Alan Partridge is returning with a podcast – beamed to listeners direct from his Norfolk oasthouse (well, actually yes, it is his shed).

The Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast will be out later this year in September via Audible, but fans can access the first episode from Friday 5 June - Friday 12 June via Alexa enabled devices or through the free Alexa App from the Android Play or iOS App Store.

Audible says that "for the first time, this famously private man welcomes us into his home and bears all through a fascinating series of conversations and richly sound-designed audio vignettes."

“In keeping with podcasting’s rich heritage, each episode is recorded at home in Alan’s Oasthouse (his shed), after which audio is sent directly to Audible to ensure it meets the technical specifications laid down in his contract.”

According to Partridge himself: "All national treasures have a podcast. If David Dimbleby has one, then of course I needed to make one...Like most people, I assumed those who hosted podcasts were pale, tech obsessed social lepers who live with their mums and couldn’t get a platform on any meaningful broadcaster so started spouting their bloated opinions into their USB microphones to flatter their groaning sense of self-importance.

“But then I spoke to a man I’d never heard of before from Audible. HE called ME and made me an offer. I countered. He came back. I countered again. In short, we hammered out the details (to my satisfaction) and the result is a series of podcasts. They’ve been described as very good/sensational.”

Alan Partridge is a fictional broadcaster played by Steve Coogan.

Sign up for Audible here - you can have a free 30-day trial. The full series will be available from 3 September.