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Alan Partridge looks set to return for his first new TV series in nearly a decade, with Steve Coogan in talks with the BBC and other broadcasters about adapting his online show. Baby Cow, the production company co-owned by Coogan, is in talks to rework the 2010 online series Mid Morning Matters, which follows Partridge as he records his North Norfolk Digital radio show. Mid Morning Matters, which consists of 12 episodes of between 10 and 15 minutes, launched online in November, funded by beer brand Foster's. The show, written by Armando Iannucci, Coogan, Neil Gibbons and Rob Gibbons, has attracted more than 4 million video views on YouTube. Discussions with the BBC began after the rights to the internet show reverted to Baby Cow. Iannucci confirmed on Twitter that the creators were also talking to other broadcasters. A spokeswoman for the BBC said that the talks were at a "very early stage". The plan would be to bundle the online series into about six 30-minute episodes for TV. The BBC is also thought to be discussing the potential for a second series of Mid Morning Matters. The BBC has been the home of Coogan's Partridge character since he started out on Radio 4's On The Hour. Coogan later transferred the character to TV in news spoof The Day Today, chatshow parody Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge and the first series of I'm Alan Partridge in 1997. But apart from the odd sketch for Comic Relief, Coogan's character has not appeared in a full TV series since 2002's second run of I'm Alan Partridge on BBC2. A one-off spoof documentary about Partridge's career, Anglian Lives, was broadcast on BBC2 in 2003. Steve Coogan in talks on new Alan Partridge series | Media | guardian.co.uk Yeah, give me another series, you shit.

http://www.metro.co.uk/tv/845590-alan-partridge-returns-with-trailer-for-new-series Can't link the trailer unfotunately due to work restrictions; Seven years after he was last on our screens Partridge - one of the country's most popular comic characters - appears in a new one-off online series, made up of a dozen 11-minute episodes, all written by the show's original creator Armando Iannucci. The trailer - a montage of clips with nothing more than mournful instrumental soundtrack - doesn't give much away, but the episodes will see him on air once again, presenting his new show Mid Morning Matters for the North Norfolk Digital radio station. He is assisted by younger DJ Simon (played by Edinburgh Comedy Aawrd-winning comedian and poet Tim Key) with whom he claims to have 'great banter'. Episodes will see Alan confronting an Alan Partridge imposter on Twitter, and hosting a phone-in to find the greatest ever person from Norfolk (in which Horatio Nelson goes up against Delia Smith). In one he also discusses his fondness for Billie Piper, telling listeners: 'I like her face. She has a very round cherubic face, rather like a Victorian doll that's somehow been re-animated. Say what you like about Billie Piper - but she is the most popular prostitute on ITV.' The new episodes, sponsored by Fosters, will appear on Fosters Funny from November 5. Suffice to say this is pretty much the greatest thing I've heard in a long time, I cannot wait, format sems a bit strange but hey ho when it comes to Partridge any new material is duly welcome.