 75
Radio North Norfolk see North Norfolk Digital
Radio Norwich
Clifton stagnates at 278
Gordale buyout 278
Norfolk Nights 191–2, 248, 258, 259, 282
revamping of 140
Scoutabout 55, 103
Up With the Partridge 142–6, 161, 169–70, 181, 248
upheaval at 277–8
Rider, Steve 160–1, 164
Rigg, Graham 5–6
Rosen, Bernie 97
Rosenthal, Jim 89, 180n
Savile, Jimmy 255
Saxon Radio 53–4
Schofield, Phil 50, 182n
Shayers, Rick 47, 49
Shears, Frank 280
Shepherd, Phil 285
Sinclair, Sir Clive 186
Smear, Kevin 65, 66, 81
Smith, Delia 75
Snook, Bett 55
Sonja (girlfriend) 259–64
Stubbs, Paul 50, 73
Summers, Rupert 110, 116
Susan (Travel Tavern Duty Manager) 151–2, 185–6
Susie (great aunt) 249
Taversham Archery Club 56–8
Thorburn, Cliff 210–11
Travel Tavern (Aylsham) 281
Travel Tavern (Linton)
‘An Afternoon with Alan Partridge’ 169–70, 171–2
expense 189
food at 150–1
matchless roadside views 148
misperceptions of 155
as perineum between metropoles 147
room design, perfection of 148–9
satisfying the businessman 161
staff, analysis of 151–3
Treacle (horse) 226–7, 228, 232
UK Conquest
Skirmish 27, 208–9, 211–12, 215, 310n
Ulvaeus, Björn 96
Valerie (aunt) 13
Vorderman, Carol 207
Walters, Adam 91–2, 96, 97
Welch, Raquel 134, 137
Whitfield, June 206
Wiley, Phil 19–20
Willis, Peter 134
Wilson, Quentin 100–1
Winton, Dale 89, 105, 174n
Witchell, Nicholas 68n, 269
Photo Insert
The place of my birth, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn. In an era before MRSA, cleanliness was maintained by a combination of soap and aggressive, largely buxom matrons. NHS car parks were free, too, although those days are now a distant memory. It’s not too bad if you’re just bobbing in to drop off some grapes or beer for a loved one. But for expectant fathers it can be cripplingly expensive, especially if the birth is being slowed down by your wife having an unusually long cervix. (It seems wrong that wealthy dads whose spouses have shorter birth canals and more elastic vaginas should pay less.) The council say they’re trying to encourage people to use public transport but I think that’s horseshit.
Norfolk, 1956. I’d just crawled into this group photo and taken centre stage – nothing changes! I remember being irritated that the girl behind me had put her hands on my shoulder when I was perfectly capable of sitting upright on my own. I don’t know what any of their names are, though some have suggested that