This Time is partly a super-accurate aping of the freewheeling live TV magazine in/with regard to’concerning’regarding mat with its relentless screeching tonal gear transform’alter s, and also a flat-out hilarious continuation of the Alan Partridge story. Each episode packs in a lavish number of jokes, delightful moments of perfectly timed slapstick and brilliantly conceived scenes of extended Partridge awkwardness, as he tries to slip into the role of co-host and takes Making It All About Him to previously uncharted levels. Mostly we are simply watching this One Show-style programme play out “as live”, but there are also key moments when we glimpse unvarnished Alan off-camera, acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure ting maintain’sustain from his legendary assistant Lynne, who assures him that his comeback is all going really well.###Of course it’s not, but now Alan is but one of many over-confident middle-aged male TV presenters who can acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure away with saying anything as long as it it’ll make a provocative clip on Twitter. His younger female co-host is played with uncanny authenticity by Susannah Fielding. Her looks to camera when Alan goes off piste are perfect.###This in/with regard to’concerning’regarding mat allows more opportunities than ever to relish in the gloriously puffed-up misguidedness of Alan. His attempts at serious, topical discussion segments are a peculiar highlight, and episode two’s #MeToo storyline superbly up-ends our expectations of Alan’s behaviour. It’s hard to imagine a better vehicle with which to bring Alan back to mainstream TV comedy.