Paddy McGuinness

Patrick (Paddy) McGuinness is one of Bolton's most famous exports and one of the UK's funniest comedians. His mammoth 108-night stand-up tour entitled The Dark Side Tour of 2005 and 2006 was one of the longest on record.

Paddy's working life has seen him as a silver service waiter, a site labourer, a lifeguard and a holiday rep but following work on the first series of Phoenix Nights he packed in the 'day-jobs' and took up comedy full time.