That Peter Kay Thing

That Peter Kay Thing
Created by	Peter Kay
Written by	Neil Fitzmaurice Peter Kay Dave Spikey Gareth Hughes
Directed by	Andrew Gillman
Starring	Peter Kay Paddy McGuinness Dave Spikey Toby Foster Mark Jackson Neil Fitzmaurice Sian Foulkes Daniel Kitson Kristian Tiffany Kay Kelley Beatrice Kelley Steve Edge
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	7 (inc. pilot)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Addison Cresswell
Producer(s)	Ivan Douglass Sandie Kirk
Cinematography	Ian Hilton
Editor(s)	Adrian Conway
Running time	30 Mins (inc. adverts)
Release
Original network	Channel 4
Picture format	4:3
Original release	13 January – 18 February 2000
Chronology
Followed by	Phoenix Nights (2001–02)

That Peter Kay Thing is a series of six spoof documentaries shown on Channel 4 in 2000. It was written by Peter Kay, Dave Spikey, Neil Fitzmaurice and Gareth Hughes, and was directed by Andrew Gillman. The series was narrated by Andrew Sachs. Set in and around Bolton, each episode functions as a self-contained documentary following a different set of characters, many of them played by Kay. Many of the characters went on to appear in the successful spin-off series Phoenix Nights.

That Peter Kay Thing won the Best New TV Comedy award at the British Comedy Awards.

A number of the characters in That Peter Kay Thing, including Brian Potter, Max and Paddy, and Jerry St Clair went on to become central characters in the highly successful spinoff series Phoenix Nights and Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere.

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