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TV legend Alan Partridge returns to the sofa in magazine show This Time

- MICHAEL DARLING, RICHARD MCCLURE.

Get ready for more cringe-making moments as Steve Coogan’s alter ego returns in a second series of This Time with Alan Partridge.

The comedy sees the inept broadcaster presenting weekday magazine TV show This Time with co-host Jennie Gresham (Susannah Fielding), alongside roving reporter Ruth Duggan (Lolly Adefope) and social-media expert Simon Denton (Tim Key).

Meanwhile, there are glimpses behind the scenes where Alan’s ever-faithful assistant, Lynn Benfield (Felicity Montagu), is on hand to help guide her boss through any personal or professional mishaps.

In the first series, shown in 2019, Alan was hired to stand in as co-presenter of