Sky Atlantic has ordered a new State-Of-The-Nation mockumentary from Steve Coogan.

Alan Partridge’s Scissored Isle will see Alan attempt to make amends after a controversial on-air incident. Leaving behind his comfortable existence and vast detached house, Alan heads to the north on a deeply personal journey of redemption.

With his Land Rover and his dog, he journeys into an unreported Britain inhabited by the very people he had offended to ask whether, in this once united kingdom, a ‘schasm’ has formed – a schism or chasm, between the haves and the have-nots (or haven’ts).

From supermarket staff to payday lenders, disaffected street gangs to food scavenging ‘freegans’, Alan pledges to move among them; to understand them; to see the world through their eyes. And – god willing – along the way become a better citizen, a better man and a better, more sought-after broadcaster.

The one-hour special will air on Monday 30 May on Sky Atlantic.

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Steve Coogan commented: “It’s great to see Alan tackle the big issues of poverty and disenfranchised youth with the same clumsy ham-fistedness we would usually expect from George Osborne.”

Zai Bennett, Director of Sky Atlantic, added: “Alan is back on our screens and this latest incarnation of Partridge looks to be the best yet!”

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