"Mandatory" wrote that Partridge was "a fascinatingly layered and fully realised creation of years of storytelling and a fundamentally contemptible prick – he feels like a living, breathing person, but a living, breathing person that you want to strangle". The "Telegraph" wrote: "Never has one actor so completely inhabited a sitcom character. We believe Partridge is real, from his side-parted hair down to his tasseled sports-casual loafers." In 2014, "Guardian" writer Stuart Heritage described Partridge as "one of the greatest and most beloved comic creations of the last few decades". He was ranked seventh on Channel 4's 2001 list of the 100 Greatest TV Characters. In a 2017 poll of over 100 comedians, Partridge was voted best TV comedy character and Coogan best male comedy actor, and a scene from "I'm Alan Partridge" in which Partridge goes to the home of an obsessive fan was voted best comedy scene.