Alan Partridge: Big Beacon - Alan Partridge - 2023

By: Alan Partridge Narrated by: Alan Partridge Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 10-12-23 Categories: Comedy & Humor, Performing Arts Language: English Publisher: Seven Dials Format: mp3 64/48 stereo

Note: Includes the accompanying supplemental enhancement (pdf)

In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the odds. TWICE.

Using an innovative 'dual narrative' structure you sometimes see in films, Big Beacon tells the story of how Partridge heroically rebuilt his TV career, rising like a phoenix from the desolate wasteland of local radio to climb to the summit of Mount Primetime and regain the nationwide prominence his talent merits.

But then something quite unexpected and moving, because Big Beacon also tells the story of a selfless man, driven to restore an old lighthouse to its former glory, motivated by nothing more than respect for a quietly heroic old building that many take for granted, which some people think is a metaphor for Alan himself even though it's not really for them to say.*

Leaving his old life behind and relocating to a small coastal village in Kent, Alan battles through adversity, wins the hearts and minds of a suspicious community, and ultimately shows himself to be a quite wonderful man.

• The two strands will run in tandem, their narrative arcs mirroring each other to make the parallels between the two stories abundantly clear to the less able reader.

©2023 Alan Partridge (P)2023 Orion Publishing Group Limited

Critic reviews

"Not only has Alan Partridge created an entirely new storytelling structure, it's very funny indeed." Jon Ronson

'Partridge... has become the man our time deserves. Aha!' The Times

Enjoy and Seed!!