Paddy McGuinness issued demand over 'blast from past' after major personal move (2025)

It comes after the comedian and presenter was also heard seemingly ruling out a return of one of his much-loved shows.

Paddy McGuinness has been flooded with same demand as he shared a 'blast from the past' with his fans before he was heard seemingly ruling out a return of one of his much-loved shows.

The presenter and comedian took to social media with a throwback snap of himself and his close pal Peter Kay from when they were filming Max and Paddy’s Road to Nowhere.

The 2004 series followed Bolton doormen Maxwell 'Max' Bygraves and Patrick 'Paddy' O'Shea as they tour around the UK in their campervan. Paddy played on the role of Patrick, while Peter Kay played Max.

Taking to Instagram, Paddy shared a snap of the pair in character and said: "Found this pic! Didn’t know it existed? Lovely little blast from the past. Look at these cheeky young scamps!!! #maxandpaddy."

And fans were quick to respond. @gerrygalbraith said: "Bring it back. Even a Christmas special would do." @jaynerebecca79 commented: "Can you do another series pretty please or phoenix nights."

@ashbandicoot_ replied: "Petition to start back Max and Paddy." @jdnatxx posted: "Need to bring Max & Paddy back lol." @codnor_lad shared: "One day please bring it back, even for a special!" @claire_humphreys50 added: "Bring it back."

Paddy last addressed a return for the much-loved series back in 2021. He told The Sun at the time: "Peter did a live show a week or so back and he’s thrown it out there. But that’s what he does.

"He makes an appearance once every three or four years, says we’re going to do some Max and Paddy, then no one sees him again. And then every interview I do it’s like, ‘when’s it back?’.

"I’m texting him like, ‘why have you done that again?’. But if you look at what we’ve already written, you think, ‘that will go down really well’."

Paddy - who has 11-year-old twins Leo and Penelope, and eight-year-old daughter Felicity with his ex-wife Christine McGuinness - has now shared that he thinks hit ITV1 Saturday night dating show 'Take Me Out', which he fronted from 2010 until its end in 2019, could not be made now amid woke culture.

Speaking to Jessie and Lennie Ware on their 'Table Manners' podcast, he admitted: "I think if you did it now, I hope I'm wrong, but I think if you did it now, there'd be that many bloody things going, oh, you can't do that.

"You can't say this and take things out of context and what have you, because essentially, it's a family Saturday night entertainment show." However, Paddy would jump at the chance if bosses brought it back for charity specials. The star teased: "If they said, like, do you want to do a, you know, two or three charity specials, I would be all over it."

Paddy's new interview has been released after it was revealed his family mansion he shared with ex-Christine is now up for sale. Situated near Macclesfield, the seven-bedroom property is described as a "traditional-meets-modern voluminous home" on Rightmove.

Paddy took ownership of the home after the divorce was settled, and thanks to the couple's renovation efforts he's set to make an eye-watering profit of £4.4 million if it's sold at asking price.