Tim Vine

Tim Vine Biography

When you see Tim Vine perform you certainly get value for money. Tim is a joke machine gun, rattling out one joke after another in quick succession.  At full pelt Tim can spray out 10 jokes a minute.  Keep the laughs short, he’s got a lot to get through! Tim is currently in great demand as an awards host and to provide cabaret sets for corporate events.

Success at the Edinburgh Festival

He has appeared regularly at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, with shows such as "The Tim Vine Shambles" and "The Tim Vine Fiasco" which won him the Perrier newcomer award in 1995. In 2006, Tim completed a sell-out tour of his Edinburgh show, 'Current Puns'. In 2006, he had a large advertising hoarding erected featuring his name and image, with a small sub-heading "...is not appearing at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival"

He also played to sell-out audiences at the critically acclaimed Montreal ‘Just For Laughs’ Comedy Festival.

TV Credits

• Host of ‘Fluke’ (Channel 4) this show was devised by Tim and short-listed for a  ‘Montreux Golden Globe Award’
• Host of ‘Whittle’ (Channel 5)
• Host of ‘The Tim Vine Christmas Present’ (Channel 5)
• Host of ‘Housemates’ (BBC1)
• Tim was the first man to appear on Channel 5 co-hosting the first show they broadcast called ‘This is Five’
• Guest host on ‘Not The Jack Docherty Show’ (Channel 5)
• ‘Des O’Connor Show’ (ITV)
• ‘The Stand Up Show’ (BBC)
• ‘Jim Davidson Presents’ (BBC)
• ‘Call My Bluff’ (BBC)
• ‘Give Us a Clue’ (BBC)
• ‘Night Fever’ (Channel 5)
• Regular on ‘Loose Ends’ (Radio 4)
• Also Tim wrote, directed and starred in a short film called ‘Two Men Left’
• Royal Variety Show.

Tim's basic philosophy is, "The audience came to hear jokes so I'll give 'em jokes" and that's what he does.  He gives them several hundred very silly ones.

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