Paddy McGuinness has teased a possible return of his much loved sitcom Max and Paddy’s Road To Nowhere.
The comedian and pal Peter Kay, both 49, starred in the Channel 4 comedy show back in 2004, which ran for just six episodes.
But in a new radio interview, Paddy hinted that they wouldn’t rule out brining back the Phoenix Nights spin-off show, teasing: ‘Never say never.’
The TV star also told how he and stand-up legend Peter had already written a number of Christmas specials for the show, but never got around to releasing it at the time.
Speaking on Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp on Wednesday, Paddy said: ‘We do talk about it and what have you, but, I don’t, I can’t, I can’t see it at the minute, but we never say never, but it’s good to talk.
Comeback? Paddy McGuinness has teased a possible return of his much loved sitcom Max and Paddy’s Road To Nowhere
Dropping hints: In a new radio interview, Paddy hinted that they wouldn’t rule out brining back the Phoenix Nights spin-off show, teasing: ‘Never say never’
‘Like Max and Paddy for instance, we wrote a couple of Christmas specials, and we still got them.
‘And we never got around to doing on for whatever the reason were back in the day. But we’ve actually got them!’
The Take Me Out host then went on to confirm that there are scripts ready and waiting in the wings should they ever be needed.
He then joked: ‘These days, I’m inherently lazy. So I like doing as little as possible for as much money as possible.’
Radio presenter Chris Stark then attempted to persuade Paddy to push ahead with the show, saying: ‘But the Christmas special, hang on a minute, like you’re sitting on, there’s a Max and Paddy that’s been made. But your saying you’re too…you didn’t say lazy?”’
Paddy then confirmed ‘Lazy…’, to which Chris replied: ‘Okay, you said it. You’re too lazy to put it out? What do we need to do?’
Paddy then explained: ‘No, the thing is, with anything, if your doing a scripted comedy show, it does take a long time.
‘So to do something like, you have literally got to kind of blank out 12 months of your life and genuinely at the moment. I mean, he’s on tour.
The way they were: The comedian and pal Peter Kay, both 49, starred in the Channel 4 comedy show back in 2004, which ran for just six episodes
Duo: The TV star also told how he and stand-up legend Peter had already written a number of Christmas specials for the show, but never got around to releasing it at the time
Chat: Speaking on Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp on Wednesday, Paddy said: ‘We do talk about it and what have you, but, I don’t, I can’t, I can’t see it at the minute, but we never say never, but it’s good to talk’
Exciting: ‘Like Max and Paddy for instance, we wrote a couple of Christmas specials, and we still got them. ‘And we never got around to doing on for whatever the reason were back in the day. But we’ve actually got them!’
‘I’ve got all kinds of stuff going on, and it’s just sort of going “right, let’s get together. Let’s get our diaries together. And let’s blank out for that time”.’
The series, a spin-off of Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights, follows doormen Patrick ‘Paddy’ O’Shea and Maxwell ‘Max’ Bygraves as they tour the UK in a campervan.
The duo were on the run from a club patron who threatened to have them killed by a hitman in Phoenix Nights.
Peter and Paddy reprised their roles in a 2005 parody fitness DVD while they also starred in Phoenix Nights Live in Manchester in 2015 for Comic Relief.
Elsewhere, Paddy recently revealed his Top-Gear co-star and pal Freddie Flintoff warned him ahead of hosting BBC’s panel show A Question Of Sport, MailOnline can reveal.
The comedian replaced tennis star Sue Barker, 66, in 2021 after she had fronted the series since 1997.
Speaking on The Monday Mile podcast with Olympian Aimee Fuller Paddy revealed the pressures of taking on such an iconic show.
‘For me personally, the pressure I felt, I felt it more for ‘A Question of Sport’ than Top Gear’.
Going on to say: ‘I remember Freddie [Flintoff] when I got the job, and he rang me up and said ‘Oh God, be careful because it can be talked about online and stuff.’
Warning: Elsewhere, Paddy recently revealed his Top-Gear co-star and pal Freddie Flintoff warned him ahead of hosting BBC’s panel show A Question Of Sport, MailOnline can reveal
Top Gear: Paddy (centre) hosts Top Gear with Chris Harris (right) and Freddie (left) who recently ‘quit’ show following a horror crash
New start: Speaking on The Monday Mile podcast with Olympian Aimee Fuller Paddy revealed the pressures of taking on such an iconic show with his pal warning him about online trolls
‘[Freddie] said he stood in on a sports breakfast show for a month and he said the abuse he got, an ex sports person, the ashes and all that. He said ‘Even I got abuse.’ So there’s something about sport. People get a bit militant.’
Speaking about similar he feelings he had when joining Top Gear [alongside Freddie and Chris Harris] Paddy reveled: ‘I love Top Gear. I had nothing to do with the show. I’d never been on it as a guest, nothing. I knew it caused a lot of friction on Twitter, but listen, what doesn’t?’.
He then gave an insight into how he deals with negative comments and periods of self doubt.
‘You’ve got to go for it. I’ve always kept this philosophy of if it’s offered to you, and you think it’s within your realms of possibility doing it, then just go for it. Because why regret it later on in life, you know?’.
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