Manchester Arena: Peter Kay delivers defiant message

Comedian Peter Kay has delivered a message of defiance at Manchester Arena's reopening concert, declaring "we can't let terrorists win".

Peter Kay won't bring back Car Share

Peter Kay is adamant Car Share is over and done with because he wants to let it rest on a high.

A comedian will generally wait 40 years before a clip show, but such is the size of his archive, Peter Kay - the most entertaining mainstream comic for years - got there quicker than most. For the unconvinced, Phoenix Nights should provide evidence of the darker intimations behind his arena-filling work. Elsewhere, there are bits from Car Share plus interviews, while live clips reveal his willingness to improvise in front of a large audience.

More amiable schedule-filler from various stages of Kay's career, built this week round a chaotic interview on Irish TV, standup about schooldays ("When you were sick, they used to put sawdust down. What were all that about?") Best of all is the Phoenix Nights finale where the club staff have to become the acts in a Stars in Your Eyes evening. Plus, a magical clip of Kay and Sian Gibson helpless with laughter in a scene from Car Share.

Isn't it a bit early for Peter Kay to be looking back over his career? Which is, incidentally, a compliment, a way to suggest that Car Share reveals a man who, even after 20 years of success, hasn't lost his ear for the vernacular; the Alan Bennett of austerity Britain perhaps? That said, any show that features clips from Kay's shows, highlights of his chatshow jawmongering and his music videos has to be worth a look.

Car Share series 3 petition nearly hits 10k signatures

More than 9,500 people have signed a petition calling for a third series of BBC sitcom Car Share.

Pictures: Shirtless Peter Kay films advert

He's lending his star power to the new Warburtons advert. And Peter Kay proved he doesn't take himself too seriously when he channeled both Mr. Darcy and Poldark in the Pride And Prejudice themed spoof.

An ode to Forever FM

The brilliance of Forever FM sounds like a response to all those who claimed that Kay was merely a nostalgia peddler.

I must say I'd been dreading the moment that finally did arrive in Peter Kay's Car Share last night. The moment, that is, when romance might finally overshadow Kay's usual sharply-observed knockabout, as it has been threatening to for some time. I knew that, sooner or later, something was going to give in the ever-closer friendship of John Redmond (Kay) and Kayleigh Kitson (Sian Gibson). John was dreading it too, but I was certainly relieved that "the moment" when she tells her co-worker, in terms, that he is "the one" was handled so gracefully. Comedy and romance don't often mix readily, like the contents of a pot noodle, but in Car Share somehow the writing and acting transcended the usual rom-com gruesomeness. For that, and a fleeting appearance of a Bolton lollipop lady in an emerald green burka, the BBC must give Kay, Gibson and the bright red Fiat 500L another outing. But please - no schmaltz.