The date has been confirmed for the new Alan Partridge series, entitled How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge).

It will air on  BBC One and iPlayer on Friday 3rd October at 21:30, with all six episodes of the series available as a boxset on iPlayer that day.

In the series Steve Coogan plays Alan Partridge as he investigates the nation's mental health.

Tim Key returns at Sidekick Simon and Kathryn Kelly plays Partridge's wife.

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