Lowe

Despite Arthur Lowe's exhaustive theatrical, film and TV career spanning five decades, it's rather inevitable that, in the final reckoning, he's probably remembered by many for one role and one role only.
Lowe's alter ego, the pompous* Captain Mainwaring - the part he played for almost 10 years - must ultimately have weighed him down. 
He will have had as many, if not more, Dad's Army fans come up to him in the street and shout 'Stupid Boy' than Alan Partridge acolytes have yelled 'AHA!' at Steve Coogan whenever he's nipped out for a pint of milk.

*Who remembers him voicing over the Mr. Men animated series back in the late seventies? Towards the end of Lowe's career he was a functioning alcoholic and could, allegedly, be every bit as pompous as Mainwaring himself. I'm not sure if Roger Hargreaves ever wrote a Mr. Pompous book, but here's Mainwaring Lowe reading Mr. Uppity. Fall in at the back.

Trip Advisor

In case you've not heard, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are reprising their roles in The Trip tomorrow night on BBC 2. The Trip to Italy sees the comedy duo hamming it up as fictionalised versions of themselves all in the guise of another culinary road trip. Apart from the warmer weather - the original was filmed in a typical north of England winter - it's business as usual. Kicking off in Turin in their open top Mini, the food is a long way down the menu - Coogan and Brydon's riffing, complete with extra helpings of Michael Caine, is, as you would expect, the main course.

No fog!

Norwich, driving gloves, Roachford: all roads lead to Alan Partridge. Alpha Papa might not win Steve Coogan any Oscars, but it's been a long time since ninety minutes skipped by so quickly in a picture house. Kiss my face.