Our Freewheelin' Car Share!

Stars Peter Kay and Sian Gibson on the ‘fully-improvised’ episode of their classic sitcom…

- Judy Ewens

NEW COMEDY

Peter Kay’s Car Share Unscripted

Holiday Monday / BBC1 / 10PM

Peter Kay’s Car Share tickled the nation’s collective funny bone and captured millions of hearts along the way. 

The BBC1 comedy about supermarket assistant manager John Redmond (played by Peter) and promotions rep Kayleigh Kitson (Sian Gibson), paired together in their company’s car scheme, began as two strangers making small talk. But during their daily commute to and from work, their relationship turned into a friendship, before blossoming into a will-they-won’t-they romance. 

Yet when the second series ended last May, Peter announced it was the end of the road for the show, leaving fans devastated.

Thousands signed petitions asking for another ending after Kayleigh stepped out of John’s red Fiat 500L, and apparently out of his life, forever. Peter admitted that he hadn’t been prepared for such an overwhelming reaction.

‘I’m sorry I upset people,’ he says, somewhat baffled. ‘I didn’t mean to upset anybody. I didn’t think there would be petitions!’