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That Peter Kay Thing

2000 · 1 season

A gentle, deadpan spoof of fly-on-the-wall documentaries, full of small-town eccentrics and quiet cringe comedy that ambles along amiably.

Created by
Peter Kay
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Neil Fitzmaurice, Paddy McGuinness, Toby Foster
Overview
That Peter Kay Thing is a series of six spoof documentaries shown on Channel 4 in January 1999. Set in and around Bolton, these follows the lives of different characters and stars Peter Kay as the subject of each documentary. All of the episodes display Kay's penchant for nostalgic humour and unsympathetic lead characters. The series was narrated by Andrew Sachs. Many of the plot lines were based around actual events from Kay's life. At least six of the characters appear in the spin-off series Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights.

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Created by
Peter Kay
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Neil Fitzmaurice, Paddy McGuinness, Toby Foster
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • class
  • celebrity
  • media
  • work
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • mockumentary
  • anthology
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour8
Realism7
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy
Created by
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Written by
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Starring
Neil Fitzmaurice, Paddy McGuinness, Toby Foster, Mark Jackson, Jo Enright, Andrew Sachs, Peter Kay, Steve Edge
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 30 min each
Network
Channel 4
Languages
English

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