The motor home originally purchased by Max in Phoenix Nights was a Ford; however, the motor home they use in Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere is a Fiat. They soon realise that they have been conned. [[spoiler: Max decides not to tell his long lost son Daniel that he is his real father; allowing Daniel, Tina, and Kevin. Yesterday at 10:21 AM. His theatre work includes productions at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, the Nottingham Playhouse and the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. ** Tina has an offscreen one in Episode Four that's both intentional and accidental. With Max's inferior tunnelling skills, sharing a cell with Cliff Richard is the least of Paddy's worries; his good looks are bound to cause problems in the shower and not just in competing for the soap. Raymond is the worse of Paddy's nightmares when Paddy drops the soap, and is eagerly commented about his manhood as "Stunning, like a young Burt Reynolds!". [[GassHole A lot.]] 16K views, 122 likes, 8 loves, 189 comments, 132 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from No Context Max and Paddy: The art of negotiation - by Raymond the Bastard * ButtMonkey: Gypsy Joe in the first episode. ** [[spoiler: Paddys cellmate in Episode Four.]] Before Billy can pull the trigger, Paddy recovers and renders him unconscious with a traffic cone. * {{Hypocrite}}: When Max reveals that their new TV has no speakers, Paddy angrily calls Gypsy Joe a "typical thieving gyppo" and is glad he's eating the grapes they brought him for an injury they caused while heaving him off a bridge so they could escape with the TV he'd just helped them steal. [[spoiler: Max decides not to tell his long-lost son Daniel that he is his real father; allowing Daniel, Tina, and Kevin (Tina's husband and an old friend of Max who believes he is Daniel's father) to remain a happy family. See EpicFail.]]. [[Squick The same hand he's just lathered shampoo onto his groin with. Upon realising soon after that Joe didn't sell them the speakers to go with it, a sad Max and Paddy go to a club to find some women. * LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Episode Three contains a montage of [[spoiler:Max following his long lost son to school and trying to deal with the news that hes a father]] set to the Boyzone cover of "Father & Son". After discovering the girls, locally known as the 'Belgrano Sisters', are infamous for this, they get revenge by forcing them to steal some speakers for their television. Paddy is forced to share a cell with a Cliff Richard impersonator and they have a very uncomfortable encounter in the showers!From Max and Paddy's Road To Nowhere Season 1 Episode 4: After the previous episode the duo are now being held on remand in prison. * ContinuityNod: When Young Kenny appears in Episode Four, he still has the impossible to remove tiger facepaint that he got at. Then he switches on the engine to show off their new plasma television. They end up changing their minds by the end of the episode [[spoiler:when they see a pig- possibly the same pig they bought from the farmer and ended up caring for- roast and served at a pub, and order two nut cutlets instead]]. * ThePigpen: Paddy considers Max to be this. [1], His roles on television include Wayne in The Street, Raymond the Bastard in Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere and Cecil in Prime Suspect 5. The lyrics are "Don't know where we're going, Got no way of knowing, Driving on the Road to Nowhere. You've gotta go to the police and tell them I'm Daniel's dad, then they'll know why I did it. Billy is also appears in said flashback before he returns as the main supporting character in Episode Six. What they didn't realise was that that train was the last train and thus they end up camping in the woods. * CantHoldHisLiquor: Max accuses Paddy of this in the first episode but he contends that he must have been [[SlippingAMickey spiked]]. Mayhem would then ensue as they tried to act appropriately in the situation, only to keep unintentionally doing magic tricks based on what they found in their outfits. * NoisySexNextDoor: In the first episode, Max and Paddy pull two girls at a nightclub and bring them back to the motorhome. He was tunnelling towards the next cell. * RoguishRomani: Gypsy Joe, played by ''Series/MrsBrownsBoys'' actor Brendan O'Caroll. ** A RunningGag in the first episode is an African family camped near the motorhome catching Max and Paddy in seemingly compromising positions. * DepravedHomosexual: While Raymond The Bastard is more evil than depraved; his first scene features him in the shower being lathered up by two of his cronies and complementing Paddys genitals. He also keeps a poster of, * BigDamnHeroes: Tina has an offscreen one in Episode Four thats both intentional and accidental. [[spoiler: They're better known as the Belgrano Sisters ( "on account of all the sailors that have gone down on them"]]) and their MO is to pick up sailors in nightclubs, [[SlippingAMickey drug them]], and rob them blind. * DisabledSnarker: A woman with a HookHand flips Paddy off when he tries his CasanovaWannabe shtick on her. * UsefulNotes/IrishTravellers: Gypsy Joe is possibly an Irish Traveller, judging by his accent and the nationality of his actor, though as far as Max and Paddy are concerned, he's just a RoguishRomani. * OohMeAccentsSlipping: When Max sings Thats Why They Call It The Blues in Episode Three, Peter Kays natural voice slips through more than usual. Doesn't take long before they try selling it. ** Paddy tries to have one at the end of the first episode but the volume of the TV wakes up Max who is less than pleased. This episode features several regulars from Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights, and a homage to the movie Midnight Cowboy. )And best of all, we don't pay Council Tax! ''Max And and Paddy's Road To to Nowhere'' is Creator/Channel4 BritCom spun-off from the popular comedy ''Series/PhoenixNights'' that sees former Phoenix Club doormen Max (Creator/PeterKay) and Paddy (Paddy [=McGuinness=]) aimlessly travelling around Britain in a motorhome that they bought with the proceeds from faking an assassination and * MessyPig: Played with by the pig Max and Paddy end up buying from a mad farmer. After an altercation with a camp inmate called Pepe, Max and Paddy are soon confronted by the main man of their wing, Raymond The Bastard (played by Everal Walsh), who is also Pepe's boyfriend. ''Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere'' is Creator/Channel4 BritCom spun-off from the popular comedy ''Series/PhoenixNights'' that sees former Phoenix Club doormen Max (Creator/PeterKay) and Paddy (Paddy [=McGuinness=]) aimlessly travelling around Britain in a motorhome that they bought with the proceeds from faking an assassination and pocketing the cash during the final episodes of ''Phoenix Nights''. Paddy's full name is revealed to be Patrick O'Shea. * BadassLongcoat: Billy the Butcher wears one of these. No, it's not as easy as that, Max. The entire male staff of the Phoenix Club (expect Brian) in Episode 4, stripped nude and sprayed with disinfectant. The following morning, the two discover to their annoyance that they were a short walk away from a Petrol Station and a Travelodge. * TunnelKing: [[spoiler: Maxs attempts at this leave a lot to be desired. * BadassLongcoat: Billy the Butcher wears one of these. * BavarianFireDrill: Max and Paddy posing as paramedics as part of their ZanyScheme to steal a plasma TV. After an uncomfortable first night, Paddy admits his fear of being 'bummed' (see sodomy) in the shower room by Raymond the Bastard (Raymond Langley). * ContinuityNod: When Young Kenny appears in Episode Four, he still has the impossible to remove tiger facepaint that he got at Brian's fun day in Series 2 of Series/PhoenixNights. ** In a deleted scene from the first episode, Paddy walks in on Max having some private time in the toilet with his (Paddys) copy of Razzle. Apart from being a bastard, he runs this wing. Max agrees just to get Raymond off their backs and receive preferential treatment, including access to luxury chocolates and Sky+ . [[GassHole A lot.]] Paddy notes that they're likely to suffer the same fate when [[spoiler: their lies (pretending to be rich gangsters and promising Raymond 60% of their loot in exchange for an easy life) are uncovered.]]. The farmer sells them a breeding pig for 100, which he claims they can sell on for 300. * PsychopathicManchild: Apart from being murderously violent, Billy the Butcher spends time engaging in trivial debates with Paddy over correctly guessing the theme tunes to popular TV shows, where Paddy insists on going by ExactWords including the creators as well as the show titles. %%* SceneryCensor: At the end of Episode Four. The pair come up with a plan to convince their fellow cellmates they are hardened criminals named the Phoenix Twins, in order to survive. After a raunchy night at the campervan, Paddy wakes up to find that they've stolen his wallet. Max tries to make amends with her, and discovers that she is actually married to, and has a child with, The Wolfster. They're generally decent guys but not above stealing and conning people if it will benefit them. Brian brings Max and Paddy a cake while they are in prison and they immediately assume its this trope. * EvilFormerFriend: Billy the Butcher to Max. But Max and Paddy's masquerade falls apart when Phoenix . This joke is based around the rumour that Sunderland player John O'Shea is regularly teased by teammates for his physical resemblance to Patrick [=McGuinness=]. ]], * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: An example that is both romantic and non-romantic at the same time. Max and Paddy drive into North East England to visit Max's old doorman friend Billy 'The Butcher' Shannon, who had previously briefly appeared in the 1994 flashback in Episode 2. Paddy is still bleeding profusely when he walks away afterwards.]]. Politically Incorrect!". ]], ** A more straight example comes in the last episode. Well? 5.7K views, 31 likes, 1 loves, 50 comments, 46 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Best of British Comedy: Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere - Raymond the Bastard After being arrested for the school bus robbery, the two of them are in jail. Max and Paddy pose as members of staff, and Joe pretends to faint so an ambulance will be called while Max and Paddy steal the TV from the stockroom. The pair hand it over to a local garage run by Mick Bustin, played by Noddy Holder. Raymond is the worse of Paddy's nightmares when Paddy drops the soap, and is eagerly commented about his manhood as "Stunning, like a young Burt Reynolds!". * OopNorth: Traditionally Lancashire, but there are a few characters from other parts of Northern England, such as Mick Bustin' (played by Birmingham native Noddy Holder) and Billy the Butcher (Newcastle). * IAmAHumanitarian: When pretending to be brutal gangsters, Paddy pretends to have eaten the last person who insulted him, with a perfectly serious face. ** When Paddy was a child he used to frequently shove ''Franchise/StarWars'' action figures up his arse and once had to be taken to hospital after sticking an Obi-Wan Kenobi figure up there. At the very least, he doesn't make rude jokes about her dwarfism like her first love Max did. Max agrees just to get Raymond off their backs and receive preferential treatment, including access to luxury chocolates and Sky+ . Though Paddy [[ADateWithRosiePalms doesn't get very far]] before the volume wakes Max up. * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: An example that is both romantic and non-romantic at the same time. A second series of the show was initially planned for 2006, but Peter Kay instead confirmed a third series of Phoenix Nights (which as of 2023 has not yet happened). Raymond has heard about the pair's alleged big-money heists and robberies, and wants a cut of their money. After several unsuccessful attempts to sell the pig on to butchers shops, a supermarket, and even a Halal outlet, Max and Paddy decide to kill it themselves to get rid of the burden. * HonestJohnsDealership: Gypsy Joe's shop is in the back of a lorry and everything is stolen. When Paddy insists that there's ''not'' a difference, Max calls him "Mr. Thankfully when they turn around, the credits are used as a SceneryCensor. When [[spoiler: Max's psychotic friend Billy is about to murder him, Paddy (who had just been shot in the buttocks and was presumed by both Max and Billy to be dead or severely injured) knocks him out with a traffic cone.]]. He goes on to say that the relationship abruptly ended after she overheard him and his friends making jokes about her height. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Max often oppressively stares at Paddy or anyone who has offended his tastes and often shouts "H-how dare you!". * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the last episode of Series/PhoenixNights, Max and Paddy take off in the motorhome because the woman who paid to carry out the murder they faked has discovered the truth and will be sending people after them. No Context Max and Paddy. The theme song was written by Toni Baker and Peter Kay, and borrowed heavily from the theme to the 1970s American series B. J. and the Bear. * ViolentGlaswegian: Billy the Butcher is from Newcastle, not Scotland, but otherwise he qualifies as this. Raymond has heard about the pair's alleged big-money heists and robberies, and wants a cut of their money. ''Max And Paddy's Road To Nowhere'' is Creator/Channel4 BritCom spun-off from the popular comedy ''Series/PhoenixNights'' that sees former Phoenix Club doormen Max (Creator/PeterKay) and Paddy (Paddy [=McGuinness=]) aimlessly travelling around Britain in a motorhome that they bought with the proceeds from faking an assassination and pocketing the cash during the final episodes of ''Phoenix Nights''. See more of No Context Max and Paddy on Facebook. ** [[Film/MidnightCowboy Paddy going to an audition dressed as a cowboy while "Everybody's Talkin'" plays]]. He [[LampshadeHanging points out]] how stupid it is to expect this. As is Raymond The Bastard. * ItsAllAboutMe: Both Max and Paddy are prone to this. ''With her pincer. The rip-off merchant Mick Bustin wants 500 from them for them to reveal the campervan. Paddy is forced to share a cell with a Cliff Richard impersonator and tennis enthusiast. ]], ** Also Max and Paddy in Episode Four when [[spoiler: a news report about them set up by Brian is seen one of the prison's TV; blowing their persona of rich gangsters and revealing to Raymond The Bastard that they have been lying to him. ({{Beat}}) What do you want, son? After an altercation with a camp inmate called Pepe, Max and Paddy are soon confronted by the main man of their wing, Raymond The Bastard, who is also Pepe's boyfriend. ({{Beat}}) What do you want, son? Get all the latest news and information in your inbox, with our range of email newsletters to meet all interests. or. But Max and Paddy's masquerade falls apart when Phoenix Club owner Brian Potter uses their plight as a publicity stunt for his club. * DoItYourselfTheme: The theme song was written by Toni Baker and Peter Kay, and borrowed heavily from the theme to ''Series/BJAndTheBear''. ), And best of all, we don't pay council tax!". ** In Max and Paddys defence, they did tell Brian that he was going to ruin their chances of freedom, so Brian should have known that that something bad was going come out of this. A chase eventually ensues through the services and along a motorway tunnel bridge, and Shannon shoots Paddy in the bottom. * YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: Non-sexy variant, when the Phoenix Club staff (the male half, anyway) is forced to strip nude and get sprayed with disinfectant, Young Kenny is still wearing his hat. After an altercation with a camp inmate called Pepe, Max and Paddy are soon confronted by the main man of their wing, Raymond The Bastard, who is also Pepe's boyfriend. Both Max and Paddy are oblivious to this. He's a bog-standard white man. After the previous episode the duo are now being held on remand in prison. [[spoiler: Max decides not to tell his. Tina warns Max to keep his distance and not reveal the secret, but the following morning he informs Paddy and the pair steal what they think is a school bus with young Daniel aboard. ** Paddy tries to have one at the end of the first episode but the volume of the TV wakes up Max who is less than pleased. After an uncomfortable first night, Paddy admits his fear of being 'bummed' (see sodomy) in the shower room by Raymond the Bastard (Raymond Langley). [citation needed]. ** Replace "crap" with "fuck" and you've got Mick Bustin's exact reaction when he sees [[spoiler: that Max and Paddy have stolen the keys to all of his clients' cars. Sign Up. Guest starring Graham Walker of The Grumbleweeds. They then return to the farm to give back the pig and get their money back to find that the old man was not the farmer but in fact the farmer's alcoholic father-in-law. Written by and starring Peter Kay and Patrick McGuinness, this six-part comedy/drama series is the story of clueless Phoenix Club bouncers Max (Kay) and Paddy (McGuinness), as they escape clubland in their prized motor-home and take to the open highway. Everal Walsh is a British actor, known for his voice over roles in video games, such as The Witcher and Sacred 3. [[spoiler: Max and Paddy get stuck with the job of shovelling coal into a furnace while in prison, and Max says that. ** A variant of this happens at the end of the same episode after Max and Paddy finally get some speakers for their TV and Paddy puts on his [[ParallelPornTitles. This joke is based around the rumour that Sunderland player John O'Shea is regularly teased by team-mates for his physical resemblance to Patrick McGuinness. Amazingly, no one calls them on it. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Elsewhere Paddy's love of pornography is mentioned quite frequently. It's [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome real life]], not the frigging [[Film/TheShawshankRedemption Shawshank Redemption]].]]. ]], * PrisonRape: Mentioned a number of times by Paddy [[spoiler: when he and Max are in prison.]] Rating: 7.60/10 (avg out of 3450 votes) Max & Paddy's Road to Nowhere Airs: Friday. Max convinces him the best thing to do is make the other prisoners believe they are not just two silly doormen, but genuine big-league gangsters called 'The Phoenix Twins'. [2] In 2011, he played his first major role in the feature film Screwed, directed by Reg Traviss, playing the part of Curtis Nelson. Paddy doesn't oblige. * {{Catchphrase}}: A few. Shortly after the series, the two characters starred in their own fitness video entitled "Max & Paddy: The Power of Two", which features a cameo from Brian. A big fight is about to break out between Raymond and his henchmen against Max and Paddy. Max & Paddy's Road to Nowhere: With Peter Kay, Paddy McGuinness, Lisa Hammond, Tony Mooney. * FanDisservice: At the end of Episode Four, we see the male cast of Series/PhoenixNights (apart from Brian) naked when [[spoiler: 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.]]. That's Pepe's - Raymond the Bastard's girlfriend's! Tina, it's Max. ]], * PrisonsAreGymnasiums: [[spoiler: Episode Four includes a scene set in the prison's exercise yard and at the start of the episode, Paddy's cellmate challenges him and Max to a game of tennis.]]. * EnemyEatsYourLunch: Pepe eats the cake that one of the friendlier inmates' daughter gave to him as a warning that he's due to pay collection money to Raymond the Bastard. Eventually, she goes to the Police and gets Max and Paddy released at the cost of keeping her secret, as well as finally letting Max meet Daniel after his release.]] * SchmuckBait: Raymond the Bastard telling Paddy to [[PrisonRape bend over and pick the soap up]]. ]], * [[spoiler: PrisonEpisode: Episode Four after being set up at the end of Episode Three. After a bad first night, Paddy admits his fear of being 'bummed' in the shower room. Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere is Channel 4 Brit Com spun-off from the popular comedy Phoenix Nights that sees former Phoenix Club doormen Max ( Peter Kay) and Paddy (Paddy McGuinness) aimlessly travelling around Britain in a motorhome that they bought with the proceeds from faking an assassination and pocketing the cash during the final * ThirdPersonPerson: Paddy is this fairly frequently. He had also stated in 2010, during an appearance on The Chris Moyles Show, that he wanted Sir Terry Wogan to play an Irish baddie when Max and Paddy go to a funeral in Ireland but, after a stag night, only have fancy dress magician clothes. * ChekhovsGunman: Maxs ex-girlfriend Tina appears in flashbacks in Episode Two before playing an important role in Episodes Three and Four. Or as Paddy calls them, "Big Bob's [[PrecisionFStrike Bastard]] Beans". * AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "Big Bob's Beans". * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Raymond the Bastard, obviously. Apparently, he wasn't much better as an actual child, stabbing his careworker 18 times with a potato peeler for making him play with a jigsaw puzzle that he didn't like. [[spoiler: She tells the Police why Max and Paddy stole a school bus full of children (Max was trying to meet his long lost son), which gets them released from prison but (more immediately) gets them pulled out of the exercise yard just as Raymond The Bastard and cronies are approaching them with the intention of savagely beating and quite possibly killing them.]]. * ParallelPornTitles: Paddy owns a DVD of [[Series/CharliesAngels Charlies Anals]] and later appears in a film called [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wanker And The Chocolate Factory]]. Paddy doesn't oblige, pulling the soap over with his foot while resting his hands on Max's shoulders. * SchmuckBait: Raymond the Bastard telling Paddy to [[PrisonRape bend over and pick the soap up]]. * {{GassHole}}: The pig that Max and Paddy buy from a farmer impulsively ends up filling their motorhome with the stench of its farts. They agree to let Shannon, who is looking for his estranged son, hitch a ride around. Things get worse for the duo when Brian Potter turns up, determined to get his doo. Paddy is steaming drunk and has very loud sex in his bedroom while Max tries to have a drink and a chat with the other girl in the living room. We find out in this episode that Max's full name is Maxwell Bygraves, a jokey reference to the veteran British entertainer Max Bygraves. Copyright: Phil McIntyre Entertainment. As he's about to shoot Max, Paddy has a second wind, and whacks Shannon around the head with a traffic cone, using Peter Kay's TV catchphrase of "'Ave It!" While waiting, Max and Paddy catch the train to Middlewood, which actually turns out to be the last one that day, so the pair are forced to trek back through the woods, but get lost. After a fight with a camp inmate called Pepe, Max and Paddy are soon confronted by the main man of their wing, Raymond The Bastard (played by Everal Walsh), who is also Pepe's boyfriend.
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