Peter Kay

Peter Kay's fortune tops £26 million

Phoenix Nights comic sees coffers swell again to make him Britain's highest earning comedy star.

Peter Kay hosts dance marathons

Peter Kay is to host a series of public dance challenges to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

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.

Car Share wins 4 gongs at RTS North West Awards

Peter Kay picked up four gongs at the RTS North West Awards for Car Share.

Phoenix Nights film not happening says Paddy McGuinness

It's looking unlikely that the Peter Kay-led cast will be coming together for a feature length outing.

The evocative 1970s-set sitcom based on Danny Baker's upbringing in south-east London concludes with a double-bill. With his wavy hair and luxuriant eyebrows, young Danny belatedly realises that his resemblance to heartthrob David Essex might be a good way to pick up girls, while his wheeler-dealer dad Spud (Peter Kay) struggles with the demands of a new job. The cockney incarnation of Kay has been a revelation, but Lucy Speed - playing Danny's mother Bet - is this series' secret weapon, and she gets to shine in an eventful finale.

TV review: Cradle To Grave, BBC2, Episode 7/8

I must admit I thought that Cradle to Grave might not have traded so much on being sentimental and a nostalgiafest, given Baker's obvious sophisticated wit and intelligence. But the former NME writer has gone for a populist touch here and it does work fantastically well. And Peter Kay, of course, certainly has the mainstream touch as amiable rogue Spud, which makes him pretty well cast.

Peter Kay in one handy infographic

Winner of the North West Comedian Of The Year, Peter Kay is now famous for garlic bread, Phoenix Nights and being from Bolton.