Paddy McGuinness says ‘Phoenix Nights’ is ready to make a comeback.
The 46-year-old comedian – who played doorman Paddy O’Shea in classic comedy – revealed Peter Kay’s iconic British sitcom could be returning to TV screens with the original cast.
He told the Daily Star newspaper: "It was great. There’s always talk about doing another one. It’s just time, it’s just getting everyone together. But everyone is up for it."
The show – co-written by Kay, Neil Fitzmaurice and Dave Spikey – aired on Channel 4 for two series from 2001 to 2002, but the regulars at the working’s man club haven’t been seen together since they reunited in 2015 for Comic Relief.
Paddy added: "We did do it live and that went really well, we sold out five nights playing to 15,000 people a night and that were great."
Last year, Spikey – who also portrayed Jerry St.Clair – admitted he was disappointed the sitcom ended when it did, and he claimed Paddy and Peter "rode away into the sunset" rather than working on a third series.
He insisted there "should have" been another season of the programme because the ideas were in place, but Peter and Paddy – who played bouncers Max and Paddy respectively – went on to make spin-off ‘Max and Paddy’s Road to Nowhere’.
Describing a reunion as a "lost cause", he previously wrote on Twitter: "You can never go back. Should have done a third series and a Christmas special. The ideas and storylines were there
"Series 3 was never written although the ideas were there. Max and Paddy rode away into the sunset and sadly that was the end of that (sic)"
Paddy McGuinness says Phoenix Nights is ready for a comeback
