Once upon a time, the idea of hearing Come Out, Ye Black and Tans on primetime BBC One was unthinkable. However, that is precisely what came to pass on This Time with Alan Partridge last night. “I didn’t know who you were,” he told Alan Partridge. As the credits rolled, viewers were treated to stirring renditions of Come Out, Ye Black and Tans and The Men Behind The Wire, courtesy of Brennan. In a famous episode of I’m Alan Partridge, the presenter managed to offend two Irish network executives with his ill-informed comments on the Troubles.

Source: The Irish Times March 19, 2019 13:28 UTC