Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (radio series)

Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (also known as Knowing Me Knowing You) is a BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...

series of six episodes (beginning 1 December 1992). It is named after the song "Knowing Me, Knowing You

Knowing Me, Knowing You

"Knowing Me, Knowing You" is a hit single recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. The song was written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson, with the lead vocal sung by Anni-Frid Lyngstad. During recording sessions, it had the working titles of "Ring It In" and "Number 1, Number 1"...

" by ABBA

ABBA

ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...

(Alan Partridge's favourite band), which was used as the show's title music.

Steve Coogan

Steve Coogan

Stephen John "Steve" Coogan is a British comedian, actor, writer and producer. Born in Manchester, he began his career as a standup comedian and impressionist, working as a voice artist throughout the 1980s on satirical puppet show Spitting Image. In the early nineties, Coogan began creating...

played the incompetent but self-satisfied Norwich-based host, Alan Partridge

Alan Partridge

Alan Gordon Partridge is a fictional radio and television presenter portrayed by English comedian Steve Coogan and invented by Coogan, Armando Iannucci, Stewart Lee and Richard Herring for the BBC Radio 4 programme On The Hour...

. Alan was a spin-off character from the spoof radio show On the Hour
On the Hour
On the Hour was a British radio programme that parodied current affairs broadcasting, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 1991 and 1992.Written by Chris Morris, Armando Iannucci, Steven Wells, Andrew Glover, Stewart Lee, Richard Herring and David Quantick, it starred Morris as the overzealous and...

(which later transferred to TV as The Day Today
The Day Today
The Day Today is a surreal British parody of television current affairs programmes, broadcast in 1994, and created by the comedians Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris. It is an adaptation of the radio programme On the Hour, which was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 1991 and 1992...

).

Episodes

	Transmission date	Rebecca Front Rebecca Front Rebecca Front is a BAFTA Award–winning English comedian and actress best known for her performances in The Thick of It in the late 2000s, and series of critically acclaimed satirical comedies in the early 1990s: On The Hour, The Day Today and Knowing Me, Knowing You...with Alan Partridge...	David Schneider David Schneider (actor) David Schneider is an English actor and comedian.Schneider studied modern languages at the University of Oxford, and studied for a DPhil in Yiddish Drama. During his time at university, Schneider performed a predominantly physical comedy act that contrasted with the trend towards stand-up comedy...	Patrick Marber Patrick Marber Patrick Albert Crispin Marber is an English comedian, playwright, director, puppeteer, actor and screenwriter.-Early life and education:...	Doon Mackichan Doon Mackichan Doon Mackichan is an English comedienne and actress.-Biography:Born in London, Mackichan was brought up in Surrey until the age of 9 when she moved with her family to Upper Largo, Fife. She is a graduate of Manchester University...	Notes
1	1 December 1992	Ally Tennant, feminist and therapist	Peter, therapy patient; "Vegina" voice-actor	Adam Wells, Sixties figure and businessman; Lawrence Camley, highbrow novelist	Linda, therapy patient
2	8 December 1992	Janey Katz, hypnotherapist	Simon Fisher's father, John	Nick Ford, "queer" lawyer	Simon Fisher, child prodigy
3	15 December 1992	Shirley Dee, showbiz Cockney	Chris Lester, former hostage	Michel Lambert, racing driver; Phil Collins, Lester's fellow hostage
4	22 December 1992	The Duchess of Stranraer, member of the royal family	Matt Bradley, gigolo	Steve Thompson, impressionist and comedian; Craig Bradley, gigolo	Sandra Peaks, Junior Minister for Housing
5	29 December 1992	Sally Hoff, actress/singer	Bernie Rosen, Jewish comedian	Conrad Knight, actor and Sally's husband; Jack 'the Black Cat' Calson, professional gambler	Kendall Ball, Supermodel and episode co-host	"Live from Las Vegas"
6	5 January 1993	Yvonne Boyd, fashion designer	Tony Hayers, Commissioning Director of BBC Television	Lord Morgan of Glossop, irascible peer	Trudy Sky, host of The Show on Def Two
7	3 July 1993					Documentary-style programme called Knowing Knowing Me, Knowing You

Characters carried over into the TV series

Several characters from the radio series are similar to ones used in the TV series; several jokes are even reused. Doon MacKichan's character Kendall Ball did not make it into the eventual TV series but did appear in The Day Today, made between the two incarnations.

Radio	TV
Bernie Rosen	Joe Beasley
Tony Hayers	Tony Hayers
Sally Hoff	Tania Beaumont
Conrad Knight	Gary Barker
Lord Morgan of Glossop	Forbes McAllister
Yvonne Boyd	Yvonne Boyd
Janey Katz	Tony LeMesmer

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