I'm Alan Partridge (1997) - 1x06 - Towering Alan

Sue Cook phones Alan with some good news, Hayers has been killed in an accident thus opening up the possibility of a second series. Alan can hardly contain his glee at the funeral, especially when he gets some encouraging signals from Hayers' replacement. The morning after hosting a terrible leaving party for the staff at the Linton Travel Tavern where he has lived for the last 182 days he goes to see the new BBC Commissioning Editor, Chris Feather. Just as Feather is about to sign Alan up on a new 5 year BBC contract he dies, thus leaving Alan with a bit of a problem.