Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights, which took over Manchester Arena last month, has raised £5,031,146.47 for Comic Relief. This is the most money raised by a live comedy show in the world.

The live version of the classic TV series ran for 15 performances. On the first night Ted Robbins collapsed onstage but he is now back at work.

The shows sold over 195,000 tickets with all profits going to Comic Relief. 

A spokesperson for the charity said “Peter has taken the idea of doing a gig for charity to a whole new level. It’s the first time anyone has done anything on this epic scale. We can’t thank him enough and promise to use the money raised as well as is humanly possible.”