Paddy McGuinness review

Overall, an enjoyable and funny evening despite the full-on toilet humour.

Keith Lemon and Paddy McGuinness pilot sketch show

Keith Lemon and Paddy McGuinness are piloting a sketch show together. The ITV primetime fixtures will unite for The Keith and Paddy Show, which also promises celebrity guests.

Phoenix Nights film not happening says Paddy McGuinness

It's looking unlikely that the Peter Kay-led cast will be coming together for a feature length outing.

Paddy McGuinness funnier in Corrie than as a stand-up

He's best known for his 'no lighty, no likey!' catchphrase but Paddy McGuinness might be teetering on the edge of a brand new career after his Coronation Street cameo.

Paddy McGuinness 'not apologising' over confrontation

Wife Christine claims nail salon staff member made "an inappropriate sexual comment" which prompted Paddy McGuinness to visit the shop.

Paddy McGuinness pens Dragons' Den sitcom

Paddy McGuinness is creating a sitcom inspired by Dragons' Den and The Apprentice.

Paddy McGuinness to be a Madame Tussauds waxwork

Paddy McGuinness will get his own Madame Tussauds waxwork (in Blackpool).

There's an odd mix of ingredients in this sitcom about a policeman-turned-midwife. Written by the team that made Channel 4's strange, funny Green Wing, and featuring the offbeat skills of Darren Boyd, it is very much an ITV primetime comedy. The result is some verbally dexterous stuff from Boyd, alongside Paddy McGuinness's likable gurning, and a farce-heavy plotline, in which an expectant father has trouble remembering which room he's meant to be in, while Matthew makes the error of offending nurse Lisa's boyfriend.

Radio Times review

"I have had the same training as all the women," protests Darren Boyd's male midwife Matthew, a bloke in a very female-centred environment. In Green Wing writers Robert Harley and James Henry's old-fashioned comedy he has to cope with quite a lot of sexism, but doesn't help himself by being quite an irritant, which detracts a little from a sitcom packed with decent lines and excellent supporting stars (Fay Ripley and Aisling Bea among them).

There is also little sense of Matthew's back story - apart from the fact he used to be a policeman - although the signs are that we will be seeing a lot more of Paddy McGuinness as his even more annoying (and slightly unhinged) former colleague and flatmate.