If you have found yourself missing Alan Partridge and wonder what he’s been up to lately, you’re about to find out as the BBC have just announced that Steve Coogan is set to return to the BBC with his Alan Partridge character for a brand new television series in 2018. On Wednesday, Coogan stated that Partridge would be assuming a new and important role as “the voice of hard Brexit.”
When Steve Coogan announced at the Edinburgh TV Festival that Alan Partridge would be making his return to television screens soon, he joked that he was in Edinburgh to do a bit of research according to The Telegraph.
“Alan will be back on the BBC early next year, there will be a lot of Alan on TV next year. I’m trying to do a leak to the press about it. He’ll just be back on a show, it might be a bit like this. I’m here to do research.”