T.V.: Big Adventures on the Small Screen – Dive into the humour of comedian and bestselling author of The Sound of Laughter Peter Kay with his 2023 autobiography

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As a child, Peter loved telly so much he had an unusual ­Christmas present request — asking for blank VHS tapes rather than games consoles or Scalextric. Big Adventures On The Small Screen will be published on 28th September 2023 in hardback, audiobook and eBook formats, and the release will be "supported by a huge marketing and publicity campaign". Peter Kay takes you on a journey into the wonders of TV - back to the days when Dusty Bin was a household name, Robin of Sherwood was a pin-up and the Brookside siege was the event of the year. However, since 2017, the star - who became one of the UK's most successful comedians of all time - has rarely been seen in public. The audience seemed to love it and the whole idea came off much better than I ever imagined it would.

Chock-full of TV gossip, brilliant one-liners and, of course, irresistible observational comedy, it's exactly the book every Peter Kay fan has been waiting for.

Extracted from TV: Big Adventures On The Small Screen, by Peter Kay, published on Thursday (HarperCollins). They’re a bit tatty and torn now and I’ve actually seen one or two microscopic white insects wandering across the pages. Parky: Our next guest used to be my warm-up man and he used to say to me, ‘One day I’m gonna walk down those stairs and be a guest on your show’. Kay’s previous memoir, The Sound of Laughter, holds the record for being the top-selling hardback autobiography of all time in the UK.

The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Appearing on chat shows like Parkinson, at The Queen's Golden Jubilee and sharing letters from Ronnie Barker.With the exception of a brief appearance on Strictly Come Dancing that year, Peter all but disappeared from the public eye. Peter’s encyclopaedic memory of all things television has inspired his new book, TV: Big Adventures On The Small Screen, in which he reveals: “They’re all in a box in the attic and I have every single one since 1979.