Beschrijving
Some comedies secure cult status after just one episode. The first series of Phoenix Nights, created by and starring Bolton-born comic Peter Kay, is one of those rare gems that few saw on first showing but that everyone was soon talking about. Wheelchair-bound Brian Potter (Kay) runs the Phoenix, a shabby social club populated by an assortment of wonderfully observed characters. It’s grim up North and despite the best efforts of the staff to inject life into the proceedings–be it an alternative comedy night, a version of Robot Wars in Potter’s beloved Pennine Suite or a Wild West extravaganza–each evening’s entertainment always ends badly. Undaunted, the Phoenix denizens continue to strive for their dream: a world in which \
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