 The characters from Phoenix Nights first appeared in the pilot  episode of _"That Peter Kay Thing" (2000)_ (qv), however the club in  that episode was called the Neptune Club, which burnt down at the  end of the episode. When Peter Kay was approached to come up with an  idea for a sitcom, he brought the characters back feeling that he  could expand them and give them more depth and he also gave them a  new club.