Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge (also known as Knowing Me, Knowing You or abbreviated to KMKYWAP) is a British comedy show first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 as a six-episode series, which subsequently transferred to BBC Television with a series of six episodes (beginning 16 September 1994), and a Christmas special (Knowing Me, Knowing Yule). It is named after the song Knowing Me, Knowing You by ABBA (Alan Partridge's favourite band), which was used as the show's title music. Comedy is the use of humor in the form of theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy. ... BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which began in 1936. ... September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ... For the Alan Partridge talk show, see Knowing Me, Knowing You. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

The show was a parody of a chat show, and both the radio and television versions were so embarrassingly accurate that listeners and viewers often thought they were the real thing. Many wrote in to complain, for example, at Partridge slapping a child prodigy in an episode of the radio series. The series did feature an audience who clearly knew the show was a parody, but apparently this wasn't enough to persuade some listeners that it wasn't real. A talk show (U.S.) or chat show (Brit. ...

Steve Coogan played the incompetent and annoying but self-satisfied Norwich-based host, Alan Partridge. Alan was a spin-off character from the spoof radio show On The Hour (which later transferred to TV as The Day Today). Steve Coogan (born 14 October 1965 in Middleton, Greater Manchester, England) is an English actor and comedian. ... This article is about the English city. ... Alan Partridge: Every Ruddy Word Alan Partridge is a fictional character portrayed by English comedian Steve Coogan. ... On The Hour was a British radio programme that parodied current affairs broadcasting, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 1991 and 1992. ... The Day Today was a surreal British parody of television current affairs programmes. ...

Knowing Me, Knowing You was written by Coogan, Armando Iannucci (who produced the radio version) and Patrick Marber (who also starred), with contributions from the regular supporting cast of Doon Mackichan, Rebecca Front and David Schneider, who made up Alan's weekly onslaught of annoying and inane guests. Steve Brown also appeared as the man in charge of the house band, Glen Ponder. Armando Iannucci (born 1964) is a Scottish comedian, satirist and radio producer. ... Patrick Marber (born September 19, 1964) is a British Jewish writer, actor, and sometimes director associated with the kind of playwriting referred to as in-yer-face theatre. ... Doon Mackichan (born 1962, Fife, Scotland) is a British comedian. ... Rebecca Front (born June 28, 1965) is a British comedian and actress. ... David Schneider (born May 22, 1963) is a British actor and comedian. ... Steve Brown is a UK composer, working largely in TV. He wrote many of the comedy songs for satirical comedy show Spitting Image in the late 80s and early 90s. ... Glenn Ponder was a character played by Steve Brown in UK comedy series Knowing Me, Knowing You (1994). ...

Some of the more notable ‘guests’ parodied real life appearances by guests on chat shows. For example, the medical fashion parade by ‘Mrs Whippy Head’ is clearly a reference to Vivienne Westwood's infamous appearance on Wogan. Dame Vivienne Westwood DBE (born Vivienne Isabel Swire in Tintwistle, Cheshire, England on 8 April 1941) is an English fashion designer largely responsible for modern punk and new wave fashions. ... Wogan was a chat show on British television, hosted by Terry Wogan. ...

Alan went on to appear in two series of the sitcom I'm Alan Partridge, following Alan's life after his sacking from TV after punching the commissioning editor of BBC2 (David Schneider) on his Christmas special, shortly after his wife left him. A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Alan Partridge: Every Ruddy Word cover Im Alan Partridge is a British sitcom. ...

Radio Episodes

Television Episodes

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External links

• British Sitcom Guide
• Phill.co.uk Comedy Guide
• BBC Comedy Guide
• KMKYWAP on the IMDb
• Episode summaries