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  • On Radio Norwich, a local radio station which shares the same name as the one Alan Partridge is supposed to work for, showed that Alan Partridge might be a credit to their station when their host this afternoon announced that the answer to the question "Who was the host in 1983 of It'll Be Alright On The Night" was "Graham Norton".

    You don't have to be thick to work in the local media ... but it helps Norfolk Blogger 2009

  • On Radio Norwich, a local radio station which shares the same name as the one Alan Partridge is supposed to work for, showed that Alan Partridge might be a credit to their station when their host this afternoon announced that the answer to the question "Who was the host in 1983 of It'll Be Alright On The Night" was "Graham Norton".

    Archive 2009-09-01 Norfolk Blogger 2009

  • Andy Partridge is one of the great British pop lyricists of the late 20th century and much underrated.

    For Mrs NotaSheep Not a sheep 2008

  • Andy Partridge is one of the great British pop lyricists of the late 20th century and much underrated.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • "In Beauty, Like the Night" by Norman Partridge is about a skin magazine publisher named Grimes.

    REVIEW: The Living Dead edited by John Joseph Adams 2008

  • What you get with Norm Partridge is simply the best.

    When Will Weirdness Strike? daj42 2006

  • Elizabeth Partridge is a brilliant non-fiction writer.

    John Lennon: All I Want Is The Truth 2005

  • Elizabeth Partridge is a brilliant non-fiction writer.

    Archive 2005-12-01 2005

  • David Partridge is a retired Anglican priest who works for the Oxford-based International Interfaith Centre, which "facilitates networking, encounter, education and research between religious and spiritual individuals, organisations, and communities throughout the world".

    Archive 2004-08-15 Laban 2004

  • The amphibious maiden, who dwelt in the bottom of the river, could not be drowned by jumping into the stream; and it is evident that she only resumes her true aquatic form in escaping from her husband, who, it should be added, is himself called Partridge and seems to be regarded as, in fact, a fowl of that species.

    The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Edwin Sidney Hartland 1887

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