Rousing versions of IRA rebel songs on primetime BBC TV !

[BritVic]

From the latest cringe-inducing episode of 'This Time' featuring Steve Coogan as hapless TV presenter Alan Partridge last night. A lookalike Alan from Sligo, in the Republic of Ireland (great splitscreen work with Coogan in a double role) hijacks the show and belts out some highly inappropriate pro-IRA songs (Come Out Ye Black And Tans and The Men Behind The Wire) while seated next to a Daniel Craig lookalike.

"Oh my God, that was like an advert for the IRA" remarks Partridge to his co-host.

The Irish lookalike turns to 'Daniel Craig' "Double-O feckin' bollocks"

Jawdropping stuff on a mainstream TV channel.

Link to tweet

[Sanity Claws]

1. Don't you think the others were in on the joke?

That was the feeling I got. Nobody laughed or had a bemused look. It looks like they knew to keep a straight face or pull an angry one.

I laughed at it.

[BritVic]

2. It's a comedy show, SC - spoofing the blandness of mainstream TV

All brilliantly acted by Steve Coogan, who has been playing this character with inevitable disasterous consequences, for 28 years !