Kevin Bridges

For anybody wondering how comedian Kevin Bridges bagged himself a whole BBC1 series, tune in and the answer will reveal itself as the 25-year-old Scottish funnyman splices clips from his stand-up show with visits to some of the key figures in his meteoric rise to fame. These include his mother, father, Frank Skinner and a chap called Chad Hogan - a fictional character with a real-life namesake.

Kevin Bridges: How I learnt to be a stand-up comedian

He used to be too terrified to take to the stage. Now he's making millions laugh every week...

Kevin Bridges's chuckling man-of-the-people humour has sent the Glaswegian zooming up the showbiz ladder to a point where he now invites comparison with Billy Connolly and shared a sofa with Keira Knightley on Jonathan Ross's chat show last weekend. This new six-part series sees the amiable Bridges visit the places and subjects he mines for comedy; in tonight's first outing, Benidorm, Americans, and his parents.

Scottish comedian Kevin Bridges has had a rapid rise to stardom, and he's now a regular on the panel show circuit, as well as stuffing venues across the land. But as far as the tortured upbringing and that string of crap jobs most standups endure, there's not a great deal to go on. He was 17 when he first gave it a crack, inspired by Frank Skinner's autobiography, and it all went pretty swimmingly. So it's no surprise this look at his career is a tad slim on backstory, and heavy on clips of his assured stagecraft.

Kevin Bridges on his growing fame

"You do find that more women notice you. The more DVDs and tickets you sell the better looking you become. But while loads of people come up to me, I don't relax. I'm paranoid because I don't think she would speak to me two years ago."

Kevin Bridges: 'I was grateful for McIntyre big break'

There aren't many 25-year-old stand-ups as famous as Glasgow-born Kevin Bridges. On the circuit since he was a teenager, a Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow appearance catapulted him to the big time.

Mega-watt stars join the chat show host tonight. Actress Keira Knightley arrives to talk about her role as mental patient turned psychoanalyst Sabina Spielrein in her latest film, A Dangerous Method, which is based on Spielrein's turbulent relationships with Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud. David Beckham, who has a new line of underwear - being put out through high street chain H&M - to promote, joins her on the sofa. Scottish stand-up comedian Kevin Bridges completes the line-up.

Kevin Bridges: 'I still catch the bus'

His stand-up show is one of the hottest tickets of this year, with 120,000 people set to see him live in Scotland alone. But don't expect Kevin Bridges to abandon his Clydebank roots and turn into a celebrity - well not if he has anything to do with it.

Interview: Kevin Bridges

His comedy career is on a sharp upward trajectory, so why is Kevin Bridges still plagued by insecurity and neuroses?

Kevin Bridges set to make £1.9m from Glasgow gigs

Kevin Bridges is set rake in £1.9million from his homecoming gigs, it has emerged.