Coogan reveals more detail on Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

Steve Coogan has revealed some tantalising further plot detail's about the forthcoming Alan Partridge movie 'Alpha Papa'.

“It's all finished [and] we're editing it right now,” he told Jonathan Ross.

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“We're trying to take out the unfunny bits and just keep the funny bits. It's called Alpha Papa [but] I wanted to call it 'Alan Partridge in Hectic Danger Day'.”

The film has previously been described as 'a bit like 'Dog Day Afternoon and a bit 'Network' by Coogan, and now he's given some more insight.

“Alan is in Norwich and he's DJing on North Norfolk Digital, but a big horrible company called Gordale Media comes along to take over the radio station, rob it of all its personality and change it from North Norfolk Digital to 'Shape'.

“Lots of people get sacked and to cut a long story short, there's a big siege at the radio station, when all the world's media descend on it, and Alan is at the centre of it as the negotiator between the gunman and the police outside.”

Adding about his relationship with his alter-ego, he said: “It might be alright watching for half an hour, but imagine sitting in a room with him for three months. That's what you have to do when you write him.

“You do get sick of him because it's like being in the room with an idiot. But then what you do is you leave him alone for a while and then after a while you start to miss him.”

'Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa' is due out on August 7, and stars Coogan alongside Colm Meaney, Sean Pertwee, Tim Key and Simon Greenall.