Peter John Kay (born 2 July 1973) is an English comedian, actor, writer, and director. Born and raised in Farnworth, he studied media performance at the University of Salford and later began working part-time as a stand-up comedian. In 1997, Kay won Channel 4's So You Think You're Funny contest, and the following year, he was nominated for a Perrier Award for his show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
With his public profile raised, Kay co-wrote and starred in the Channel 4 mockumentary series That Peter Kay Thing (2000). This resulted in a spin-off sitcom, Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights (2001–2002) in turn generated another spin-off, Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere (2004). In 2005, he recorded a promotional video in which he mimed to Tony Christie's 1971 song "(Is This the Way to) Amarillo", which was reissued to raise money for Comic Relief: the song reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming that year's best-selling single in the UK. In 2006, the British public ranked Kay number 12 in ITV's poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars.
Kay co-wrote and starred in Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice (2008), a parody of several British reality television shows. As the series' fictional protagonist Geraldine McQueen, he released the single "The Winner's Song", which reached number two on the UK Singles Chart. His 2010–2011 stand-up comedy tour was recorded in the Guinness World Records as the most successful ever, selling over 1.2 million tickets. He starred in the BBC sitcoms Peter Kay's Car Share (2015–2018) and Cradle to Grave (2015). Kay provided the voice of police constable (later chief inspector) Albert Mackintosh in two feature-length films of the Wallace & Gromit franchise, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) and Vengeance Most Fowl (2024).
In 2016, Kay won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Male Comedy Performance, the BAFTA TV Award for Best Scripted Comedy and the National Television Award for Best Comedy for Car Share. He also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Salford.
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Date: 03 July 1973
Saigon Govt asks chief Saigon correspondent, K Ikawa, of Japanese paper, Asahi Shimbun, to leave Vietnam because his paper carried an ed saying Saigon holds pol prisoners; says paper's news bureau can be kept open
Date: 03 July 1973
56% of Amers believe press exposes are responsible for uncovering Watergate scandal, according to Louis Harris survey reptd July 2; survey finds 59% feel that 'in exposing facts about Watergate,...newspapers have been an example of free press at its best'; survey, taken just before Sen testimony of J W Dean 3d, also found 61% rejected proposition that 'press is just out to get Pres Nixon on Watergate'; details of findings
Date: 03 July 1973
Natl Endowment for Humanities announces on July 2 selection of 36 persons to take part in 3 fellowship programs in journalism and law in coming acad yr; law program will be conducted at Harvard; list of winners from NY, NJ and Conn
Date: 03 July 1973
By JOHN W. FINNEYSpecial to The New York Times
John FINNEYSpecial
W E Colby, testifying before Sen Armed Services Com on his nomination to be new CIA dir, acknowledges that Cong intent embodied in '47 law creating CIA had probably been violated when agency was directed in '64 to support secret war in Laos; Sen Symington first exposed CIA aid to an irregular army of Meo tribesman and Thai soldiers in Laos; Colby assures Symington that it is 'very unlikely' that the agency would get involved in such activities again; says CIA was drawn into Laos at the direction of the Natl Security Council because it was supposed to be a covert operation in which the US could not be officially involved
Date: 03 July 1973
Date: 03 July 1973
Picture of domed model of new football stadium to be used by Buffalo Bills was printed in error by NY Times on June 17; domed model was rejected by Erie County Legis and new stadium, nearing completion, is uncovered