Brian Potter

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Brian Chelsea Potter, one of many characters played by Peter Kay, is the owner of The Phoenix Club in both "That Peter Kay Thing" and "Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights".

[edit] Earlier Years

Although Brian's age is uncertain, it is known that Brian was not paralysed in his earlier years, as it was seen in Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere. Before owning the Phoenix Club, Brian is noted to say he once ran the Barracuda Club in Lincoln, one of many places Peter Kay started doing his comedy routine in, standing on a crate.

Brian took over the Aquarius Club after losses were seen, and soon with his management, he had big name acts such as Bob Carolgees and Spit the Dog, Cannon and Ball and T'Pau, and was soon making profits on the bar of over £500 per night. However, after staying in late, most likely counting money, he was befelled by a tragic accident when his club flooded and a One-armed bandit fell over, crushing his legs, making him disabled. He then took over the Neptune Club, opened in time for Talent Trek 1999. The Neptune burned down soon after, due to Potter's thriftyness on Christmas lights.

There was a discrepancy in the fact that at the end of the Episode of "That Peter Kay Thing" in which Brian was in - he stood up at the end after seeing the Neptune in trouble. Peter Kay however admitted that the clip was something that had been added by the producer he was working with, and the idea of Brian's disability being fake was abandoned after the plot did not fit into Phoenix Nights.

Brian is a widower to Jean, as discussed in episode 4 of series 1 of Phoenix Nights when talking to Jerry about "tactical manoeuvres".

On January 16, 2006, Peter co-hosted Top of the Pops with Fearne Cotton in character as Brian Potter.