MONKEY TENNIS - The Alan Partridge Fan Podcast

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The definitive Alan Partridge fan podcast, dissecting and celebrating his output episode by episode. Acclaimed as one of the best TV & Film podcasts by The Telegraph, featuring guest appearances from stars Tim Key, Stephen Mangan, Susannah Fielding, and Simon Greenall. Join us as we discuss our favourite moments, the character’s lasting legacy, and analyse the entire Alan Partridge Universe: I’m Alan Partridge, Knowing Me Knowing You, The Day Today, Alpha Papa, Mid Morning Matters and more. Plus, we delve into From The Oasthouse, and have all the latest on BBC One’s This Time. A-ha! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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145 • Stratagem Streaming S...

02.21.2023

Stratagem's now streaming, so we take a second look at Alan's live outing, the (minimal) good and the (plentiful) bad. Plus: the missing medley, the DFS disguise, and an ill-advised visit to the future. SPOILERS APLENTY so please watch Stratagem ...

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02.21.2023 145 • Stratagem Streaming Special Stratagem's now streaming, so we take a second look at Alan's live outing, the (minimal) good and the (plentiful) bad. Plus: the missing medley, the DFS disguise, and an ill-advised visit to the future. SPOILERS APLENTY so please watch Stratagem ...
11.22.2022 144 • From The Oasthouse S2: Ep 11 + wrap-up Fire! Fire! The garage is on fire! Alan's entire universe burns this week as we cover heroin, on-air boozing and Alan's perfect day. Plus: our thoughts on Oasthouse, your thoughts on Oasthouse, and Nick's attempts to pronounce some foreign words. ...
11.15.2022 143 • From The Oasthouse S2: Eps 9 + 10 We've adopted a power stance this week, but the optics are not good. With a deep dive on Katrina, Partridge politics and Will Smith all covered, you'd like to listen - and we've agreed to allow you to try. - ...
11.08.2022 142 • From The Oasthouse S2: Eps 7 + 8 Hey Gurl! Imagine if you played an episode of Monkey Tennis to King Henry VIII, it would blow his miiiiind.... Join us for another double dose of Alan analysis as we cosy up to the new lady in Alan's life ...
11.01.2022 141 • From The Oasthouse S2: Eps 5 + 6 This week, we talk trump containment, road test building society rhymes and Producer Jed reviews Chernobyl. Plus: Alan's chin tuck, Nick's Tyneham trivia, some light Guardian-bashing and some onomatapoedantry. We're just some men on a podcast, go away please! - ...
10.25.2022 140 • From The Oasthouse S2: Eps 3 + 4 We're ticking off our bucket list this week as Alan gets stuck in a hole: 1) Discuss superpowers 2) Analyse Alan & Ronald's 'friendship' 3) Lose our minds over sandwiches 4) Get Producer Jed to review Rumpelstiltskin. Tick tick tick ...
10.18.2022 139 • From The Oasthouse S2: Eps 1 + 2 Running late but sounding great, we dive into the second series of '...Oasthouse', discussing Alan's maudlin moments, Pat Farrell's lenient sentencing, and Daniel Bedingfield's Freddie Mercury. Plus: Did Partridge write a porno? - - - - - - If you ...
10.04.2022 138 • Alan’s Deep Bath: Part 2 (Your Feedback) Morning, Susan! It’s our second episode rifling through your feedback at MT HQ before we return to the Oasthouse next week. Join us as we trawl through the latest of your emails, tweets and messages, revealing the truth behind Joanna ...
09.27.2022 137 • Alan’s Deep Bath: Part 1 (Your Feedback) Join us for a feedback special as we talk Oasthouse series 2, American Alan, Beardwatch and Stewart Lee, whilst fielding your thoughts on Steve Coogan's history of stand-up. - - - - - - If you like what we do ...
06.14.2022 136 • Stratagem We're a member down and Alan's member's up as we review Stratagem: the first live outing for AP in 14 years. We discuss the trouble with arena comedy, Lynn on film, and how to cater for 3 decades of fans. ...
06.07.2022 135 • Alan Partridge And Other Less Successful Characters Strap on your gauntlet and fire up Windows XP as we delve into the 2008 Coogan live experience. The penultimate stop in our journey before we pull into Stratagem Central next week. We chat all things Calves and Thicket, swap ...
05.31.2022 134 • The Man Who Thinks He's It Journey with us to "a different time" as we talk Thicket, Ferrino, Calves and of course Partridge, looking at Steve's 1998 show through a 2022 lens. Plus: Chumbawamba knowledge, football ignorance and Coogs' nudes! Are we The Men Who Think ...
05.24.2022 133 • Anglian Lives Without a hint of laryngitis, we've got a lot to say about the curious anomaly that is Anglian Lives. Join us as we query the purpose of this odd addition to the APU, discussing Digital Dave, the Gabbitas empire, and ...
05.17.2022 132 • Speak Your Brains: Part 2 (Your Feedback) Alan worms his way into a dissertation and the world of fitness this week, as we respond to your feedback and ask important questions like 'How long is Partridge?', 'Where will Stratagem end up?' and 'Who's going to teach tennis ...
05.10.2022 131 • Speak Your Brains: Part 1 (Your Feedback) We're exploring your crackpot Alan theories and Large Questions on this episode, whilst also speculating on Stratagem and looking at Coogan's busy season: Chivalry, Savile and the AP promo trail... PLUS: Make sure you keep listening to the end to ...
05.03.2022 130 • The Witchfinder We set off on 'The Road To Stratagem' with a look at the very Partridge-adjacent The Witchfinder, discussing all the chemistry, cameos and crossover between this show and tales of another Anglian man driven by ego and status. FOLLOW US: ...
12.24.2021 Knowing Me Knowing Yule: Part 2 (LIVE) revisited It's time to give you a right good stuffing (oooh pardon!) with part 2 of our Knowing Me Knowing Yule live special revisit. It's innuendo filled, and Hucknall heavy, plus we pull the biggest cracker ever pulled at a podcast ...
12.21.2021 Knowing Me Knowing Yule: Part 1 (LIVE) revisited Like pretty much every TV channel at Christmas, we're giving you a repeat! It's been 4 years since our Knowing Me Knowing Yule live special, so here's part 1 revisited... featuring choir shaming, Noel's House Party-ing and Norwich stag do-ing. ...
11.23.2021 Susannah Fielding (aka Jennie Gresham) revisited This episode was originally broadcast on 06 October 2020... Special guest Susannah Fielding (Jennie Gresham) joins us this week to reveal some This Time series 2 tidbits, and discuss the Partridge audition process. Plus: lost episodes, missing moral mazes, Jennie ...
11.16.2021 Tim Key (aka Sidekick Simon) revisited This episode was originally broadcast on 29 Sept 2020... Sidekick Simon himself joins us for a special episode, where we discuss becoming Simon and his decade in the APU. Plus: Kissing Daisy May Cooper, deceiving David O'Doherty & why 'Alan' ...
11.09.2021 129 • Shaun Keaveny Radio legend Shaun Keaveny joins us this week to look at just how realistic Alan’s radio career is. We explore awkward on-air beefs, find out how a "tired and confused" Shaun managed to upset Alan Titchmarsh, and we learn that ...
11.02.2021 128 • Scroobius Pip and Stu Whiffen Fellow podcasters Scroobius Pip and Stu Whiffen join us for a Partridge appreciation chat this week. We talk most used quotes, favourite moments, DVD menus and meeting the cast. Plus: Pip’s DMs with the Gibbons Brothers revealed, an unexpected appearance ...
10.26.2021 127 • Sooz Kempner This week we're joined by FFOP and stand-up comedian Sooz Kempner. We discuss discovering Partridge at the grand old age of nine, and enter the inner circle of the UK comedy scene to discover if Steve/Alan are still as influential ...
10.19.2021 126 • Boyd Hilton This week, we sat down with journalist Boyd Hilton to talk about Alan from both a fan and a TV critic’s eye view. We cover his many meetings with Steve Coogan over the years, how Alan’s aged (dis)gracefully, and where ...
10.12.2021 125 • John Robins Award winning comedian, digital DJ, and all-round podcasting legend John Robins joins us virtually for a chat this week. We talk about growing up with Alan through the ages, the impact of Partridge on the world of radio, and discuss ...
10.05.2021 124 • Josh Berry For our first FOP (Fan of Partridge) interview of the series, we meet comedian, impressionist, and satirist, Josh Berry. During the pandemic Josh’s characters such as Conservative party advisor Rafe Hubris made waves across social media. He cut his teeth ...
09.28.2021 123 • From The Digiwall: Part 2 (Your Feedback) A second round of your feedback lies ahead this week, before we move into the exciting new territory of Well Known FOP interviews… Stay tuned as we discuss Armando Iannucci vs The Gibbons Brothers, speculate how North Norfolk Digital became ...
09.21.2021 122 • From The Digiwall: Part 1 (Your Feedback) We’re back in the saddle, swiping (with conviction) through your feedback, discussing story vs. comedy, revealing the theme of our new series and, yes, celeb bank holiday fantasies. Plus: Putney basement drama, Lynn gets a stuffing, and we’re asking Which ...
06.22.2021 121 • This Time: Series 2 - Feedback and Wrap Up (Part 2) It’s the final part of the series and we’re committed to letting ordinary people have their say as we conclude your feedback and opinions. We pore over episodes 5 and 6, cast an eye over what the press thought, and ...
06.15.2021 120 • This Time: Series 2 - Feedback and Wrap Up (Part 1) What time is it? It's This Time Series 2 feedback time! We trawl through your opinions on episodes 1-4 this week including your Predict-A-Partridges. PLUS: mug hurlers, autocue conundrums, army goats, and a FOP Down Under reveals a crystal clear ...
06.05.2021 119 • This Time: Series 2 - Ep 6 Hang out the bunting and parp a fine fanfare, it’s the series finale and we’re hopping mad. Join us this week as we follow Alan on his quest to find something in the middle… We think we’ve found it, and ...
05.29.2021 118 • This Time: Series 2 - Ep 5 Alan takes to the skies this week as we take to the microphones to discuss This Time’s penultimate episode. We chat Cayman, Cornwall, and clapper boards, consider Gibbons Joke Sandwiches, discuss Jennie’s meek trolling, and reveal the double life of ...
05.22.2021 117 • This Time: Series 2 - Ep 4 We will rock you with our chat this week: Alan ventures into the seedy world of chemsex, Simon's under pressure to acquire a kidney machine, and Jennie is looking for somebody to love as things hit the rocks with Sam ...
05.14.2021 116 • This Time: Series 2 - Ep 3 We ponder an Alan-less This Time, look at the many faces of Nigel Lindsay, and evaluate Matt Smith's entry into the APU. Plus: we examine BBC earnings, join 'the sass', welcome back Rosie Witter and smell stuffing. Ditherers need apply; ...
05.07.2021 115 • This Time: Series 2 - Ep 2 We head into the future with Nero Costa this week, whilst also asking "Young Offenders: How many is too many?" Plus: Porridge charts, incomplete Aha's and we welcome Tash Demetriou to the APU! Oh, and only the return of Joseph ...
04.30.2021 114 • This Time: Series 2 - Ep 1 It's Alan vs monks, Director Generals vs Doctor Who and engagements vs reunions in today's adversarial episode. We review This Time S2E1 AKA 'the one where Alan finally gets a second series'. Plus: Simon! Ruth! Robocop! Glitter! GET IN TOUCH: ...
04.27.2021 113 • From The 'Post House': Part 2 (Your Feedback) Ahead of This Time’s return, we round up your feedback, from lanyard outkasts to A Partridge Christmas Carol. Plus: Alan Mastermind, putting the mince in Minstrels, and we hear from the heir to the throne of pedantry. CONTACT THE POD: ...
04.20.2021 112 • From The 'Post House': Part 1 (Your Feedback) This Time is on its way back, and you know what that means: it’s time for us to wildly speculate about what to expect, whilst we ramble through your theories, gripes and feedback covering all aspects of the APU (Alan ...
12.22.2020 Stephen Mangan (aka Dan Moody) revisited This episode was originally published on 05 Dec 2018... Stephen Mangan is our special guest as we round off the series (and year) live in London as part of London Podcast Festival. We go behind the scenes on Partridge and ...
12.15.2020 Simon Greenall (aka Michael The Geordie) revisited This episode was originally published on 13 Dec 2017... Mr Simon Greenall lifts the lid on the formation and (alleged) demise of Michael the Geordie, how Partridge gets made, and the best bits that never made it to air. But ...
12.08.2020 111 • Funny Stories: Part 2 (Your Feedback) We end the series and the year by hearing from more of the MT listenership, or ‘general public’. American things, crackpot theories, secret treasure hunts, audiobook wars, Todd-hunting (seriously?) and the Dolphinarium all feature. It's a ‘season finale’ (last in ...
12.01.2020 110 • Funny Stories: Part 1 (Your Feedback) Our penultimate episode of 2020 sees us tackling your Oasthouse feedback: from Alan's happiness levels to lesbian vampire movies, with horn warnings, celebrity rumours, full steam polling and some truly awful singing along the way. GET IN TOUCH: twitter.com/ThePartridgePod • ...
11.17.2020 109 • From The Oasthouse: Ep 18 + Series Wrap Up Lynn and Alan go into sleuth mode in the final Oasthouse episode, as we ‘meet’ High Noon, discuss the problem with Partridge’s endings and consider how Alan’s first podcast fits into the APU. We’ll be back in a few weeks ...
11.10.2020 108 • From The Oasthouse: Ep 16 + Ep 17 We join Alan in the spa (going off on Eamonn Holmes) and at home (going off on Gregg Wallace), prompting a look at how real celebs fare in the APU. Plus: Alan's restaurant review, egg chat, and we meet a ...
11.03.2020 107 • From The Oasthouse: Ep 14 + Ep 15 This week we analyse Alan’s dreams, conjure up our own travelogues and grimace a bit at the thought of service stations. Plus: Moulting! Cable cars! And, of course, Edmonds! GET IN TOUCH: twitter.com/ThePartridgePod • facebook.com/ThePartridgePod • instagram.com/MonkeyTennisPod • [email protected] • ...
10.27.2020 106 • From The Oasthouse: Ep 12 + Ep 13 Alan takes a big gulp of LA’s fresh air and tries to turn convicts into dating opportunities this week, and we’re there to dissect every development. Plus: Bathing with Seldom, Lynn’s casino windfall, and substituting D’s for T’s while broadcasting. ...
10.20.2020 105 • From The Oasthouse: Ep 10 + Ep 11 We enjoy some rich APU backstory this week as we discuss crying at podcasts, take a time capsule deep dig and meet Alan's grandkids. We also 'go bronze' with the Duke of Edinburgh and probe Alan's 'therapist'. Plus: Loft pathos, ...
10.13.2020 104 • From The Oasthouse: Ep 8 + Ep 9 This week we rummage through Alan's postbag and experience a break in. We’re talking Ross Kemp, true crime podcasting, Lynn's church enemy, The Alan Partridge Celebrity Rumour Generator, and a whole lot more. Plus: we find out Nick can’t move ...
10.06.2020 103 • Susannah Fielding (aka Jennie Gresham) Special guest Susannah Fielding (Jennie Gresham) joins us this week to reveal some This Time series 2 tidbits, and discuss the Partridge audition process. Plus: lost episodes, missing moral mazes, Jennie & Alan's complicated relationship, and we get some exciting ...
09.29.2020 102 • Tim Key (aka Sidekick Simon) Sidekick Simon himself joins us for a special episode, where we discuss becoming Simon and his decade in the APU. Plus: Kissing Daisy May Cooper, deceiving David O'Doherty & why 'Alan' is an adjective, as well as imposter syndrome, tackling ...

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