Dave Spikey
Dave Spikey

Dave Spikey

  • 72 years old
  • English
  • Actor, writer and stand-up comedian

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Phoenix Nights props go under the hammer

Phoenix Nights fans are being given the chance to own their own piece of the iconic sitcom, when props from the Peter Kay comedy and its spin-off Max & Paddy's Road To Nowhere are to be auctioned on 31st January.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd January 2024

Alma's Not Normal, review

Sophie Willan turns trauma into comedy gold.

Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 13th September 2021

Dave Spikey interview

Dave Spikey has declared his show at the Parr Hall a 'Covid free zone'.

David Morgan, Warrington Guardian, 29th August 2021

Alma's Not Normal series filming in Bolton

Filming is underway on Alma's Not Normal, Sophie Willan's BBC Two sitcom about a Boltonian woman and her family of eccentric, unruly women.

British Comedy Guide, 10th May 2021

The funny business behind Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights

Fueled by fights about 'the funniest pies' and a little creative tension, Dave Spikey co-wrote a true comedy original. Will it ever return?

Tom Fordy, The Telegraph, 14th January 2021

The story behind Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights

Twenty years ago, an entire comic universe - full of 'real people doing real things' - was formed in an unknown comedian's Bolton bedroom. Will we ever return to the Phoenix Club asks Tom Fordy.

Tom Fordy, The Telegraph, 13th January 2020

If Phoenix Nights is rebooted leave the offensive jokes

If Peter Kay is going to bring back Brian Potter, he must acknowledge we live in a different time without relying on offensive jokes.

Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 12th November 2019

Dave Spikey admits he's gutted Phoenix Nights ended

The pair didn't speak for a decade after Dave accused Peter of taking all the credit for the show's success.

Zoe Shenton, The Mirror, 19th October 2018

Dave Spikey - The Lowry, Salford review

If he ditches the derivative material and concentrates on his strengths, he would have a show to be proud of.

Paul Maguire, The Reviews Hub, 3rd June 2017

Dave Spikey interview

Dave Spikey answers some questions.

John Anson, Lancashire Telegraph, 15th September 2016

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