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The past 7 months have been a wild ride, but I can honestly say I wouldn’t change any of it. What Peter, Sian, Paul, and everyone involved have pulled off is incredible and I’m genuinely in awe of them. What happened on Children in Need tonight was beyond anything I ever expected, my heart is so full. John and Kayleigh belong together, Pure & Simple. ❤️
Car Share will be on Children in Need - Friday 17th November
So, ever since 2x04 ended and I cried myself to sleep on the night of April 11th, I’ve been speculating along with a few other people on here that surely that couldn’t be it. For over half a year now, it’s been discussed that the most likely time for something to happen would be at the end of the year; either on Christmas Comedy Shuffle... or Children in Need. This was confirmed last night when Car Share was shown during this year’s lineup trailer.
There are a few possibilities of what exactly will air on the night and these are my thoughts:
Outtakes/Deleted Scenes: This to me is the least likely option. Comedy Shuffle has always been the way Peter chooses to show extras from his shows, and I’m almost 100% sure that they will be shown on the Christmas Eve episode. I can’t see them airing on CiN and then again on Comedy Shuffle a month later, it just doesn’t make sense.
A scene set after 2x04: This is my most likely option. I think it could be a scene set post 2x04, making it obvious John and Kayleigh are a couple now, still driving to work together and singing along to Forever FM.
A trailer for a series/special/spinoff coming next year: Now this one is pretty out there, and I don’t think it’ll happen but I just can’t stop thinking about how adamant Peter has been about there being ‘no Christmas special/S3′, but has also said ‘never say never’ about it returning one day. I’ve thought about the possibility of a spinoff for a while and even though I don’t think it’s likely, I also don’t think it’s impossible.
Also: Peter will be on The Johnathan Ross Show the day after CiN. This could be to promote the DVD, but it could also be to talk about whatever is shown on CiN.
Only 8 days until we find out, as usual comments/thoughts are welcome!
Peter on Jason Manford Transcript 19/11/17
Peter did a 3 hour interview with Jason Manford on his Absolute Radio show on Sunday. It was recorded on Friday morning, so I didn’t expect any Car Share talk but there was some - and very insightful it was too! He was very warm and open - so different from his last chat with Jason! And talked about stuff that made it clear the 2x04 ending was never going to be the end (Peter doesn’t like unhappy endings) and that although the finale is the end of Car Share for the foreseeable future, he’s not ruling out doing it again (which show he was full of bollocks with what he was saying before the reveal. It was all to lead us up the garden path)
You can listen to the interview here: https://absoluteradio.co.uk/schedule/the-jason-manford-show-211/episodes/87235/?play
But I have transcribed the main parts that cover Car Share, and the future, below.
Other titbits of info I didn’t transcribe:
Peter and Sian have been asked to open the new building at Salford University, where they met.
When Peter was asked to do the Warburtons advert, when they sent him the script he took it to Sian (and Paul and Matt) to ask what they thought.
Peter asked to add the “Woah Kayleigh!” into the advert.
On with the transcription:
J: Obviously a lot of the questions that get asked, because the stuff you've done is so well loved - Phoenix Nights, Max and Paddy, Car Share. There must be getting to a point where you're like I've done them now, they're done, but obviously people still want to see more of them. Are you thinking about the next thing you might do sitcom-wise would be a brand new thing, or do you think sitcoms done for you?
P: I'd like to do films next. I'd like to write and film and edit and actually pay for me own films. And I always see... I always describe them as happy Shane Meadows.
J: Right, that's a good idea, yeah.
P: You know, they're not going to take a sharp left turn into like Uuugh *miserable noise*. You know what I mean? They're just really naturalistic.
J: Jolly Ken Loach.
P: Jolly Ken Loach!
J: Yeah, I like the sound of these!
P: And it's...they're just set in and around Bolton, or an area of the Northwest that I'm familiar with. I'm not going to do some like 1930s Brooklyn gangster thing. And I think you write about what you know about, and I'd like to use the same crew that I know and love, and film and edit at home. And just do that next. Because I like doing the series, and I do appreciate how lucky I am to do them. But I find it quite hard writing six half hours. It's six beginning, middle and ends, and I think if you could write a film - I'm curious to see if you've got like a bigger canvas to do one single story. But I wouldn't want to punch above my weight and do anything that involved Fantastic Beasts, or summit you know what I mean? Loads of CGI.
J: In Bolton!
P: Yeah, you know.
J: I mean I'd watch that!
P: Oh I would! Maybe that's the twist! But then I know I said Die Hard but actually in this day and age you could do that, you could do that. But I would...Just little steps. I'd like... When I'm on tour my plan is to write something. I've got loads of ideas, I'm not short of them. But I thought I'll do a tour for a couple of years and then I will write when I'm on tour and then see what happens next.
But I've loved Car Share. Unfortunately Car Share I feel as if it's run its course. I really love the people, like the characters. And it's brilliant working with Sian cos she's a really close friend and I'm so proud of her. I love her very much. But I just... we both feel… and Paul who writes it, that it's starting to repeat. You don't want to become...
J: There's only so much driving you can do, I guess
P: Exactly, it's a confined space.
J: Cos even in last series you were doing extra things, weren't you?
P: Exactly and you can feel it's getting contrived, and you think, you've got to just walk away.
J: Drive over a shark!
P: Exactly! No, exactly! It starts becoming a bit... And then when people don't realise it and go “Oh It's gone off a bit,” that's why I think just walk away. And if you do get good ideas - and I've got two or three, but not six. And I get more, then you can always go back you know in a few years time. If you're lucky and there's opportunity there, you can go back and make another series. But I think, there's something about leaving things.
{{Talks about Phoenix Nights third series}}
P: Car Share was editing, that's literally only just finished. There’s two new episodes of Car Share that announced the other night on Children in Need. So they’re going on next year. And that basically concludes the story… of what’s happened.
J: Oh well so people will be happy with that when they get see the two of them together or whatever.
P: And then that’s… Or not, who knows?! But that’ll be next year.
{{talks remakes of his shows in general}}
J: An American Car Share would be good though…. Be like high speed though…
P: I've been asked and all that. But the thing is... I’m a little bit… I wouldn’t want to do that because I’d like to… I wouldn’t want to see it be on and it be naff. I've had lots of countries come forward to ask can we buy it to make like a Spanish version and an Italian version and that. And I’ve turned them all done, because I don’t …I wouldn’t want to see them be ruined.
J: No, unless you and Sian went to Italy.
P: I haven’t got the time.
J: Like Rob Brydon and Coogan.
P: Yeah, I thought about something like that but then again it's contrived. We thought about doing a road trip or something, it’s not, it’s just ... it becomes contrived.
J: Fair enough, fair enough there you go, there’s your answer but excitedly two new episodes of Car Share on the tellybox next year.
Inspired by the news of a CiN special:
“This jobs the bane of my bloody life, d’you know that? - OI ARSEHOLE” His complaining interrupted by someone cutting in front of him.
“Honestly. People should learn how to drive, shouldn’t be allowed on the bloody roads.” He sighed. Staring the other driver down as he pulled out away from him.
“And then there’s Kayleigh, y’know? Goin’ on about this bloody Christmas team, ever since I put her on she’s been Elves this and Santa that, she wants to build a grotto! I told her we didn’t have the budget and I honestly think she was gonna cry. But I’ve found a gap in the budget that needs filled but if I tell her now she’ll have a heart attack! She’s already started with the Now That’s What I Call effin’ Christmas album and it’s only November!”
He comes to a stop outside Kayleigh’s house and presses the horn. He stifles a grin and gives a smile and a wave as he watches Kayleigh approach from her front door.
“Oh my god!” Kayleigh squealed as she opened the car door to reveal a massive yellow fluffy head sat where she should be.
“What? What is it?!” John replied, startled at the high pitched noise.
“Have you killed Pudsey?!” She exclaimed, sounding genuinely shocked.
“Sorry. We were having a chat and I forgot to put him in the back seat before we got here.” He picked up the oversized head and tried to throw him over the seats into the back, where the rest of his empty body was lying. But ultimately failing and ending up wearing the head.
“John!” Kayleigh was in absolute fits of giggles by this point. She climbed onto the passenger seat and leaned over, taking off the costume head and placing it on the back seat.
Their eyes met for a second longer than either of them intended, Kayleigh still laughing and John trying to pretend he wasn’t impressed.
“So... You were having a chat with the Pudsey head?” Kayleigh questioned after she had calmed down and they had set off for work.
“They’re making me wear him at work.” He admitted, shaking his head.
This obviously set Kayleigh off again.
“You are joking!”
“I bloody wish I were joking. I’m gonna kill whoever it was that suggested me”
“Why didn’t you just tell them no?”
“Well, it’s for t’kids innit. I dunno how I’d cope if I had a kid one day and it were needing a life saving treatment that I couldn’t get for them”
“So you think you’ll have kids one day?” Kayleigh blurted without thinking, immediately turning to look out the window and playing with her hair pretending not to be interested in the answer.
“Well, yeah. It could be nice. A little ‘un running about eh, half me, half-“ John cleared his throat. “Whoever I’m with in future I suppose.”
Saved by the bell, or rather, the alarm. As the pulled into a parking space at the shop, they discovered the fire alarm was going off.
“Oh Christ, I’ll have to stand outside carrying this bloody costume. Everyone’ll know it’s me inside if they see me with it!” John was on his knees on the drivers seat, again struggling to get the costume out of the back seat.
“Oh, John, behave! It’s for a good cause! People will think it’s cute!” Kayleigh chirped, taking the Pudsey head from John as he got the rest out.
By the time the struggle was done, the fire alarm was announced as a false alarm and everyone had piled back into the shop.
“Right, Well... see ya later?” Kayleigh smiled as they walked toward the entrance.
“See ya, Kayleigh.” John reached out to take Pudsey from her but she tiptoed and put it over his head. John just shook his head as he walked away.
-
John had given Kayleigh the keys before they parted ways so she was sat in the car waiting for him to finish for the day.
Kayleigh laughed to herself as she saw a massive yellow bear with an eyepatch stumbling towards her and opening the car door.
“Oh shit.” John exclaimed as he tried to open the car door but hit the Pudsey head instead and knocked his balance causing him to fall to the ground.
“Johnathan! What are you doing!?”
“I forgot I had this stupid thing on. I feel like It’s bloody moulded onto my skin” he stood up and shimmied out of the costume revealing his work suit underneath.
-
“So....” Kayleigh said, dragging out the end.
“Yes.” John said, rolling his eyes.
“What? You don’t even know what I was going to ask!” Kayleigh was already beaming because she knew what was coming.
“Let me guess... Elsie found out about the extra budge and you’re gonna ask about a grotto?”
“So I can do it?!?!” She squealed and started clapping. John couldn’t help but grin.
“Aw John, I’m so buzzing!” She learned over and kissed him on the cheek.
“... Will you be my santa?” She whispered in a cheeky voice.
“Right you - don’t push it! I’ll see ya tomorrow for the meeting, you’ll need to get a proposal and a team together for this grotto, mind!” He called after her as she was closing the door.
“It’s been ready since September, Jonathan!” She called back as she entered the house.
(End sketch, blank screen...)
John and Kayleigh return 22nd December for a Car Share Christmas Special
When your watching car share series 2 episode 4 again secretly hoping the ending will have some how changed and they will get their happy ending. 😢😢 no such luck I'm afraid 😢😢
I thought I'd throw my hat into the ring and upload my version of a proper Car Share ending to AO3. I've called it ‘Destination: Unknown’ and it's based on a lot of the #banjogate spoilers / speculation:
http://archiveofourown.org/works/11118759
I hope you enjoy!
Friday 23rd June is the air date for Peter Kay’s Comedy Shuffle. I just saw it on TV so I don’t know if anyone else has posted that on here yet so sorry if I’m repeating information haha 😂
I can't go to the Q&A tomorrow in Blackpool😭💔 please someone tell me if anything is said about Car Share I still want to believe banjogate is real
