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Peter Kays unerring gift for observing the absurdities and eccentricities of family life has earned himself a widespread, everyman appeal. These vivid observations coupled with a kind of nostalgia that never fails to grab his audiences shared understanding, have earned him comparisons with Alan Bennett and Ronnie Barker. In his award winning TV series he creates worlds p Peter Kays unerring gift for observing the absurdities and eccentricities of family life has earned himself a widespread, everyman appeal. These vivid observations coupled with a kind of nostalgia that never fails to grab his audiences shared understanding, have earned him comparisons with Alan Bennett and Ronnie Barker. In his award winning TV series he creates worlds populated by degenerate, bitter, useless, endearing and always recognisable characters which have attracted a huge and loyal following. In many ways hes an old fashioned kind of comedian and the scope and enormity of his fanbase reflects this. He doesnt tell jokes about politics or sex, but rather rejoices in the far funnier areas of life: elderly relatives and answering machines, dads dancing badly at weddings, garlic bread and cheesecake, your mums HRT... His autobiography is full of this kind of humour and nostalgia, beginning with Kays first ever driving lesson, taking him back through his Bolton childhood, the numerous jobs he held after school and leading up until the time he passed his driving test and found fame.

Peter Kays unerring gift for observing the absurdities and eccentricities of family life has earned himself a widespread, everyman appeal. These vivid observations coupled with a kind of nostalgia that never fails to grab his audiences shared understanding, have earned him comparisons with Alan Bennett and Ronnie Barker. In his award winning TV series he creates worlds p Peter Kays unerring gift for observing the absurdities and eccentricities of family life has earned himself a widespread, everyman appeal. These vivid observations coupled with a kind of nostalgia that never fails to grab his audiences shared understanding, have earned him comparisons...  Read More