
Acting
Tim Vine
Born
1967-03-04 (59)
Place of birth
Cheam, London, England, UK
Known for
Acting
Credits
73 titles
Tim Vine (born 4 March 1967) is an English comedian, actor, writer, and presenter.
Known for
7.9Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.
QI
2003
3.4A panel of four women discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs to celebrity gossip.
Loose Women
1999
5.8GMTV is the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end. The final edition of GMTV was broadcast on 3 September 2010.
GMTV
1993
8.3Greg Davies is the Taskmaster, and with the help of his ever-loyal assistant Alex Horne, they will set out to test the wiles, wit, wisdom and skills of five hyper-competitive comedians. Who will be crowned the Taskmaster champion?
Taskmaster
2015
3.4Richard & Judy was a British chat show presented by the married couple Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan. The show originally aired on Channel 4, from 2001 to 2008, but later moved to digital channel, Watch, in October 2008. The programme featured a number of celebrities and a book club. Its final episode aired in July 2009 due to low ratings.
Richard & Judy
2001
6.7The outrageous comedy panel show hosted by the irrepressible Keith Lemon. Each episode sees top celebrities going head to head in a series of hilarious rounds unlike any other panel show.
Celebrity Juice
2008
Film credits
2020s · 6 titles
9.0Comic Relief and Children in Need join forces to deliver a very special night of television, hosted by Lenny Henry and Matt Baker.
The Big Night In
2020
NRProduced over four years with full access from Ken’s widow Lady Dodd, the film takes an in-depth look into Doddy’s private world, exploring the many secrets of his comic talent, revealing never-before-seen home-videos, stage performances and extracts from some of the thousands of Ken’s diary notebooks which he’d asked his wife to burn after his death. Wrestling with her conscience for quite some time, Lady Dodd, finally agrees with entertainment historians, museum curators and many of Ken’s admirers like Stephen K Amos, Harry Hill, Shaparak Khorsandi, Lee Mack, Paul O’Grady, Johnny Vegas, and Sir Ian McKellen to preserve Doddy’s notebooks for posterity. These stars explore their passion and memories of Ken in this candid, insightful film which takes you backstage behind the red curtain to reveal a far more intriguing man than the public or even his wife ever realised.
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
2024
NRLee Mack celebrates 20 years of a modern classic, revealing its origins, its success and how the show is made, with cast interviews, classic clips and behind-the-scenes access.
20 Years of Not Going Out
2026
NRA star-studded documentary revealing the private man behind one of Britain’s greatest comic geniuses, using home movies and extracts from notebooks that he wanted to be burnt after his death.
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
2025
8.0An Elvis Presley impersonator returns to his hometown to help restore the fortunes of his family's umbrella business.
Rocker 'Brella Fella
2025
NRBREEEEP! is Tim Vine at his most ridiculous. Jokes galore, props akimbo and ditties by the dozen. Out and out nonsense with only one aim, to make you laugh until your shoulders fall off. Take a break from the real world and treat yourself to an hour of belly laughing at a total nut.
Tim Vine: Breeeep!
2024
2010s · 9 titles
NRHosted by Kitty Flanagan.
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala
2010
NRA history of the British television comedy double act Morecambe & Wise to coincide with the BBC drama about their early lives.
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011
6.0To recover a silver lion ornament for singer Emma Bunton Tim travels back to the court of Henry Vlll where Anne Boleyn (Emma again) asks jester Tim to send invitations to the guests for her Christmas party. However Cardinal Wolsey aims to steal them so that they will come to his own party and Tim must thwart him.
Tim Vine Travels Through Time Christmas Special
2017
NRKen Dodd: How Tickled We Were tells Sir Ken’s story from his boyhood growing up in the 1930s in Knotty Ash, through his big break into show business and then on to his unrivalled career in entertainment. Poignant and uplifting, the programme features interviews with the people who knew Sir Ken best – friends and family in Liverpool and beyond, and his many colleagues, admirers and fellow-performers from the world of entertainment. The programme also features an interview with Sir Ken’s wife, Lady Anne Dodd.
Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were
2018
8.5Watch as he emerges from a chimney to take the roof off! ‘Tim Timinee Tim Timinee Tim Tim to You’ is the latest lorry load of nonsense from the one-liner pelting, silly singing, prop flinging comedian.
Tim Vine: Tim Timinee Tim Timinee Tim Tim to You
2016
8.5The Joke-amotive tour was Tim's biggest to date where he played 73 shows to over 60,000 people! Tim will be hosting his own Dave's One Night Stand, appearing on Have I Got News For You and QI - all this Autumn!! And for fans of Not Going Out - the 5th series will be hitting your screens before the end of the year. To get your fix of Tim.
Tim Vine: The Joke-amotive Live
2011
7.0It's Tim Vine hitting the stage at full speed and firing off jokes like a tennis ball serving-machine set to maximum. Prepare to be bombarded with absolute Nonsense. Experience Owl with a towel! Witness the wearing of an ice cream hat under hot lights! Meet the record Toucan! Sing about Cake and Milk? This is Tim's Silliest show to date. More laughs than ever before and his only show wearing blue shorts. Teddies on a hoop! Teddies on a hoop!
Tim Vine: Sunset Milk Idiot
2019
7.5The hugely popular star of BBC's Not Going Out, Tim Vine, offers up a volley of ingenious quickfire puns in this live stand-up release.
Tim Vine: Punslinger Live
2010
6.0“A giant moth is attacking this village and I’m the manager of the lightbulb shop” exclaims Paul Kingswood (Tim Vine) in this ridiculous film. What on earth has attracted a giant moth to the village of Hazelpocket in the first place? The council headed by Mayor Blueberry battle to find a solution. Meanwhile Paul continues to look for ways to rid himself of his chronic fear of the dark, brought on by an incident involving his son Ellery and a department store lift. As the moth sightings begin to increase so does the tension in the village. And just what does strange moth expert Kooharoo know that nobody else does? Comedian Tim Vine is also writer and director of the ensuing mayhem. This is the first time a Tim Vine film has been shown at a film festival. Fearmoth also boasts CGI-free action sequences. Moth suspension wires are visible.
FearMoth
2017
2000s · 2 titles
8.5The Guinness Wolrd Record holder for telling the most jokes in one hour, star of 'The Sketch Show' and known for having more punch lines per minute than any other comedian, Tim Vine presents his first ever DVD, 'Tim Vine - Live'!
Tim Vine: Live
2004
6.8It's Tim Vine recorded live doing what he does best, peppering gags at a defenseless audience. Armed with an arsenal of rapid fire one-liners, a bag of cheap props and a pocket full of stupid ditties. Watch Tim in full flight.... resistance is futile.
Tim Vine: So I Said to This Bloke...
2008
1990s · 1 titles
Series credits
7.9Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.
QI
2003
3.4A panel of four women discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs to celebrity gossip.
Loose Women
1999
5.8GMTV is the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end. The final edition of GMTV was broadcast on 3 September 2010.
GMTV
1993
8.3Greg Davies is the Taskmaster, and with the help of his ever-loyal assistant Alex Horne, they will set out to test the wiles, wit, wisdom and skills of five hyper-competitive comedians. Who will be crowned the Taskmaster champion?
Taskmaster
2015
3.4Richard & Judy was a British chat show presented by the married couple Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan. The show originally aired on Channel 4, from 2001 to 2008, but later moved to digital channel, Watch, in October 2008. The programme featured a number of celebrities and a book club. Its final episode aired in July 2009 due to low ratings.
Richard & Judy
2001
6.7The outrageous comedy panel show hosted by the irrepressible Keith Lemon. Each episode sees top celebrities going head to head in a series of hilarious rounds unlike any other panel show.
Celebrity Juice
2008
5.4The people, places and stories making news in the British countryside.
Countryfile
1988
7.8A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.
Would I Lie to You?
2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show is a British daytime chat show presented by Alan Titchmarsh. It was first broadcast on ITV on 3 September 2007 and currently airs on weekday afternoons. The show's main focus is the "Best of British" theme with many of the shows' segments focusing on fashion, health, nature, cookery and animals.
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
7.5Lee is a childish northerner who lives in a fancy penthouse apartment in London who goes through a variety of jobs such as a janitor and ice cream man, as well as attempting relationships with female flatmates. His best mate, Daily Mail reading, middle-class citizen Tim is always there to stop Lee from getting in trouble, or not? Mayhem is never far away with cleaner Barbara who has never done an honest day's work in her life.
Not Going Out
2006
Pebble Mill was a re-launched version of the 1970s daily chat show Pebble Mill (also known as Pebble Mill At One for a while) which aired on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The series premiered on October 14, 1991. The show was a mixture of celebrity guests and music. Alan Titchmarsh was a presenter on the show throughout it's complete run. Other presenters included Judi Spiers, Gloria Hunniford and Ross King.
Pebble Mill
1991
6.0Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
6.1Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.
House of Games
2017
6.1Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.
House of Games
2017
6.0Celebrity Mastermind is a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. The show is a spin-off of the long-running quiz show Mastermind, with the exception that all the contestants are celebrities. As with the main show, John Humphrys is the host and question-master. Magnus Magnusson was quizmaster on the 2003/04 episodes featuring Jonathan Meades as winner.
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
6.6Fast-moving game show meets talk show, which sees Frank Skinner refereeing three celebrities each week as they compete to banish their top peeve or worst nightmare to the depths of Room 101.
Room 101
1994
5.6Michael McIntyre hosts a gameshow packed with huge stars, big laughs and a giant spinning wheel. Can the contestants, guided by celebrity experts, answer their way to a fortune?
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
2020
6.0Romesh Ranganathan takes charge of the back-stabbing big money game show. Can the contestants create a chain of answers and avoid the boot?
The Weakest Link
2021
7.5Ben Shephard hosts the quiz show in which three celebrities take on an extraordinary machine in the hope of winning 20,000 pounds for charity.
Tipping Point: Lucky Stars
2013
6.0The clock is ticking as contestants compete in games of lexical dexterity and numerical agility.
Countdown
1982
7.2The Women's Guild is an organisation in the small town of Clatterford St. Mary that aims to promote truth, justice, tolerance and fellowship. Or maybe it's just an excuse for good, old-fashioned gossip. Regardless, meetings feature discussions and visiting speakers. The Guild is the center of life in Clatterford, which has a good cross-section of people, local shops and a late-night convenience store.
Jam and Jerusalem
2006
7.2Blandings is a British comedy television series adapted by Guy Andrews from the Blandings Castle stories of P.G. Wodehouse. It was first broadcast on BBC One from 13 January 2013, and stars Timothy Spall, Jennifer Saunders and Mark Williams. The series was produced with the partial financial assistance of the European Regional Development Fund.
Blandings
2013
8.0Comic Relief Does Fame Academy is a spin-off of the original Fame Academy show where celebrities sing as students of the Academy. The programme was launched in 2003 to help raise money for the charities supported by Comic Relief, with the final of the show occurring on Red Nose Day. Coverage of the show was widely shown on BBC One, BBC Three, BBC Prime and the CBBC Channel. Many consider the celebrity version of the show to be far more successful than its predecessor. The Comic Relief series returned in 2005 and again in March 2007. It was announced by the BBC that Cat Deeley would not return because she was hosting So You Think You Can Dance. However, Patrick Kielty returned with co-host and host of the former spin-off show Claudia Winkleman.
Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
2003
7.3David Frost wanders into celebrities' houses and a panel of celebrities has to guess who the famous homeowner is.
Through the Keyhole
1987
8.0Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle is a comedy series created by Stewart Lee. The BBC Two series debuted on 16 March 2009, and featured stand-up routines filmed at The Mildmay Club in Newington Green, and sketches based on a weekly theme, featuring amongst others Simon Munnery, Kevin Eldon and Paul Putner with voice-over parts recorded by Peter Serafinowicz. The series is produced by Richard Webb and directed by Tim Kirkby. The programme is executive-produced by Armando Iannucci and script-edited by Chris Morris, marking a rare reformation of their creative double-act.
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
2009
6.7Celebrities perform famous dance routines in front of a panel of judges to raise money for the Comic Relief appeal, with viewers voting for their favourites.
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
2009
7.3Hosted by Adil Ray, Celebrity Lingo will see famous faces pair up and go head-to-head in the fast-paced word play game as they vie to fill in the blanks and find the missing words.
Celebrity Lingo
2022
7.2Gogglebox is an entertaining television review programme in which some of Britain's most opinionated and avid telly viewers comment freely on the best and worst television shows of the past week, from the comfort of their sofas.
Gogglebox
2013
NRJeremy Vine is joined by team captains Sally Lindsay and Carol Vorderman, who each week welcome a new celebrity guest to their respective teams. Together, they tackle a range of fun and fiendish puzzles – testing logic, lateral thinking and problem-solving - all vying for the ultimate prize: bragging rights as the best puzzle-solvers in showbiz.
Celebrity Puzzling
2025
7.0Gadget Man shows the world's collection of handy gadgets throughout the ages, from today's smart devices to decades old electronics to even older mechanical devices.
Gadget Man
2012
7.6The Sketch Show is a British television sketch comedy programme, featuring many leading British comedians. It aired on ITV between 2001 and 2004. Despite the first series winning a BAFTA award, the second series was cancelled due to poor viewing figures.
The Sketch Show
2001
NRHello there! It's me, Harry Hill! I've got a new show, and this time, it's visualised, A VODSCARF. Join me, my son Gary and Sarah the A.I Bot as we talk to a motley crew of comedians, celebrities and cultural icons, and if that wasn't enough we all learn together as we speak to an expert on stuff like the big bang, day of the dead, and even FLIES as part of our theme of the week! PLUS introducing the game everyone is talking about, Name The Seed
The Harry Hill Show
2026
6.8Quadruple Professor Adonis Cnut is the cleverest man in Britain and Oxford's leading moral philosopher. He is paid huge amounts of money for his views, consulted by the government, but he is bored and wants adventure, so he joins the shadowy organization The Council which controls everything going on in the world.
Believe Nothing
2002
Professional darts players and comedians team up for a knockout tournament.
Let's Play Darts
2015
7.7Two teams of three alternate between giving and guessing the meanings of obscure English words.
Call My Bluff
1965
Celebrity quiz where Noel Edmonds asks questions about news and affairs (often wacky!) from a particular year.
Noel's Telly Years
1996
1996 revival of the sketch and satire series broadcast live from London, hosted by Lee Hurst. Also features Simon Munnery and Harry Hill.
Saturday Live
1996
NRPresented by Warwick Davis, two people get to answer questions asked by celebrities and comedians.
Celebrity Squares
2014
No synopsis available yet.
Comedy Rocks with Jason Manford
2010
Children's puppet show featuring a spoof TV talent show for animals. Tap-dancing elephants and snakes, bell-ringing pelicans, tightrope-walking penguins, cheerleading leopards and a bush baby with stage fright are among the characters lining up each week to try and impress the panel of judges headed by Clive, a vain lazy lion who quite literally eats acts for breakfast! So don't be a mango, watch the Zoo Factor!
Zoo Factor
2010
Behind the camera
6.0To recover a silver lion ornament for singer Emma Bunton Tim travels back to the court of Henry Vlll where Anne Boleyn (Emma again) asks jester Tim to send invitations to the guests for her Christmas party. However Cardinal Wolsey aims to steal them so that they will come to his own party and Tim must thwart him.
Tim Vine Travels Through Time Christmas Special
2017
8.5Watch as he emerges from a chimney to take the roof off! ‘Tim Timinee Tim Timinee Tim Tim to You’ is the latest lorry load of nonsense from the one-liner pelting, silly singing, prop flinging comedian.
Tim Vine: Tim Timinee Tim Timinee Tim Tim to You
2016
8.5The Guinness Wolrd Record holder for telling the most jokes in one hour, star of 'The Sketch Show' and known for having more punch lines per minute than any other comedian, Tim Vine presents his first ever DVD, 'Tim Vine - Live'!
Tim Vine: Live
2004
7.0It's Tim Vine hitting the stage at full speed and firing off jokes like a tennis ball serving-machine set to maximum. Prepare to be bombarded with absolute Nonsense. Experience Owl with a towel! Witness the wearing of an ice cream hat under hot lights! Meet the record Toucan! Sing about Cake and Milk? This is Tim's Silliest show to date. More laughs than ever before and his only show wearing blue shorts. Teddies on a hoop! Teddies on a hoop!
Tim Vine: Sunset Milk Idiot
2019
6.8It's Tim Vine recorded live doing what he does best, peppering gags at a defenseless audience. Armed with an arsenal of rapid fire one-liners, a bag of cheap props and a pocket full of stupid ditties. Watch Tim in full flight.... resistance is futile.
Tim Vine: So I Said to This Bloke...
2008
8.0An Elvis Presley impersonator returns to his hometown to help restore the fortunes of his family's umbrella business.
Rocker 'Brella Fella
2025
8.0An Elvis Presley impersonator returns to his hometown to help restore the fortunes of his family's umbrella business.
Rocker 'Brella Fella
2025
8.0An Elvis Presley impersonator returns to his hometown to help restore the fortunes of his family's umbrella business.
Rocker 'Brella Fella
2025
6.0“A giant moth is attacking this village and I’m the manager of the lightbulb shop” exclaims Paul Kingswood (Tim Vine) in this ridiculous film. What on earth has attracted a giant moth to the village of Hazelpocket in the first place? The council headed by Mayor Blueberry battle to find a solution. Meanwhile Paul continues to look for ways to rid himself of his chronic fear of the dark, brought on by an incident involving his son Ellery and a department store lift. As the moth sightings begin to increase so does the tension in the village. And just what does strange moth expert Kooharoo know that nobody else does? Comedian Tim Vine is also writer and director of the ensuing mayhem. This is the first time a Tim Vine film has been shown at a film festival. Fearmoth also boasts CGI-free action sequences. Moth suspension wires are visible.
FearMoth
2017
6.0“A giant moth is attacking this village and I’m the manager of the lightbulb shop” exclaims Paul Kingswood (Tim Vine) in this ridiculous film. What on earth has attracted a giant moth to the village of Hazelpocket in the first place? The council headed by Mayor Blueberry battle to find a solution. Meanwhile Paul continues to look for ways to rid himself of his chronic fear of the dark, brought on by an incident involving his son Ellery and a department store lift. As the moth sightings begin to increase so does the tension in the village. And just what does strange moth expert Kooharoo know that nobody else does? Comedian Tim Vine is also writer and director of the ensuing mayhem. This is the first time a Tim Vine film has been shown at a film festival. Fearmoth also boasts CGI-free action sequences. Moth suspension wires are visible.
FearMoth
2017
NRBREEEEP! is Tim Vine at his most ridiculous. Jokes galore, props akimbo and ditties by the dozen. Out and out nonsense with only one aim, to make you laugh until your shoulders fall off. Take a break from the real world and treat yourself to an hour of belly laughing at a total nut.
Tim Vine: Breeeep!
2024
NRBREEEEP! is Tim Vine at his most ridiculous. Jokes galore, props akimbo and ditties by the dozen. Out and out nonsense with only one aim, to make you laugh until your shoulders fall off. Take a break from the real world and treat yourself to an hour of belly laughing at a total nut.
Tim Vine: Breeeep!
2024
NRWhen airline pilot and part-time piano teacher Ian Crawford is ordered to take a week off work, a question comes back to haunt him. Why did his wife Barbara ask him for a divorce? With time on his hands he battles with his anger towards his boss Geoff and his need to know. His wandering takes him to a local library where another mystery emerges. Together with barmaid Evelyn-Jane, fellow pilots Paul and Roddy and Frank the vicar, is drawn deeper in search of answers until finally he has to make a choice.
Library Altitude Zero
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NRWhen airline pilot and part-time piano teacher Ian Crawford is ordered to take a week off work, a question comes back to haunt him. Why did his wife Barbara ask him for a divorce? With time on his hands he battles with his anger towards his boss Geoff and his need to know. His wandering takes him to a local library where another mystery emerges. Together with barmaid Evelyn-Jane, fellow pilots Paul and Roddy and Frank the vicar, is drawn deeper in search of answers until finally he has to make a choice.
Library Altitude Zero
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