Peter Kay โฃRejected Netflix Deal Over Trigger Warning Request โfor ‘Phoenix Nights,’ โComedian Says
LOS โคANGELES – Comedian Peter โฃKay reportedly turned down a licensing agreement withโข Netflix to stream his early 2000s comedy series Phoenix Nights after the streamer โrequested a trigger warningโข be added to the episodes,Kay revealed onโค UK radio station โฃCapitalโข this morning. The show, officially titled Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights, originally aired โfor two โขseasons in 2001 and 2002โ on channel 4 โand has remained largely unavailable โfor streaming.
The disagreement highlights a growing trend of content reappraisal through modernโ sensibilities, prompting platforms to consider adding warnings to older shows that may โcontainโค material now โฃconsidered insensitive. kay, who co-wrote Phoenix Nights with Neil Fitzmauriceโค and Dave Spikey, stated he “just said, ‘I’m not keen on that. I don’t really want a warning before โit,’โฃ so,โ I just said, ‘No, I’ll leave it.'” he added that Netflix afterward sent him an air fryer.
Phoenixโ Nights is โฃa comedy centered around a working-men’s club in Bolton, England, and its colorful cast of characters.kayโ acknowledgedโข the showโค “is not very politically correct now,” reflecting tropes and attitudes prevalent in the late โ1990s โand early 2000s. โ
The incident echoes similar discussions surrounding other classic comedies. Actress Jennifer Aniston noted in 2023 that younger audiencesโฃ revisiting Friends โค have found someโ jokes “offensive.”
Kay’s other television credits include the โขBAFTA-winning Peter Kay’s Carโค Share, Maxโข andโ Paddy’s Road to Nowhere (a phoenix Nights spin-off), That Peter Kay Thing, and the Channelโฃ 4 special britain’s Got the Pop Factorโฆ โand Possibly a New โCelebrity Jesus Christโ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice. He has โalso appeared in โค Wallace & Gromit films,Inside No. 9,โฃ Doctor Who, โขand Cradle to Grave.
Kay is also โคknown for his reluctance to โallow frequent repeats of his โshows, potentially โcontributingโ to the limited โavailabilityโ ofโ Phoenix nights despite its continued popularity.โ Netflix declined to comment on Kay’s claims.