Oasthouse: An Alan Partridge podcast season 3 out now
August 31, 2023
Few humans in the history of civilisation have had a third series of their podcast commissioned. Fewer still have produced one that’s actually any good. Partridge Gordon Alan, or Alan Gordon Partridge to write his name the correct way round, is one of them.
Now as comfortable at the controls of a podcast as he is driving all cars and doing most swimming strokes, Alan returns with a series that whooshes around the many areas (there are approximately nine) of his life and brain. And with no regular, contracted broadcasting work to clutter up his days, Alan is free to focus on matters closer to home. Still based at his quasi-rural oasthouse, which now boasts a significantly better kettle than in series one and two, he shares with us thoughts, ideas, hopes and dreams spread across eleven episodes with a mean duration of the twenty minutes stipulated in the contract. Would a better approach have been to let the content of each episode dictate its length? Of course it would but that’s a discussion for another day.
So join Alan as he tackles the green-eyed monster of envy in his attempts to keep hold of his new love, as he navigates how to re-invigorate an increasingly distracted personal assistant, as he vies for one of the most sought-after car-related ambassadorial positions in all of east Anglia, and as he seeks to track down an old Geordie friend long-presumed dead.
They say there’s nothing more boring than the mundanities of everyday life. Well, Alan’s podcast focuses on literally nothing else. The new season is available now on Audible.
Episode descriptions:
Episode 1: Jealous – Alan risks becoming consumed with envy as he faces down a challenger for the affections of his sexy older girlfriend.
Episode 2: Car Laureate – Alan goes head to head with some of the biggest hitters in motoring media to secure a plum role.
Episode 3: Hospital Radio – Alan returns to his roots but this time as Svengali not disc jockey.
Episode 4: Tinned Meat – While Alan dedicates time to eliminating sloth, Lynn turns sleuth in a bid to track down a figure from his past.
Episode 5: Jingle – Channelling the great rock stars of old, Alan spends a night in a recording studio.
Episode 6: Coronation – Broadcasting from his kitchen, Alan provides unofficial live commentary on the coronation of King Charles III.
Episode 7: New Grandkid – Alan awaits the birth of a new grandchild, Lynn thinks she’s made a breakthrough in her search for a friend from Alan’s past.
Episode 8: New Friend – Men of a certain age find it hard to make new friends but Alan has no such problems with a Syrian in a taxi.
Episode 9: Newcastle – Alan visits the north-east, a land where time has largely stood still, in a bid to track down a long-lost Geordie acquaintance.
Episode 10: Dreams – Alan is suffering from a bout of sleep-walking involving the Titanic/Rod Stewart.
Episode 11: Wake – Alan shares his tips for correct sandwich making as Lynn grieves a dead friend.