[[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. It was broadcast on Channel 4 and began on 12 November 2004, running for six 30-minute episodes up until 17 December 2004. ** Tina has an offscreen one in Episode Four thats both intentional and accidental. Things get worse for the duo when Brian Potter turns up, determined to get his doormen out of jail. After knocking down a cow in the countryside, Max and Paddy approach who they believe to be the farmer and ask for compensation. They still end up in cells next door to each other though. * ChekhovsGunman: Maxs ex-girlfriend Tina appears in flashbacks in Episode Two before playing an important role in Episodes Three and Four. * HonestJohnsDealership: Gypsy Joe's shop is in the back of a lorry and everything is stolen. Max & Paddy Steal A Plasma Screen | Peter Kay Watch on What is Altria known for? Their 10 year old son, Daniel, is secretly revealed to be Max's but Max promises never to interfere in his life and to keep the secret. Potter fails to listen, and the whole wing later see him on the news talking about 'the doormen' Max and Paddy: thus revealing their stories as lies. ** A RunningGag in the first episode is an African family camped near the motorhome catching Max and Paddy in seemingly compromising positions. * 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. As is. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. In the West Country, Paddy is driving the van when he accidentally runs over and kills a cow walking in the road. See EpicFail.]]. PHONE Hello? * MessyPig: Played with by the pig Max and Paddy end up buying from a mad farmer. They are left vulnerable and exposed as their fellow criminals realise there are no gold or diamonds, and certainly no cannibalism. After being arrested for the school bus robbery, the two of them are in jail. * 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. Get us out! For a cut of the money, he allows them to live in a cell with Sky+. They soon realise that they have been conned. He trained at the Academy Drama School, where he was the recipient of the Stage Scholarship. * MessyPig: Played with by the pig Max and Paddy end up buying from a mad farmer. * InnocentlyInsensitive: What Max thinks he was when he laughed along with his bouncing friends' jokes about Tina's dwarfism. * ZanyScheme: Max, Paddy, and Gypsy Joe's plan to steal a plasma TV from a shopping centre. * 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. * PrecisionFStrike: Mick Bustin's OhCrap moment. 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!" The entire male staff of the Phoenix Club, * StuffedInTheFridge: A literal version is discussed in Episode Four. * ButtMonkey: Gypsy Joe in the first episode. 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. No wonder Tina left him. In Dover, Max and Paddy buy a plasma television from an Irish crook called Gypsy Joe (played by Brendan O'Carroll). When Max and Paddy reach the cattle market, they discover the pig in ill health and they've been conned. Especially when, * StuffedInTheFridge: A literal version is discussed in Episode Four. The room full of male bodybuilders is certainly a clue though. Kay and McGuinness themselves sang it in the opening sequences of episodes 2 to 6. * MistakenForGay: A running gag in the first episode is a family camped near the motorhome catching Max and Paddy in seemingly compromising positions. They've got the wrong bus however, and are soon captured by the police and sent directly to prison. * BearyFunny: Max and Paddy disguise themselves as dancing bears to obtain a TV screen from a supermarket. See FanDisservice. [[spoiler:Or at least, the man they think is the farmer.]]. Everal Walsh is a British actor, known for his voice over roles in video games, such as The Witcher and Sacred 3. After hi-jacking a school bus, the boys are sent to prison and play up their tough image in an attempt for survival. Max And Paddy's Road To Nowhere is the much-loved sequel to Peter Kay's critically-acclaimed comedy series, "Phoenix Nights". 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!". What? The first few while Paddy is teaching Max to dance and pick up women; and the last when they hear an angry rant from Max after Paddy accidentally wakes up him while having ADateWithRosiePalms. 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. [[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. 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.]]. 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. Sign Up. He goes on to say that the relationship abruptly ended after she overheard him and his friends making jokes about her height. Sign in Max and Paddy Go To Prison | Peter. When the campervan stops off later down the road, Max sees a newspaper headline and realises what's happening. * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Raymond the Bastard, obviously. Raymond has heard about the pair's alleged big-money heists and robberies, and wants a cut of their money. Career 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. Raymond the Bastard? [[GassHole A lot. The first secret was of his sketches of a dream TV series that he called "Magnet and Steel". Login to create it. It doesn't leave. After Max shows an incredulous Paddy his notebook filled with childlike drawings of a television programme he's invented called "Magnet and Steel", the pair reluctantly decide to sleep rough in the woods. ** 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. Although the series was broadcast two years after Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights, the plot is set immediately after the events of the previous series. -->And we dont take shit from anyone, the only thing we wanna do is have some fun. * 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. Paddy is then forced to share a cell with a tennis-playing Cliff Richard impersonator who actually believes he is Cliff. * 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]]. ** One can only guess what Paddys part in the porn film ''[[ParallelPornTitles Willy Wanker And The Chocolate Factory]]'' entailed that makes him ask Max to drive over speed bumps more carefully. Billy is arrested, Paddy gets better and the police pardons the two of them, despite an earlier event regarding a speed camera. * AbsenteeActor: Jerry and Ray Von do not appear in the Phoenix Nights sections of the show with Marc Park ['That Peter Kay Thing'] taking over as Les Alanos' singer. Especially when they're on the road. * AffablyEvil: For a DepravedHomosexual [[TheYardies Yardie]] who's literally named "The Bastard," Raymond the Bastard is pretty polite to Max and Paddy. The pair come up with a plan to convince their fellow cellmates they are hardened criminals named the Phoenix Twins, in order to survive. * CoitusInterruptus: After Max and Paddy bring two girls back the motorhome, Paddy predictably has sex with one while Max prefers to have a drink and a civilised chat with the other. After knocking down a cow in the countryside, Max and Paddy approach who they believe to be the farmer and ask for compensation. The pair are now in prison together after the school bus incident. * SeinfeldianConversation: Max and Paddy have these fairly regularly. * PaperThinDisguise: Max and Paddys paramedic disguises during the TV theft in Episode One. He [[LampshadeHanging points out]] how stupid it is to expect this. ]], * [[spoiler: ConvenientlyCellmates: Averted in the case of Max and. Brian brings Max and Paddy a cake while they are in prison and they immediately assume it's this trope. * LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Averted. ]], * TunnelKing: [[spoiler: Max's attempts at this leave a lot to be desired. * TheRealSpoofbusters: Parodied with Mick Bostin', a Brummie car repairman with a Ghostbusters-themed garage shop, played by Noddie Holder of Music/Slade. Max convinces him the best thing to do is make the other prisoners believe they are not just two inept doormen, but feared gangsters called 'The Phoenix Twins'. Email or phone: Password: Forgot account? He either thinks he actually is Music/CliffRichard or just has a disturbing love of him; looking like him, having a painting of him on the wall surrounded by candles, and singing Millennium Prayer to it all night. Paddy's full name is revealed to be Patrick O'Shea. * SchmuckBait: Raymond the Bastard telling Paddy to [[PrisonRape bend over and pick the soap up]]. * [[spoiler: ConvenientlyCellmates: Averted in the case of Max and Paddy, along with some LampshadeHanging from a guard. [[spoiler: Daniel]] lampshades this. The lyrics are "Don't know where we're going, Got no way of knowing, Driving on the Road to Nowhere. Paddy is forced to share a cell with a tennis-playing Cliff Richard impersonator who actually believes he is Cliff. ** Despite being a one-shot character, Billy manages to get one by frequently adding the phrase "But not in a gay way" to anything that could be considered a DoubleEntendre. Tracing the cow to a nearby farm, the pair head off to find the farmer and claim expenses for the damage to the van. After a raunchy night at the campervan, Paddy wakes up to find that they've stolen his wallet. 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!". Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Their disguises are far from convincing, their acting is terrible, and their "stretcher" is the stolen TV under a blanket. With Shannon now unconscious and arrested, Max and Paddy slip away from a police lecture - due to the fact that earlier in the episode they cut down a speed camera - and drive-off into the night. Raymond has heard about the pair's alleged big-money heists and robberies, and wants a cut of their money. * 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. [citation needed]. 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. Unbeknowst to Max, Billy has become obsessed with Max and goes to all lengths to give Max what he wants. ({{Beat}}) What do you want, son? * MessyPig: Played with by the pig Max and Paddy end up buying from a mad farmer. 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. * EmbarrassingNickname: When he was a child, Paddy wore callipers and braces and was nicknamed "Spazzy Paddy". Christine, 33, and Paddy have three children. Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere is a British sitcom starring and written by Peter Kay and Patrick McGuinness. * ToBeContinued: Episode Three ends on the cliffhanger of [[spoiler: Max and Paddy stealing a school bus full of children in an attempt for Max to see his son. * HeroicSacrifice: Tina is determined to keep the secret that [[spoiler: Max is Daniel's father]] because it will destroy her family, despite that it means [[spoiler: Max and Paddy being in prison because her going to the police and corroborating their story will reveal everything. ]], * [[spoiler: JailBake: Averted. * BadassLongcoat: Billy the Butcher wears one of these. [2] In 2011, he played his first major role in the feature film Screwed, directed by Reg Traviss, playing the part of Curtis Nelson. That's Pepe's - Raymond the Bastard's girlfriend's! Little does he realise at first that he has actually stolen the wrong bus and it isn't long before the police come after him. '''Max''': How dare you?! The staff, however get punished as well as Brian, at the end of Episode 4. ]], * HeroicSacrifice: Tina is determined to keep the secret that [[spoiler: Max is, * OhCrap: Replace crap with fuck and youve got Mick Bustins exact reaction when he sees [[spoiler: that Max and Paddy have stolen the keys to all of his clients cars.]]. On 22 February 2010, Peter Kay stated to The Sun that he and Paddy McGuinness planned to do more specials of Max and Paddy's Road To Nowhere. They crash the party and Max meets his old school pals. * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Raymond, the main antagonist of Episode 4 clearly loves his boyfriend Pepe, and vice-versa. He also calls people a clown or a melon if they've said something absurd. What they fail to notice at the same time is that Shannon is carrying a revolver, which he uses to force a Little Chef employee called Brenda (played by Alex Hall) to open for the trio late at night. * ThemeNaming: Max and his school friends all have nicknames derived from their names that end in "ster": Max-ster, Wolf-ster, Patel-ster, and [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Foster-ster]]. He was tunnelling towards the next cell. Paddy teaches him a few cool moves the following day, and they return to the club dressed as sailors in order to blend in. * SeinfeldianConversation: Max and Paddy have these fairly regularly. They are fugitives due to an incident in the last episodes of Phoenix Nights, in which a club patron threatened to have them killed by hitmen. On the DVD packaging, it is now referred to as "The UK's fastest selling fitness DVD Ever!" * OohMeAccentsSlipping: When Max sings "Thats Why They Call It The Blues" in Episode Three, Peter Kays natural voice slips through more than usual. * ShoutOut: The climax of Episode Two is a homage to ''Series/TheATeam'' complete with the theme tune playing in the background. Joe tells them that they've had a "run in" with the Belgrano Sisters, who are well known to do this sort of thing. What Shows Have Been Renewed or Canceled. 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 * CharlieAndTheChocolateParody: One episode starts with Paddy getting a job in a promo called ''Willy Walker's Chocolate Factory''. The film, released nationally by Lionsgate Films in June 2011, was based on the 2008 book Screwed: The Truth About Life as a Prison Officer written by the pseudonymous Ronnie Thompson. * 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. He has also appeared in Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Doctor Who.[2]. ** Upon [[spoiler: being sent to prison for stealing a school bus full of children (see BigDamnHeroes)]], Max and Paddy face the unpleasant ordeal of a rectal examination [[spoiler: to ensure they're not smuggling anything into the prison.]]. Max and Paddy turn up unannounced at his birthday party and surprise 'The Wolfster', as well as several other old faces from home present for the party. Following on from the hi-jacking, Max and Paddy are now serving time at Her Majesty's Pleasure. 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 [[DescriptionCut And this is after Max has mentioned him "softening up" in recent years. But Max and Paddy's masquerade falls apart when Phoenix . ]], * JailBake: [[spoiler: Averted. The two of them breakdown somewhere in the Midlands and take the campervan to a garage, owned by Mick Bustin. They soon discover though that he's obsessed with Max ("Not in a gay way" he claims), and detests Paddy because Paddy took Billys job when Billy went to prison. Soon, their old Phoenix Club boss Brian Potter (played by Kay) unexpectedly comes to visit, along with a cake, announcing that he's organising several events to help speed up their release. What does he do? ]], ** A straighter example is the end of Episode Four. You shouldn't upset him. No Context Max and Paddy. * ViolentGlaswegian: Billy the Butcher is from Newcastle, not Scotland, but otherwise he qualifies as this. * AffablyEvil: For a DepravedHomosexual [[TheYardies Yardie]] who's literally named "The Bastard," Raymond the Bastard is pretty polite to Max and Paddy. ** Also, the farmer who sells Max and Paddy his pig. We don't have any reviews for Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere. * RealMenEatMeat: Max and Paddy are of this opinion at the start of Episode 5. What Shows Have Been Renewed or Canceled. Max and Paddy then dress as paramedics and use the TV under a blanket as a stretcher to get all three out of the building. * EmbarrassingNickname: When he was a child, Paddy wore callipers and braces and was nicknamed Spazzy Paddy. Learn how and when to remove this template message, Screwed: The Truth About Life as a Prison Officer, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Everal_Walsh&oldid=1104797357, Short description is different from Wikidata, BLP articles lacking sources from October 2013, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2013, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 16 August 2022, at 23:45. -->Sponging for a living, checking out the women. The pair are now in prison together after the school bus incident. The actor/comedian Reece Shearsmith turns up in this episode as one of Max's old friends. * AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "Big Bob's Beans". * EvilIsPetty: Billy the Butcher gets into childish arguments with Paddy over song titles. * HappilyMarried: Tina and Kevin Wolfson/"The Wolfster". * ChekhovsGunman / EarlyBirdCameo: Maxs ex-girlfriend Tina appears in flashbacks in Episode Two before playing an important role in Episodes Three and Four. A big fight is about to break out between Raymond and his henchmen against Max and Paddy.
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