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I'd argue that Alan Partridge is very clearly at the expense of Alan not the people he interacts with. But I agree there's definitely more comedies like Fawlty Towers where the line is blurred, the difference is they don't racially abuse the other party.
The example in my mind is the guy with the mole on Austin Powers, it's very similar to the German stuff in FT, the joke is meant to be at Austin but it's also clearly partly at the expense of the guy with the mole. Just replace mole with German and you've basically got Fawlty Towers except not xenophobic
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rc5G04nJecI