It is really weird that you can’t watch Phoenix nights anywhere. I had to find it on daily motion a few years ago when I wanted a rewatch. I used to have them on VHS
You can watch it on YouTube. Not great quality but still watchable.
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You can watch it on YouTube. Not great quality but still watchable.
We’ve kept our dvd player just so we can watch Phoenix Nights/Max and Paddy. We also watch Young Frankenstein with Gene Wilder on it as for some reason we couldn’t find it on Prime Tv!
I’m sure there was a poster on here in the early days that was hounded but basically knew through their job that he had Leukemia and yeah he had it before. They seemed pretty factual. Everyone went mental because it was a breech of confidentiality but yet everyone was speculating. I suspect they were correct. Fair play if he just wants privacy and not to make a song and dance, quietly supporting the charities that obviously mean something to him too is nice.
Who still buys DVDs, except for 50p on market stalls or in charity shops? Is he still living in 2002?It would bring a whole new audience to the shows on streaming you can't rely on dvd sales this day and age
Just click ‘most liked posts’. It was me who questioned it as he said his brother works for BUPA! And yes, it is a major breach but I didn’t believe it, so doesn’t matter!
If his current act is anything to go by, yes.
That’s it. Knew it was something healthcare job related. Yeah I felt it was true & still do. If it is Leuk, I suspect eventually at a point it will take his life & that’ll maybe sedate all the speculation. Feels like people aren’t entitled to privacy anymore from the papers, he’s never been an overly public person with his personal life in the press - why would he now. Speculating here in a corner of the internet I don’t see as an issue. I think most of the evidence presented support he’s had some serious illness so I think the original Leukaemia shout gets my vote.
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I don't think he'd have any stamina for shows if he was really ill.
It would partly explain why the shows have always been really spread out. So he has plenty of time in between shows etc. And he doesn't over do it.
I agree. I’d he’d only said (assuming it was him that was ill) “I’ve been diagnosed with XYZ, please respect our privacy while I have treatment” people wouldn’t still be here umpteen years later speculating about what was wrong. I don’t understand the secrecy or the taboo of being diagnosed with cancer (again, assuming it was cancer) in the 21st century.
I remember the days when people would be scared to even say the word (“the big C” etc) but I think we’re past that now.
Daily Motion has it as well. They tend to have stuff that YT blocks thankfully.
I also remember him saying he never wanted his shows on streaming platforms where people can watch it at any time "like The Office", he thinks it will make them lose their specialness (definitely not a word) which I guess I can respect him for. I have all his things on DVD but dont own a DVD player anymore! 
Ive always thought that his TV stuff is wayy better than his live stand up stuff (other than that awful Geraldine stuff) . I went to the Phoenix Night's live show yearrrs ago in Manchester Areana and me and my partner both thought it was pretty rit and didn't translate well on to stage at all.
Ive always thought that his TV stuff is wayy better than his live stand up stuff (other than that awful Geraldine stuff) . I went to the Phoenix Night's live show yearrrs ago in Manchester Areana and me and my partner both thought it was pretty rit and didn't translate well on to stage at all.
Thing is are people really going to go out buy a dvd player and his dvd so they can watch or are they going to just find something else they can stream instead feel sorry for Neil and Dave they don't seem to have much of a say 
Maybe just my experience, but I've found a lot of middle age/older men mentally can't/don't want to move on from the time period they were young. Culturally/fashion/music/references ect they seem to freeze! (Note: maybe not all men, but all men I've known!
)A total aside, but I do buy cheap as chips CDs for pre-show music for the cinema I help run but that's because just chucking a disk in the player and putting it on repeat play "just bleeping works" and can be just left playing without another thought and with the minimum of cables. surprisingly more modern music playback systems (unless having bang up to date tracks matters) that stream the music in a similar way to spotify are a pain in the a and need more work/cables/time invested to get the music reliably happening!
As soon as I read the This Morning story on the DM I thought exactly the same as you all. Did anyone get to see him live?
ETA that I need to RTFT!? Soz.
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Agree. I've had the DVD box set for PN for years and watched it again with the Boltonian Mr L earlier this year - it's still fab. We went to St Gregory's in Farnworth, the setting for the PC and my BiL cut off the PC sign!? I'm going back in March and I'll ask the BiL to try againIt would bring a whole new audience to the shows on streaming you can't rely on dvd sales this day and age
Agree totally. I keep a working DVD player too because I'm a comedy nut and not everything is available on streaming.
We still have dvds and my son still buys them too. We don't have a huge amount but they're there for times like when the internet goes down (we don't have sky etc and the TV isn't plugged into an ariel so rely on the internet for TV and streaming services). About a year ago, BT were doing some work near us and cut the wrong cable resulting in internet being down for a few days so they got us through!