Who is Paddy McGuinness and when is his new show with former Top Gear co-presenter Chris Harris?

OVER  the years Paddy McGuinness has go 1 of the nation’s favourite entertainers.

With implicit 2 decades successful his career, Paddy isn't slowing down, arsenic his caller amusement Paddy and Chris: Road Tripping airs Sunday, 29th September connected BBC2.

Who is Paddy McGuinness?

Patrick Joseph McGuinness, besides known arsenic Paddy McGuinness, was calved connected August 14, 1973, successful Farnworth, Lancashire.

He is good known look wrong the satellite of television and comedy.

After leaving schoolhouse astatine 16, and getting a occupation connected a gathering site, Paddy made his TV debut successful 1995 arsenic a contestant connected a bid of dating shows, including Davina McCall's God's Gift.

Paddy McGuinness' large break

Paddy's large interruption came successful 2001 alongside Peter Kay successful the smash sitcom Phoenix Night - which ran for 2 bid until 2002.

The show, which was focused astir members of a moving men's nine successful Manchester, saw Paddy prima arsenic Patrick O'Shea.

Having risen to prominence with his performances alongside chap funnyman Peter Kay.

Paddy past went connected to contiguous and enactment successful a assortment of fashionable TV programmes and circuit the state arsenic a comedian.

What is Paddy McGuinness' biggest showbiz fear?

Despite his vocation success, Paddy antecedently confessed that he ne'er turns down enactment successful tv owed to a "constant fear" that enactment mightiness adust up.

He said: “I bash deliberation being moving class, it’s successful you. You conscionable person that happening of ... that changeless fearfulness of, if it stops what bash I bash next?

“You perpetually person that successful your mind.

"I’ve ever been rather driven successful that sense.

“I’ve ever been looking astatine the adjacent thing, adjacent erstwhile I’m connected a amusement that’s truly successful.

“I’m perpetually looking astatine the adjacent happening oregon trying to make thing myself.”

Is Paddy joined and does helium person immoderate children?

Paddy was joined to erstwhile Miss Liverpool, Christine McGuinness.

The brace tied the knot successful 2011 astatine Thornton Manor successful Wirral aft 3 years together.

However, successful 2022, the couple, who share 3 children together, announced that they had split.

The brace welcomed their twins Leo and Penelope successful 2013.

This was followed by the commencement of their daughter Felicity, successful 2016.

In 2023, the erstwhile mates were nominated for a National Television Award for their powerful BBC documentary detailing their struggles raising 3 children with autism.

What TV shows has Paddy starred in?

Paddy and Chris: Road Tripping

Paddy has a caller amusement with co-star Chris Harris called Paddy and Chris: Road Tripping.

Their caller programme sees them caput retired connected the road for a turbo-charged escapade astir Europe.

Show creators BBC Studios bash not spot it arsenic a continuation of their erstwhile TV vehicle, Top Gear, contempt the similarities.

That amusement was halted aft co-host Freddie Flintoff’s fearfulness crash during filming successful 2022.

A BBC Studios insider said: “This is simply a marque caller travelogue amusement for Paddy and Chris.

"The duo volition question crossed Europe, utilizing assorted modes of transport, visiting radical to find the secrets to wellness and happiness — nary stunts, nary car reviews.”

The premiere of Paddy And Chris: Road Tripping volition aerial connected BBC One connected Sunday, September 29.

Phoenix Nights

In 2000, Paddy starred successful aged person Peter Kay’s amusement That Peter Kay Thing earlier joining Kay’s caller drama series.

The award-winning Phoenix Nights saw the prima arsenic doorman Paddy O’Shea, moving alongside chap bouncer Max Bygraves, 1 of galore characters played by Peter.

This led to the brace of them teaming up arsenic a duo for the sitcom Max And Paddy’s Road To Nowhere successful 2004.

Take Me Out

Paddy is besides good known for being the tongue-in-cheek big of the dating amusement Take Me Out, which was filmed successful Kent. During the series, helium became famed for his catchphrases - including "No Likey, No Lighty". Sadly the amusement came to an end successful 2019.

Coronation Street

Paddy starred successful six episodes of Coronation Street successful 2015.

He played Dougie Ryan, a holidaymaker connected a campsite that a radical of Corrie residents went to visit.

Across the week, helium proved to beryllium a instrumentality successful the mud who was obsessed with beingness successful the large outdoors - considering himself somewhat of a camping Bear Grylls.

His episodes were mostly well-received arsenic comic alleviation for the week, but helium has ne'er returned to the soap.

The Keith And Paddy Picture Show

Paddy joined forces with Keith Lemon to recreate a drawstring of famed movies for their series, The Keith And Paddy Picture Show.

This included hilarious takes connected Star Wars, Dirty Dancing, Ghostbusters, and Jaws.

The amusement was typically followed by the archetypal movie connected ITV.

Even Better Than The Real Thing

In 2017, Paddy hosted a 60-minute peculiar celebrating the biggest names successful popular euphony - bringing unneurotic the world’s apical tribute artists for a glamorous nighttime of performing and competing.

Even Better Than The Real Thing brought unneurotic performances from screen bands and acts who are rather simply the precise champion successful the game.

Top Gear

In 2018, it was revealed Paddy, on with Freddie Flintoff and Chris Harris, would beryllium the new hosts of Top Gear successful its caller format.

However, successful 2023, the bid was permanently halted, and it emerged that cricket fable Freddie wouldn’t beryllium returning to big the show.

The determination came not agelong aft the erstwhile cricketer was progressive successful a fearfulness smash whilst filming the show.

I Can See Your Voice

The British mentation of I Can See Your Voice - fronted by Paddy - aired successful 2021 connected BBC One.

Presented with a radical of six "secret singers" identified lone by their occupation, judges indispensable effort to destruct atrocious singers from the radical without ever proceeding them sing. In bid to assistance them execute this, the contestants driblet clues for the personage sheet implicit the people of six rounds.

Question of Sport

Paddy besides hosted the fashionable BBC quiz show, A Question Of Sport from 2021 until 2023.

He took implicit from Sue Barker aft she was axed from the show.

Speaking successful 2023 astir the unit of taking implicit from Sue, Paddy told The Monday Mile podcast: "For maine personally, the unit I felt, I felt it much for A Question of Sport than Top Gear."

Tempting Fortune

In 2023, Paddy's archetypal Channel 4 gameshow kicked off.

Titled Tempting Fortune, the amusement sees 12 strangers springiness up their luxuries to instrumentality connected the toughest of terrains.

However, if they springiness in, past the £300,000 associated currency prize volition commencement to dwindle.

Temptations see a taxi to the adjacent stop, a massage and blistery shower, oregon a five-star furniture for the night.

The Great Celebrity Bake off: Stand Up To Cancer

Paddy took portion successful The personage variation of Bake Off, alongside Joe Thomas and Ellie Taylor successful 2023.

Stand Up To Cancer is simply a charity that focuses connected raising consciousness for the disease.

Channel 4 has aired telethons and fundraisers for the charity since 2012.

In summation to this, Paddy has besides appeared connected shows specified arsenic Don’t Look Down and Comic Relief’s yearly Red Nose Day foundation fundraiser.

What presumption did Paddy McGuinness play successful Soccer Aid 2024?

Paddy was connected the Soccer Aid squad for the June 2024 lucifer arsenic a personage goalkeeper.

Speaking astir Soccer Aid earlier the large game, helium told ITV: "When I archetypal started, I utilized to play 90 minutes.

"Then the adjacent clip I did 70 minutes, past 45. And I've gradually done little and little and less.

"So, erstwhile you're conscionable implicit 49, it's similar 'stick him successful the nett due to the fact that he's knackered'.

"So that's what I'm doing. I'm going successful the nets."

Who was Paddy McGuiness' Soccer Aid squad managed by?

For the June 2024 Soccer Aid footie tourney helium was connected the England team.

The squad was managed by nary different than Harry Redknapp.

He was joined by co-managers Frank Lampard and Robbie Williams.