by Steve Coogan
Kraftwerk 90, 216
Krypton Factor, The 279
L’Arche community, France 107–8
La Frenais, Ian 192
Labour Party 17, 93, 177, 226, 227, 228, 235, 236, 274
Lam Dien 142
Langan, Christine 20
Langley, Greater Manchester 129, 196, 210
Lao-Tzu 285
Laurel, Stan 272
Law, Roger 258
Lazenby, George 133
Leach, Rosemary 244
Lederer, Helen 251
Lee, Philomena 17–18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28–9, 31–2, 37, 38, 40–1, 42, 43, 44, 45, 123
Lee, Stewart 14, 280, 295, 296, 303, 318
Les Dawson Show, The 175
Leveson Inquiry 82, 83, 84, 85
Leveson Royal Charter 84
Libberton, Jane 22, 41, 42, 44
Liddiment, David 262–3
Likely Lads, The 192
Little Englanders x, 94, 173, 175, 235, 241, 305
Live and Let Die 133, 185, 225
Live ‘n’ Lewd 319–20
Lloyd, John 261–2
Loach, Ken 177
Loaded 285, 288
Locke, Josef 99
Lohan, Susan 40, 41, 44
London Weekend Television (LWT) 259, 269, 270
Look of Love, The 51, 70, 228
Lowney, Declan 51, 52, 55
Lucas, George 133
Lumet, Sidney 50
Lumley, Joanna 172
Luther, Martin 126
Lyceum Theatre 3–6, 169
Lyric Hammersmith 281
Macabre, James 11
MacKenzie, Kelvin 84
Mackichan, Doon 270, 295, 299, 301
Macnee, Patrick 172
Madden, John 142
Magdalene Sisters, The 38
Magnusson, Johan 338
Magpie 172
Major, John 272, 274
Majors, Lee 213
Man for All Seasons, A 127
Manchester ix, 5, 8, 18, 40, 60, 94, 97, 98, 99, 102, 108, 115, 118, 122, 126, 128–9, 131, 146, 177, 181, 191, 200, 215, 218, 237, 240, 245, 251, 252, 259, 260, 261, 266, 267, 268, 269, 274, 275, 291, 292, 299, 323, 327, 329, 337
Manchester City 131
Manchester Polytechnic 8, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246–9, 250–7, 258, 261, 262, 263–4, 268, 291, 298–9
Manchester United 118, 131
Mandement, Keith (swimming pool attendant character) and 309–10
Mani 208
Manning, Bernard 99, 181
Mantel, Hilary 175
Marber, Patrick:
Alan Partridge and 270, 303, 304, 305, 308, 309, 311, 312, 316, 317, 318, 339
Alpha Papa and 49
Armando Iannucci and 295
Dealer’s Choice and 319
Edinburgh Festival, directs SC’s 1992 show in 317, 318, 327–8, 336, 337
Edinburgh Festival, 1990 and 11
education 18, 240, 244, 299
Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge and 311, 312, 316, 317, 318, 339
On the Hour and 18, 295, 299, 300–1, 302, 303, 304, 305, 308, 311
Paris, moves to 295
Paul Calf and 287, 304
SC relationship with 11, 18, 26, 270, 280, 295, 299, 300–1, 302, 318–20, 327, 332
The Day Today and 309
The Parole Officer, reaction to 18
Week Ending and 295
writing process with SC 26
Marple Hall School 201
Mayall, Rik 191, 251, 261
Maycock, Lucy 244
McBreen, Gerard 125, 171, 201, 214
McDiarmid, Ian 256
McFadden, Cynthia 43
McIntyre, Michael 316
McIntrye, Phil 6
McQueen, Steve 35
McRae, Colin 302
McWhirter, Ross 98–9, 186
Meacock, Lucy 12
Meaney, Colm 52
Melody Maker 213
Merton, Paul 11
Metropolitan Police 77
Mid Morning Matters 54
Middle England 174–5, 304
Middleton, Greater Manchester 94–5, 99, 106, 107, 111, 120, 127, 129, 132, 133, 159–60, 164, 176–7, 190, 194, 219, 260, 271, 332
Mike Yarwood in Persons 272
Mission Impossible 71
Mitchell, Joni 146, 217
Mock Turtles, The 215, 248, 259
Molly, Aunt 139–40
Monkees: ‘Pleasant Valley Sunday’ 128
Monkhouse, Bob 46, 276
Monty Python 126, 168, 176, 187, 188–9, 191, 230, 236, 296, 297
Monty Python’s Flying Circus 176
Moore, Roger 133, 172, 176, 185, 213, 225, 314
Moran, Caitlin 15
Moran, Johnny 253
More Roper, Margaret 127
More, Thomas 127
Morecambe & Wise ix, 128, 168, 173, 217
Morgan, Piers 74, 84
Morris, Chris 18, 295, 299, 301, 308, 310
Morrissey 126
Moss, Ernest (SC comedy character) 286, 304, 323, 329
Moss, Robin (SC comedy character) 323
Moss Side, Manchester 208
Motson, John 303
Mounfield, Gregory 208
Mulcaire, Glenn 79
Mullan, Peter 38
Mulligan, Andrew 240, 241, 242, 243, 244
Munich Olympics, 1972, killings at 130
Munnery, Simon 280, 318, 332
Murdoch, Rupert 76, 81, 82–3
Murphy, Jan 12, 13, 275, 286, 291
Murphy, P. B. 204, 206
Murphy, P. K. 206
Murray, Martin 246, 248, 249, 291, 292
Naked Civil Servant, The 176
Naked Video 251
Nallon, Steve 273
National Lottery Live, The 276
Nestor, Martin 246–7, 263
Network 50
New Avengers, The 172
Newman, Rob 267, 273, 288, 325
News International 76–8, 79–83, 85
News of the World 73, 76, 79, 80, 82–3
NHS 114, 174
NME 213
Noah 43
Noakes, John 172
Normal, Henry 18, 55, 56, 280–1, 287, 329
Normal, The: ‘Warm Leatherette’ 216
Norman, Barry 172
Not the Nine O’Clock News 189, 190, 236, 260
Oakey, Phil 216
Oasis 71
Oliver, Denis 228
Olympic Games:
1972 130
2012 174
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 133
On the Buses 173
On the Hour 320, 337
Alan Partridge and 303–6, 308, 311, 313, 315, 316, 317, 339
Armando Iannucci and 18, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 301–2, 303, 304, 306, 308
cast and 270
educational background of people involved with intimidates SC 18, 298–300
Keith Mandement (public swimming pool attendant) character 309–10
Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge and 311, 313, 315, 316, 317
Lee and Herring and 295, 296, 303, 318
origins of 295
Patrick Marber and 18, 295, 299, 300–1, 302, 303, 304, 305, 308, 311
recording of 297–8
SC becomes involved with 295–6
SC’s realisation of quality of 297–8, 317
transfers to TV as The Day Today see Day Today, The
Onion 217
Opus Dei 122–3
Ordinary People 34
Orwell, George 163
Other Guys, The 17
Owen, Wilfrid 163
Oxford University 131, 177, 191, 202, 240, 244, 299, 300, 308
Palin, Michael 186, 188, 189
Paramount City 11
Paris Studios 58, 297, 298, 312, 315
Parole Officer, The 18
Partridge, Alan (SC comedy character) x
‘A-ha’ catchphrase 8, 85, 316
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Armando Iannucci and 46, 53, 54, 302, 303, 311
BBC and 57–8, 175, 190
birth of 298, 302, 303–8
car 305
change/evolution in character over time 3, 54
Cleese/Basil Fawlty and 175, 190, 305, 307
clothes/style of 54, 312–13
comedy of embarrassment and 243
comments on this book 340
complaint letters misread as real person 275, 313–14
corner of SC’s mind that will be forever 340
definition of SC’s career as a performer and 19, 306–7
Downton Abbey and 175
evolution of character in first radio series 305–6
fanbase 306, 315, 316
frustration as a thread running through pantheon of loved British comedy characters and 305
I’m Alan Partridge 3, 4, 7, 15, 57–8, 250, 252, 302, 319
killing off of 46
Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge 3–4, 54, 58, 193, 294, 306–16
Leveson and 83
Little Englander 173, 305
live audience and 150
makes SC laugh 47
Michael the Geordie 250, 252–3
Mid Morning Matters 54
movie see Alpha Papa
name 304
Neil and Rob Gibbons and rebirth of 53–4 see also Gibbons, Neil and Gibbons, Rob
Norwich and 304–5
offers to take back on radio 320
On the Hour and see On The Hour
Patrick Marber and see Marber, Patrick
Paul Calf and 290
‘peak Partridge’ 3
Peter Baynham and 46, 47, 252
politics 305, 312, 314–15
Rigsby and 173
SC on funniest incarnation of 54
SC prefers Saxondale over 15
SC’s affection for 53
SC’s father and 119
SC’s success with Philomena and 34
similarities to SC’s character ix, 47, 66, 92, 168, 299, 307–8, 339, 340
as stand-up character 306–7
Steve Coogan in Character with John Thomson (Edinburgh show, 1992) and 328, 329
Steve Coogan: The Man Who Thinks He’s It and 3, 6
The Day Today and 306, 308, 309–10
writing of 26, 47, 302, 303–6
Partridge, Frank 304
Paul Calf’s Video Diary 255
Pegg, Simon 3, 4, 6, 71, 148, 300
Penhaligan, Susan 179–80
Perkins, Geoff 261, 262, 283
Perrier Award:
1990 12
1991 14, 337
1992 117, 250, 255, 330, 331, 336–7, 338–9
Persuaders!, The 172
Pertwee, Jon 176
Philomena 46, 53, 68, 70, 192, 248, 339
Alpha Papa and 51, 52
as an open letter to SC’s parents about faith 36–9, 123
BAFTA and 340
BBC Films and 20–1
China Chow and 18, 20
Jeff Pope, SC’s collaboration with 20–1, 23, 27, 28, 29, 34, 35, 192
Judi Dench and 20, 22, 24, 30, 44, 118
Martin Sixsmith, SC meetings with 22, 23
origins of 17–18, 19–22
Oscars and 28, 33–5, 43, 65, 85, 337
personal resonance of story for SC 17–18, 19
response from women to 31
SC buys film rights to The Lost Child of Philomena Lee 19
SC finds artistic nourishment in 19
SC first meets Philomena Lee and Jane Libberton 22, 23
SC first reads Sixsmith piece in Guardian 17–18, 21
SC’s background and 18–19
SC’s role as Sixsmith 19, 22
screenplay, SC writes 18–25, 26–9, 31–2, 36–9, 40–5
Sean Ross Abbey, Roscrea, SC visits 23–5
Stephen Frears as director of 20, 30, 36, 38, 84
Vatican, papal audience at 38–9, 40–5
Weinstein and 27–8
world premiere, Venice Film Festival, 2013 30–1
Philomena Project 41, 45
Piccadilly Radio 258
Pilger, John 84
Pips, Manchester 215–16
Planer, Nigel 191
Playhouse, Edinburgh 280
Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh 10
Pleasance Two, Edinburgh 318
Poet’s Corner, Salford 266
Pope, Jeff 20–1, 23, 27, 28, 29, 34, 35, 192
Porridge 58, 172, 192
Porter, Lucy 337–8
Posner, Geoff 260, 261
Postgate, Oliver 171
postmodernism 54, 61, 285, 288–9
Potter, Dennis 177
Powell, Enoch 159
Poyzer, Darren 279
Presley, Elvis 133, 217
Primal Scream 208
Prince’s Trust 321
Protestantism 126, 127, 141, 226, 280
Proust, Marcel 109, 188
Pulp: ‘Disco 2000’ 146
Quantick, David 295
Quigley, Pierce 251
RADA 238–9, 244–5
Radcliffe, Mark 324
Radio 4 18, 58, 193, 275, 295, 297, 298, 311, 313, 321
Radio Manchester 251, 252, 324
Raging Bull 34
Raymond, Paul 70, 182, 228
Record Breakers 98–9, 186
Red Guitars 125–6
Redford, Robert 34
Resurrected 265
Rhodes, Greece 13–14, 295
Richmond, John 125
Ripping Yarns 186, 189
Rising Damp 173
Robbins, Kate 272
Rocky 254
Roeg, Nic 179
Ross, Jonathan 287
Rossiter, Leonard 173
Rowling, J. K. 84
Roxy Music 213, 218
Royal Exchange, Manchester 191, 237, 256–7, 258
Royal Irish Constabulary 227
Rushdie, Salman 84
Ryan, Christopher 191
Ryan, Fran 262
Sanchez, Bishop 41, 43, 44
Saturday Live 260–1, 275
Saturday Zoo 287, 289
Saxondale 15
Sayle, Alexei 191
Scarborough, Adrian 256
Schneider, David 295, 303
Scorsese, Martin 34
SDP 227
Sean Ross Abbey, Roscrea 23–5
Second World War, 1939–45 97, 98, 131
Sellers, Peter 285
Sessions, John 279
Sex Pistols 90, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217
Shakespeare, William 36, 230, 243
Shameless 279
Shapps, Grant 57
Sheen, Michael 65–6
Shelley, Percy Bysshe 69
Shepperton Studios 180
Shuttleworth, John (comedy character) 337
Simpson, Alan 192, 193
Singh, Rav 75–6
Siouxsie and the Banshees 90, 215
Sissay, Lemn 329
Sisson, Richard 281
Sixsmith, Martin 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 28–9, 31–2, 44, 77–8; The Lost Child of Philomena Lee 19
Skinner, Frank 10–11, 12, 14, 282, 284–5, 329, 337
Smith & Jones 251, 272
Smith, Joan 84–5
Smithills, near Bolton 104
Smiths, The 125–6
Sneddon, Gary 246, 248, 249
So It Goes 213
Soho House, London 6
Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em 165
Sony Radio Awards 193
Sounds 213
South Africa 250
Spearpoint, Andy 253
Spencer, Frank 54, 165, 238
Spinal Tap 250
Spitting Image 148, 258–9, 261, 262, 265, 267, 270, 271–4, 275, 280, 286–7, 330, 331
Spongers, The 177–8, 240
St Cassian’s Centre, Kintbury 210–11
St Thomas More RC Primary School, Middleton 127, 163
Stallo
ne, Sylvester 210, 254, 259
Stand and Deliver 279
Stand Up, Nigel Barton 177
Stanislavski, Konstantin 239, 247, 258
Star Trek 71
Star Wars 217
Start the Week 311
Steptoe and Son 192–3
Steve Brown Band 3–4
Steve Coogan in Character with John Thomson (Edinburgh show, 1992) 12, 13, 14, 117, 287, 292, 317–18, 321–4, 327–8
Steve Coogan: The Man Who Thinks He’s It 3–6, 169
Stiller, Ben 34, 49, 54, 55
Stone Roses, The 208
Stoppard, Tom 84
Sun 75–6
Sunday Night at the Palladium 6, 270, 278, 307
Sunday Times 75, 78, 80–1
Sunshine 15
Superstars 201
Sweeney, The 138, 185, 219, 259
T. Rex 213, 218
Tana, Gaby 20
Tarbuck, Jimmy 6, 270, 278, 279
Tarbuck, Liza 263
Tati, Jacques 132
Taylor, Alex 248
Taylor, C. P.: The Magic Island 240
Taylor, Julie 251
Taylor, Mike 199–201, 283, 284
Tebbit, Norman 258, 259
Ten Glorious Years 279
Thatcher, Denis 272
Thatcher, Margaret 143, 174, 191, 203, 209, 227, 228, 241, 258, 259, 261, 273, 277, 279, 286, 305, 312, 336
Thaw, John 237
Thickett, Duncan (SC comedy character) 3, 10–11, 243, 244, 264, 278, 280, 286, 304, 329
Thoday, Jon 280, 332
Thomas, Richard 280
Thomson, John 250, 253, 255, 268, 274, 287, 317–18, 321–5, 327, 328–9, 330, 336, 337, 338–9
Threlfall, David 250, 256
Tierney, Brendan 121, 125, 131, 140–1, 144, 161, 171, 181, 199, 215
Time Out 13
Times, The 15, 80–1, 84
To Russia with Love 201
Tonioli, Bruno 283–4
Top of the Pops 142, 172, 215
Tower of London 127
Trip, The ix, 34, 61–3, 64–7, 68–72, 253, 340
Trip to Italy, The 41, 68–9, 70–1
Tropic Thunder 71
Trumpton 171, 251
Tunnel Club, London 266–7
Twain, Mark 296
12 Years a Slave 35
24 Hour Party People 34, 59, 60, 70, 284
Two Ronnies, The 168, 173
2001: A Space Odyssey 132
U2 45
Ultravox 216
Undertones, The: ‘My Perfect Cousin’ 90, 213–14
Universal Studios 49
Up the Junction 177
Vanier, Jean 107–8
Vatican 38–9, 40–5, 127, 203
Veep 53
Venice Film Festival 30, 38
Vic and Bob 9
Vinterberg, Thomas 29
Wahlberg, Mark 17
Walkabout 179
Walliams, David 339
Walter, Harriet 256
Walters, Julie 250
Watching 263
Watergate scandal 130
Wayne, John 209–10
Webster, Miss 181–2
Week Ending 295
Weinstein, Harvey 27–8, 40, 41, 43
Wells, Steven 295
Welsby, Elton 303
Whitehouse, Mary 184