The first series was filmed in and around Greater Manchester: notably Peter Kay's native Bolton; and Manchester, Trafford and Salford. [1]

Peter Kay's Car Share will get a second series". Heatworld. 15 December 2015 . Retrieved 21 May 2016. Peter Kay Announces Car Share Series 2 Release Date". itsgoneviral.com. 3 December 2016 . Retrieved 3 December 2016. BBC One commissions Peter Kay sitcom which will premiere on BBC iPlayer". BBC Media Centre. BBC. 25 March 2013 . Retrieved 28 April 2015. Note: Chronologically, this episode takes place somewhere before series 2 episode 4. On the Complete Collection Blu-ray/DVD set this episode is classed as series 2 episode 2. a b Jefferies, Mark (8 December 2016). "Peter Kay's Car Share returning for surprise special". Daily Mirror.The Forever FM presenters are voiced by Rob Charles (Mike on the "Mike and his Morning Muesli" breakfast show), [7] and Martin Emery (Andy on the "Big Drive Home" drivetime show). [8] The fictional radio station was created by Salford-based audio creative company Kalua, and its tagline is "Forever FM: playing timeless hits, now and forever".

Forever FM Playlist: Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You Other Songs Played: Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday, Mud - Lonely This Christmas, Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry, Wham! - Last Christmas Radio is the real star of Peter Kay's new show". RadioToday. April 2015 . Retrieved 15 February 2017. Peter Kay's Car Share: BBC show is comedian's first TV sitcom in a decade". Independent. Independent Digital News and Media. 22 April 2015. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022 . Retrieved 4 May 2015.An audio-only special eavesdropping on John and Kayleigh as they make another average day’s journey to work, talking about the past, from Benny Hill to play parks, released on BBC iPlayer. Unlike the visual episodes, this episode ends when they arrive at work, without a return journey. The series was commissioned in 2013 by the BBC, and was initially made available on BBC iPlayer. [5] Inspiration for the show, for co-creators Tim Reid and Paul Coleman, included Alfred Molina and Dawn French in the BBC's Roger & Val Have Just Got In and The Smoking Room. Paul Coleman pitched the idea to Peter Kay, whom he had previously worked with on Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere. [6]

One episode featured the ice cream van owned and driven by "Mr Softee Top", an ice cream man and porn video salesman who was the subject of the That Peter Kay Thing episode "The Ice Cream Man Cometh". Dent, Grace (1 May 2015). "Grace Dent on TV: BBC One's Car Share actually made me laugh out loud". Independent. Independent Digital News and Media. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022 . Retrieved 3 May 2015.Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge.

In May 2016, filming began on the second and final series. [9] On 3 December Peter Kay announced that the second series will be broadcast on BBC in April 2017. An exclusive scene was aired during Peter Kay's Christmas Comedy Shuffle on BBC One on Christmas Eve 2016. [10] [11] The first two episodes of the second series were given an advance screening at Vue Cinemas for Red Nose Day 2017. The full series was made available on BBC iPlayer from 11 April 2017. [12] The programme was mainly filmed in and around Manchester, Farnworth ( Bolton), Westhoughton, Horwich, Swinton, Bury, Walkden, Altrincham ( Trafford) and Little Hulton ( Salford).In this mostly improvised one-off episode, John and Kayleigh drive through Salford from work, commenting on the songs and adverts playing on Forever FM, and talking about everything from what the U stands for in club sandwich to films they have never seen. Kayleigh says her first boyfriend was called Danny ('but he was a "holding hands" boyfriend'). John, in contrast, says he was having sex when he was 13. At the end of the episode, John tells Kayleigh men have needs, and hints he wants to have sex with her, but she does not seem keen. She would rather snuggle on the sofa with a takeaway and accidentally on purpose invites herself round to John's for a dinner date.