Dave Spikey
- 73 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings
Alma's Not Normal to end as Sophie Willan writes Pendle witch satire
Alma's Not Normal will end with its upcoming second series, creator and star Sophie Willan has revealed, though she is currently working on a Christmas special to bookend her loosely autobiographical BBC comedy and is writing a satire about the Pendle witches with Maxine Peake.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd September 2024Phoenix 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 2024Alma's Not Normal, review
Sophie Willan turns trauma into comedy gold.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 13th September 2021Dave Spikey interview
Dave Spikey has declared his show at the Parr Hall a 'Covid free zone'.
David Morgan, Warrington Guardian, 29th August 2021Alma'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 2021The 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 2021The 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 2020If 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 2019Dave 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 2018Dave 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