I've just watched all seven episodes of That Peter Kay Thing on DVD. Each episode is simply structured; We see a day in the life of a Bingo Hall, Manchester Arena, An ice Cream Man, A local eccentric and so on.
What Kaye has done is taken archetypes that are instinctively familiar and placed them in situations that are at once staggeringly ordinary but tinged with drama; for example, the porn peddling and violent ice cream man that has a run in with his rival at the Bolton Show. The tension builds and builds very subtly and eventually explodes in a shower of melted ice cream and crunchies. Elsewhere, Leonard's big day comes to a conclusion that's almost painful to watch and Marc Park, local rock star and former fruit and veg man, finds that life can be very lonely at the top.
Each show is really funny, handled in Kays unique way! Each episode was differant, clever and hilarious! I'm a Peter Kay fan, but you must watch this!
I collect DVDs, we have over 3,000 titles in the house now! I buy most from Car Boot Sales,Poundshops, markets, sales, and greatly reduced from the internet, but I only buy what I want to watch! I do a short report when I watch them, I got rid of almost 800 titles at Christmas 2010 (low score, duplicates, ones I'd never watch etc.) I continue to wade through them, and appear to be buying slightly less, but still watching like mad :)
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