Pheonix Nights

The first series begins with the opening day of Brian Potter's new club, the Phoenix. With "TV's own Roy Walker" opening the club that night, Brian wants everything to be perfect. But a powercut that leaves the club in the dark, the theft of the bingo machine, a Nazi fruit machine, Max the doorman injuring himself and a racist folk band soon ruin everything.

Episode 2 sees the new DJ, Ray Von accidentally killing The Captain with a faulty smoke machine. Things go from bad to worse when two men in overalls walk in off the street and steal the television set, with all of the staff doing nothing about it, except for Kenny Senior who kindly hands them the remote control. A warped Snooker table is replaced by a bucking bronco, which leads to a Wild West Night being held, it is a huge success, until the shootout between Lancashire and Yorkshire gets violent and a drunken horse tries to have sex with the bucking bronco

Jerry St. Clair has booked out a psychic for the club, who comes highly recommended by Den Perry, with Jerry oblivious to the fact that Den Perry wants the Phoenix Club shut down. Brian and Jerry then have to attend a fire safety with Keith Lard (from That Peter Kay Thing), who is known to 'interfere' with dogs, despite being cleared of all charges. After the meeting, Jerry and Brian rush back to the club before Keith inspects it, but a run in with the police delays them and Keith shuts the club down for being unsafe. Brian, never a quitter, gets Ray Von to photoshop Keith Lard's head onto a picture of a semi-nude man with a dog so that the club is re-opened, but the event they re-open for, the psychic night, forces Brian to refund all of his guests after the psychic tells a bit more about the future than the guests would like.

It's 'Singles Night' at the Phoenix club, and the club's house band, Les Alanos, and doormen Max and Paddy are all looking. Brian is the most successful though, when he accidentally runs over a woman's feet before buying her a drink and talking the night away. Throughout the episode, their relationship progresses, until she (Beverley) reveals to Brian that she is actually investigating him for fraudulent disability claims. Elsewhere, Paddy strikes up a relationship with Holy Mary's daughter Mary.

This episode starts with Jerry in the hospital for his illness, before Brian argues with Jerry's decision to host an alternative comedy night, the comedy night turns out to be a disaster, with none of the entrants being good at all, at the end of it all, Jerry has a heated confrontation with some students who have disliked the show, until one of them threatens to hit him and all of the staff stick up for Jerry. Elsewhere, Ray Von hosts a Robot Wars tournament, which is won by Max and Paddy, who are using a robot built by Ray, who has a penchant for electrics.

Jerry gets an all clear, however Brian tells him to keep pretending to be ill because the club got the rights to host Talent Trek because of Jerry's illness. Tensions boil when Brian has to hire a Right Said Fred tribute band called 'Right Said Frank' for the Grand Final due to Les Alanos performing a Karate Kid musical with the local youth club on the same night . Right Said Frank end up stealing stereos from all the cars parked outside. Ray Von tries to stop them but he is overpowered. Luckily, they slam into Max's car which sets off his personal alarm, Heard by Max and Paddy, they rush outside and tackle the two men to the ground. Brian then reveals to the audience that Jerry has got an all clear for his illness. The series concludes with Den Perry, outraged at the success of the Phoenix Club, setting it on fire.