Peter Kay

Peter Kay's Car Share review

The script is sharp and Peter Kay's performance is completely natural. The first five minutes were lovely, with him driving in mounting frustration through the backstreets and bickering with his satnav: 'Me and you are going to fall out, I can tell you that right now... You're sulking now, are you?'

Radio Times review

There's a star turn from Reece Shearsmith as a demented fishmonger who cadges a lift to work with John and Kayleigh as this curious little observational comedy trundles along.

Shearsmith plays Ray, a colleague of the pair at the superstore but no one wants anything to do with him because he reeks of fish. In any event Kayleigh isn't at her best after a drunken night at a friend's farewell party where she drank a few too many "cheeky Vimtos", which, she tells John, "are all the rage in Basra".

There are signs that John (Peter Kay, who co-wrote and directed) is growing quite keen on his car-sharer, and the pair are developing a sweet and funny relationship forged to the cheesy hits of "Forever FM".

Peter Kay's Car Share puts him back in the driving seat

Kay's new un-hyped TV show is big-hearted and silly and reminds us what a terrific comic actor he can be.

The dangers of Peter Kay playing a cockney

Casting northern comic Peter Kay to play a London docker could have been "like putting Kryptonite in Superman's pocket", according to the man who signed him up for the role.

Peter Kay's Car Share review

The Bolton-born comedian launched his brand new show Peter Kay's Car Share on BBC One last night and it was just as hilarious as everyone imagined.

Peter Kay's Car Share, BBC One

Comic's first sitcom in a decade is a delight.

Peter Kay's Car Share review

Peter Kay's long-expressed admiration of Porridge shows he has an appreciation for the humour that comes from trapping people together. Rising Damp, Steptoe And Son, it's all the same. In Car Share he's repeated the trick.

TV review: Peter Kay's Car Share

It seems obvious that John and Kayleigh are going to get together, a gentle romance formed within the leather confines of a rush hour Fiat 500L. That's all very nice, but that's all it is.

Peter Kay's funniest moments

As the Lancashire comedian Peter Kay's new sitcom Car Share airs on BBC One, we take a look back at some of his funniest moments and jokes.