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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Who is Car Share star Sian Gibson?
Sian Gibson has become a hit following her latest role in Car Share - but who is she?
Fay Strang, The Mirror, 30th April 2015A new addition to the 'in-car entertainment' genre
From Marion and Geoff to Locke, there is plenty of mileage in TV shows and films shot in cars - and a new six-episode sitcom is one of the best examples to date.
Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 30th April 2015Peter Kay's new comedy sees him play supermarket worker John, who is forced to share his journey to work with Kayleigh (Sian Gibson). The first trip doesn't go well, with Kayleigh spilling her urine sample in his face. But things improve as she entertains him with her Cilla Black and Miss Piggy impressions while he reluctantly warms to her chat and penchant for local radio. Gentle comedy, with both of them capturing the understated nature of a revelatory car journey with someone you barely know. Continues on Thursday.
Hannah Verdier, The Guardian, 29th April 2015Radio Times review
The perils of a car-sharing scheme and the enforced companionship of strangers is at the core of Peter Kay's new comedy series (which debuted on BBC iPlayer).
Kay, who co-wrote and directed, is John, a drone at a huge DIY store who volunteers to drive a colleague to and from work. She's Kayleigh (Sian Gibson) a voluble, nosey, over-sharing woman with a love for Forever FM and its non-stop diet of cheesy 1980s pop hits.
It's a gentle observational comedy, rather than a laugh-riot, and actually it's not particularly funny. But there are occasional sparks of Kay-ness, little throw-away lines that recall the halcyon days of Phoenix Nights, and Gibson is great, her remorseless cheerfulness hiding a lonely core. We can see where it's all leading, but it's an amiable journey.
Alison Graham, Radio Times, 29th April 2015Peter Kay's Car Share, BBC One, review: 'very funny'
Peter Kay's Car Share (BBC One) was the Beeb's first motoring-based programme since Top Gear-gate. Fortunately for a sitcom, it was very funny and full of gentle charm. The opposite of Jeremy Clarkson at a cold buffet, in fact.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 29th April 2015Peter Kay's Car Share is no Phoenix Nights
Ninety-nine per cent of the show is shot inside Kay's little red fiat and we've got a feeling this *might* get a little bit tedious a few episodes in...
Emily Hewett, Metro, 29th April 2015Car Share review: Peter Kay shines
I was utterly charmed by both the writing and Kay's performance.
Matt D., Unreality TV, 29th April 2015Peter Kay's Car Share, BBC One
Comic's first sitcom in a decade is a delight.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 29th April 2015Peter Kay's Car Share review
Peter Kay's long-expressed admiration of Porridge shows he has an appreciation for the humour that comes from trapping people together. Rising Damp, Steptoe And Son, it's all the same. In Car Share he's repeated the trick.
John Woodhouse, Stoke Sentinel, 29th April 2015TV review: Peter Kay's Car Share
It seems obvious that John and Kayleigh are going to get together, a gentle romance formed within the leather confines of a rush hour Fiat 500L. That's all very nice, but that's all it is.
Julie McDowall, The Herald, 29th April 2015