Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16385 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-06-19
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Formats: PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 145 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Arguably one of the finest comedy programmes of recent times, the second series of Phoenix Nights is a superbly written, frequently hilarious continuation of the adventures of wheelchair-bound Brian Potter and his Bolton-based social club.

Picking up where the first series left off, with the Phoenix Club lying in ashes after being burned to the ground by Potter’s nemesis Den Perry, the second season wastes little time getting things back up and running. And with the Phoenix soon back in business, the series then follows the likes of a semi-successful booze cruise, the legendary Phoenix fun day, the return of Talent Trek and bumbling doormen Max and Paddy taking on a hitman contract.

And yet all these plot points are incidental to the constant bombardment of acutely observed humour, and the consistently entertaining performances of a simply superb ensemble cast. Peter Kay may get the headline attention, unsurprising as Phoenix Nights arguably marks his career high to date, yet Dave Spikey, Daniel Kitson and Ted Robbins are also sublime.

The end result is just brilliant, with umpteen standout and quotable moments. At its peak, incredibly funny, and at its worst still very worthy of your time, the second series of Phoenix Nights eclipses the first, easily overshines the spin-off series Max & Paddy’s Road To Nowhere, and rightly takes it place as a modern day television classic.--Simon Brew

Synopsis
Lancastrian comedy genius Peter Kay returns with a second series of the irrepressible PHOENIX NIGHTS. Fans may remember the Phoenix Club's incineration at the hands of Brian Potter's (Peter Kay) arch-rival Den Perry (Ted Robbins) by means of careless disposal of a cigar butt. The second series picks up exactly where the first left off, with Potter in a panic about his club/licence/melted 'blind-boy' charity collection figurine. Having lost his licence, Brian persuades the ever-stoical Jerry St Clair (Dave Spikey) to become 'the name over the door' and a grand reopening ensues. First-class cameos (including one by Jim Bowen as Brian's bewigged mentor) and sidesplitting one-liners ensure that the chaos never lets up, and whether Max and Paddy (Kay and Patrick McGuinness) are being hired to carry out contract killings or Jerry is winding up high on ginseng, PHOENIX NIGHTS carries with it enough hilarity and panache to render it one of the most original and essential sitcoms ever made.

Customer Reviews

Fantastic, put that on your TV show
Peter Kay, Dave Spikey and Neil Fitpatrick wrote one of the Series of the Noughties.

Brian Potter and his team are back, after disaster struck the club in the previous series when it was burnt down by the devious Den Perry. Dirty Den as I like to call him.

Brian has lost his club licence so Jerry takes over the reigns, and choas ensues. My personal favourite of both series is the Family Fun day, when the club needs to raise money to open again. Jerry the Berry, Brian Potters converter toilet as a play area for the kiddies, the inflateable "love length".... oh and animal face paint for Kenny, which is real paint and dosn't come off until nearly the last episode. "I've tried everything, soap and water, swarfega."... "Have you tried battery acid?"

Each episode is a joy.

the best yet!
series two of phoenix nights is right on the money,glowing television of the highest order and even better than series one ,high praise indeed.I found this series more consistent and more fast paced and the laughs were just easier to find,as i said about season one i was always entertained but didnt always scream the house down,in season two i was more or less always at that.
Season two carries on from the carnage of season one as the phoenix club is burned down and brian along with his assortment of friends and employees decide to build it back but it isnt easy.
The six episodes once again end too soon and the quality doesnt drop,this series is more cult in its status than all round classic but make no mistake in its right to better things,great.

phoenix nights series 2
The second series of this seriously funny programme is fantastic. The characters are now known from the first series but the story lines just seem to get funnier. I would recommend this DVD to anyone who enjoyed the first series.