Editing Alan Partridge (section)

=== 1992–1995: ''Knowing Me, Knowing You'' and ''The Day Today'' ===
Marber felt Partridge had potential for other projects, and encouraged Coogan to develop his character.<ref name="Huddleston-2013"/> Coogan performed as Partridge and other characters at the 1992 [[Edinburgh Fringe]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Curtis |first=Nick |date=1992-08-18 |title=Edinburgh Festival Day 2 / Reviews: Steve Coogan in character with John Thomson |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/edinburgh-festival-day-2-reviews-steve-coogan-in-character-with-john-thomson-1541047.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005184355/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/edinburgh-festival-day-2-reviews-steve-coogan-in-character-with-john-thomson-1541047.html |archive-date=2015-10-05 |access-date=2019-05-14 |website=[[The Independent]] |language=en}}</ref> In December 1992, [[BBC Radio 4]] began broadcasting a six-episode spoof chat show, ''[[Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (radio series)|Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge]]''. The series saw Partridge irritate and offend his guests, and coined his catchphrase, "Aha!".<ref name="BBC">{{Cite web |title=BBC - Alan Partridge - Anglian Lives |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/partridge/life/anglian.shtml |access-date=14 September 2015 |website= |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref>

In 1994, ''On the Hour'' transferred to television on [[BBC Two]] as ''[[The Day Today]]'', in which Partridge reprised his role as sports reporter.<ref name="Husband-2013"/> Later that year, ''[[Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (TV series)|Knowing Me, Knowing You]]'' transferred to television.<ref name="Thompson-1994">{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Ben |date=4 September 1994 |title=Comedy / Knowing him, knowing us, ah-haah: Alan Partridge, smarmy master of the crass interview, is bringing his chat show to television. Ben Thompson meets the gauche celeb's comic creator, Steve Coogan |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy--knowing-him-knowing-us-ahhaah-alan-partridge-smarmy-master-of-the-crass-interview-is-bringing-his-chat-show-to-television-ben-thompson-meets-the-gauche-celebs-comic-creator-steve-coogan-1446647.html |access-date=14 September 2015 |work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> The series ends with Partridge accidentally shooting a guest.<ref name="BBC"/> It was nominated for the 1995 [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] for Light Entertainment Performance.<ref name="BAFTA">{{Cite web |title=BAFTA Awards Search {{!}} BAFTA Awards |url=http://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=Steve%2520Coogan |access-date=2015-11-11 |website=[[BAFTA]]}}</ref> A Christmas special, ''Knowing Me, Knowing Yule'', followed in December 1995, in which Partridge attacks a BBC commissioning editor, ending his television career.<ref name="Rees-1995">{{Cite web |last=Rees |first=Jasper |date=30 December 1995 |title=Reviews: Television ''Knowing Me Knowing Yule... with Alan Partridge'' (BBC2) |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/reviews-television-knowing-me-knowing-yule-with-alan-partridge-bbc2-its-not-easy-being-incompetent--alan-partridge-is-to-chatshow-interviewing-what-rudolf-nureyev-was-to-spot-welding-but-maybe-its-time-to-get-real-1527757.html |access-date=14 September 2015 |work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref>