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Car Share
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 2015 - 2020
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Sitcom about two workers thrown together in a company car share scheme, who soon find a potential romance blossoms. Stars Peter Kay, Sian Gibson, Danny Swarsbrick and Guy Garvey.
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Car Share: A tedious shadow of a once-promising series
By the end of the episode, both characters are firmly buckled in, back where they belong. Let's just hope that as the series progresses, so too does the plot line. At the moment, it's pure and simple: Car Share is a boring shadow of a well-executed first series.
Rebecca Monks, i Newspaper, 12th April 2017Peter Kay's on the road to nowhere
I was one of the few people who hadn't seen it the first time around so when the second series of Car Share aired last night, expectations were high. They were not met.
Virginia Blackburn, The Daily Express, 12th April 2017Kayleigh Kitson's journey to work made no sense
Fans of Car Share were loving the return of the hit Peter Kay comedy last night. But they couldn't help noticing Kayleigh Kitson's convoluted journey from Salford to Cheetham Hill - no wonder she said she was "shattered."
Manchester Evening News, 12th April 2017Preview - Car Share
Car Share is a brilliant sitcom, in that thanks to it that it became cool to like Peter Kay again.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 11th April 2017The beautifully observed comedy returns and, since we have been away, Kayleigh (Sian Gibson) has moved in with her sister. This means she's not commuting to work with John (Peter Kay), so the two instead wibble away via mobile. Barring a spot of bother involving a cyclist and a water bottle, not much happens, but the will-they-won't-they dynamic and dialogue are more than enough in themselves. Kayleigh: "I thought you'd gone all Darren Drown." John: "Derren ..."
Jonathan Wright, The Guardian, 11th April 2017What Peter Kay's Car Share playlist can tell us
Stuart Maconie has been a friend of the comedian for decades - here he reveals how they bonded over pop music and being altar boys.
Stuart Maconie, Radio Times, 11th April 2017Peter Kay's Car Share Series 2 preview
The new series starts tonight of this award-winning sitcom, which gained much praise but which I found underwhelming, and even a tiny bit dull.
Julie McDowall, The National (Scotland), 11th April 2017Sian Gibson interview
Sian Gibson has reunited with Peter Kay for the most eagerly awaited comedy of the year, the second series of Car Share.
Rebecca Mahoney, TV Times, 11th April 2017Peter Kay's Car Share Series 2 preview
Car Share is predominantly more 'warm feeling inside' comedy than the laugh-out-loud sort, though it certainly has its moments of the latter.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 11th April 2017Peter Kay's Car Share playlist by the numbers
Here are the tracks pumping out of John's car - with a bit of statistical analysis thrown in.
Jonathan Holmes, Radio Times, 11th April 2017