PETER Kay will perform a duet with singing sensation Susan Boyle in an hilarious video to be screened on Red Nose Day.

The pair — with Peter returning as his character Geraldine McQueen — teamed up to recreate the hit song I Know Him so Well from the musical Chess, which was originally performed by Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson in the eighties.

SuBo takes Elaine Paige’s role and Peter as Geraldine is Barbara Dickson, as well as directing the copy of the video from 27 years ago, which is accurate right down to sets and camera angles. Peter said: “I just thought it would be a laugh and so I wrote to Susan Boyle and she was really up for it. She was great on the day and worked very hard. We filmed at studios in Salford and carried on from 8am to 1am the next morning.

“We stuck very closely to the original and when you see the Paige and Dickson version, you can see how similar they are. We have obviously added some funny bits in, but they are fairly subtle — I think it works better that way.” I Know Him So Well was written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus from seventies super group Abba, along with Tim Rice and was number one in the charts for four weeks in 1985.

This new version for Comic Relief will be released on Monday on CD and DVD and will be available as a download from iTunes from Saturday.

It means that it will be up against the official Comic Relief single by The Wanted — featuring two Bolton members — for the top spot next week.

As part of the 2005 event, Peter went to number one for seven weeks with a re-release of the Tony Christie song (Is This The Way To) Amarillo and in 2007 he teamed up with The Proclaimers and Matt Lucas from Little Britain for a comic version of their hit I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles), which was number one for three weeks.

Peter said: “I hope people will enjoy it and that it raises lots of money for Comic Relief.”

Susan Boyle became an overnight sensation when she appeared on an audition for the TV show Britain’s Got Talent in 2009, singing I Dreamed a Dream.

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