Celebrity Paradox: In episode three, in the scene where The Wolfster writes his telephone number on a beermat and hands it to Max, it is clearly a Peter Kay beermat, tying in with Kay's TV adverts for John Smith's bitter. Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Raymond, the main antagonist of Episode 4 clearly loves his boyfriend Pepe, and vice-versa.

To celebrate the end of Movember 2023, The Lowry and RE:TREAT will be holding Manchester’s first-ever ‘Shave-athon’ event, where blokes can turn up to the luxury city centre hotel to give their moustaches a free trim or go clean-shaven after 30 days of wearing face fur.Affably Evil: For a Depraved Homosexual Yardie who's literally named "The Bastard," Raymond the Bastard is pretty polite to Max and Paddy. Fan Disservice: At the end of Episode Four, we see the male cast of Phoenix Nights (apart from Brian) naked when Max and Paddy call in an anthrax threat and they are forced to strip naked and get hosed down with some kind of chemical suppressant.. Thankfully when they turn around, the credits are used as a Scenery Censor. The pair arrive in London, and immediately have an altercation with the traffic police. Later, Max spots in a local newspaper a 40th birthday message for his old school friend Kevin 'The Wolfster' Wolfson, who had moved to London some years before. Max and Paddy turn up unannounced at his birthday party and surprise 'The Wolfster', as well as several other old faces from home present for the party. Tina (played by Lisa Hammond), Max's one true love mentioned in the previous episode, turns up. Max tries to make amends with her, and discovers that she is actually married to, and has a child with, The Wolfster.

Upon being sent to prison for stealing a school bus full of children (see Big Damn Heroes), Max and Paddy face the unpleasant ordeal of a rectal examination to ensure they're not smuggling anything into the prison. Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Taken to its absolute limit with Max (who is both tall and fairly large) and Tina (a woman with dwarfism)Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Max and Paddy. They're generally decent guys but not above stealing and conning people if it will benefit them. Look Behind You: Paddy does this to distract Billy the Butcher and escape into the motorhome, when Billy realises Paddy rifled through his duffle bag. Waste of money? We've bought a plasma screen wi' no speakers! No wonder we're eatin' Big Bob's bastard beans! DOOR SLAMS SEAGULLS CRY We need to get out of here, Max. Vocal Evolution: Max's voice is different than in Phoenix Nights because continuing it would have risked long-term damage to Peter Kay's voice.

Do It Yourself" Theme Tune: The theme song was written by Toni Baker and Peter Kay, and borrowed heavily from the theme to B.J. and the Bear. Well in my mind I had some idea that Ralph Little had been involved in the writing of this but it appears not. This from the official BBC comedy guide though did cheer me up: One can only guess what Paddy's part in the porn film Willy Wanker And The Chocolate Factory entailed that makes him ask Max to drive over speed bumps more carefully. The room full of male bodybuilders is certainly a clue though.News Manchester’s libraries are becoming ‘warm spaces’ with FREE hot drinks and Wi-Fi this winter Emily Sergeant Shot in the Ass: Where Billy the Butcher's bullet ends up hitting Paddy. Paddy is still bleeding profusely when he walks away afterwards. While the event is completely free to attend, those who turn up will be encouraged to donate to the charity, no matter how small the contribution. This isn’t a Tesco advert but when it comes to stuff like this, every little bit really does help.