Peter Kay's Car Share
| Peter Kay's Car Share | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by |
Tim Reid[1] Paul Coleman[2] |
| Written by |
Tim Reid Paul Coleman Sian Gibson Peter Kay |
| Directed by | Peter Kay |
| Starring |
Peter Kay Sian Gibson |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Gill Isles |
| Running time | 30 Minutes |
| Production company(s) | Goodnight Vienna |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Picture format | 16:9 1080i |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 29 April 2015 – present |
Peter Kay's Car Share is a British TV sitcom set around supermarket assistant manager John Redmond (Peter Kay) and promotions rep Kayleigh Kitson (Sian Gibson) and their participation in a company car share scheme. Whilst driving to and from work in John's Fiat 500L, the two have conversations whilst listening to fictional radio station Forever FM. The sitcom was filmed in and around Greater Manchester, notably Bolton, Manchester, Trafford and Salford. In December 2015, Kay confirmed that a second series had been commissioned. [3]
Production
The series was commissioned in 2013 by the BBC and was initially made available on BBC iPlayer.[1] Co-creators Tim Reid and Paul Coleman's inspiration for the show included Alfred Molina and Dawn French in the BBC's Roger & Val Have Just Got In and The Smoking Room. Paul Coleman pitched the idea to Peter Kay who he had previously worked with on Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere.[2] The programme was mainly filmed in and around Manchester, Farnworth (Bolton), Westhoughton, Horwich, Swinton, Bury, Walkden, Altrincham (Trafford) and Little Hulton (Salford). John and Kayleigh's place of work was filmed around the Goods In entrance and car park at the back of the large Halfords Autocentre off Viaduct Way in the Broadheath area of Altrincham. The exterior was dressed with fake windows containing large images of fresh fruit and vegetables, with car park features, trolleys, staff uniforms and signage vaguely in the style and colour of Tesco. In Episode 3, two members of Halfords staff in their gold and black uniforms can be seen in the unloading bay as John and Kayleigh drop off their colleague "Stink" Ray (Reece Shearsmith) the fishmonger.
The Forever FM presenters are voiced by Rob Charles (Breakfast presenter Mike) and Martin Emery (Andy on the Big Drive Home). The station's tagline is "Forever FM: playing timeless hits, now and forever".
Reception
An exclusive screening of all six episodes was held in Blackpool on 28 March 2015, in aid of Chorley children’s hospice Derian House.[4] The entire first series was briefly available on BBC iPlayer where it became the most watched series to be released as a box set.[5] Critic Grace Dent wrote "I laughed over and over again, loudly and gracelessly, during BBC1's Car Share".[6]
Episode list
| Series No. |
Episode No. |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (million)[7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Peter Kay | Tim Reid and Peter Kay | 29 April 2015 | 6.85 |
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A new scheme at a supermarket pairs John and Kayleigh together commuting to work and back home, whilst listening to the radio. Forever FM Playlist: Martika's Kitchen, - Martika Call Me - Spagna, I Love To Love - Tina Charles, When We Are Together - Texas, Losing My Religion - R.E.M., C'est la Vie - B*Witched, A Little Respect - Erasure, I'm Outta Love - Anastacia, Every Day Hurts - Sad Cafe | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Peter Kay | Tim Reid, Paul Coleman, Peter Kay & Sian Gibson | 30 April 2015 | 4.56 |
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John and Kayleigh are forced to take the morning off work due to the death of a long-standing colleague. Forever FM Playlist: Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants, Ignition - R. Kelly, Turn Back The Clock - Johnny Hates Jazz, Ordinary World - Duran Duran, Inside - Stiltskin, All Rise - Blue, A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton, True Colors - Cyndi Lauper, I Love the Nightlife - Alicia Bridges, Gloria - Laura Branigan, I Believe In You - Kylie Minogue | ||||||
| 1 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Peter Kay | Tim Reid, Paul Coleman, Peter Kay & Sian Gibson | 6 May 2015 | 6.30 |
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John collects Kayleigh, who has woken from a late night partying, but are annoyed when they run into supermarket fishmonger Ray. To make matters worse, Kayleigh has a lunchtime date with a Japanese man. Forever FM Playlist: Can You Dig It - The Mock Turtles, Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John and the ELO, How Will I Know - Whitney Houston, Here Comes the Hotstepper - Ini Kamoze, I Wanna Sex You Up - Color Me Badd, The King of Rock 'n' Roll - Prefab Sprout, Waiting for a Star to Fall - Boy Meets Girl, Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want - The Smiths | ||||||
| 1 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Peter Kay | Tim Reid, Paul Coleman, Peter Kay & Sian Gibson | 13 May 2015 | 6.04 |
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While Kayleigh is excited over the previous nights events, John is more interested in his brand new hands-free phone kit. During the work shift, Kayleigh falls out with a colleague, leaving repercussions for the journey home. Forever FM Playlist: Labour of Love - Hue and Cry, Keep On Movin' - Five, MMMBop - Hanson, How Bizarre - OMC, If Only I Could - Sydney Youngblood, Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears, Love Shack - The B-52's | ||||||
| 1 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Peter Kay | Tim Reid, Paul Coleman, Peter Kay & Sian Gibson | 20 May 2015 | 5.92 |
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It's John's Nan's birthday but he's forgotten to post her card. Will he be able to put things right on the journey en route to work? As John drifts off in a daydream, he imagines himself, in leather jacket and Beatle cut, singing Cliff Richard's "Devil Woman" with Rachel from work as a lithe, cat-suited red devil-woman, dancing tauntingly around him. Forever FM Playlist: Cherish - Madonna, When Smokey Sings - ABC, Put Yourself in My Place - Kylie Minogue, New Sensation - INXS, Have a Nice Day - Stereophonics, Hero - Enrique Iglesias, Picture of You - Boyzone, Devil Woman - Cliff Richard, Drive - The Cars, I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) - Aretha Franklin & George Michael, Somewhere in My Heart - Aztec Camera, This Time I Know It's for Real - Donna Summer, A Thing Called Love - Johnny Cash | ||||||
| 1 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Peter Kay | Tim Reid, Paul Coleman, Peter Kay & Sian Gibson | 22 May 2015 | 5.49 |
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Kayleigh has a lot on her mind, so the last thing she needs is to be dressed as a blackcurrant for National Jam Week. Luckily John is on hand to give her some unwanted encouragement and advice. The episode feaures a 1950's faux fantasy sequence to the 1988 song Rush Hour by Jane Wiedlin. The episode ends with John playing Pure and Simple by Hear'Say on Now 48, his CD gift from Kayleigh which she says is her favourite album ever. Forever FM Playlist: You're the Voice - John Farnham, Chocolate Girl - Deacon Blue, Valerie - Steve Winwood, Cry for Help - Rick Astley, Don't Talk Just Kiss - Right Said Fred, Love Plus One - Haircut 100, Ebony and Ivory - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder, I Love Rock 'n' Roll - Joan Jett, Never Be Lonely - The Feeling, Baby, Baby - Amy Grant, More Than Words - Extreme | ||||||
See also
- Marion and Geoff – similar sitcom, starring Rob Brydon, as naïve taxi driver Keith Barret, with each episode presented as a monologue, filmed by a fixed camera in the confines of his cab.
References
- 1 2 "BBC One commissions Peter Kay sitcom which will premiere on BBC iPlayer". BBC Media Centre. BBC. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- 1 2 Paul Coleman (22 April 2015). "Peter Kay's Car Share: BBC show is comedian's first TV sitcom in a decade". Independent (Independent Digital News and Media). Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ↑ http://www.heatworld.com/2015/12/peter-kays-car-share-will-get-a-second-series-filming-starts-in-2016. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Peter Kay stages exclusive premiere of new sitcom Car Share at Opera House". Blackpool Gazette (Johnston Publishing). 26 February 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ↑ Daisy Wyatt (30 April 2015). "Peter Kay’s Car Share breaks BBC iPlayer record to become most popular box set premiere". Independent (Independent). Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ↑ Grace Dent (1 May 2015). "Grace Dent on TV: BBC One's Car Share actually made me laugh out loud". Independent (Independent Digital News and Media). Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ↑ "Weekly Viewing Summary (see relevant week)". BARB.
External links
- Peter Kay's Car Share at the Internet Movie Database
- Peter Kay's Car Share at BBC Programmes
- Peter Kay's Car Share at the British Comedy Guide