Ah-ha!!!

[Gob]

Gunfire is predicted in north Norfolk at the weekend when filming of the long-awaited movie about spoof DJ Alan Partridge comes to Cromer.

The seaside town and its pier are being used as a location in the fictional chat show host's first feature film.

Comedian Steve Coogan, best known for his Partridge character, will be filming in Norfolk throughout the week.

The fictional Alan Gordon Partridge is allegedly Norwich's favourite chat show host.

First appearing in 1991 as a sports reporter on Radio 4's On the Hour, he moved to television in 1994 as a commentator on BBC Two's The Day Today.

After accidentally killing one of his guests, he then moved to the graveyard shift on Radio Norwich starting at 04:30 to present Up With The Partridge.

Cromer's mayor, Gwendoline Smith, said use of the locations will attract visitors and be "good for the economy".

The film will see Coogan's comic creation attempt to "salvage his public career while negotiating a potentially violent turn of events".

The pier will be closed to public access from Sunday to Tuesday, 26 February and will feature in a scene towards the end of the film.

Films shot in Norfolk include:

Stardust (2007)
Atonement (2007)
A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
Die Another Day (2002)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Julia (1977)
The Eagle has Landed (1976)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Out of Africa (1985)
Tarka the Otter (1979)
The Dambusters (1955)

Kevin Loader, a producer on the £4m Alan Partridge Movie, said: "Alan has finally decided the time is right to make the jump to the big screen.

"Cromer Pier is such a gorgeous, historic, architectural landmark.

"We felt that to do the movement to the big screen justice we needed something that would register properly cinematically and I think Cromer Pier will do that job brilliantly."

The scenes being filmed in Cromer will be shot around the pier, Jetty Cliff and in front of the Hotel de Paris.

"If you come to the pier you will see what looks like a heavy police presence, but most of them are actors so don't worry," said Mr Loader.

Ian Hall, general manager at Cromer Pier said: "It's very exciting and quite prestigious. We've had lots of filming for various reasons on the past, but this is probably the highest profile.

"Our experience is that everybody will be talking about it for a long time afterwards. We often get customers come up, a year or two down the line, and say 'we saw you in such and such'."


John Lee, North Norfolk District Council cabinet member for tourism, said: "We are really looking forward to the filming and seeing the movie when it is released.

"It will be a great advertisement for north Norfolk and I'm sure it will attract many new visitors to our wonderful coast and countryside."

Mr Loader added: "Norfolk has an absolutely distinctive landscape and we felt, especially with Cromer Pier, something that felt very unspoilt.

"Norwich itself is a very distinctive city centre - obviously ancient and beautiful, but a very interesting mix now between new developments and the medieval lanes. It's a wonderful combination and we're very pleased to be there."

The Alan Partridge Movie is scheduled for release in August.

If you've not seen any Alan Partridge, it's highly recommended cringe comedy.

[Sean]

Brilliant! I've been waiting a long time for some new Partridge...

Now if he'd just bring back Tony Ferrino...

[oldr_n_wsr]

After accidentally killing one of his guests,

[Sean]

After accidentally killing one of his guests,

It wasn't his fault oldr... I mean, who brings a pair of duelling pistols onto a chat show and doesn't inform the sweaty-handed host that they are loaded?

[oldr_n_wsr]

Is that what happened?
First rule of guns
Assume they are always loaded.

maybe had he grown up where we know the rules of guns, he would not have shot his guest? Just saying

[Guinevere]

Or, A-ha!

[Lord Jim]

One of the early rock-video classics...

[Crackpot]

Speaking of Seth macfarlane

[Sean]

Is that what happened?
First rule of guns
Assume they are always loaded.

maybe had he grown up where we know the rules of guns, he would not have shot his guest? Just saying

It could not have been avoided oldr. Fforbes McAllister was destined to die that night. It was written. The worst thing about it was that the BBC used the incident as an excuse not to greenlight a second series.

I'm sure that there is footage of the incident on YouTube...

[Rick]

There be more of a discrepancy for Tarka the Otter than it's listing being not in any sequence.

According to this link it was filmed on the River Torr in Devon England

[Gob]

[Sean]

Have you seen this yet Strop?

[Gob]

Yup, it was one of the ones on our flight to the UK, hysterical!!!

[Sean]

I watched it last night:

"Lynn, I've got the breakfast show! I'm going to call myself either the morning rooster or the talking cock!"

Classic Alan!