How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge)

Synopsis

The beloved and, to be fair, revered broadcaster returns to Britain after a year in Saudi Arabia to ask some important questions.

First Air Date: 2025-10-03

Last Air Date: 2025-10-24

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 6

Created By: Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons

Networks: BBC One

Alan Partridge returns to make Britain’s first ever documentary about mental health.

Ep. 1: Episode 1 (2025-10-03)

Leaving behind a lucrative career voicing radio commercials, Alan Partridge makes a bravely personal and personally brave return to television - to make Britain’s first ever documentary about mental health.
Ep. 2: Episode 2 (2025-10-10)

Continuing his quest to fix the nation’s mind, Alan posits a question - does talking help or is it better to just shut your mouth? - and uses it to help the meek speak.
Ep. 3: Episode 3 (2025-10-17)

Hosting Saudi Radio alone in a Norwich business park prompts Alan to ask the question: is solitude healthy, or do we need other people? Can dogs or technology fill the void?
Ep. 4: Episode 4 (2025-10-24)

Can nature heal a troubled mind? Alone in the Peaks with only a stick-cam, Alan draws on the teat of Mother Nature and unlocks a heroic side some people doubted he ever had.
Ep. 5: Episode 5 (2025-10-31)

Newly single and never happier, Alan throws himself into new experiences to see if trying fresh things can improve our wellbeing - and finds joy in the unexpected.
Ep. 6: Episode 6 (2025-11-07)

Finding himself back where he began, Alan is forced to wonder if he's come full circle or gone nowhere - before a tragic death leads to a moment of quite staggering catharsis.