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Max & Paddy's Road to Nowhere

★ 7.7 4K votes 2004–2004 1 season · 6 episodes Ended Channel 4
British TVThe British television sensibility: tone, restraint and format traditions.This show: 9/10Working classOrdinary people, ordinary money, real stakes.This show: 8/10Dry humorDeadpan, understated wit.This show: 8/10FriendshipA friend group's dynamics carry the show.This show: 8/10Easy watchingLow-demand television where half your attention is enough.This show: 8/10Central duoOne pair's chemistry carries everything.This show: 7/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Peter KayPaddy McGuinnessLisa HammondTony MooneyCraig CheethamToby Foster
Starring
Peter KayPaddy McGuinnessLisa HammondTony MooneyCraig CheethamToby Foster
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"Two lovable losers, one aimless comic road trip"

A spinoff from the British sitcom Phoenix Nights, this show follows Max and Paddy, two hapless nightclub security guards, as they hit the road together after their old workplace closes down. Each episode drops them into a new town chasing get-rich-quick schemes and dodgy jobs, with plenty of deadpan northern English humor and slapstick mishaps along the way. It's loose, character-driven comedy that leans on the easy chemistry between its two leads rather than tight plotting, feeling more like hanging out with mates than watching a structured sitcom.

Watch it for

the easy double-act chemistry between two proper northern English comic creations.

Maybe skip if

you never watched Phoenix Nights and want tightly plotted, fast-paced comedy.

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All Seasons

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Series 12004
7.954562h 30m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Episode #1.17.8
10425 min
▶2Episode #1.27.8
9225 min
▶3Episode #1.38.0
9225 min
▶4Episode #1.48.2
9025 min
▶5Episode #1.57.6
7925 min
▶6Episode #1.67.7
8825 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Peter Kay Max, Brian Potter, Marc Park
Paddy McGuinness Paddy
Lisa Hammond Tina
Tony Mooney Wolfster
Craig Cheetham Billy Shannon
Toby Foster Les
Steve Edge Alan
Archie Kelly Kenny Senior
Brendan O'Carroll Gypsy Joe
Noddy Holder Mick Bustin

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