Editing Alan Partridge (section)

=== 2011–2012: ''I, Partridge'' and TV specials ===
[[File:Steve Coogan 2013.jpg|thumb|Steve Coogan in 2013]]

In 2011, a spoof autobiography, ''[[I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan]]'', written by Coogan, Iannucci and the Gibbons brothers, was published by [[HarperCollins]]. Coogan also recorded an [[audiobook]] version as Partridge. In the book, Partridge recounts his childhood and career, attempts to settle scores with people he feels have wronged him, and dispenses wisdom such as his assertion that [[Wikipedia]] has made university education "all but pointless".<ref name="Gordon-2011">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/nov/23/i-partridge-alan-partridge-review|title=I, Partridge by Alan Partridge - review|last=Gordon|first=Edmund|date=23 November 2011|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=18 December 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Coogan appeared as Partridge to promote ''I, Partridge'' on ''[[The Jonathan Ross Show]]''<ref name="Millar-2011">{{cite web|title = Steve Coogan appears as Alan Partridge on 'Jonathan Ross' - video|url = http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a343386/steve-coogan-appears-as-alan-partridge-on-jonathan-ross-video.html#~pg4J6qhizjDgvk|access-date = 14 September 2015|date = 2 October 2011|last = Millar|first = Paul|website = Digital Spy}}</ref> and [[BBC Radio 5 Live]].<ref name="BBC News">{{Cite news|title = Alan Partridge on how he killed a restaurant critic - BBC News| work=BBC News |url = https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-15204877|access-date = 2015-12-03|language = en-GB}}</ref> It received positive reviews and became a bestseller.<ref name="Husband-2013" /><ref>{{cite news |date=16 April 2015 |title=Alan Partridge 'writes' second autobiography |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32334299 |access-date=14 September 2015 |work= |publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>

On 25 June 2012, Partridge presented a one-hour Sky Atlantic special, ''[[Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life]]'', taking the viewer on a tour of Partridge's home county, [[Norfolk]].<ref name="Seale-2012">{{cite magazine|title = Meet the men who made Alan Partridge funnier than ever|url = http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-06-25/meet-the-men-who-made-alan-partridge-funnier-than-ever|access-date = 14 September 2015|date = 25 June 2012|magazine = Radio Times|last = Seale|first = Jack}}</ref> The programme earned Coogan the 2013 BAFTA for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme.<ref name="BAFTA" /> It was followed the next week by ''Open Books with Martin Bryce'', a mock literary programme discussing Partridge's autobiography.<ref name="Seale-2012" />