Richest comedian in UK revealed

The UK’s richest comedian has been revealed in a new list today (July 22) – check out all those to make the Top 10 below.

Using data from Companies House, The Sun has compiled the list which revealed that Peter Kay is the UK’s richest comedian with an estimated fortune of £34.6million.

The latest figures are thought to have been bolstered by Kay’s ongoing arena tour, which carries on until December 2025.

Second in the list was Stephen Merchant with £26.2million, followed by his Office–co-creator, Ricky Gervais with £25.8 million. Others on the list included Russell Howard, Jack Whitehall and John Bishop. Check out the full list below.

The Top 10 list of the UK’s richest comedians are:

1 Peter Kay: £34.6million
2. Stephen Merchant: £26.2million 
3. Ricky Gervais: £25.8million
4. Russell Howard: £10.1million
5. Jack Whitehall: £.9.9million
6  Rob Beckett: £6million
7. Michael McIntyre: £5million
8 John Bishop: £4.3million
9. Sarah Millican: £3.2million
10. Hugh Dennis: £2.7million

Meanwhile, earlier this summer, Jason Manford has revealed what Peter Kay told him in response to the Manchester Co-Op’s continued delays which pushed the latter’s opening week gigs back twice.

Kay was supposed to open the venue with gigs on April 23 and 24, but following a test event featuring Rick Astley on April 22, the gigs were “regretfully” pushed back to April 29 and 30 with the venue citing technical issues.

The shows were then postponed a second time, with Kay now scheduled to perform on May 23 and 24. The comedian reacted by telling fans of his disappointed, sharing: “I know I can’t believe it either.”

However, fellow comedian Manford has since revealed that Kay was somewhat able to see the funny side of the whole fiasco.

Appearing on Lorraine last Friday (May 10), the performer was speaking about his 2025 ‘A Manford All Seasons’ comedy tour, during he will perform at Manchester’s Co-Op Live next October.

Manford said: Yeah, it’s funny actually because obviously Peter Kay was supposed to be the first act to play it and we spoke the other day about it. I’m playing it October 2025 and he said: ‘It’ll be you, first comic on at this rate!’ Hopefully it will be done by then!”

In other news, comedian and actor Ricky Gervais is set to helm a new animated series about “a bunch of cats”, according to a recent social media post.

Gervais posted an image on social media of the cast recording lines from the new show, which sees him reunite with the cast of his hit television show, After Life.

In the picture, the cast can be seen in a studio recording their lines at microphones. Those pictured from After Life included Kerry Godliman, David Earl, Tom Basden, Diane Morgan and Tony Way.

Others pictured included Him & Her actor Ricky Champ and Eastenders star Natalie Cassidy.

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