Corrected entry: Alan tells the Travel Tavern staff that he went to see E. L. O. at the Birmingham NEC in 1976. This can't be true because it wasn't built until 1978.
I'm Alan Partridge (1997)
1 corrected entry in Alan Attraction
Starring: Steve Coogan, Felicity Montagu, Phil Cornwell, Simon Greenall
Genres: Comedy
Continuity mistake: When Michael tries to take Alan's big plate, Jill holds the menu in both hands. In the next shot she is holding it in just one. (00:18:25)
Alan Partridge: Back of the net.
Trivia: It is a testament to the set designers (or whoever) at the BBC that the view of the car park from the lobby of the Travel Tavern looks so real when it is, in fact, a backdrop.
Question: Who played the man who drew the penis on Alan's back when he was younger?
Chosen answer: He was played by Ian Puleston-Davies. He is best known for his role as Owen Armstrong in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.
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Correction: It opened in early 1976, and it would have been likely that Birmingham City Council would have used E.L.O. (who are Brummies themselves) to perform there to promote it.
Andy Benham ★