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The award-winning ‘That Peter Kay Thing’ not only launched the career of one of the UK's most popular comedians but was also the forerunner to the phenomenally successful ‘Phoenix Nights’. Six beautifully crafted stories set in and around Bolton, with Peter Kay himself playing15 unique character creations, including Mr Softie the ice cream man; Leonard, the oldest paper boy in Britain; Marc Park, the egocentric pop star; Phoenix Club owner Brian Potter and Max the hapless doorman.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: 2-DVD Set, Alternative Footage, Commentary, Deleted Scenes, Featurette, Interactive Menu, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: That Peter Kay Thing is a unique hybrid of comedy and drama set in and around Bolton. In this six-part series, comedian Peter Kay plays a total of 15 characters, interacting with other actors and 'real' members of the public. One of the funniest programmes to have screened on British TV in recent years. The DVD will have all episodes from the series as well as a load of special unseen extras on a double disc DVD. ...That Peter Kay Thing - The Complete Series
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53 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Can't go wrong with Mr Kay,
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This review is from: That Peter Kay Thing [DVD] [2000] (DVD)
It's about time his first series was released! And I'm sure he's been waiting for it as well, joking about the wait on the featured commentary with Patrick McGuinness(Paddy) and Craig Cash (Early Doors & Royle Family fame).Six episodes with 15 different characters played by Peter Kay, before his Phoenix Night's fame. Including Brian Potter at the Neptune Club, Marc Park the soon failed pop 'star', Leonard the oldest paper boy in Britain (Based purely around a old friend of Peter's), Matthew Kelly and his first night as a steward at the M E N Areana and the famous Keith Lard, the fire safety officer. The series has it all. All of Peter Kay's best creations on one DVD, even Max and Paddy make an appearance a long the line. The DVD also has commentary, superbly done by names already mentioned, out-takes and alternative endings which are best left as out-takes and the pilot episode 'The Services' where you can see how Peter Kay's fame started brewing. If you're a Northerner, you'll love it!
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Born in Bolton.....,
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This review is from: That Peter Kay Thing [DVD] [2000] (DVD)
Following the lives of people from Bolton in a documentary style this is the Peter Kays first comic masterpiece.Although I don't think this is as funny as Phoenix Nights its just as entertaining. Its where all his creations in P.Nights stemmed from; and most the actors pop up in it somewhere too. Kay plays all the lead characters in this series and you start to forget its him under it all. Set in a bingo hall, working club, service station, paper shop, M.E.N arena, ice-cream van...the variety he plays is incredible. If you love Peter Kay, you'll love this!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
As good as phoenix nights,
By Dina Williams (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: That Peter Kay Thing [DVD] [2000] (DVD)
This was the series that first brought Peter Kay to my attention and I would recommend it to any fans of his. Its as good, if not better than the follow up series to one of the episodes, Phoenix nights. Each episode has a different setting in or around bolton, and follows people of various professions in their day to day lives.Each episode, whilst following wildly differing characters, has the distinctive Peter Kay stamp on it, and is invariably full of very dark humour and pathos, as well as the more mainstream comical scenes. I would say its darker than some of his later offerings- the scene with the ice cream man and his raspberry sauce in a darkened room is bordering on the surreal. But its never anything less than brilliant- Peter Kays incredible character acting means that all his characters are imbued with a real depth and usually a vulnerability which makes them likeable. The observational comedy is, as in his standup, faultless. I'm pretty sure Peter Kay could have taken any one of these episodes and turned it into a sucessful series, as he did with Brian Potter. Hilarious from start to finish.
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