Steve Coogan: ‘People Claim You Can’t Say Anything Anymore, But That’s Bulls**t’

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68d678391400008e185c6211.jpg?cache=Zx5XivmtAF&ops=crop_0_448_5079_2359%2Cscalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Steve Coogan (pictured here in 2022) is gearing up to bring Alan Partridge back to our screens in a new BBC series" data-caption="Steve Coogan (pictured here in 2022) is gearing up to bring Alan Partridge back to our screens in a new BBC series" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="Jeff Vespa/Shutterstock" />Steve Coogan (pictured here in 2022) is gearing up to bring Alan Partridge back to our screens in a new BBC series</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><span style="font-weight:400">For his latest on-screen venture, <a href="news/steve-coogan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Steve Coogan</a> decided that one of the most sensitive topics dominating the conversation right now would be a fitting outlet for TV’s most heavy-handed and tactless characters. Yes, folks, <a href="news/alan-partridge/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Alan Partridge</a> is back. And this time, he’s tackling <a href="news/mental-health/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">mental health</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">Ironically billed as “Britain’s first ever documentary about mental health”, How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge) is a new BBC series in which the unlikely national treasure, fresh from a year working in Saudi Arabia, returns to his home territory and takes it upon himself to try and solve the UK’s mental health crisis.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">The idea for the show first came about when Steve and his co-writers Neil and Rob Gibbons asked themselves: “If so