I, Partridge (38 page)

Rita’s café 37–8

St Luke’s Hospital 46–8

Thorburn’s pronunciation of 211

train station 239–41

Waterstone’s 233, 237

see also
Radio Norwich

Oddie, Bill 124, 127, 166, 173, 180n, 210, 224–5, 226

O’Hanraha-hanrahan, Peter 65, 81

Parry, Keith (ex-father-in-law) 39

Parry, Stella (ex-mother-in-law) 39

Parry, Ben E. 280

Parry, Tim (ex-brother-in-law) 60, 123

Partridge, Alan Gordon

as author and writer

book titles, meaningless 227n

Bouncing Back
222n, 233–43, 271

describe mother’s death, how to 247

Funny Thing Happened
,
A …
235

hope for current volume 310

ideas for books 247

love of alliteration 281–2

narrative techniques 4, 118, 168, 217

positioning books in-store 237

pulping and recycling 241–4

rhetorical devices 29, 168–9

run-writing 234

search for publisher 235–6

selling units, methods 238–41

awards

Booker Prize (deserved) 233

Channel 4 100 best catchphrases (84th) 95

TV Quick
’s Man of the Moment 27

as businessman

Apache Group of Companies® 256–7

Forward Solutions™ 266, 267, 268–73, 274–5

Partridge’s Nest 155–8

philosophy 158, 257

Travel Tavern’s understanding of 161

see also below under
Peartree Productions

childhood, school and poly

A-level results 28–30

beatings 8–9

birth 3–4, 42, 248

bullying 1–2, 24–5, 26–7

choice of newspaper 204

Christmas 5

dance, as self-expression 248

East Anglia Polytechnic 30–4

‘Fartridge’ affair 23–4, 27

first words, car-related 204

funeral/burial of Barney the dog 244n

hardship of 13–15, 20

as ineffective leader 19–20

inquisitiveness 6–7

as lepidopterist 7

living with parents as student 30–2

as only child 4–5

as precocious reader 13, 14, 204

and privet sweepings 9, 21

Scouting 17–20

shoe-horn/shoe-tree fixation 7

tree as
doppelgänger
2–3, 15, 302–3

dress and grooming

aftershave (Pagan Man) 122

beard, temporary 209–10

Burton’s Gold Card 76, 310n

dressing gown, when alone 132

hair, luxuriance of 98

side parting 51, 160, 297

smart/smart casual 98, 284

as student 31, 32

talc and deodorant 91, 163

underwear 245, 260

waterproof trousers, discounted 302

food and drink

as accompaniment to BBC news 68

Alan’s Cookie Jar 290

baking soda metaphors 155, 170

beer on Xmas morning 131–2

birthday cake 13–14

at BP garage 80

Coco-Pops and hot milk 304

daytime drinking, avoids 125

drunk on Watneys Party Four 32

improvisation at Travel Tavern 150

interfered-with sandwiches 24

lemonade preference 40

lunchtime sandwiches 160, 161, 217, 242

McDonald’s 291–2, 304

Murray Mints 4, 5n

Nandos’s (Norwich) 106–8

omelettes at Travel Tavern 151

in police cells 119

tea, sequence of water and milk 37

tea and AIDS 67–8

toast at Rita’s 37

Toblerone addiction 203–4, 213–23, 228–9, 231

transcending binary pairs 37–8

vegetables, surfeit of and consequences 11

‘when in Rome’ 83–4

health (mental and physical)

addiction
see above under
food and drink

ageing, three signs of 305

ankle injuries 65, 299–302, 304

calls in ‘sick’ 125

calluses, efficacy of pumice 234

Controlled Anger-Release Splashing 226

cures for flab 229–30

excess skin, solutions for 232

major bloodloss 15n

‘merciless’ exercise regime 228, 230–1

muscularity of physique 173–4

neck, pimple on 86, 97

nosebleeds 1–2, 3, 15

‘palm-piss’ 114, 119, 306

pony-trekking 226–8, 235

scrotal cancer misdiagnosis 44–5

Short-Burst Underwater Crying 225

therapy 226

Travel Tavern fitness routine 149

weight (pre- and post-toilet) 297

homes and dwellings

designs own house 252–4, 258

London penthouse 186, 189

moves into own 262, 263

naming own 253–4, 258

static caravan 254–5

‘unstatic’ caravan 260

see also
Lambert family; Partridge family members; Travel Tavern (Linton)

Peartree Productions

employment tribunal 101

genesis of, as joke not lie 92

goes under 235

liquidated 255

management style 110–11

pay rises and sacking 98

as publisher 235

restructuring 161

as ‘sleeping volcano’ 186

as ‘well-oiled machine’ 109–10

workplace ambiance 93

radio career

‘Aha’ catchphrase 94–6

cross-genre mastery 286

desk rethinks 60–1, 144

expertise in modulation modes 276–7, 283

fans and super-fans 169–70, 172–8

‘final’ show 307–9

Gabitas as ‘manager/agent’ 193–4

hospital radio 18, 46–8, 85, 289–90

impersonating 169–70

joined by sidekick 284, 286–9, 292–3

mother’s pride in 248–9

move to digital 279, 282–3

musical taste 145

nasal voice, Lynam on 85, 161n

Our Price DJing 49–51, 52, 215–16

premonitions of, at poly 32

pre-show checklist 307

purpose of 308

real-life audiences 297–300

reciprocated love 144

Red Adair role 279

research, learning and tips 146, 295–6

retirement decision 303–7, 309

return to Radio Norwich 138–42

rumours of decline 296, 298

seriousness, necessity of 187

Shayer headhunts 47, 49

sports reporting 51–8

swearing during 143

voice-over work 73–4

see also individual stations and shows

sex, relationships and friendships

attraction to Sue Cook 71, 124, 169, 170, 171

boss–employee relations, and propriety 151–2, 185

BP attendant 218

dalliance with menopausal colleague 259–60

finger-sex-miming 126

first dabblings 31–2, 33

‘friending’ Treacle (horse) 228

Michael as friend 152

as Norwich Don Juan 73

readers, with 310

sexually assaulted 217

STD checks, on others 262

see also
Jemima ‘Jem’; Partridge, Carol; Sonja

TV career

‘Aha’ catchphrase 175

BBC ‘contract’ 183–4, 188–9

BBC ditches 120, 129

as BBC2’s White Knight 101

bulldozing of 16

corporate video work 155, 181, 200–1, 210–11

cow-bombed 201–2

Crash, Bang, Wallop
202–3, 204, 206

giving others breaks 115–16

guest appearances 112

high-brow/low-brow, switching between 90

hires Ponder 103

house befitting ‘personality’ status 163

ideas for shows (inc. films) 120, 155, 165–6, 181, 187, 222, 290

KMKY
moves to TV 97–8

KMKY
‘second series’ 118, 120, 138, 147, 159–62, 165, 188, 218, 275

meetings for future shows 118–19

modifies voice for 85–7

moves into TV 79, 80

offensive reviews 136–7

Peacock pledge 182