Dave was co-writer and co-star of Channel 4’s That Peter Kay Thing and Phoenix Nights, writer and co-star of ITV’s Dead Man Weds and BBC1’s Magnolia, presenter of Bullseye, team captain on four hit series of 8 out of 10 Cats and co-presenter of The TV Book Club. “We all see funny things every day. It was chaos. I worked at the hospital for 32 years from 1968 to 2000,” he said. I had come to the crossroads, or a T-junction really. It was Friday 13th in the year 2000.
“She said ‘you should go into comedy’. “While I was there I got into amateur dramatics. I never wanted to be on the stage ever, I wanted to do writing and directing. (I shot Derek Rigby).
I have done four shows and it has gone better than I expected. I spent 13 years doing my job at the hospital then going and doing shows around the country and building up. Dave recalls fondly writing comedy with Peter Kay and Neil Fitzmorris. I was head of haematology, and two weeks later I was dressed as a berry on stage! “I really enjoyed doing that - we could argue for an hour about what was funniest, a cheese and onion pie or a chicken pie. Shortly after they co-wrote Ch 4’s hit series That Peter Kay Thing, which was awarded ‘Best New TV Comedy’ at the prestigious British Comedy Awards in 2000. I think that is the best way to write a really good sitcom, two or three of you with slightly different views,” said Dave. “I wanted to be a doctor. We hit it off straight away,” said Dave. I used to get a big buzz out of hearing the laughter, now I was delivering the lines.” We could argue for an hour just over that.”“It’s blowing it up a bit to call it a feud between me and Peter, though you do have fall-outs in the creative arena.“We had a rule that there were three writers on Phoenix Nights and we all had to be happy with every scene.”During the 2012 interview, Mr Spikey revealed that he and Peter “were always work colleagues and never best mates”.He added: “Afterwards we went in separate directions and lost touch, although we have spoken since.“The last time was when I bumped into him at a TV studio and we had a chat. All the rehearsals and the read-throughs were great - what a brilliant time.” If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion, then please “I went over to places like Scarborough Opera House – it is a World of Wicker now. By Josh Saunders PUBLISHED: 20:30, Fri, Apr 10, 2020 This video is unavailable. Episode guide, trailer, review, preview, cast list and where to stream it on demand, on catch up and download. Dave was successful in the health service, as Chief Biomedical Scientist in Haematology at the Royal Bolton Hospital, but his career as a comedian has been an amazing story. They had to keep my job open for a year because I had been there a long time. Watch Queue Queue “By 2000 we were doing That Peter Kay Thing. Haematology had really expanded so much and I was there to see it.
I thought ‘if I don’t do it now I never will’.
“Derek Rigby is my best mate but he is an idiot! newspaper archive.Peter Kay: How best man's speech led comedian's big breakJames Bond snub: Sean Connery’s devastating blow as milkman exposedPeter Kay was revealed to have had numerous arguments with comedians on hit show Phoenix Nights Peter Kay is one of the nation's most beloved comedians to date Dave Spikey revealed he and Peter Kay argued about everything from the 'funniest pies' to scripts Peter Kay announced he would return to comedy after taking a break in 2017 Peaky Blinders: How only one man was ever named as part of gangPeter Kay returns to spotlight in coronavirus pandemic after two yearsPeter Kay and Phoenix Nights co-writer Dave Spikey often clashed while writing the show's scripts Peter Kay has won numerous awards for his coveted TV shows That was in 1987. My dad was a painter and decorator and had an accident at work, I had to leave school. PETER KAY'S furious arguments with Phoenix Nights co-writer Dave Spikey have been revealed in unearthed accounts. It was never planned, I just took chances as they came. Find out when 8 Out of 10 Cats is on TV, including Series 4-Episode 9. It is my job to highlight them and bring them to your attention. Phoenix Nights co-writer Dave Spikey, who also worked on ‘That Peter Kay Thing’, revealed the struggles and spats inside the writers’ room.He told the Birmingham Mail: “We used to get into arguments about everything, like ‘What’s the funniest pie?’ That’s chicken and mushroom, obviously.
I do two hours. Check websites for latest news. The comedian spent over 30 years working for the health service, before ending up writing sitcoms, appearing in TV programmes and touring with his own show. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Editors' Code of Practice. People in the audience nudge each other and say ‘that is you’.
“In the mid 1990s I realised I was on a big important medical course in London in St Thomas’ Hospital, and on Sunday night I was with Cannon and Ball at Blackpool Opera House. By
But that was a couple of years ago.” See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, Phoenix Nights, I did one thing and another came up, 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Bullseye. Then it all escalated. I did shoot him when I was a kid!” said Dave. DAVE Spikey has helped keep people both happy and healthy during his career. But, as Dave reveals, when he was younger it wasn’t something he considered.
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