'Outstanding' pictures show friends on Phoenix Nights stag do

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A group of lads on a stag do have gone viral for their ‘spot on’ take on the cast of Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights.

Dressed up as everyone from Brian Potter and Jerry 'St Clair' to Ray Von and Young Kenny, the gang were all represented on the Stag do in Lancaster. Held to mark groom Aaron Zaccarini’s upcoming wedding, pictures from the event have gone viral online - with even Paddy McGuinness himself commenting on how good the outfits are.

Pal Lee Norman, from Barrow-in-furness, said the decision to recreate the characters from the popular Bolton -set sitcom came about as they all still watch the show regularly. “We’re all big fans of the show,” Lee said. “We just thought it was something creative that we could all get involved in. Best man Ryan Zaccarini helped arrange it all.

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“We all used a character generator online to decide which character we got, except for Aaron who was always going to be Brian Potter. There was no doubt about it, he had to be Brian.

“I ended up with Spencer, so it basically just involved me getting a pair of glasses and getting my hair really greasy - it was a pretty easy outfit for me.

Lee said the stag do, which was held on Saturday (April 23), began at 9am as the lads, all from Barrow-in-furness, met up at the train station before heading into Lancaster for the day session.

“It was crazy seeing everyone’s outfits for the first time,” Lee said. “I honestly didn’t think people would make as much of an effort as we all did. It was great, some of the outfits were just absolutely spot on.

“We’re going to Marbella for his wedding next month and not everyone can make it so we chose to go out in Lancaster because it's somewhere local