Name: Peter Kay; Occupation: Multi award-winning British comedy's man of the moment, 2002 - 200?

Born: Bolton, 1973. "I still live there right now, and will probably die there too, weather permitting"

Breakthrough: Winning Channel 4's So You Think You're Funny competition for new stand-up talent, 1997. Newly buoyed, his 1998 Edinburgh Fringe show sold out, receiving Perrier Award nomination. Scooped awards for Top Stand Up and Top TV Comedy Newcomer at British Comedy Awards

Early TV: Standing in for Johnny Vaughan to present Channel 4's The Big Breakfast; BBC2's The Sunday Show; Royal Variety Performance

TV big break: Star and writer of The Services, spoof one-off documentary on Channel 4, set in motorway service station. Kay played five characters and was nominated for his first Royal Television Society Award for best actor. Repeated on Channel 4 last year

More on Channel 4: Awarded his own series, Kay co-wrote, co-produced and starred in 15 roles in That Peter Kay Thing, six individual comedies shot in 'mockumentary' style. Won the Best New Comedy Series prize at 2000 British Comedy Awards

And more on 4: Phoenix Nights, six-part comedy drama, set in a northern social club, broadcast in January 2001. Series marked his directorial debut, leading to second Royal Television Society Award nomination. DVD release topped comedy charts, selling more than 150,000 copies

Phoenix rises again: Second series of Phoenix Nights, summer 2002

Other TV: Playing carpenter in one of his favourite programmes, Coronation Street; appearing alongside Keith Allen and Billie Whitelaw in BBC series Born To Run; starring with Pete Postlethwaite in Butterfly Collectors

Film: Michael Winterbottom's 24 Hour Party People, the story of Manchester's Factory Records, 2002

Video: Peter Kay Live At The Top Of The Tower, recorded at Blackpool, during brief North West tour in 1999

Tour de force: Last April, Kay announced first tour dates since 1999, 40-date My Mum Wants A Bungalow tour. Sold out within a week

Tour de force, part two: Dates doubled to 80 for the hottest comedy ticket of 2002, selling out in days, including unprecedented 15 nights - and 27,000 ticket sales - at The Lowry and Apollo in Manchester

Tour de force, part three: In October, he announced 40 more shows, selling out in hours. "She'll be wanting the whole road if it keeps going like this, and I'll have to rename it the "My Mum Wants Her Own Street Tour," he says

Kay in York in 2002: October 1, Grand Opera House, sold out. Added October 9 at short notice at York Barbican Centre; Barbican's quickest-selling show since Robbie Williams in 1998

Kay in York 2003: March 6 to 8, 7.30pm, Barbican Centre. Yes, another sell-out. Broke Barbican box-office records when all 4,500 tickets went within eight hours upon release last October

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Updated: 09:18 Friday, February 28, 2003