Steve Coogan will star as comedy character Alan Partridge in a one-off special in which he investigates the supposed north-south divide in England.
The Alan Partridge’s Scissored Isle mockumentary will be broadcast on Sky Atlantic later this year. The channel has broadcast Partridge’s Mid-Morning Matters since 2012.
Set for broadcast on May 30, the special will see Partridge head to the north following a “controversial on-air incident”. Once there he will embark on a ‘deeply personal journey of redemption’ as he meets with supermarket staff, payday lenders, disaffected street gangs and food scavenging ‘freegans’ in the hope of becoming ‘a better citizen, a better man and a better, more sought-after broadcaster’.
Partridge actor Steve Coogan said: ‘It’s great to see Alan tackle the big issues of poverty and disenfranchised youth with the same clumsy ham-fistedness we would usually expect from George Osborne.’
