Conversation so far:
What was special about Alan Partridge's character?
Alan Partridge is an incompetent and tactless television and radio presenter from Norwich, England. He is socially inept, often offending his guests, and has an inflated sense of importance
What did others think of Alan Partridge?
According to Variety, in Britain Alan Partridge is a full-on phenomenon, a multiplatform fictional celebrity whose catchphrases, mangled metaphors and social ineptitude are the stuff of legend and good ratings.“

Question: What else was interesting about his character?
Self-contained rewrite: What else was interesting about Steve Coogan's Alan Partridge character besides what others thought about him and being an incompetent and tactless television and radio presenter from Norwich, England that is socially inept?