Peter Kay

Why do some comics make it big and not others?

There are all sorts of comedians I thought would make it but for some reason or other didn't. I tipped Marc Wootton for stardom in the Evening Standard so often it started to become embarrassing. People probably thought we must be related. I also think Boothby Graffoe could have been a mainstream star. Even Addy Van Der Borgh could have been a Saturday night shiny-floored clown. But for some reason none of these people made it as big as I expected. There is still time I guess. Maybe not enough time to get to the O2 this Friday, but there is always next year.

Peter Kay's Car Share to finish after Series 2?

Speaking to Digital Spy at last night's BAFTA TV Awards nominees party, Paul Coleman - who devised the show with Tim Reid - said that he doesn't envisage a long run.

PK max: with the double whammy of Car Share and Cradle to Grave, 2015 was a big year for the creator of Phoenix Nights. Here's an extensive and (vitally) channel-neutral retrospective of Kay's career, hosted by the man himself. The net is cast widely enough to include chatshow appearances and charity music videos, and with five more episodes to come, it might even dig all the way back to his often forgotten and brief stint hosting The Big Breakfast in 1998.

Peter Kay is a natural heir to Ronnie Barker

Ahead of BBC1 tribute series, Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle, friends and collaborators Sian Gibson, Danny Baker, Reece Shearsmith and Jason Manford tell TV Times what makes Peter Kay a comedy great.

Sian Gibson: I had given up on acting before Car Share

The star of the BAFTA-nominated comedy on how Peter Kay resurrected her acting career.

Why comics tend to make bad baddies

One-time Blackadder buffoon Hugh Laurie was on devilish form in The Night Manager but it's a rare comedian who plays a convincing screen villain.

DVD/Blu-ray review: Peter Kay's Car Share

The year 2015 was, amongst other things, the year it became okay to like Peter Kay again.

Paddy McGuinness: still live in Max and Paddy

The Take Me Out presenter has said both he and Peter Kay will make sure the show returns "one day".