Paddy McGuinness says unseen scripts hold up well

Max And Paddy's Road To Nowhere is ready to return, Paddy McGuinness has revealed.

The star says he and co-creator Peter Kay have two special Christmas episodes of  the comedy about the Phoenix Nights bouncers already written.

He said they were penned when the six-part spin-off first aired on Channel 4 17 years ago, but insists the scripts have stood the test of time.

His comments echo those made by Kay at a rare live appearance earlier this summer. When asked if the show would return, he said: ‘You never know… I Ioved making Max And Paddy — it was one of the best times we ever had filming and we had such a good laugh.’

Now McGuinness has told The Sun: ‘[Kay] makes an appearance once every three or four years, says we’re going to do some Max and Paddy, then no one sees him again. And then every interview I do it’s like, "When’s it back?".

‘I’m texting him like, "Why have you done that again?". But if you look at what we’ve already written, you think, "That will go down really well".’

Published: 8 Sep 2021