Tim Vine : biography
Timothy Mark Vine (born 4 March 1967) is an English writer, actor, comedian and presenter known for his role on the BBC series Not Going Out until his departure in 2012. He has released a number of DVDs of his stand-up comedy and has written several joke books. In 2010, Vine won the award for best joke at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and was awarded second in 2011 and 2012. He was a finalist in the 2013 series of Let’s Dance for Comic Relief.
Career
Stand-up
His stand-up act consists primarily of a series of quick-fire one-liners and puns. Vine has appeared regularly at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with shows such as The Tim Vine Shambles and The Tim Vine Fiasco which won him the Perrier newcomer award in 1995. 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 Festival"
Vine appeared at the Pleasance Courtyard for the first two weeks of the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe performing a show entitled Punslinger.
He appeared at the Spring Harvest festival in 2007, 2008 and 2013 alongside John Archer at Skegness and Minehead, and at the Cambridge Theatre in May 2007 for a show entitled Tim Vine, Live in Concrete.
He has taken his comedy act on a tour of the United Kingdom, in tours such as Current Puns in 2006 and Punslinger in 2008. In July 2008, he recorded a performance at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London, which was released as a new DVD entitled So I Said To This Bloke… on 27 October 2008. His third tour, The Joke-amotive, took place during February and March 2010, with a DVD of the show released in November 2011.
Many of his jokes have been falsely attributed to Tommy Cooper;http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/tim-vine-down-the-barrel-of-a-pun-6150842.html Tim Vine: Down the barrel of a pun], The Independent 8 March 2005. the West End show about Tommy Cooper actually features some of Vine’s jokes.
World record
On 7 October 2004, he broke the Guinness World Record for the most jokes told in an hour with 499, beating the previous record of 362. Each joke told had to get a laugh from the paying audience to count towards the record. He held the record until May 2005, when Australian comedian, Anthony "Lehmo" Lehmann told 549 jokes. – Comedy Central Insider, 2 March 2009′
Theatre
- In December 2010, Vine starred in the Richmond production of Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
- In December 2012, Vine starred in the Richmond production of Aladdin.http://www.atgtickets.com/shows/aladdin/richmond-theatre/
Television
Year | Show | Role | Episodes |
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1997-98 | Whittle | Presenter | All |
2003 | Fort Boyard | Celebrity Participant | |
2004 | Fort Boyard takes on the World | Presenter | |
2001-04 | The Sketch Show | Actor | All |
2005 | Spelling Bee | Guest Appearance | |
2006-12 | Not Going Out | Actor | Series 1-5 |
2007 | Comic Relief Does Fame Academy | Celebrity Participant | Series 3 |
2007, 12 | Who Wants to be a Millionaire? | Celebrity Participant | |
2008 | Celebrity Juice | Panellist | Series 1, Episode 4 |
2009 | Celebrity Mastermind | Celebrity Participant | Series 6, Episode 5 |
Neighbours | Guest Appearance | ||
Live at the Apollo | Himself | Series 5, Episode 3 | |
Celebrity Total Wipeout | Participant | Episode 1 | |
2011 | Argumental | Panellist | Series 4, Episode 7 |
2012 | Don’t Blow the Inheritance | Presenter | All |
The Chase: Celebrity Special | Celebrity Participant | Series 2, Episode 6 | |
Pointless Celebrities | Celebrity Participant | Series 3, Episode 6 | |
2013 | QI | Panellist | Series J, Episode 15 |
Let’s Dance for Comic Relief | Performer | Series 5, Episodes 1 and final (3rd place) | |
Alexander Armstrong’s Big Ask | Guest | Series 2, Episode 1 | |
What’s Cooking? | Guest | Series 1, Episode 6 |