Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights Series 1 (DVD)

Phoenix Nights is a comedy series, so far there have been two series, written and starring Peter Kay based in a working man's club in Bolton, Lancashire. I have just watched the DVD issue having never seen the programme before as the premise of the show had seemed a little dull and I had wondered whether I'd even watch all of the six episodes. I did however, and really enjoyed the humour throughout. Peter Kay plays Brian Potter, the club owner who is confined to a wheelchair, and he also plays one of the club's doormen (although I didn't actually notice this at first, being a little slow on the uptake!). Each episode runs through the various ways ...

Peter Kay is a lad from Bolton whose comedic talent was well known in his local area for many years, however the creation of his own TV series ?Phoenix Nights? really put him on the map, although it would be criminal to miss out mentions for his co-writers on this project who were Neil Fitzmaurice and Dave Spikey. I remember when it first started being shown on TV, and hardly anyone (me included) thought enough about it to watch it. Soon though, whispers around workplaces and pubs soon made more and more people tune in. Kay claims that the programme is a spin off from his less successful series ?That ...

I didn't purchase this, it was a gift from a very close friend just after Christmas to stop me moaning that I hadn't had time to go out and buy it! I'd watched the second series on channel four religiously and loved every minute, and now consider myself a bit of a die hard fan. I just can't stop watching it! Pheonix Nights is set in Bolton, Lancashire and revolves around the Pheonix Social Club, which in my opinion really is the cowboy of all social clubs, with corners cut at every turn to trim expenditure and a whole host of zany characters, most of which I can relate to as being regulars at my local pub! Pheonix Nights was the ...