To age, they say, is to decline. Yet some things actually improve as they get older: certain wines, His Majesty King Charles, certain cheeses and, most of all, the Alan Partridge podcast, now back for its fourth series.

What will this series offer that the first three didn’t? Nothing, that’s not the point. Instead it will continue, just as before, to draw back the curtain, open the cupboard and provide full loft access to the life of one of the most fascinating men in north Norfolk (Alan Partridge).

Once again, Mr Partridge will delight listeners by casting his net over some of the smallest issues in the UK: stately homes, British porches, what life was like in 1994, the health of his assistant and his return to modelling.

But he’ll tackle the big issues too. For the dark shadow of the British justice system looms large of his life. Many great men have fallen before the law, their fortunes and reputation lain waste by a single poor decision. Jonathan Aitken, Lester Piggott, and there are probably others. Now comes the turn of Alan Gordon Partridge as he faces a criminal case that could alter the course of his life forever while providing a narrative arc around which the series can hang.

Episode 1: Trapped

Alan gets stuck in Lynn’s porch while she’s at a funeral.

Episode 2: Results

Waiting for Lynn at the hospital, Alan has a crisis of conscience in a Daewoo Tacuma.

Episode 3: Crisis Management

After yet another member of a WhatsApp group gets ‘cancelled’, Alan prepares for the worst.

Episode 4: Modelling

Alan gets the call to be the new cover star of Gateway, a quarterly in-ferry magazine, reigniting his modelling career.

Episode 5: Speeding

Alan is disturbed to receive a traffic violation notice. Can he fight to clear his name? Or, at least, pin it on someone else?

Episode 6: Downton

On a ramble, Alan finds an eerily empty manor house.

Episode 7: Office

Alan takes us inside the HQ of Partridge plc, presenting a special episode simply sitting at his desk.

Episode 8: Sound Garden

Alan Partridge heads to Hampton Court to visit the ‘Alan Partridge Sound Bath Garden’, a garden named after him and the sounds they’ve put in it.

Episode 9: Analogue

Alan ditches his smartphone as he undergoes a digital detox and unplugs from the modern world.

Episode 10: Day in Court

Alan faces his destiny in court as he fights to clear his name, and his license of three points.

Episode 11: Verdict

After a lengthy legal campaign, Alan finds out whether the scales of justice have tipped in his favour.

WARNING: CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE AND THEMES

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