Alan Partridge (2013) on Netflix
North Norfolk Digital is bought by a multinational, and staff face redundancy. Fired DJ Pat Farrell holds the station hostage, and Alan Partridge is brought in to negotiate.
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Plot summary
A multinational corporation takes over the Norwich station North Norfolk Digital, and the staff are told that there will be layoffs. Alan Partridge, one of its presenters, is not worried, but his colleague Pat Farrell asks him to raise the matter with the new owners. The owners intend to let one of the two men go, and Alan puts Pat's name forward rather than his own. Pat returns to the station during a company party carrying a shotgun, seizes the people inside, and demands to be reinstated. The police bring Alan in as their go-between, and Pat comes to trust him. Alan's co-presenter, Sidekick Simon, joins him on air, and the siege becomes a national story.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Alan Partridge (2013)
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- An earlier version of the film had Alan Partridge caught up in an al-Qaeda siege, and the project was put on hold because the storyline was considered too sensitive after the July 2005 London bombings.
- A campaign called "Anglia Square not Leicester Square" won the film its world premiere in Anglia Square, Norwich, on 24 July 2013, where Steve Coogan appeared in character before being flown by helicopter to a second premiere in Leicester Square.
