Alan is handed a career lifeline - the chance to stand in (temporarily) as co-host on This Time, a weekday magazine show. But can he capitalise on the opportunity?

Due to the sudden illness of its regular host, BBC One magazine show This Time welcomes Alan Partridge as its guest presenter. A chance for the consummate broadcaster to flit effortlessly between seal pups, hand washing and cyberterrorism.

Written by: Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons.

Principal cast: Steve Coogan (Alan Partridge), Susannah Fielding (Jennie Gresham), Felicity Montagu (Lynn Benfield), Tim Key (Simon Denton), Cariad Lloyd (Alice Fluck), Priyanga Burford (Jean Chaudhary), Lolly Adefope (Ruth Duggan), Liam Williams (Hactivist).

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