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Hello. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:31 | |
My name's Mark Williams, Steve Coogan's only real friend. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:35 | |
Welcome to Steve Coogan: The Inside Story, | 0:00:35 | 0:00:38 | |
a celebration of one of the greatest comic actors of all time. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:43 | |
Smell my cheese, you mother! | 0:00:43 | 0:00:45 | |
I mean, he's always been my favourite comedian. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:49 | |
Safe sex. It's very important. Safe sex. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:52 | |
Take precautions. Put your fag out! | 0:00:52 | 0:00:55 | |
I was at college doing drama and I did my dissertation on Steve. | 0:00:56 | 0:01:01 | |
It's all right, love. I don't bite. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:03 | |
That's extra. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:06 | |
He wants to build a thing that people will recognise | 0:01:06 | 0:01:09 | |
and see is good. And that's his ambition. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:11 | |
I think my biggest influence is probably me. | 0:01:11 | 0:01:16 | |
Here's what the British public thinks about him. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:19 | |
-Tell us what you know about Steve Coogan. -Nothing at all. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:22 | |
-Paul or Pauline...? -Calf. -Don't know. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:25 | |
We don't know Steve Coogan. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:27 | |
Steve Coogan. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:29 | |
RASPING WHEEZY LAUGH | 0:01:29 | 0:01:31 | |
Is that OK? | 0:01:36 | 0:01:37 | |
I think he's funny, you know? Sometimes very funny. | 0:01:37 | 0:01:40 | |
-What do you think? -I agree. -He thinks he's funny. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:43 | |
-Sometimes very funny. -Yeah. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
That's the guy, the DJ... You got me at the wrong time, man! You know. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:50 | |
He makes me laugh, you know? Sometimes a lot. | 0:01:50 | 0:01:54 | |
-What do you think? -I agree. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:56 | |
-He makes him laugh. -Sometimes a lot. | 0:01:56 | 0:01:59 | |
Hi. I'm Lionel Blair. I've never actually met Steve Coogan. Shall I just give a thumbs up? | 0:01:59 | 0:02:05 | |
Ange, help me. He's a DJ... | 0:02:05 | 0:02:08 | |
Arthur Scargill. National Union of Miners. Steve Coogan is a scab and should not be on British TV. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:14 | |
Steve Coogan. Man, you've got me at a bad time. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:18 | |
I've seen Steve Coogan in several places. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:20 | |
Twice in the city centre, just off Piccadilly, once in the Arndale, | 0:02:20 | 0:02:24 | |
twice in Stockport and once in Preston. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:27 | |
Based on Terry Wogan, or that sort of thing. A DJ, man. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:32 | |
Hey! | 0:02:32 | 0:02:34 | |
HIGH-PITCHED SQEAKING | 0:02:34 | 0:02:36 | |
Catch-a-goo-goo, yeah. The one that got us up. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:39 | |
-You know, the one where he was... -Partridge. -Alan Partridge. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:44 | |
-Alan Partridge. -That's it! Whoa, we got there. Just wicked. Amazing. | 0:02:44 | 0:02:48 | |
Steve's not just a comedian. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:50 | |
He's a shape-shifting chameleon. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:52 | |
A man of many accents, faces, wigs and dance steps. | 0:02:52 | 0:02:57 | |
We've talked to people who know him and who have worked with him. | 0:02:57 | 0:03:01 | |
Let's get the Inside Story. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:03 | |
The real Steve Coogan? | 0:03:04 | 0:03:07 | |
My God, that's a hard question, isn't it? | 0:03:07 | 0:03:11 | |
I've been going to aerobics, three times a week. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:13 | |
You know aerobics - people jumping up and down in leotards. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:17 | |
But I get a discount cos I just sit and watch. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:20 | |
A lot of guys have one brilliant character, | 0:03:21 | 0:03:24 | |
then every so often you get someone who has four or five. And Steve's one. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:28 | |
"F.Raphael." | 0:03:28 | 0:03:30 | |
I used to have a teacher at school called Frank Raphael. | 0:03:30 | 0:03:34 | |
"Sweaty Raphael", we used to call him. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:37 | |
Big sweating stains under his armpits. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:39 | |
I've just realised it's you. How the devil are you? | 0:03:39 | 0:03:41 | |
He loved the camera and the camera loved him. | 0:03:41 | 0:03:44 | |
He used to make love to the camera. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:46 | |
Literally. We'd go away for lunch, | 0:03:46 | 0:03:49 | |
-come back, and he'd make love to the camera. -Right. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:52 | |
-In our absence. -He'd say it was Swarfega. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:55 | |
My first marriage split up many years ago. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:57 | |
We were young. We wanted different things from life. | 0:03:57 | 0:04:00 | |
I wanted to travel, see the world and broaden my horizons. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:04 | |
She wanted to be a big fat pig. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:06 | |
Hello. My name's Tom Fun and this is my partner Derek de Bouvoir-St-James. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:13 | |
-of Mayfair. -Mayfair. We were Mr Coogan's make-up artists | 0:04:13 | 0:04:17 | |
throughout the 1990s. | 0:04:17 | 0:04:19 | |
Steve Coogan, what a shit! | 0:04:19 | 0:04:21 | |
I think you'll find he was a bag of shit. | 0:04:21 | 0:04:24 | |
A church near me was recently broken into by a bunch of crack addicts. | 0:04:24 | 0:04:28 | |
If it wasn't nailed down, they just took it with them. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:31 | |
So at least Jesus was safe. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:34 | |
The odd thing about Steve is to remember certain trigger words. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:38 | |
Certain words will frighten Steve. Words like bone, banana, truth, | 0:04:38 | 0:04:43 | |
and the other one is bread. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:46 | |
As long as you're careful with those words, he's like a little dog. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:50 | |
He's lovely. He'll sit on your lap and he'll lick your face. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:53 | |
Do you like me hair? | 0:04:53 | 0:04:55 | |
It's by L'Oreal. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:57 | |
Why? | 0:04:57 | 0:04:59 | |
Cos I'm worth it! | 0:04:59 | 0:05:01 | |
Knob-head! | 0:05:01 | 0:05:03 | |
He used to do this all the time. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:06 | |
His PA would say, "Mr Coogan, I've got a note for you from Owen Wilson" or something, | 0:05:06 | 0:05:10 | |
and he'd go, "So what?" | 0:05:10 | 0:05:12 | |
Steve's violent, something we like to keep quiet in the business. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:16 | |
But it's best it's out and about. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:18 | |
Um, it comes about. It's very sporadic, | 0:05:18 | 0:05:21 | |
it's very sharp and it's very unexpected. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:25 | |
Frequently, it's when I'm sleeping. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:27 | |
A bloke by us won the lottery the other week. I couldn't believe it! | 0:05:29 | 0:05:32 | |
I went round his house and said, "You must be sick of these people pretending to be your mates." | 0:05:32 | 0:05:38 | |
And he said to me, "Who are you?" | 0:05:38 | 0:05:40 | |
The real Steve Coogan is... | 0:05:42 | 0:05:45 | |
It's a bit of a conundrum, really, cos he's probably got about nine syndromes. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:50 | |
I tried sex once in a remand centre. | 0:05:50 | 0:05:53 | |
It wasn't really for me. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:56 | |
They all seemed to enjoy it! | 0:05:56 | 0:05:58 | |
I was only visiting. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:03 | |
He's such a chameleon. He actually changes physically. | 0:06:03 | 0:06:06 | |
Your neighbour has made a complaint. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:09 | |
Know what he called me? He said I was a blight on society. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:13 | |
I think that's what he said. I couldn't tell cos he's Scotch. | 0:06:15 | 0:06:19 | |
Steve is a lot of different things. He's always fascinated me as a person. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:23 | |
I wouldn't want to try and describe him in any way. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:26 | |
There's Dan! Dan! Dan! | 0:06:26 | 0:06:30 | |
Dan! | 0:06:30 | 0:06:31 | |
Dan! | 0:06:31 | 0:06:33 | |
DAN!! | 0:06:33 | 0:06:35 | |
Dan! | 0:06:35 | 0:06:37 | |
Dan! | 0:06:38 | 0:06:39 | |
Dan! | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
Dan! Dan! Dan! | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
Dan! | 0:06:44 | 0:06:46 | |
Dan! | 0:06:46 | 0:06:47 | |
Dan! Dan! | 0:06:48 | 0:06:50 | |
No, he's not seeing me. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:53 | |
I'll get him later. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:55 | |
Dan!! | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
'How did it all begin?' | 0:07:00 | 0:07:02 | |
Well, back in the '80s, a young, fresh-faced lad from north Manchester | 0:07:02 | 0:07:07 | |
made an immediate impression. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:09 | |
And not as a stand-up. As a fine mimic. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:13 | |
Neil Kinnock: Well, it's quite obvious this person is frustrated with the poll tax, | 0:07:13 | 0:07:18 | |
as is everyone. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:20 | |
He would come over to Ireland for his holidays. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:23 | |
And I remember there was a cat in the yard. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:26 | |
-There was a... -Black cat. -There was a cat in the yard. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:31 | |
It... It... It was a...black-and-white cat in the yard. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:37 | |
And he was... | 0:07:37 | 0:07:39 | |
he was out in the yard with a cat. | 0:07:39 | 0:07:43 | |
And he was forever with the voices. | 0:07:43 | 0:07:45 | |
He was forever with the voices. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:48 | |
-DEEP AMERICAN VOICE: -One man is The Terminator. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
That man is Ronnie Corbett. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:54 | |
-AS RONNIE CORBETT: -One question, please. | 0:07:55 | 0:07:58 | |
Now, the thing is... | 0:07:58 | 0:08:00 | |
the thing is, I am The Terminator. You know. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:03 | |
Which means I have to blow people away. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:08 | |
Which isn't very nice. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:10 | |
The first time I ever got up and did stand-up on stage was with Steve. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:15 | |
Roger Moore having an argument with Sean Connery. | 0:08:15 | 0:08:18 | |
"I was the best Bond." "You weren't." | 0:08:18 | 0:08:20 | |
-AS SEAN CONNERY: -So, Q, what equipment do you have for me this week? | 0:08:20 | 0:08:24 | |
It was 1982. Steve had the world at his feet. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:27 | |
We were on Joe Pasquale's yacht, moored off Weymouth. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:30 | |
Everyone was there. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:33 | |
Joe Bugner, Henry Cooper, | 0:08:33 | 0:08:37 | |
Kevin Keegan, Noam Chomsky, Gore Vidal, | 0:08:37 | 0:08:41 | |
half of Duran Duran - let's just say Duran! | 0:08:41 | 0:08:44 | |
And I took Steve to one side and said, "Steve, stick with the voices. | 0:08:44 | 0:08:49 | |
"Stick with the funny voices. Don't do the characters." | 0:08:49 | 0:08:52 | |
And he didn't listen. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:54 | |
And I have to say, had he heeded my words, | 0:08:54 | 0:08:57 | |
right now, he'd be living in a large detached house in Guildford. | 0:08:57 | 0:09:02 | |
His first excursion into character comedy was Duncan Thicket, | 0:09:02 | 0:09:06 | |
a wannabe stand-up comic who really makes people laugh. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:11 | |
But for all the wrong reasons. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:13 | |
The problem with me comedy, right, is it's hard-hitting | 0:09:13 | 0:09:17 | |
and up-to-the-minute, | 0:09:17 | 0:09:18 | |
without being funny. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:20 | |
If I get the third one, we're up and running. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:24 | |
Duncan Thicket is a particular favourite of mine. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:27 | |
Apart from anything else, that should not work. | 0:09:27 | 0:09:29 | |
You should not be able to go on stage doing a bad comedy routine. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:33 | |
I've got another catchphrase. I do something like a joke | 0:09:33 | 0:09:37 | |
and I say, "Is that funny?" And you say, "No! | 0:09:37 | 0:09:40 | |
"It's hilarious!" | 0:09:40 | 0:09:42 | |
Do remember the second part of that. It's very important. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:47 | |
As soon as you see him, and this is a testament to Steve's ability to create a character, | 0:09:47 | 0:09:53 | |
you know that he's terribly tragic. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:57 | |
A terribly, terribly tragic character. | 0:09:57 | 0:10:00 | |
Do you remember being at school? The happiest days of your life. | 0:10:00 | 0:10:03 | |
Unless you were bullied. | 0:10:03 | 0:10:05 | |
You'd come home at the end of the day | 0:10:05 | 0:10:08 | |
and you'd take your anorak off | 0:10:08 | 0:10:10 | |
and the back would be completely covered in gob! | 0:10:10 | 0:10:13 | |
Where did it come from? | 0:10:15 | 0:10:17 | |
Oh, yes. I think so. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:20 | |
I think so. | 0:10:20 | 0:10:22 | |
-RONNIE ANCONA: -It's almost as if he's got an anorak permanently grafted to him. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:27 | |
He has a great ability to do "nerd" well. | 0:10:27 | 0:10:30 | |
Wonder where he gets that from? | 0:10:32 | 0:10:34 | |
Have you ever noticed, have you ever noticed, right, | 0:10:34 | 0:10:37 | |
women, they don't like you taking their photographs at the baths, do they? | 0:10:37 | 0:10:42 | |
Especially with the underwater camera! | 0:10:44 | 0:10:48 | |
What's the problem? You can't see their heads. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:51 | |
Another early character was Ernest Moss, | 0:10:52 | 0:10:55 | |
a health and safety officer who believed that a fun night out should be taken seriously. | 0:10:55 | 0:11:00 | |
-Good evening. -Hello. -Hello. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:03 | |
My name is Ernest Moss. | 0:11:04 | 0:11:06 | |
I'm here to give you a lecture on safety. Then you can get on with the fun. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:10 | |
What you wear is all-important. Let's take six ordinary people | 0:11:10 | 0:11:14 | |
you might find in any town or village. | 0:11:14 | 0:11:17 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:11:17 | 0:11:19 | |
Now, I would only have one of these men on a building site. | 0:11:22 | 0:11:28 | |
And quite simply, it's the man who's got the best equipment. | 0:11:29 | 0:11:32 | |
Which in this case is this man. | 0:11:33 | 0:11:36 | |
Why? Because he's got a hard helmet. | 0:11:36 | 0:11:39 | |
Now, I wouldn't mind... | 0:11:42 | 0:11:45 | |
I wouldn't mind having any of the others, I'd have the lot of them, | 0:11:45 | 0:11:49 | |
as long as they wore some sort of protection. | 0:11:49 | 0:11:52 | |
The only other one I consider as he stands | 0:11:54 | 0:11:56 | |
is this man. | 0:11:56 | 0:11:58 | |
Why? | 0:12:01 | 0:12:03 | |
Why? Because he's wearing leather chaps. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:06 | |
Not to be sniffed at. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:08 | |
Working in Manchester alongside up-and-coming talents John Thomson and Caroline Aherne, | 0:12:09 | 0:12:15 | |
it wasn't long before Granada TV gave the three young character comedians | 0:12:15 | 0:12:20 | |
their own local television pilot. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:23 | |
And now a regional round-up of what's been happening locally... | 0:12:23 | 0:12:25 | |
-..in your own region... -..on your own doorstep... -And it's local. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:30 | |
-What is it? -It's local! | 0:12:30 | 0:12:32 | |
Weather Watch. Well, the sun really did have its hat on today. | 0:12:32 | 0:12:35 | |
Hip-hip hooray, he's coming out to play locally. | 0:12:35 | 0:12:39 | |
But it rained in London! | 0:12:40 | 0:12:43 | |
I heard about this guy making a big stink at the Edinburgh Festival. | 0:12:43 | 0:12:47 | |
I wanted to be part of that stink. | 0:12:47 | 0:12:49 | |
I knew that one day I'd have that guy on my channel. | 0:12:49 | 0:12:52 | |
JOHN THOMSON: The head of Granada comedy at the time | 0:12:52 | 0:12:55 | |
looked at three local turns | 0:12:55 | 0:12:58 | |
that might work well together. That was me, Caroline Aherne and Steve. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:01 | |
Please welcome Hollywood's pretty woman, Julia Roberts. | 0:13:01 | 0:13:06 | |
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING | 0:13:06 | 0:13:08 | |
# ..walking down the street, Pretty Woman | 0:13:08 | 0:13:11 | |
# Kind I like to meet, Pretty Woman... # | 0:13:11 | 0:13:15 | |
Julia, welcome to the show. You look beautiful. | 0:13:19 | 0:13:22 | |
Thanks. Lovely. Cheers. | 0:13:22 | 0:13:24 | |
You're a pretty woman with a huge success. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:26 | |
Do you feel it glamorised prostitution? | 0:13:26 | 0:13:29 | |
Not really, no. I mean... | 0:13:29 | 0:13:32 | |
I was paid to play a sexy lady. | 0:13:32 | 0:13:35 | |
That's what I do. That's what I am, a sexy lady. | 0:13:35 | 0:13:39 | |
Hollywood was stunned to hear of your break-up with Kiefer Sutherland. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:43 | |
How do you feel about that now? | 0:13:43 | 0:13:44 | |
I'm still very bitter about what happened between me and Kiefer. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:48 | |
But I do still have a soft spot for him. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:52 | |
It's a swamp at the bottom of our garden! | 0:13:52 | 0:13:54 | |
No, I'm joking, you know. | 0:13:54 | 0:13:56 | |
But that's the way I cope with it. | 0:13:56 | 0:13:59 | |
Yeah, remember that show we did with him up in Manchester? | 0:13:59 | 0:14:03 | |
-Manchester. -Up north. | 0:14:03 | 0:14:04 | |
With John Thomson, Caroline Aherne - Royle Family. | 0:14:04 | 0:14:08 | |
John Thomson - Coronation Street. | 0:14:08 | 0:14:10 | |
-They've gone on to great things, whereas Coogan... -What was it called? | 0:14:10 | 0:14:14 | |
-What was it called? -Dead Good Show. -Dead something. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:17 | |
-It was the first... -It died a death, anyway. Puh-ka-chumba! | 0:14:17 | 0:14:21 | |
'Kowalski is not just a cop. | 0:14:21 | 0:14:24 | |
'He's a cop with a sofa.' | 0:14:24 | 0:14:27 | |
There was a sofa. That sofa in the room. It was disgusting. | 0:14:28 | 0:14:32 | |
And I was leaning on it and Steve went, "Do you know what you look like? | 0:14:34 | 0:14:38 | |
"You look like an American cop. | 0:14:38 | 0:14:40 | |
"Leaning on this sofa going, 'In 24 hours...'" | 0:14:40 | 0:14:43 | |
One of them kinda... He went, "Wouldn't that be funny?" And that's how writing happens. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:48 | |
He went, "Imagine you were a cop with a sofa. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:51 | |
"Your wife left you. The nearest thing to love you could find was that sofa." | 0:14:51 | 0:14:57 | |
Get me Kowalski, the cop with the sofa. | 0:14:57 | 0:15:01 | |
I want his arse down here now! | 0:15:01 | 0:15:03 | |
You're nothing special, Kowalski! | 0:15:03 | 0:15:05 | |
You're just a cop with a sofa bed. | 0:15:05 | 0:15:07 | |
It ain't a sofa bed. | 0:15:08 | 0:15:10 | |
It's just a sofa. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:12 | |
Steve's first big break on national TV | 0:15:12 | 0:15:15 | |
came with the work-shy Mancunian pub philosopher, Paul Calf. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:19 | |
My name's Paul Calf. I support Man City. | 0:15:19 | 0:15:22 | |
I like drinking. I like a laugh, chat, bit of a debate, | 0:15:22 | 0:15:27 | |
argument, scrap, fight, punch-up, | 0:15:27 | 0:15:30 | |
break some bloke's nose. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:32 | |
I like life. | 0:15:32 | 0:15:33 | |
MUSIC: "Roll With It" by Oasis | 0:15:33 | 0:15:35 | |
MUSIC STOPS | 0:15:52 | 0:15:54 | |
It was between that and an Audi TT. | 0:16:00 | 0:16:03 | |
Steve Coogan, he was fantastic. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:07 | |
Steve Coogan, he was tremendous. | 0:16:07 | 0:16:10 | |
-You got your Paul Calf. -Lovely. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:12 | |
-He used to bait the students. -Get in, there! -Get in there! | 0:16:12 | 0:16:16 | |
Do you know what I can't stand? | 0:16:16 | 0:16:18 | |
I can't bleeding stand students. | 0:16:19 | 0:16:23 | |
Students! Do you know what I mean? | 0:16:23 | 0:16:26 | |
I was at college doing drama and I did my dissertation on Steve. | 0:16:26 | 0:16:30 | |
"Ooh, Julian, have you done your thesis?" | 0:16:30 | 0:16:33 | |
I tried to find it. | 0:16:34 | 0:16:36 | |
I couldn't find it, but what I did unearth, | 0:16:36 | 0:16:38 | |
in my file marked "Dissertation", | 0:16:38 | 0:16:41 | |
and this isn't like a huge thing, | 0:16:41 | 0:16:43 | |
my dissertation is actually on these floppy disks. | 0:16:43 | 0:16:47 | |
I found all this stuff. A signed Paul Calf beer mat. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:51 | |
A signed picture of Steve which I must have written to him to get. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:58 | |
Another signed picture which was on my bedroom wall. | 0:16:58 | 0:17:00 | |
Palace Theatre tickets. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:03 | |
I always like that one with the wigs in the background. | 0:17:03 | 0:17:06 | |
I mean, tour dates. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:08 | |
This feels like it's going nowhere, but what's odd is that I end up | 0:17:10 | 0:17:14 | |
in a successful show that is headed by Baby Cow, owned by Steve. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:19 | |
I've seen Steve on set. I don't think he knows anything about this. | 0:17:19 | 0:17:24 | |
I feel slightly demeaned, now. | 0:17:24 | 0:17:27 | |
I feel slightly dirty | 0:17:27 | 0:17:29 | |
and degraded. | 0:17:29 | 0:17:31 | |
Students. | 0:17:32 | 0:17:34 | |
I went to the chippy the other night to get a bit of nose bag. | 0:17:34 | 0:17:38 | |
There was a student at the front of the queue... | 0:17:38 | 0:17:42 | |
..writing a cheque for a bag of chips! | 0:17:43 | 0:17:46 | |
A bleeding cheque for a bag of chips! | 0:17:48 | 0:17:50 | |
Bag o' shite! | 0:17:52 | 0:17:54 | |
Paul Calf was a very angry young man, | 0:17:55 | 0:17:57 | |
intolerant of students and their bags of shit. | 0:17:57 | 0:17:59 | |
I commissioned him without diligence or due forethought. | 0:17:59 | 0:18:03 | |
I had to go to the job centre the other day for a Restart interview. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:07 | |
It really bugs me | 0:18:07 | 0:18:09 | |
cos I'm available for work. | 0:18:09 | 0:18:11 | |
It's not my fault there's no vacancies for a netball coach! | 0:18:11 | 0:18:14 | |
Mr Coogan was terribly nervous | 0:18:15 | 0:18:18 | |
for about the last just about 20 seconds before a live show, | 0:18:18 | 0:18:22 | |
-wasn't he? -So? | 0:18:22 | 0:18:24 | |
-You used to give him something to calm his nerves. -A kick up the arse. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:28 | |
I've met the real Peter Stringfellow. | 0:18:28 | 0:18:30 | |
He's a bit of an odd ball, isn't he? | 0:18:30 | 0:18:32 | |
Have you seen the haircut on him? | 0:18:32 | 0:18:34 | |
What does he think he looks like? | 0:18:35 | 0:18:39 | |
The way he spoke and how he talked about women. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:42 | |
It was very familiar. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:43 | |
Do you know what I'm sick and tired of? | 0:18:43 | 0:18:46 | |
People coming up to me, saying, "Paul, you're a sexist." | 0:18:46 | 0:18:50 | |
I'm not! I'm not a sexist. I'm a radical feminist. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:53 | |
I am. You've got to be these days if you want to get your end away. | 0:18:53 | 0:18:58 | |
Most people in Manchester know of somebody like that. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:02 | |
Or are that person! If you don't know somebody, that is you! | 0:19:02 | 0:19:05 | |
You've got to stick up for Beckham. | 0:19:05 | 0:19:07 | |
It bugs me when people say, "David Beckham's not very clever." | 0:19:07 | 0:19:11 | |
They don't say "Stephen Hawking's shit at football." | 0:19:11 | 0:19:15 | |
With Paul Calf a hit, Steve gambled on creating a brand-new character | 0:19:17 | 0:19:22 | |
on live TV. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:23 | |
With only a week of preparation, Paul's sister Pauline was born. | 0:19:23 | 0:19:28 | |
I've been all over the world. I love culture. I've been to Lanzarote, | 0:19:28 | 0:19:31 | |
Benidorm, Ibiza and Majorca. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:35 | |
Nicaragua, that were crap. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:37 | |
Full of students picking coffee beans. | 0:19:38 | 0:19:41 | |
Anyway, when I was in Ibiza, that's when I met Andy. | 0:19:42 | 0:19:46 | |
Andy was dead sophisticated. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:48 | |
Didn't stick his tongue in for ages when he were kissing me. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:51 | |
He said he wanted to take things slowly. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:54 | |
I didn't mind cos I'd just been sick! | 0:19:54 | 0:19:56 | |
People say to me, "Do you love Steve?" "Are you in love with Steve?" | 0:19:57 | 0:20:00 | |
No, I'm not. I have found him attractive - only twice. | 0:20:00 | 0:20:05 | |
One of those times was when he was Pauline Calf. | 0:20:05 | 0:20:07 | |
I'm Pauline Calf, Paul's sister. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:10 | |
I work in a chemist at the moment but I'd like to be a beautician in a salon. | 0:20:10 | 0:20:15 | |
I'm 24, single and gagging for it! | 0:20:15 | 0:20:19 | |
Only joking! I'm 25! | 0:20:21 | 0:20:23 | |
Tom, you used to spend an age making him into Pauline Calf. | 0:20:23 | 0:20:26 | |
Yes, I turned him into the most wonderful woman. | 0:20:26 | 0:20:30 | |
-I used to buff his legs. -You spent a lot of time on his legs. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:33 | |
A lot of time down there, yes. | 0:20:33 | 0:20:35 | |
In Dubai, I tried to mix with the locals. | 0:20:35 | 0:20:38 | |
So I organised a wet burka competition. | 0:20:38 | 0:20:41 | |
No, they loved it. You should have seen their faces! | 0:20:43 | 0:20:46 | |
Well, you couldn't, but you know. | 0:20:48 | 0:20:51 | |
Quite sexy. I fancied Pauline Calf. | 0:20:51 | 0:20:53 | |
Which was a bit odd. Really odd. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:55 | |
Tell you who's really posh - Posh. | 0:20:55 | 0:20:58 | |
Yes. She does a lot of work for charity. She gives all her clothes to starving children. | 0:20:58 | 0:21:02 | |
Well, who else are they gonna fit? | 0:21:02 | 0:21:04 | |
I heard you did it with her. | 0:21:06 | 0:21:08 | |
That's what I heard. Don't get narked. I heard you did it with her. | 0:21:08 | 0:21:12 | |
Did you do it with her? | 0:21:12 | 0:21:14 | |
-No. -You did, didn't you? | 0:21:16 | 0:21:19 | |
You did, didn't you? You did it, didn't you? | 0:21:19 | 0:21:22 | |
Phwaar! | 0:21:22 | 0:21:23 | |
I reckon he did with Pauline. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:26 | |
I've got a tattoo. See me tattoo? It's Chinese. | 0:21:26 | 0:21:29 | |
I wanted something that suited me | 0:21:29 | 0:21:31 | |
so I asked him to put in Chinese "Free spirit of the night." | 0:21:31 | 0:21:35 | |
But he wasn't very good. I had it translated and it says, "Free spirits all night." | 0:21:35 | 0:21:40 | |
I keep being followed by Chinese winos! | 0:21:40 | 0:21:43 | |
I don't like it when he does the lady. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:46 | |
I don't like him to dress as a lady. | 0:21:46 | 0:21:49 | |
I like the characters he does. | 0:21:49 | 0:21:51 | |
They're fine, funny and they're grand characters he does. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:56 | |
I don't like when he dresses as a lady | 0:21:56 | 0:21:58 | |
because he has to pretend to have a vagina. I don't like that. | 0:21:58 | 0:22:02 | |
I've got one on one of me buttocks. | 0:22:02 | 0:22:05 | |
It's quite subtle. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:07 | |
It says "Swollen goods not accepted. Please try round the front." | 0:22:07 | 0:22:11 | |
He/She is believable. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:16 | |
Even though it's a bloke, dressed up again. | 0:22:16 | 0:22:19 | |
It's believable. | 0:22:19 | 0:22:21 | |
When she reads from her books and that, her novels. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:24 | |
I've written a new novel. | 0:22:24 | 0:22:27 | |
It's very sort of jet set. Lots of mystery and intrigue. | 0:22:27 | 0:22:30 | |
Very sophisticated. Very intellectual. | 0:22:30 | 0:22:32 | |
It's called "She Shat Herself". | 0:22:32 | 0:22:35 | |
"Chapter one, in which our heroine meets her match. | 0:22:36 | 0:22:40 | |
"Her name was Polly Lamb. She was blonde and petite. | 0:22:40 | 0:22:43 | |
"A size eight." | 0:22:43 | 0:22:45 | |
We talked about how I was called Florence cos that's where I was conceived. | 0:22:47 | 0:22:51 | |
Like Brooklyn Beckham and Van Morrison. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:54 | |
"That night they made love on his antique revolving water bed | 0:22:57 | 0:23:00 | |
"as fireworks lit up the sky. | 0:23:00 | 0:23:03 | |
"Rockets. More rockets. | 0:23:03 | 0:23:05 | |
"Catherine wheels, Roman candles, bangers, jumping jacks. | 0:23:05 | 0:23:09 | |
"'What's that noise?', she enquired. | 0:23:09 | 0:23:13 | |
"'Bangers', he replied. | 0:23:13 | 0:23:14 | |
"'I'm doing me best!', she exclaimed." | 0:23:14 | 0:23:17 | |
It's pretty astonishing how feminine he is. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:21 | |
Also, over the years of playing Pauline Calf how much Pauline changes. | 0:23:21 | 0:23:25 | |
Yes, I look after myself. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:28 | |
I get three medium-sized portions a day. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:30 | |
As for food, mind your own business! | 0:23:30 | 0:23:33 | |
Steve had plans for new characters | 0:23:33 | 0:23:35 | |
and very soon the BBC gave him his own series - | 0:23:35 | 0:23:38 | |
Coogan's Run. | 0:23:38 | 0:23:40 | |
Oh, yes, she's a beauty. A real temptress. | 0:23:55 | 0:23:59 | |
I'm looking at her right now. | 0:23:59 | 0:24:01 | |
Anti-lock brakes, alloy wheels, air con... | 0:24:01 | 0:24:04 | |
Hey, you! Get away from that car! Go on, bugger off! | 0:24:05 | 0:24:09 | |
I swear Keith is gonna crap himself when he sees it. | 0:24:09 | 0:24:12 | |
Twat! | 0:24:12 | 0:24:14 | |
No, not yet. One big sale and I'm in the Diamond Club. Yeah. | 0:24:14 | 0:24:18 | |
What? Yeah, we should get together. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:21 | |
Shoot a game of pool, like the old days. | 0:24:21 | 0:24:24 | |
Yeah. Listen, just you and me on the town. We'll get completely rat-arsed. | 0:24:24 | 0:24:29 | |
Yeah. All right. OK. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:32 | |
Bye, Mum. Bye! | 0:24:32 | 0:24:34 | |
Coogan's Run, the Gareth Cheeseman episode | 0:24:34 | 0:24:38 | |
is as good a half an hour of his work as he's ever produced, I think. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:43 | |
-I'd like to report a robbery. -Where did it happen? | 0:24:43 | 0:24:46 | |
In outer space, where do you think? In the bloody hotel last night. | 0:24:46 | 0:24:50 | |
-QUIETLY: -A woman... -Sorry, could you speak up? | 0:24:50 | 0:24:53 | |
A woman who I... | 0:24:53 | 0:24:55 | |
A woman who... | 0:24:56 | 0:24:58 | |
Basically I've had my wallet stolen. | 0:24:58 | 0:25:00 | |
-What was that about a woman? -A woman who I... | 0:25:00 | 0:25:04 | |
A woman who I took to my room, you know... | 0:25:04 | 0:25:06 | |
A woman who I... Oh, forget it! Forget it! | 0:25:06 | 0:25:09 | |
-How much was in the wallet? -£200 cash, | 0:25:09 | 0:25:13 | |
Amex Gold, Visa Gold, Diner's Gold and Access. | 0:25:13 | 0:25:16 | |
-Gold? -Not yet. And a Blockbusters Video membership card. | 0:25:16 | 0:25:19 | |
Room 307. | 0:25:19 | 0:25:21 | |
Ah, sir, you own the Ford outside, don't you? | 0:25:21 | 0:25:25 | |
-Ford Probe. What about it? -We'll have to move it, sir. | 0:25:25 | 0:25:28 | |
-Touch that car and I'll kill you. -Please don't. I have a wife and young child. | 0:25:28 | 0:25:32 | |
-Do you want a picture? -BABY CRIES | 0:25:34 | 0:25:37 | |
-I think you've made yourself look a bit of a clown! -What? | 0:25:37 | 0:25:40 | |
How come you can hear me now? Is it selective deafness? | 0:25:40 | 0:25:43 | |
What? | 0:25:43 | 0:25:45 | |
Shit! | 0:25:49 | 0:25:50 | |
Not one to rest on his laurels, Steve had more to come. | 0:25:50 | 0:25:53 | |
His next invention, the singing sensation from Portugal, | 0:25:53 | 0:25:57 | |
Tony Ferrino! | 0:25:57 | 0:25:59 | |
Hi. My name is Tony Ferrino. | 0:25:59 | 0:26:02 | |
Welcome to my Phenomenon. | 0:26:02 | 0:26:04 | |
MUSIC: '70s SATURDAY NIGHT VARIETY | 0:26:04 | 0:26:08 | |
-# -Ferrino | 0:26:24 | 0:26:27 | |
-# -Ferrino-rino. -# | 0:26:27 | 0:26:30 | |
'Tony Ferrino was a Latino lothario | 0:26:30 | 0:26:34 | |
'with a very eye-catching crotch.' | 0:26:34 | 0:26:37 | |
He came complete with his own catchphrases. | 0:26:37 | 0:26:40 | |
"Put a belt round it." "Come down from the steeple, Arthur." | 0:26:40 | 0:26:43 | |
And "Up periscope!" | 0:26:43 | 0:26:45 | |
Good evening and welcome to the Tony Ferrino Phenomenon. | 0:26:45 | 0:26:49 | |
Let me begin by saying... | 0:26:49 | 0:26:50 | |
SPEAKS PORTUGUESE | 0:26:50 | 0:26:53 | |
..which is Portuguese... | 0:26:53 | 0:26:54 | |
When I arrived in your country... | 0:26:55 | 0:26:58 | |
Tony Ferrino, for example, | 0:26:58 | 0:27:00 | |
that special is just... I think it's absolutely superb. | 0:27:00 | 0:27:04 | |
The music. I've got the album and I've listened to it hundreds of times. It's fantastic. | 0:27:04 | 0:27:09 | |
-# -We're going fishing | 0:27:09 | 0:27:11 | |
-# -Fishing for girls | 0:27:12 | 0:27:13 | |
-# -In a river called love | 0:27:13 | 0:27:16 | |
# We're gonna catch slow ones | 0:27:16 | 0:27:18 | |
-# -Quick ones -Smart ones | 0:27:18 | 0:27:19 | |
-# -Thick ones | 0:27:19 | 0:27:21 | |
-# -In a river called love | 0:27:21 | 0:27:23 | |
-# -Fishing for girls... -# | 0:27:23 | 0:27:25 | |
Tony Ferrino - do you remember him, Ken? | 0:27:25 | 0:27:27 | |
Late '70s with a 'tache. | 0:27:27 | 0:27:29 | |
Lou Ferrino. The Incredible Hulk. Marvellous character. | 0:27:29 | 0:27:33 | |
Was that Coogan? | 0:27:35 | 0:27:36 | |
On that day, my life in the world of music was to change for ever. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:40 | |
I'm talking, of course, about the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest. | 0:27:40 | 0:27:44 | |
TINNY MUSIC | 0:27:44 | 0:27:47 | |
SINGS IN PORTUGUESE | 0:27:52 | 0:27:54 | |
-# Papa, papa -Bendy, bendy | 0:27:59 | 0:28:02 | |
-# Papa, papa -Bendy, bendy | 0:28:02 | 0:28:03 | |
-# Papa, papa -Bendy, bendy Thank you very much! | 0:28:03 | 0:28:07 | |
-# -Thank you very much | 0:28:07 | 0:28:09 | |
-# -Thank you very much! -# | 0:28:09 | 0:28:11 | |
There was the time he was caught in flagrato delectus | 0:28:11 | 0:28:14 | |
with Delia Smith in the boiler room round the back of Studio One. | 0:28:14 | 0:28:18 | |
It was like two pigs in a sauna, grunts and all. | 0:28:18 | 0:28:21 | |
It's good to see you... LAUGHS | 0:28:21 | 0:28:23 | |
Good to see you in the flesh, as it were. | 0:28:25 | 0:28:27 | |
I know! | 0:28:27 | 0:28:28 | |
Would this be your very first record in English? | 0:28:28 | 0:28:32 | |
No, you see... No, you see... | 0:28:32 | 0:28:34 | |
It's my first record in England, not my first in English. | 0:28:34 | 0:28:38 | |
You can't twist me with your clever word play, Mr Clive James! | 0:28:38 | 0:28:41 | |
I saw him on Clive Anderson, which was brilliant, cos it's hard, | 0:28:44 | 0:28:47 | |
it's hard as a normal person to answer questions | 0:28:47 | 0:28:50 | |
but to stay in character and answer questions is great, especially with Clive. | 0:28:50 | 0:28:54 | |
Is there a big scene in Portugal? | 0:28:54 | 0:28:57 | |
You're trying to be clever now. | 0:28:57 | 0:28:59 | |
-You... You... -Only comparatively! | 0:29:00 | 0:29:03 | |
When you talk you must slow down | 0:29:03 | 0:29:05 | |
because I translate very slow, you know? | 0:29:05 | 0:29:08 | |
At the moment, what you're saying sounds like bullshit! | 0:29:08 | 0:29:11 | |
Is there any of Steve in Tony Ferrino? | 0:29:15 | 0:29:18 | |
Um... | 0:29:18 | 0:29:20 | |
A kind of, um... | 0:29:20 | 0:29:23 | |
narcissistic, skirt-chasing... | 0:29:23 | 0:29:27 | |
..Ferrari-driving... No, I can't... I just don't think it... | 0:29:30 | 0:29:34 | |
I guess they just made it up. | 0:29:34 | 0:29:36 | |
When I was young, I'd ride round the village on a donkey. | 0:29:41 | 0:29:44 | |
People would say, "There goes Tony Ferrino, singing from his ass!" | 0:29:44 | 0:29:48 | |
They used to call me the donkey boy. | 0:29:48 | 0:29:52 | |
Did you have a donkey? | 0:29:52 | 0:29:53 | |
-Sorry? -Did you have a donkey? | 0:29:53 | 0:29:55 | |
No. | 0:29:55 | 0:29:57 | |
Steve had been working on a radio series | 0:29:57 | 0:30:00 | |
with Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris called On The Hour. | 0:30:00 | 0:30:03 | |
For the TV series, it changed its name | 0:30:03 | 0:30:06 | |
to The Day Today. | 0:30:06 | 0:30:08 | |
Sinn Fein have so far denied they are backing the campaign. | 0:30:15 | 0:30:19 | |
Earlier I spoke to their Deputy Leader, Rory O'Connor | 0:30:19 | 0:30:22 | |
who under broadcasting restrictions must inhale helium to subtract credibility from his statements. | 0:30:22 | 0:30:28 | |
What's your statement? | 0:30:28 | 0:30:30 | |
-HIGH-PITCHED SQUEAK: -These incidents are inevitable. | 0:30:31 | 0:30:36 | |
-You support this campaign? -The IRA have been forced into this. | 0:30:36 | 0:30:39 | |
You do support this campaign of violence? | 0:30:39 | 0:30:42 | |
The IR... | 0:30:44 | 0:30:46 | |
Sinn Fein is a legitimate political party. | 0:30:47 | 0:30:50 | |
Which supports terrorism. | 0:30:50 | 0:30:52 | |
Your tone is antagonistic and you're making me angry. | 0:30:52 | 0:30:55 | |
Steven done The Day Today and all the other stuff | 0:30:55 | 0:30:58 | |
with Armando Iannucci and all that. | 0:30:58 | 0:31:00 | |
I didn't like it. It wasn't funny. I don't think Steve thought it was funny. | 0:31:00 | 0:31:04 | |
People say Alan Partridge came from that character. The sportsman, commentator. | 0:31:04 | 0:31:09 | |
No. I wrote Alan Partridge, no bones about it. | 0:31:09 | 0:31:12 | |
I love those little touches you add. | 0:31:12 | 0:31:14 | |
You turn and smile at the judge. A little wave, a little wink. | 0:31:14 | 0:31:18 | |
It's not looks and smiles. It's skill and discipline. | 0:31:18 | 0:31:21 | |
Yes. If I'd have been a judge, I would have been a complete mess. | 0:31:21 | 0:31:25 | |
-Right. -What about the horse? How's that handling? | 0:31:25 | 0:31:29 | |
Sir Danzig wasn't doing too well. | 0:31:29 | 0:31:32 | |
He shied away from the jump and that's when I began to lose it. | 0:31:32 | 0:31:35 | |
If you have any more problems with him, | 0:31:35 | 0:31:37 | |
-you can ride me round the paddock. -Thank you. | 0:31:37 | 0:31:40 | |
Anyway, I think that next year I'll have better luck. | 0:31:40 | 0:31:45 | |
When... When you... How do you ride a horse? | 0:31:46 | 0:31:50 | |
-How do I ride... -How do you ride a horse? | 0:31:50 | 0:31:52 | |
I've been riding since the age of five. | 0:31:52 | 0:31:55 | |
It isn't anything you can learn. It's in the blood. | 0:31:55 | 0:31:58 | |
Sir Danzig. | 0:32:00 | 0:32:02 | |
..is my horse. | 0:32:02 | 0:32:03 | |
I'll be back next year and I'll win on him. | 0:32:03 | 0:32:06 | |
-You tell 'em. -Thank you. | 0:32:06 | 0:32:08 | |
Nowadays it's all too serious, sports commentary. | 0:32:09 | 0:32:12 | |
People get it right all the time. | 0:32:12 | 0:32:14 | |
People rarely make mistakes in sports commentary. More's the pity. | 0:32:14 | 0:32:18 | |
Yes, yes, | 0:32:18 | 0:32:21 | |
yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, YES!! | 0:32:21 | 0:32:25 | |
That was a goal! | 0:32:27 | 0:32:30 | |
Go-a-a-a-a-al! | 0:32:30 | 0:32:33 | |
Striker! | 0:32:33 | 0:32:36 | |
Eat that! | 0:32:36 | 0:32:38 | |
And another! | 0:32:38 | 0:32:39 | |
Eat that and stick it in! Thank you and good night! | 0:32:39 | 0:32:43 | |
Twat! That was liquid football! | 0:32:44 | 0:32:48 | |
Shit! | 0:32:49 | 0:32:50 | |
Did you see that? | 0:32:50 | 0:32:52 | |
He must have a foot like a traction engine! | 0:32:52 | 0:32:55 | |
-Who was your favourite character? -Partridge! | 0:32:55 | 0:32:59 | |
-You liked Partridge, did you? -No. | 0:32:59 | 0:33:02 | |
-You just said you liked him. -I never. | 0:33:02 | 0:33:04 | |
-Do you like Partridge or not? -No. Never heard of him. | 0:33:04 | 0:33:08 | |
-But I said what's your favourite character... -Partridge. Adam Partridge. | 0:33:08 | 0:33:12 | |
That's not one of Coogan's. It's Alan Partridge. | 0:33:12 | 0:33:15 | |
I don't know. Who cares? | 0:33:15 | 0:33:17 | |
Good evening and a-ha! | 0:33:17 | 0:33:19 | |
-Ha-ha. -A-ha, not ha-hah. -Ha-hah. | 0:33:19 | 0:33:22 | |
-A-ha! -Ah! -A-ha! -Ah. | 0:33:22 | 0:33:25 | |
A-ha! | 0:33:25 | 0:33:26 | |
Knowing me, knowing you. A-ha. | 0:33:26 | 0:33:28 | |
Knowing you, knowing you. A-ha. | 0:33:28 | 0:33:31 | |
It's A-ha. | 0:33:31 | 0:33:32 | |
A-ha! | 0:33:32 | 0:33:33 | |
Tre-mendous. | 0:33:33 | 0:33:35 | |
-It's a catchphrase. -Fantastic. | 0:33:35 | 0:33:37 | |
A-ha! | 0:33:37 | 0:33:39 | |
Can we drop that now, please? | 0:33:39 | 0:33:41 | |
It's become a bit of an albatross. | 0:33:41 | 0:33:43 | |
Knowing me, knowing you? No way! | 0:33:43 | 0:33:45 | |
A-ha! | 0:33:45 | 0:33:46 | |
I was looking for a replacement for Terry Wogan as a chat show host | 0:33:46 | 0:33:50 | |
as Terry had become increasingly underhand, morose and subdued. | 0:33:50 | 0:33:54 | |
My first thoughts were for Alan Titchmarsh, the gardener, | 0:33:54 | 0:33:57 | |
but whoever thought of a gardener doing a chat show? Ridiculous! | 0:33:57 | 0:34:01 | |
Then I got a call from my good friend and legendary producer from Norwich, Mick Muff. | 0:34:01 | 0:34:07 | |
You may remember Mick Muff and his brothers Muff and Miff Muff | 0:34:07 | 0:34:10 | |
from Mick Muff and the Muff Men and their son, My Mother's Muffin's In My Mouth. | 0:34:10 | 0:34:15 | |
Mick had one thing to say to me and that was, "Partridge." | 0:34:15 | 0:34:18 | |
P-P-P-P-Partridge. | 0:34:18 | 0:34:21 | |
Awful, a bladder infection. | 0:34:21 | 0:34:23 | |
I had one once. Turns your urine the colour of stout. | 0:34:23 | 0:34:26 | |
-Very painful, too. I could sit down but I couldn't cross my legs. -Oh. | 0:34:26 | 0:34:31 | |
But different for me because of the penis. | 0:34:31 | 0:34:33 | |
Now... | 0:34:33 | 0:34:35 | |
Show your classic pose. | 0:34:35 | 0:34:37 | |
From Partridge. Steve used to love it. | 0:34:37 | 0:34:40 | |
That's it! That is Ken filming Partridge. | 0:34:40 | 0:34:44 | |
1998. | 0:34:44 | 0:34:46 | |
-It worked for me. -Per-fect. -It worked for me. | 0:34:46 | 0:34:48 | |
I was more like this. Out the way, Ken. | 0:34:48 | 0:34:51 | |
I was much more sporty. Like that. | 0:34:51 | 0:34:54 | |
Three, two, one. Go, Partridge. | 0:34:54 | 0:34:56 | |
Like that. | 0:34:57 | 0:34:58 | |
Move round. Got the Partridge. Got Felicity there. | 0:34:58 | 0:35:01 | |
A-ha. Over to you, Ken. | 0:35:01 | 0:35:04 | |
Lovely. My turn. On the button. | 0:35:04 | 0:35:07 | |
Alan Partridge went on to star in his own show, Knowing Me, Knowing You. | 0:35:07 | 0:35:11 | |
And again in I'm Alan Partridge, | 0:35:11 | 0:35:14 | |
gaining Steve huge public acclaim, every award going | 0:35:14 | 0:35:18 | |
and a house as big as this! | 0:35:18 | 0:35:20 | |
The bits of Steve that are in Partridge are the obsessiveness. | 0:35:21 | 0:35:25 | |
The attention to detail. | 0:35:25 | 0:35:28 | |
Um, the pedantry. | 0:35:28 | 0:35:32 | |
There's an issue I've meant to raise for two weeks. | 0:35:32 | 0:35:35 | |
Those little soaps in the shower room. | 0:35:35 | 0:35:37 | |
They will withstand, at best, one aggressive body scrub. | 0:35:37 | 0:35:41 | |
They start off the size of mini frisbees | 0:35:41 | 0:35:44 | |
and end up like actual size paracetamol. | 0:35:44 | 0:35:47 | |
Can't you use two? | 0:35:47 | 0:35:50 | |
I suppose that might work. | 0:35:51 | 0:35:53 | |
I'll just write that down. | 0:36:00 | 0:36:02 | |
Yeah, those are all elements of Steve. And the cars. | 0:36:03 | 0:36:06 | |
You'll have to trade down your Rover 800 for a smaller car. | 0:36:06 | 0:36:10 | |
Go on. | 0:36:10 | 0:36:12 | |
I picked up these brochures for the new Metro. | 0:36:12 | 0:36:15 | |
-It's a lovely car. -Lynn, I'm not driving a Mini Metro! | 0:36:15 | 0:36:19 | |
-But you have to make substantial savings. -I'm not driving a Metro! | 0:36:19 | 0:36:22 | |
If you do, you can keep Pear Tree Productions going with a staff of two... | 0:36:22 | 0:36:27 | |
-No point finishing the sentence. I'm not driving a Metro. -But... -Lynn! | 0:36:27 | 0:36:30 | |
-I'll just speak over you. -But... -No. | 0:36:30 | 0:36:33 | |
Try and finish the sentence and see what I do. | 0:36:35 | 0:36:38 | |
-Go on! -A staff of two... -I'm not driving a Mini Metro! | 0:36:41 | 0:36:45 | |
-Metro... -I'm not driving a Mini Metro. | 0:36:45 | 0:36:47 | |
I think the character of Lynn in Alan Partridge probably is based on me. | 0:36:49 | 0:36:53 | |
But a much dowdier version. | 0:36:53 | 0:36:56 | |
He's a bit horrible to her. | 0:36:56 | 0:36:58 | |
Steve and myself get on very well together. | 0:36:58 | 0:37:01 | |
We're the same star sign - both Scorpios with a sting in our tail. | 0:37:01 | 0:37:04 | |
His mate Simon who did the Geordie, he's actually really posh, you know. | 0:37:04 | 0:37:09 | |
A real posh fella. | 0:37:09 | 0:37:10 | |
-Had beautiful nails, beautifully manicured. -Long fingernails. | 0:37:10 | 0:37:14 | |
These vandals. Makes you wonder what it's all aboot. | 0:37:14 | 0:37:17 | |
-A boot? -Aye. You know. | 0:37:17 | 0:37:19 | |
Vandals, what is it all aboot? | 0:37:19 | 0:37:21 | |
Oh, "about"! Sorry. Sometimes it's difficult to understand the Geordie people. | 0:37:21 | 0:37:27 | |
It was my idea to do the Geordie, but when I did him, it was like that. | 0:37:28 | 0:37:32 | |
You understood what he was saying. | 0:37:32 | 0:37:34 | |
But when we started rehearsing, Armando Iannucci and Steve said, | 0:37:34 | 0:37:38 | |
let's make it really broad. Can't understand a word he's saying. | 0:37:38 | 0:37:41 | |
If they had theirselves proper jobs, they wouldn't be larking every night. | 0:37:41 | 0:37:45 | |
What? | 0:37:45 | 0:37:47 | |
I'm saying if they had theirselves proper jobs for to gan to, | 0:37:49 | 0:37:53 | |
they wouldn't dae it. They're from broken homes. | 0:37:53 | 0:37:55 | |
Sorry, that was just a noise. | 0:37:55 | 0:37:58 | |
What the thing is that you don't know about Steve is I know how to relax Steve. | 0:37:58 | 0:38:02 | |
He likes collecting plates. | 0:38:02 | 0:38:04 | |
His favourite thing is just to sit and look at his plates, or touch his plates. | 0:38:04 | 0:38:08 | |
Don't go near him if he's touching his plates. Just stand back. | 0:38:08 | 0:38:12 | |
Sometimes I hide and pretend I'm not there if he's having a plate moment. | 0:38:12 | 0:38:16 | |
-Alan, what are you doing? -Climbing over a fence. | 0:38:16 | 0:38:19 | |
-You're nearly fif... -Were you gonna say I'm nearly fifty? | 0:38:19 | 0:38:22 | |
I'm might be nearly fifty but at least I can... Aghh! | 0:38:22 | 0:38:25 | |
-What? -I've pierced my foot on a spike! | 0:38:25 | 0:38:28 | |
I can't pick it up. | 0:38:29 | 0:38:31 | |
-Put yourself in the recovery position. -You're quoting from Casualty now! | 0:38:31 | 0:38:35 | |
Pull it off all at once. | 0:38:35 | 0:38:36 | |
Then all the blood will run out the hole in my foot! | 0:38:36 | 0:38:40 | |
-Pull your foot off now. -I'm levered on the spike. -So pull it off! After three. | 0:38:40 | 0:38:44 | |
I'm not going to do it. You pull your foot off. | 0:38:44 | 0:38:46 | |
-Mine's not on the spike. -Someone's coming. Be normal. | 0:38:46 | 0:38:50 | |
Be normal. Hello. Dante Fires, just through there. | 0:38:50 | 0:38:53 | |
Ooooh! You're gonna have a good time. | 0:38:53 | 0:38:56 | |
He was desperate to get back on the telly | 0:38:56 | 0:38:58 | |
and to get back his series. | 0:38:58 | 0:39:01 | |
Then he went and pitched to the controllers to get new shows. | 0:39:01 | 0:39:06 | |
-Inner-city sumo. -What's that? | 0:39:06 | 0:39:09 | |
We take fat people from the inner cities, put them in big nappies | 0:39:09 | 0:39:13 | |
and get them to throw each other out of a circle drawn with chalk. | 0:39:13 | 0:39:16 | |
-It's a bad idea. -Very cheap to make. Do it in a pub car park. | 0:39:16 | 0:39:19 | |
-No! -If you don't do it, Sky will! -I'll live with that. | 0:39:19 | 0:39:23 | |
The ideas he came up with for shows | 0:39:23 | 0:39:25 | |
he'd have a good chance of getting commissioned these days! | 0:39:25 | 0:39:29 | |
Ten years ago they appeared to be... 15 years ago, | 0:39:29 | 0:39:32 | |
he thought they were ludicrous when he was writing them. | 0:39:32 | 0:39:35 | |
-Is that it? -No. No. | 0:39:35 | 0:39:38 | |
Cooking in prison. | 0:39:39 | 0:39:40 | |
No! | 0:39:40 | 0:39:42 | |
A Partridge Amongst The Pigeons. | 0:39:44 | 0:39:46 | |
-What's that? -It's just a title. | 0:39:46 | 0:39:49 | |
Opening sequence - me in Trafalgar Square feeding the pigeons, going, "Oh, God!" | 0:39:51 | 0:39:56 | |
I'm sorry. No. Stop. | 0:39:56 | 0:39:58 | |
Youth hostelling with Chris Eubank. | 0:39:58 | 0:40:01 | |
No! | 0:40:01 | 0:40:03 | |
Monkey tennis? | 0:40:08 | 0:40:10 | |
Partridge is crass and horrible | 0:40:11 | 0:40:13 | |
but he's compelling because he's quite human. | 0:40:13 | 0:40:17 | |
He's very vulnerable. He plays that very well. | 0:40:17 | 0:40:20 | |
Your programmes were appalling. The ratings were a ninth of what we expected. | 0:40:20 | 0:40:25 | |
-They started badly, they got worse... -"They started badly. They got worse. | 0:40:25 | 0:40:29 | |
-"Your programmes. Your programmes." -You're making a fool of yourself. | 0:40:29 | 0:40:33 | |
Who... | 0:40:33 | 0:40:35 | |
Who... | 0:40:36 | 0:40:37 | |
Who do you think you are? | 0:40:37 | 0:40:40 | |
Unfortunately for you, | 0:40:41 | 0:40:43 | |
I am the Chief Commissioning Editor of BBC Television. | 0:40:43 | 0:40:46 | |
Oh, let's forget about all this. | 0:40:47 | 0:40:50 | |
Want some cheese? | 0:40:53 | 0:40:54 | |
It was a multi-faceted character. | 0:40:54 | 0:40:56 | |
You were aware that all this front | 0:40:56 | 0:40:59 | |
was the result of massive insecurity. | 0:40:59 | 0:41:03 | |
You knew if you scratched the surface it would all come caving in. | 0:41:03 | 0:41:07 | |
That was kind of joyful to watch | 0:41:07 | 0:41:10 | |
or sad to watch. Or a mixture. | 0:41:10 | 0:41:13 | |
'That was good.' | 0:41:13 | 0:41:14 | |
-Want to smell it? -No. -Smell the cheese. -I don't want to. | 0:41:14 | 0:41:17 | |
-Smell my cheese. -Please! | 0:41:17 | 0:41:19 | |
Smell my cheese, you mother! | 0:41:19 | 0:41:21 | |
That's quite enough, thank you. | 0:41:21 | 0:41:23 | |
I've got cheese! This is cheese! | 0:41:24 | 0:41:27 | |
Always ahead of the trend, Steve sailed into darker waters | 0:41:28 | 0:41:33 | |
with a spoof 1970s comedy horror series, | 0:41:33 | 0:41:36 | |
Doctor Terrible's House of Horrible. | 0:41:36 | 0:41:39 | |
Steve played six entirely new characters plus... | 0:41:42 | 0:41:46 | |
Doctor T himself. | 0:41:46 | 0:41:48 | |
When I was a young boy, my father gave me a kitten. | 0:41:48 | 0:41:51 | |
He was bright-eyed, playful and loyal. | 0:41:51 | 0:41:55 | |
But within a year, he fell ill and I had to put him down. | 0:41:55 | 0:42:00 | |
The kitten, however, lives on. | 0:42:01 | 0:42:03 | |
Sadly, not all murders can be so easily condoned. | 0:42:04 | 0:42:08 | |
No! | 0:42:09 | 0:42:11 | |
Daughter of Percy. | 0:42:13 | 0:42:14 | |
Aghhhh! | 0:42:23 | 0:42:25 | |
You pierced her heart with an occasional table. | 0:42:27 | 0:42:30 | |
Ask us how he used to hang his clothes up on the bus. | 0:42:30 | 0:42:33 | |
All right, how? | 0:42:33 | 0:42:34 | |
Pegg. Simon Pegg. | 0:42:34 | 0:42:37 | |
This is what I'm presenting to the board. The ultimate challenge. | 0:42:40 | 0:42:44 | |
If I can restore the scorched skin of a ginger | 0:42:44 | 0:42:47 | |
to its pre-singed freckled majesty, | 0:42:47 | 0:42:50 | |
then man will be able to say, | 0:42:50 | 0:42:52 | |
"I am non-flammable." | 0:42:52 | 0:42:55 | |
-Evening, Angus. You're scabbing well. -I'm a wee bit sore, Doc. | 0:42:55 | 0:43:00 | |
Still, it could be worse. | 0:43:00 | 0:43:02 | |
I could be English! | 0:43:02 | 0:43:04 | |
Aghh! | 0:43:04 | 0:43:05 | |
'He was no fan of the wig.' | 0:43:05 | 0:43:07 | |
The process of putting it on. He'd make yelpy noises. | 0:43:07 | 0:43:11 | |
When you tried to force it on him, he'd squeal like a little pig. | 0:43:11 | 0:43:14 | |
TERRIFIED SCREAMS | 0:43:14 | 0:43:17 | |
By the devil's trident | 0:43:18 | 0:43:20 | |
thou art forked. | 0:43:20 | 0:43:23 | |
Completely forked. | 0:43:25 | 0:43:27 | |
Mr Coogan used to turn up with espadrilles every day. | 0:43:27 | 0:43:30 | |
-Oh, yes. -They stank to high heaven. | 0:43:30 | 0:43:32 | |
Filthy stinking espadrilles. | 0:43:32 | 0:43:34 | |
He'd walk in and say, "Here you are, Tom Fann. Do something with these." | 0:43:34 | 0:43:38 | |
-What did you do? -Threw 'em out the window. | 0:43:38 | 0:43:40 | |
Scissors! | 0:43:49 | 0:43:51 | |
N-o-o-o-o! | 0:44:05 | 0:44:08 | |
N-o-o-o-o! | 0:44:12 | 0:44:14 | |
Consider, there are nearly twice as many feet | 0:44:14 | 0:44:17 | |
as human beings. | 0:44:17 | 0:44:19 | |
A chilling thought. | 0:44:19 | 0:44:21 | |
We are outnumbered almost two to one. | 0:44:21 | 0:44:25 | |
So... | 0:44:25 | 0:44:27 | |
..tread carefully. | 0:44:28 | 0:44:30 | |
Good night. | 0:44:30 | 0:44:31 | |
MUSIC BY JETHRO TULL | 0:44:39 | 0:44:41 | |
'Maturing as a performer, | 0:44:43 | 0:44:46 | |
'Steve invested his next character with real warmth and depth. | 0:44:46 | 0:44:50 | |
The ex-roadie turned pest controller, Tommy Saxondale. | 0:44:50 | 0:44:55 | |
Celebrities don't like a fuss. Just treat them normally. | 0:44:55 | 0:44:58 | |
I remember being backstage with Bonnie Tyler. | 0:44:58 | 0:45:00 | |
She had a laugh like a Geordie docker. | 0:45:00 | 0:45:03 | |
I said, "Bonnie, who chose your wardrobe, Stevie Wonder?" | 0:45:03 | 0:45:06 | |
She gave that 40-a-day cackle. | 0:45:06 | 0:45:09 | |
I did the same joke with Sinead O'Connor. | 0:45:10 | 0:45:13 | |
She sprayed me with mace. | 0:45:13 | 0:45:15 | |
Saxondale is based on your life story, Chris. | 0:45:15 | 0:45:18 | |
Based on my life and styles. | 0:45:18 | 0:45:21 | |
That's something good that's come out of our relationship with Mr Coogan. | 0:45:21 | 0:45:25 | |
Saw me and said, "I want that lifestyle. | 0:45:25 | 0:45:27 | |
"But I can't have it so I'll make a TV programme and call it Saxondale." | 0:45:27 | 0:45:31 | |
Have you thought about consolidating your credit cards into one low-cost repayment? | 0:45:31 | 0:45:36 | |
No, but I've thought of caning them all into the red and faking my own death. | 0:45:36 | 0:45:41 | |
Well, if you sign up today, your name would go into a free prize draw. | 0:45:43 | 0:45:48 | |
You could be spending two weeks in our golfing and leisure resort | 0:45:48 | 0:45:52 | |
in Fuerteventura. How does that sound? | 0:45:52 | 0:45:55 | |
How does that sound? | 0:45:55 | 0:45:57 | |
Hanging out with a bunch of conceited golfing twats | 0:45:57 | 0:46:01 | |
talking about their tri-annual sales targets. | 0:46:01 | 0:46:03 | |
It's a toss-up between that and licking piss off nettles. | 0:46:03 | 0:46:08 | |
We all know somebody who's cross with the world | 0:46:08 | 0:46:11 | |
and doesn't like the way things are done. | 0:46:11 | 0:46:14 | |
Um... | 0:46:14 | 0:46:15 | |
And it's... He's not a job's-worth. | 0:46:15 | 0:46:19 | |
He's a man who's just at odds with the world because people aren't doing it properly. | 0:46:19 | 0:46:24 | |
Methinks I'm corrupting the young minds. | 0:46:24 | 0:46:26 | |
-Is that us done for the day, then? -Yeah. | 0:46:28 | 0:46:31 | |
-Shall we go? -No. -Why not? | 0:46:31 | 0:46:34 | |
Because they've glued my arse to the chair. | 0:46:34 | 0:46:37 | |
'He had a spectacular behind.' | 0:46:50 | 0:46:53 | |
Very high backside. | 0:46:53 | 0:46:55 | |
It was as much the height as the volume of it, wasn't it? | 0:46:55 | 0:46:59 | |
Almost as high as an elephant's eye. | 0:46:59 | 0:47:01 | |
Fat, fat child. He was a fat child. | 0:47:03 | 0:47:05 | |
He was fat. | 0:47:05 | 0:47:07 | |
He had a large... | 0:47:07 | 0:47:09 | |
..what would you say? | 0:47:11 | 0:47:13 | |
-I don't... -He always had a large... | 0:47:13 | 0:47:15 | |
The hind quarters was very large. | 0:47:16 | 0:47:19 | |
It was always the way. | 0:47:19 | 0:47:21 | |
That was the way he was. And that was fine. | 0:47:21 | 0:47:24 | |
A lot of people want to ask you about his arse. | 0:47:24 | 0:47:27 | |
Ask actually how high his arse is. | 0:47:27 | 0:47:29 | |
-Five foot. -We know but you're not meant to say. | 0:47:29 | 0:47:32 | |
-Five foot high. -They're always bothering us. | 0:47:32 | 0:47:35 | |
But if Coogan ever found out we'd revealed how high his arse was, | 0:47:35 | 0:47:39 | |
that would have been it for us. Finito. | 0:47:39 | 0:47:41 | |
'Also in the series, Steve played a gay emo rent boy | 0:47:41 | 0:47:45 | |
'who changed his name to Keanu Reeves.' | 0:47:45 | 0:47:48 | |
We're from pest control, mate. | 0:47:48 | 0:47:50 | |
Whose name is this flat in? | 0:47:50 | 0:47:52 | |
Paul. | 0:47:52 | 0:47:53 | |
Right. And what's Paul's second name? | 0:47:53 | 0:47:56 | |
Is it Molesley? | 0:47:59 | 0:48:01 | |
I don't know. I've never met him. | 0:48:01 | 0:48:03 | |
I think he's in Ibiza. | 0:48:04 | 0:48:06 | |
Right. Is there anyone else who can sign the paperwork? | 0:48:06 | 0:48:09 | |
Yeah, Mickey. But he's gone to Heaven. | 0:48:09 | 0:48:12 | |
He's died? | 0:48:12 | 0:48:15 | |
No, he's gone to Heaven - it's a club in town. He's not died! | 0:48:15 | 0:48:19 | |
He just don't look well. | 0:48:21 | 0:48:23 | |
Steve's a workaholic. | 0:48:23 | 0:48:25 | |
'When he's not making TV shows, | 0:48:25 | 0:48:27 | |
'touring or starring in movies, | 0:48:27 | 0:48:30 | |
'he keeps popping up all over the bloody telly.' | 0:48:30 | 0:48:33 | |
What were you doing over at Kev's? | 0:48:33 | 0:48:35 | |
Nothing. | 0:48:35 | 0:48:37 | |
-Are you having another ladder party without me? -Come on. | 0:48:37 | 0:48:40 | |
At Kev's? Another ladder party without me again? | 0:48:40 | 0:48:44 | |
He doesn't like you, Jeff. You just talk about ladders. | 0:48:44 | 0:48:48 | |
It's a ladder party! You're meant to talk about ladders. | 0:48:48 | 0:48:51 | |
Not all the time. | 0:48:51 | 0:48:53 | |
I've got a new ladder, you know. | 0:48:54 | 0:48:56 | |
It's a good ladder. | 0:48:56 | 0:48:58 | |
Glass fibre. Trestle extension. | 0:48:58 | 0:49:00 | |
Round rungs, non-slip traction pads. | 0:49:00 | 0:49:03 | |
Spring-loaded locking mechanism. Heavy duty. It's a good ladder. | 0:49:03 | 0:49:06 | |
Give it a rest, Jeff. | 0:49:06 | 0:49:08 | |
How about I go get it? | 0:49:08 | 0:49:10 | |
No, Jeff, no. | 0:49:10 | 0:49:11 | |
Eh? He's going and all? | 0:49:11 | 0:49:14 | |
With that?! | 0:49:14 | 0:49:15 | |
It's a five-rung step! You can't even get those in Wickes! | 0:49:15 | 0:49:19 | |
Stop dissing my ladder! | 0:49:19 | 0:49:21 | |
I will diss your ladder. It's rubbish! | 0:49:21 | 0:49:24 | |
Sometimes he'd do something and you didn't know he'd done it if you weren't here. | 0:49:24 | 0:49:28 | |
He'd criticise you for not knowing that he hadn't done something when you thought he was. | 0:49:28 | 0:49:33 | |
How were you to know when you weren't here? | 0:49:33 | 0:49:36 | |
I think I want that one, the princess. | 0:49:36 | 0:49:38 | |
-The little princess amputee? -How do you mean, amputee? | 0:49:38 | 0:49:41 | |
The right leg is amputated at the thigh. | 0:49:41 | 0:49:45 | |
Oh, she's got a leg missing. | 0:49:45 | 0:49:47 | |
Missing as a result of a near-fatal car accident. | 0:49:47 | 0:49:50 | |
Yes. But she went on to become a ski instructor and married royalty. | 0:49:50 | 0:49:54 | |
How's that for triumph over adversity? | 0:49:54 | 0:49:57 | |
Yeah. Um... | 0:49:57 | 0:49:59 | |
Trouble is, she's got a leg missing. You don't want a one-legged doll. | 0:49:59 | 0:50:02 | |
No? Oh. Boo-hoo! | 0:50:02 | 0:50:05 | |
I understand. Some people are uncomfortable around disability. | 0:50:06 | 0:50:09 | |
He'd ring me up during the night and say, "I've just done something. | 0:50:10 | 0:50:14 | |
But you didn't know if he'd done something | 0:50:14 | 0:50:16 | |
so he'd phone me up, Ken, and say, "Mr Coogan's done something." | 0:50:16 | 0:50:20 | |
-I'd say, "What did he do?" "I don't know!" -What's he done? | 0:50:20 | 0:50:24 | |
"What you done? What you done?" And the phone would go down. | 0:50:24 | 0:50:27 | |
So you never knew. So we're left with this, "I think Coogan's done something". | 0:50:27 | 0:50:33 | |
Were we meant to be there? | 0:50:33 | 0:50:35 | |
-Have we missed the bus? -He'd say, "I'm gonna do something this weekend." | 0:50:35 | 0:50:39 | |
He'd never tell you what it was. | 0:50:39 | 0:50:41 | |
He'd come in on Monday and say, "I did something at the weekend." | 0:50:41 | 0:50:45 | |
-"What did you do at the weekend?" -"Never you mind. | 0:50:45 | 0:50:48 | |
-"Something." -"Something you two don't know about." | 0:50:48 | 0:50:51 | |
When we asked him, he'd say, "Nothing." | 0:50:51 | 0:50:54 | |
-"What, you didn't do anything? -"Nothing. Stared at the wall all weekend." | 0:50:54 | 0:50:59 | |
-He did not. He did something. -He stared at something! | 0:50:59 | 0:51:02 | |
Something gorgeous. | 0:51:02 | 0:51:03 | |
It's well known that Steve likes to play with people's perceptions of him. | 0:51:03 | 0:51:09 | |
"Doesn't take risks." | 0:51:10 | 0:51:12 | |
What does he mean, "Doesn't take risks?" | 0:51:12 | 0:51:15 | |
"The first act dipped in the middle." | 0:51:15 | 0:51:18 | |
Did Pauline dip in the middle, Lynsey? | 0:51:18 | 0:51:20 | |
No. Well, there you go. | 0:51:20 | 0:51:22 | |
She's seen it 75 times. He's seen it once. Who's right? | 0:51:22 | 0:51:25 | |
How do you feel about a review like that? | 0:51:25 | 0:51:28 | |
You know, I actually feel a bit sorry for him. | 0:51:28 | 0:51:31 | |
Yeah. And the best thing is, I don't let it bother me. | 0:51:31 | 0:51:35 | |
-Because he is a -BLEEP | 0:51:35 | 0:51:39 | |
BLEEP BLEEP | 0:51:39 | 0:51:41 | |
Steve's not good with audiences. | 0:51:44 | 0:51:46 | |
He don't get on with them. He don't like hecklers | 0:51:46 | 0:51:49 | |
and he don't like people. | 0:51:49 | 0:51:51 | |
So the live shows are very difficult for him but he does his best. | 0:51:51 | 0:51:54 | |
I just say to him, "Imagine they're all sitting there naked." | 0:51:54 | 0:51:58 | |
It's an age-old thing, but it makes a difference for Steve. | 0:51:58 | 0:52:01 | |
Otherwise he comes into the wings and he lashes out. I'm the one that takes the brunt. | 0:52:01 | 0:52:06 | |
I love it. I absolutely love it. | 0:52:06 | 0:52:09 | |
There's no-one here, of course. | 0:52:10 | 0:52:12 | |
But, by God, you can smell 'em! | 0:52:12 | 0:52:14 | |
For security, we always had to have the room next to Mr Coogan. | 0:52:16 | 0:52:20 | |
-Oh, you could hear the noise all night. -Yeah. | 0:52:20 | 0:52:22 | |
He plays cartoons really loud. | 0:52:22 | 0:52:25 | |
-And making Dracula noises. -Dracula noises, yeah. | 0:52:25 | 0:52:28 | |
And the adverts going, "Go compare!" | 0:52:28 | 0:52:31 | |
He likes to travel on the plane. He don't like me to travel on the plane. | 0:52:31 | 0:52:35 | |
So I get the train. If you're going out to the City of Angels, Los Angeles, it's a long way to go. | 0:52:35 | 0:52:40 | |
I take a packed lunch and three books | 0:52:40 | 0:52:43 | |
and I make my way on the train and I meet lots of lovely people. | 0:52:43 | 0:52:46 | |
He once brought a trampoline on tour with him. | 0:52:46 | 0:52:49 | |
He made us keep it in our room. It was 12-foot diameter. | 0:52:49 | 0:52:53 | |
-Do you remember that? -No, I don't remember that. | 0:52:53 | 0:52:56 | |
-You bounced up and down on it all night. -Oh, I did. | 0:52:56 | 0:52:59 | |
-It was a trampoline? -It was his trampoline in our room. -I thought it was a hat. | 0:52:59 | 0:53:03 | |
I often wonder what it must be like to sit right at the back in the gods. | 0:53:03 | 0:53:06 | |
See the show from there. | 0:53:06 | 0:53:08 | |
The one thing I'll never be able to do, of course. | 0:53:09 | 0:53:12 | |
Oh, to be anonymous! | 0:53:13 | 0:53:15 | |
It's odd how little he gets recognised. I was in Manchester with him, filming once, | 0:53:15 | 0:53:20 | |
and somebody ran up to me, saying, | 0:53:20 | 0:53:24 | |
"I hear you're filming here." I was standing next to Steve. | 0:53:24 | 0:53:28 | |
"You're filming here? Doing this film with Steve Coogan?" | 0:53:28 | 0:53:32 | |
I said, "Yeah, I am", looking at Steve. | 0:53:32 | 0:53:36 | |
And they said, "Can I get your autograph?" | 0:53:36 | 0:53:39 | |
And I'm like, "Well, yeah, but do you want Steve's autograph?" | 0:53:39 | 0:53:44 | |
And she said, "Steve who?" | 0:53:44 | 0:53:45 | |
I was like, "This is Steve Coogan here." She was like, "Yeah. Right!" | 0:53:45 | 0:53:50 | |
It's very important for me to know what people genuinely think of the show. | 0:53:50 | 0:53:55 | |
One of the advantages of being able to change my identity so convincingly | 0:53:55 | 0:53:59 | |
is that I'm able to mingle unnoticed with the public during the interval. | 0:53:59 | 0:54:04 | |
'He had various nicknames, The Coogan.' | 0:54:04 | 0:54:07 | |
Probably the most popular one was "The Eel" because of the electricity he created on stage. | 0:54:07 | 0:54:13 | |
Tre-mendous! | 0:54:13 | 0:54:14 | |
I used to call him "The Starling" | 0:54:14 | 0:54:16 | |
cos he was always coming down the chimney and thrashing about in my living room. | 0:54:16 | 0:54:21 | |
I can confirm that to be the truth. | 0:54:21 | 0:54:23 | |
I used to call him "The Gecko" cos he'd crawl up walls with his suction fingers. | 0:54:23 | 0:54:28 | |
People come to me, "Will Steve open a hospice?" "No, he won't." | 0:54:28 | 0:54:32 | |
He won't open a can of beans. He won't open the toothpaste. | 0:54:32 | 0:54:35 | |
If I don't open the toothpaste, he don't clean his teeth. | 0:54:35 | 0:54:38 | |
I've told him. Three times a day I tell him that. | 0:54:38 | 0:54:41 | |
That's why he had them shaved down, cos they were rotten. | 0:54:41 | 0:54:44 | |
When I saw the Manchester Palace Theatre show, | 0:54:44 | 0:54:47 | |
I saw it two nights consecutively, | 0:54:47 | 0:54:49 | |
and I remember watching him on stage, | 0:54:49 | 0:54:52 | |
and that was the point at which I decided I do want to stay and do this course. | 0:54:52 | 0:54:57 | |
I do want to be an actor. I do want to go into comedy. | 0:54:57 | 0:55:00 | |
That was it. I can kind of attribute me pursuing my career | 0:55:00 | 0:55:05 | |
to that show and seeing him live. | 0:55:05 | 0:55:08 | |
Who am I? | 0:55:08 | 0:55:10 | |
I'm Alan Partridge. | 0:55:10 | 0:55:13 | |
Another way to ask that question is, "Who is Alan Partridge?" | 0:55:13 | 0:55:17 | |
Answer: "I am." | 0:55:17 | 0:55:19 | |
-Are you Alan Partridge? -No. -No. | 0:55:19 | 0:55:22 | |
Are you Alan Partridge? No. | 0:55:22 | 0:55:25 | |
Chap over there who looks like a gypsy. Are you Alan Partridge? No. | 0:55:25 | 0:55:28 | |
Clearly not. | 0:55:28 | 0:55:30 | |
You couldn't host a thrice-weekly prime time chat show. | 0:55:30 | 0:55:34 | |
I couldn't dump a burnt mattress in someone's back garden. | 0:55:34 | 0:55:38 | |
The first night, during the Partridge bit, | 0:55:38 | 0:55:40 | |
he does a whole bit about a goldfish and there's a projection of a goldfish. | 0:55:40 | 0:55:45 | |
He asks the audience to shout out the unique qualities of a goldfish. | 0:55:45 | 0:55:49 | |
Obviously he'd got a load of material in his backlog | 0:55:49 | 0:55:54 | |
for whatever aspect of a goldfish somebody might call out. | 0:55:54 | 0:55:57 | |
-Fins! -Fins, good. | 0:55:58 | 0:56:01 | |
A guidance system. A piscine keel | 0:56:01 | 0:56:04 | |
based on a yacht. Which came first, the fish or the yacht? Interesting. | 0:56:04 | 0:56:08 | |
We don't have time to answer that tonight. | 0:56:08 | 0:56:11 | |
Well, it's the fish, isn't it? | 0:56:11 | 0:56:13 | |
One idiot shouted out "gravel". | 0:56:13 | 0:56:15 | |
Which doesn't work, there was just some gravel in the picture. | 0:56:15 | 0:56:19 | |
However, it got a big laugh cos it was so irreverent. | 0:56:19 | 0:56:22 | |
And the second night, knowing it was being filmed, I decided to shout something out, | 0:56:22 | 0:56:28 | |
knowing that he would have something to respond to. | 0:56:28 | 0:56:31 | |
When you watch the video, the person who shouts gravel is me. | 0:56:31 | 0:56:34 | |
So there you go. | 0:56:35 | 0:56:37 | |
Any other properties of a fish? | 0:56:37 | 0:56:39 | |
-Gravel! -Gravel? | 0:56:40 | 0:56:42 | |
OK. | 0:56:45 | 0:56:46 | |
Hang on. Hang on. | 0:56:46 | 0:56:48 | |
I can deal with this. You've thrown down the gauntlet, haven't you? | 0:56:48 | 0:56:51 | |
I'm going to pick it up. | 0:56:51 | 0:56:53 | |
Because you clearly, by shouting "gravel" are trying to be anarchic. | 0:56:54 | 0:57:00 | |
Perhaps you're a member of Chumbly-Wumbly. | 0:57:02 | 0:57:04 | |
Men in skirts? Doesn't frighten me. | 0:57:06 | 0:57:08 | |
Although were you to wear a skirt, | 0:57:09 | 0:57:11 | |
I suspect the reason you'd be wearing one is cos you'd like to wear one! | 0:57:11 | 0:57:15 | |
In British television, few comics can rival Steve Coogan's mastery | 0:57:16 | 0:57:21 | |
of such a wide range of characters. | 0:57:21 | 0:57:24 | |
In his career, he's challenged himself to invent and surprise | 0:57:24 | 0:57:28 | |
again and again. | 0:57:28 | 0:57:30 | |
He's given us characters that are grotesque, | 0:57:30 | 0:57:33 | |
often flawed, damaged, | 0:57:33 | 0:57:35 | |
but all of them memorable. | 0:57:35 | 0:57:37 | |
Many of them well-loved. | 0:57:37 | 0:57:39 | |
Who knows who he'll be next? | 0:57:43 | 0:57:45 | |
Steve is now in Hollywood. He's living every British comedian's dream, | 0:57:48 | 0:57:54 | |
playing small parts in big movies | 0:57:54 | 0:57:58 | |
and it doesn't get much better than that. | 0:57:58 | 0:58:00 | |
The funny characters is only the half of what he's capable of. | 0:58:00 | 0:58:05 | |
I think for the future we're going to see a lot more of him, | 0:58:05 | 0:58:08 | |
more mature work with multi layers. | 0:58:08 | 0:58:11 | |
-I think that's right. -Right. | 0:58:11 | 0:58:14 | |
That's right, Peggy? | 0:58:14 | 0:58:16 | |
Come here. Come here. | 0:58:16 | 0:58:18 | |
I've got a girlfriend! | 0:58:22 | 0:58:25 | |
-I've got a wife. -I she older or younger than you? | 0:58:26 | 0:58:29 | |
If you must know, she's older than me. She's 52. | 0:58:29 | 0:58:32 | |
My girlfriend's 33. | 0:58:32 | 0:58:34 | |
I'm 47. She's 14 years younger than me. | 0:58:34 | 0:58:38 | |
Back of the net! | 0:58:38 | 0:58:40 | |
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