History Trivia / PhoenixNights

* RetroactiveRecognition: Sian Gibson, better known as Kay's co-star in ''Series/CarShare'', makes a couple of brief appearances here.

* ActingForTwo: Creator/PeterKay as both Brian Potter and Max. He actually played several roles but they were the two main ones.

* TalkingToHimself: Brian Potter talks to Max the bouncer face-to-face, and does the same with Keith Lard.

* NamesTheSame: Keith Lard is depicted as a petty jobsworth of a Fire Safety Official, who's also been acquitted of... ''[[BestialityIsDepraved interfering]]'' [[BestialityIsDepraved with dogs]]. Unfortunately, at the time Bolton had a Fire Safety Officer called Keith La'''i'''rd (note spelling). Some papers said his appearance and mannerisms were also applied to the character. Peter Kay had to pay Mr Laird damages, make a donation to a fire charity, and add a full-screen apology letter to the end of the episode (on the DVD and in future re-runs).

* CreatorBacklash: Daniel Kitson [Spencer] said he regretted appearing in the show. Unfortunately for him, he said this before the DVDCommentary for Series 2 was recorded which gave Kay and co plenty of opportunities to slate Kitson.
* DVDCommentary: Both series has hilarious commentaries for all the episodes feature Peter Kay, Paddy McGuinness and various other cast members. Both Kay and McGuinness did a commentary for 'That Peter Kay Thing' which involved Craig Cash of Series/TheRoyleFamily fame.

* DVDCommentary: Both series has hilarious commentaries for all the episodes feature Peter Kay, Paddy McGuinness and various other cast members. Both Kay and McGuinness did a commentary for 'That Peter Kay Thing' which involved Craig Cash of TheRoyleFamily fame.

* OrphanedReference: An abandoned subplot was that Brian Potter could actually walk. The only remnants of this are Brian making an unaided and suspiciously quick change between chairs in the first episode and him standing up at the end of the "In The Club" episode of ''Series/ThatPeterKayThing''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/PeterKay claims to have written a third series. Dave Spikey claims that the ideas were there, but it was discarded in favour of the Max and Paddy SpinOff. There were even talks of reviving the series with a feature film following the success of ''Film/TheInbetweeners''.

* NamesTheSame / NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Keith Lard is depicted as a petty jobsworth of a Fire Safety Official, who's also been acquitted of... ''[[BestialityIsDepraved interfering]]'' [[BestialityIsDepraved with dogs]]. Unfortunately, at the time Bolton had a Fire Safety Officer called Keith La'''i'''rd (note spelling). Some papers said his appearance and mannerisms were also applied to the character. Peter Kay had to pay Mr Laird damages, make a donation to a fire charity, and add a full-screen apology letter to the end of the episode (on the DVD and in future re-runs).

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: An abandoned subplot was that Brian Potter could actually walk. The only remnants of this are Brian making an unaided and suspiciously quick change between chairs in the first episode and him standing up at the end of the "In The Club" episode of ''Series/ThatPeterKayThing''.

* NamesTheSame / NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Keith Lard is depicted as a petty jobsworth of a Fire Safety Official, who's also been acquitted of... ''[[BestialityIsDepraved interfering]]'' [[BestialityIsDepraved with dogs]]. Unfortunately, at the time Bolton had a Fire Safety Officer called Keith La'''i'''rd (note spelling). Some papers said his appearance and mannerisms were also applied to the character. Peter Kay had to pay Mr Laird damages, make a donation to a fire charity, and add a full-screen apology letter to the end of the episode (on the DVD on in future re-runs).

* NamesTheSame / NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Keith Lard is depicted as a petty jobsworth of a Fire Safety Official, who's also been aquitted of... [[BestialityIsDepraved ''interfering'' with dogs]]. Unfortunately, at the time Bolton had a Fire Safety Officer called Keith La'''i'''rd (note spelling). Some papers said his appearance and mannerisms were also applied to the character. Peter Kay had to pay Mr Laird damages, make a donation to a fire charity, and add a full-screen apology letter to the end of the episode (on the DVD on in future re-runs).