Editing I'm Alan Partridge (section)

===Series 1 (1997)===
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 | EpisodeNumber2= 1
 | OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|df=yes|1997|11|3}}
 | Title= A Room with an Alan
 | WrittenBy= Peter Baynham, Steve Coogan & Armando Iannucci<ref name=RoomAlan/>
 | DirectedBy=Dominic Brigstocke<ref name=RoomAlan>{{cite web|title=BBC Two – I'm Alan Partridge|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0077cdt|publisher=BBC|access-date=30 April 2015}}</ref>
 | ShortSummary=Alan Partridge is currently living at the [[Linton, Cambridgeshire|Linton]] Travel Tavern after his ex-wife kicked him out, and is stuck hosting the [[graveyard slot]] on [[Radio Norwich]] after a poorly received first series of his [[BBC]] talk show. The staff at the hotel remain cordial to Alan despite his intolerable personality, including [[Geordie]] [[handyman]] Michael, whom he asks to remove some lewd graffiti sprayed on the side of his car by vandals, reading "Cock Piss Partridge", which Michael changes to "Cook Pass Babtridge" with the help of some purple spray paint. Believing he is set for a second series at the BBC, Alan goes house hunting, accompanied by his bewilderingly loyal personal assistant Lynn.

During an embarrassing lunch at [[BBC Television Centre]] with Tony Hayers ([[David Schneider (actor)|David Schneider]]), the chief programme commissioner of the BBC, Hayers informs Alan that he will not get a second series, dismissing a number of Alan's increasingly desperate alternate pitches for new shows, including "''Inner City Sumo''" and "''Monkey Tennis''. Alan assaults Hayers with a wheel of blue cheese. With no second series, and therefore no funds to purchase his house, Alan returns to his hotel room, giving himself a [[black eye]] via a poor attempt at an athletic leap from his bed to the minibar.<ref name=Ep1.1>{{cite web|title=I'm Alan Partridge – Episode 1.1|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/im_alan_partridge/episodes/1/1/|website=British Comedy Guide|access-date=1 May 2015}}</ref>
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 | EpisodeNumber2= 2
 | OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|df=yes|1997|11|10}}
 | Title= Alan Attraction
 | WrittenBy= Peter Baynham, Steve Coogan & Armando Iannucci<ref name=AlanAtt/>
 | DirectedBy=Dominic Brigstocke<ref name=AlanAtt>{{cite web|title=BBC Two – I'm Alan Partridge|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0077cmd|publisher=BBC|access-date=30 April 2015}}</ref>
 | ShortSummary=Without a second series of his programme, Alan is nearing [[bankruptcy]] and has to put his production company into liquidation and sack the entire crew. Alan panics on arrival at Peartree Productions, and falsely tells them that he has been successful in securing a second series.

While the staff prepare a party, and Jill, his flirtatious, [[chain-smoking]], 50-year-old, divorced receptionist ([[Julia Deakin]]) goes out to buy some snacks, Alan tries to extricate himself by sacking staff members for various ridiculous "offences". While he locks himself in his boardroom, all the staff leave voluntarily, except for Jill, who returns and goes on a [[dating|date]] with Alan to a nearby owl sanctuary.

In the evening, the two attend a [[Valentine's Day]] dinner at the Travel Tavern and return to Alan's room to have sex. Jill's attempt at eroticism (involving smearing chocolate [[mousse]] all over Alan) angers him, causing him to end the liaison and later announce on his radio show that he has sacked her.<ref name=Ep1.2>{{cite web|title=I'm Alan Partridge – Episode 1.2|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/im_alan_partridge/episodes/1/2/|website=British Comedy Guide|access-date=1 May 2015}}</ref>
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 | EpisodeNumber2= 3
 | OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|df=yes|1997|11|17}}
 | Title= Watership Alan
 | WrittenBy= Peter Baynham, Steve Coogan & Armando Iannucci<ref name=WaterAlan/>
 | DirectedBy=Dominic Brigstocke<ref name=WaterAlan>{{cite web|title=BBC Two – I'm Alan Partridge|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0077cv7|publisher=BBC|access-date=30 April 2015}}</ref>
 | ShortSummary=After making various unsympathetic and ill-advised comments about farming on his radio show, Alan has become an object of hatred for local farmers. Alan's viewing of [[pornography]] on his travel tavern bedroom television is subtly ridiculed by the staff at the hotel, with him attempting to exonerate himself due to "confusion".

After being hired to shoot an advertisement for a small boating holiday company, Alan attempts to contact his ex-wife Carol in order to meet the company's requirement that he have a partner in the video with him - he is unsuccessful. On the day of the video shoot, he attempts to blend in with the hard-drinking crew, whilst making a fool of himself in front of the actress they had to hire to replace his ex-wife.

Between shooting days, Alan interviews the leader of the local [[National Farmers Union (England and Wales)|Farmers' Union]] ([[Chris Morris (satirist)|Chris Morris]]), but instead of apologising for his comments, his series of increasingly ludicrous claims involving their livelihoods enrages local farmers even further.

During the second day of the shoot, he is crushed by a dead cow thrown from a bridge by disgruntled local farmers. Alan returns from hospital with a neck brace and broken fingers, asking the hotel staff to "make pornography come on my television again" after previously requesting they disable the channel.<ref name=Ep1.3>{{cite web|title=I'm Alan Partridge – Episode 1.3|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/im_alan_partridge/episodes/1/3/|website=British Comedy Guide|access-date=1 May 2015}}</ref>
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 | EpisodeNumber2= 4
 | OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|df=yes|1997|11|24}}
 | Title= Basic Alan
 | WrittenBy= Peter Baynham, Steve Coogan & Armando Iannucci<ref name=BasicAlan/>
 | DirectedBy=Dominic Brigstocke<ref name=BasicAlan>{{cite web|title=BBC Two – I'm Alan Partridge|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0077d1w|publisher=BBC|access-date=30 April 2015}}</ref>
 | ShortSummary= There are major refurbishments taking place at the Linton Travel Tavern, leaving Alan as the only guest. He becomes desperately bored and does various things to pass the time, including dismantling his trouser press, walking along a busy dual carriageway to a petrol station to buy several bottles of windscreen washer fluid, driving round the [[ring road]] three times, buying some tungsten-tipped screws he never intends to use and dressing up as a [[zombie]] as a practical joke. His boredom culminates with an attempt to steal a traffic cone with Michael and Lynn, before they are stopped by the police.<ref name=Ep1.4>{{cite web|title=I'm Alan Partridge – Episode 1.4|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/im_alan_partridge/episodes/1/4/|website=British Comedy Guide|access-date=1 May 2015}}</ref>
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 | EpisodeNumber2= 5
 | OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|df=yes|1997|12|01}}
 | Title=To Kill a Mocking Alan
 | WrittenBy= Peter Baynham, Steve Coogan & Armando Iannucci<ref name=KillAlan/>
 | DirectedBy=Dominic Brigstocke<ref name=KillAlan>{{cite web|title=BBC Two – I'm Alan Partridge|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0077d7y|publisher=BBC|access-date=30 April 2015}}</ref>
 | ShortSummary= Alan hosts "An Afternoon with Alan Partridge" at the hotel which is attended by his self-confessed "biggest fan", Jed Maxwell (Ian Sharrock). He is also visited by Irish network executives ([[Graham Linehan]] and [[Arthur Mathews (writer)|Arthur Mathews]]) who are considering giving him a show on [[Irish television]]. They are offended by Alan, particularly regarding his ignorant take on Ireland, [[the Troubles]], and his misunderstanding of the [[U2]] song "[[Sunday Bloody Sunday]]", though they get along very well with Lynn.

Through a series of mishaps, the three of them end up at Jed's house, whom Alan pretends to cohabit with due to having no home of his own. After Alan and the executives discover that Jed's fandom is of a highly obsessive nature, with one of his rooms acting as shrine to the presenter, the two executives make their excuses and leave, leaving Alan and Jed alone. Alan becomes increasingly worried about his own safety and, following an altercation with Jed, he makes a hasty escape by fleeing across nearby fields.<ref name=Ep1.5>{{cite web|title=I'm Alan Partridge – Episode 1.5|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/im_alan_partridge/episodes/1/5/|website=British Comedy Guide|access-date=1 May 2015}}</ref>
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 | EpisodeNumber2= 6
 | OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|df=yes|1997|12|08}}
 | Title= Towering Alan
 | WrittenBy= Peter Baynham, Steve Coogan & Armando Iannucci<ref name=ToweringAlan/>
 | DirectedBy=Dominic Brigstocke<ref name=ToweringAlan>{{cite web|title=BBC Two – I'm Alan Partridge|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0077dg6|publisher=BBC|access-date=30 April 2015}}</ref>
 | ShortSummary=After an afternoon hosting a small village fayre and judging the vegetable competition, Alan is delighted to discover that Tony Hayers has died and that his successor is Chris Feather, a supporter of Alan's works. Attending Hayers' funeral as he knows Chris will be there, he attempts to secure his sought-after second series. However, Feather later suffers a fatal heart attack just before Alan's new contract is signed.

Later, Alan and Lynn host a farewell party in his hotel room, where manager Susan finally lashes out at Alan in retaliation for his behaviour throughout his protracted occupancy. The guests all leave as a result. The series ends as Alan and Lynn tidy up to the theme from ''[[The Adventures of Black Beauty]]'', with Alan feeling pleased with himself.<ref name=Ep1.6>{{cite web|title=I'm Alan Partridge – Episode 1.6|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/im_alan_partridge/episodes/1/6/|website=British Comedy Guide|access-date=1 May 2015}}</ref>
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