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{{Short description|English comedian (born 1967)}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Tim Vine
| image              = Tim Vine Karaoke Circus (cropped).jpg<!-- Only freely-licensed images may be used to depict living people.  See [[WP:NONFREE]].  -->
| caption            = Vine performing in June 2010
| birth_name         = Timothy Mark Vine
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1967|3|4}}
| birth_place        = [[Cheam|Cheam, London]], England
| occupation         = Comedian, actor, writer, presenter
| years_active       = 1994–present
| known_for          = [[One-line joke|One-liners]], [[deadpan|deadpan humour]]
| relatives          = [[Jeremy Vine]] (brother)<br>[[Rachel Schofield]] (sister-in-law)
| website            = {{URL|timvine.com}}
}}
'''Timothy Mark Vine''' (born 4 March 1967) is an English comedian, actor, writer and presenter best known for his puns and other [[One-liner joke|one-liners]] and his role on the TV [[sitcom]] ''[[Not Going Out]]'' (2006–2012, 2014). He has also released a number of stand-up comedy specials and written several joke books.

From 2004 to 2014, Vine held the ''[[Guinness World Record]]'' for the most jokes told in an hour: each joke had to get a laugh from the audience to count towards the total, and he set the new record with 499 jokes. In both 2010 and 2014, he won the award for [[Funniest Joke of the Fringe|best joke]] at the [[Edinburgh Fringe|Edinburgh Festival Fringe]], and he was the runner-up for each of the three years between.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-28838287 |title=Tim Vine wins funniest Edinburgh Fringe joke award |date=19 August 2014 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=29 October 2016}}</ref>

==Early life==
Timothy Mark Vine was born in the [[Cheam]] suburb of London on 4 March 1967,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bigissue.com/features/interviews/4309/tim-vine-interview-my-mind-is-always-quietly-on-the-lookout-for-jokes |title=Tim Vine interview: "My mind is always quietly on the lookout for jokes" |first=Adrian |last=Lobb |date=5 September 2014 |work=[[The Big Issue]] |access-date=23 December 2016}}</ref> the son of Diana (née Tillett), a housewife and occasional doctor's receptionist, and Guy Vine (died 2018),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/entertainment/showbiz/2018/09/12/jeremy-vine-remembers-wonderful-father-ahead-of-funeral/ |title=Jeremy Vine remembers 'wonderful' father ahead of funeral |date=12 September 2018 |work=[[Shropshire Star]] |access-date=22 January 2020}}</ref> a lecturer in civil engineering at [[North East Surrey College of Technology]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/sep/11/jeremy-vine-my-family-values|title=Jeremy Vine: my family values|first=Katherine|last=Hassell|date=11 September 2015|access-date=23 January 2019|website=Theguardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/familyhistory/3355208/Family-detective-Jeremy-Vine.html |title=Family detective: Jeremy Vine |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=7 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528073820/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/familyhistory/3355208/Family-detective-Jeremy-Vine.html |archive-date=28 May 2010 }}</ref> He is the younger brother of broadcaster [[Jeremy Vine]] and the older brother of artist Sonya Vine.<ref name="auto"/> He was educated in [[Surrey]], attending Lynton Prep in [[Ewell]], [[Aberdour School]] in [[Burgh Heath]], and [[Epsom College]] in [[Epsom]].<ref name="auto"/>

==Career==
===Stand-up===
Vine's [[Stand-up comedy|stand-up]] act consists primarily of a series of quick-fire [[One-liner joke|one-liners]] and [[pun]]s, along with comedic songs and a bagful of props.

Vine and a security guard from his office job in Croydon started doing open mic nights as a hobby. During 1991, Tim Vine regularly honed his routine at the Comedy Café in London, adding other clubs throughout 1992. He came second in the Hackney Empire New Act competition in 1993. Vine quit his job to go on tour as a support act for [[Boothby Graffoe (comedian)|Boothby Graffoe]]. Vine became a regular on the London comedy circuit by 1994, trying a variety of comedy styles. He realised one-liners were a good way forward after the audience's positive reaction to his joke: "So I went to the doctors. He said, 'You've got hypochondria'. I said, 'Not that as well!{{' "}} Vine built up this repertoire, before making his first TV appearance on [[BBC1]]'s ''[[Pebble Mill at One|Pebble Mill]]''.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.timvine.com/biography/|title=Tim Vine Biography|website=Timvine.com|access-date=26 February 2025}}</ref>

In 1996, Vine met [[Lee Mack]] at the Comedy Lounge in Kingston-Upon-Hull. Mack was competing in The Gong Show, where up to ten comedians try to last for a full five minute slot, hoping to beat the Gong and not get voted off by the public. Mack inadvertently did a couple of Vine's jokes, to which the audience shouted "Tim Vine". When Mack came off stage, he asked a man who Tim Vine was, and got the reply "He plays here quite a bit." The man he had asked was Tim Vine.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET0OtsFV1lI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/ET0OtsFV1lI |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|website=[[YouTube]] |title=Tim Vine Plastic Elvis Not Going Out interview |date=17 October 2021 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> The pair later worked together on ''[[The Sketch Show]]'', ''[[Not Going Out]]'' and ''[[Let's Play Darts]]'' for [[Comic Relief]].

The comedian has appeared at the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]], with shows such as ''The Tim Vine Shambles'' and ''The Tim Vine Fiasco'' (1995) - which won him the Perrier Newcomer Award - then ''Tim Vine Flat Out'' (1998), ''I'm Vine Thanks'' and ''Tim Vine and the Minotaur'' (1999). In [[2006 Edinburgh Festival Fringe|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."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://metro.co.uk/2008/09/04/the-best-place-to-get-punned-down-462888/ |title=The best place...to get punned down |date=4 September 2008 |newspaper=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |access-date=15 May 2009}}</ref> Vine appeared at the [[The Pleasance|Pleasance Courtyard]] for the first two weeks of the 2008 [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] performing a show entitled ''Punslinger''.

[[File:Tim Vine Punslinger.jpg|thumb|Vine on the ''Punslinger'' tour in May 2008]]

In a [[BBC Radio Wales]] interview with [[Behnaz Akhgar]] (12 October 2021), Vine revealed that he had intended to perform a new stand-up show at the 2020 [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe|Edinburgh Fringe]] but ''Breeeep!'' was delayed until 2022 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Behnaz Akhgar |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0010f0f |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=17 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022134738/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0010f0f |archive-date=October 22, 2021 |language=en |date=12 Oct 2021 |quote=Comedian Tim Vine talks to Behnaz Akhgar about his Plastic Elvis Tour.}}</ref> Vine released a CD entitled Tim Vine Edinburgh Festival Diary, recorded each day at the Fringe.<ref>{{cite web |title=Edinburgh Festival Diary (CD) |url=https://www.timvine.com/product/tim-vine-edinburgh-festival-diary-cd/ |website=Timvine.com |access-date=4 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517122833/https://www.timvine.com/product/tim-vine-edinburgh-festival-diary-cd/ |archive-date=2023-05-17 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref> The ''Breeeep!'' tour (2023) sold out at many venues.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tour Dates |url=https://www.timvine.com/tour-dates/ |website=Timvine.com |access-date=4 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419204129/https://www.timvine.com/tour-dates/ |archive-date=2023-04-19 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref> However, September 21's show was relocated after the original venue cancelled due to the [[2023 United Kingdom reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete crisis]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Bennett | first=Steve | title=Comedy shows cancelled amid concrete crisis : News 2023 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide | website=Chortle | date=4 September 2023 | url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2023/09/04/54089/comedy_shows_cancelled_amid_concrete_crisis | access-date=19 June 2025}}</ref>

Many of Vine's jokes have been falsely attributed to [[Tommy Cooper]], being in Cooper's style;<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/tim-vine-down-the-barrel-of-a-pun-527562.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/tim-vine-down-the-barrel-of-a-pun-527562.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Tim Vine: Down the barrel of a pun |first=Julian |last=Hall |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=8 March 2005}}{{cbignore}}</ref> the [[West End of London|West End]] show about Cooper actually features some of Vine's jokes.{{citation needed|date= June 2020}}

===Panto===
*2005/2006 – Dandini in ''Cinderella'' ([[New Wimbledon Theatre]]) with [[Susan Hampshire]], [[Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)|Richard Wilson]], [[Naomi Wilkinson]], [[John Barrowman]], [[Peter Duncan (actor)|Peter Duncan]].
*2006/2007 – Silly Billy in ''[[Jack and the Beanstalk]]'' ([[Richmond Theatre (London)|Richmond Theatre]]) with [[John Challis]], [[Sue Holderness]], [[Aled Jones]].
*2009/2010 – Muddles in ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' (Richmond Theatre).
*2010/2011 – Jangles in  ''Sleeping Beauty'' (Richmond Theatre) with [[Anita Dobson]].
*2012/2013 – Wishee Washee in ''Aladdin'' (Richmond Theatre).<ref>{{cite web |author=Richmond Theatre |url=http://www.atgtickets.com/shows/aladdin/richmond-theatre/ |title=Aladdin Richmond Tickets – Richmond Theatre Pantomime 2012 Tickets |work=Atgtickets.com |access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref>
*2014/2015 – [[Buttons (pantomime)|Buttons]] in ''Cinderella'' ([[New Wimbledon Theatre]]) with [[Linda Gray]], [[Matthew Kelly]], [[Wayne Sleep]].
*2016/2017 – Idle Jack in ''Dick Whittington'' ([[New Wimbledon Theatre]]) with [[Matthew Kelly]], [[Arlene Phillips]].
*2019/2020 – [[Buttons (pantomime)|Buttons]] in ''Cinderella'' (Fairfield Halls, Croydon) with [[Ore Oduba]], [[Cat Sandion]].

===Music===
Vine plays the guitar, bass, piano and drums.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}

He occasionally plays the drums at his church. He was in several bands, including alongside his brother [[Jeremy Vine|Jeremy]] in The Flared Generation, which ''[[Smash Hits]]'' magazine described as "the most unfashionable punk band in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/suttonnews/9798472.jeremy-and-tim-vines-pop-punk-past-revealed/|title=Jeremy and Tim Vine's pop-punk past revealed|website=Your Local Guardian|date=5 July 2012 |access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref>

Vine has released three novelty music albums, ''Pretend Popstar - Fake Hits'', ''Dance Floor Gridlock'' and ''Angus Crunch and the Nepali Flautist''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timvine.com/oddities-store/|title=Tim Vine Oddities Store|website=Timvine.com|access-date=26 February 2025}}</ref>

Vine is a huge [[Elvis Presley]] fan and has been since his death in 1977; he has a picture of Presley in every room at his home.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/theatre/166971/stand-up-puts-on-blue-suede-shoes.html|title=Stand-up puts on blue suede shoes|website=Henleystandard.co.uk |date=21 October 2021 }}</ref> The megastar was Vine’s Specialist Subject on ''[[Celebrity Mastermind]]'' and his inspiration for performing to "[[Viva Las Vegas (song)|Viva Las Vegas]]" on ''[[Comic Relief Does Fame Academy]]''. In August 2019, Vine's ''Plastic Elvis'' tribute act was a sell-out at the Edinburgh Fringe.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.timvine.com/plastic-elvis-2021-uk-tour/|title= Plastic Elvis 2021/22 Rescheduled UK Tour Dates|date= 8 February 2021}}</ref>

In May 2020, when the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] was cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Vine competed in the ''Isolation Song Contest'' representing [[Romania]] with his home-filmed, self-composed entry "Room Mania". [[John Archer (magician)|John Archer]] also made several appearances in shots from his own house.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGGzGaioIeY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/nGGzGaioIeY |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|website=[[YouTube]] |title=Tim Vine - Isolation Song Contest entry for Romania #VoteROU |date=3 May 2020 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> The event raised around £40,000 for the homeless charity [[Crisis (charity)|Crisis]], [[Refuge (United Kingdom charity)|Refuge]] (which supports female domestic abuse survivors) and [[The Trussell Trust]] food banks.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}

===Podcasts and YouTube===
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In December 2007, Vine launched his first [[podcast]], 'Tim Vine Celebrates'. The first episode "Tim Vine Celebrates... Christmas" was released for free on 19 December and includes many previously unheard jokes and humorous songs, as well as an array of comedy characters, mostly voiced by himself.

In autumn 2019, Vine premiered his YouTube channel ''Tim Vine TeleVisual (TVTV)'', releasing a short video of sketches every Monday evening for over a year. Additional videos include ''Recreating [[Columbo]]'', predominantly filmed in Vine's home during the [[COVID-19 pandemic|pandemic]]. Vine reprised his Columbo on Countdown, dressing as and impersonating the dishevelled detective in his guest spot (3 February 2022). Further instalments, based on season one, form part of Vine's YouTube channel content for 2022.

===Television===
Tim Vine's first TV appearance was on [[BBC One]]'s ''[[Pebble Mill at One|Pebble Mill]]'' in 1994.

In autumn 1995, Vine hosted the BBC One morning quiz ''Housemates'', featuring an endgame called ''Up The Garden Path''. The show ran for one season of 25 episodes.

Vine was the first man to appear on [[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Channel 5]], alongside [[Julia Bradbury]] and  the [[Spice Girls]], when the network launched on 30 March 1997. The following day, game show ''[[Everybody's Equal|Whittle]]'' premiered with Vine as host for two seasons March–June and September–December.

From May to August 1997, Vine presented the [[Channel 4]] game show ''Fluke'' which he devised.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Fluke |title=Fluke |website=Ukgameshows.com |access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref>

Vine hosted ''Fort Boyard Takes on the World'' in 2004.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}

From 2001 to 2004, Vine co-wrote/starred in both series of [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s ''[[The Sketch Show]]'' with [[Lee Mack]].

From 2006 to 2012, Vine played Timothy Gladstone Adams in Mack's BBC One sitcom ''[[Not Going Out]]''. He returned for a cameo in the 2014 Christmas episode and the series 7 finale.

Since 2009, Vine has made appearances on the Channel 4 game show ''[[Countdown (game show)|Countdown]]'' as a guest in Dictionary Corner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.channel4.com/tv-guide/2019/04/10|title=All 4 - TV Guide|website=Channel4.com|access-date=2019-04-12}}</ref>

In 2012, Vine hosted one series of game show ''[[Don't Blow the Inheritance]]'' for ITV.

Vine faced "The Beast" [[Mark Labbett]] on ''[[The Chase (British game show)|The Chase]]'' in 2012 and 2021.

Replacing [[Mark Williams (actor)|Mark Williams]], Vine portrayed [[Sebastian Beach]] in the second and final season of BBC One's comedy ''[[Blandings (TV series)|Blandings]]'' (2013–2014), based on the books by [[P. G. Wodehouse]].

In 2014 and 2015, Vine appeared in the revival of ''[[Celebrity Squares]]'' as resident comedian alongside [[Joe Wilkinson]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/celebrity-squares-resident-comedians-announced#.U4YciXJdXY8 |title=Celebrity Squares – resident comedians announced |work=ITV.com |date=28 May 2014 |access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref>

In 2017, he appeared in two episodes of ''Tim Vine Travels Through Time'' on BBC One.

In mid-2018, Vine was a celebrity contestant in 10 episodes of ''[[Taskmaster (TV series)|Taskmaster]]'' series 6, on [[Dave (TV channel)|Dave]].

In autumn 2018, Vine hosted the ITV quiz show ''Football Genius''.

Vine has participated in several [[Comic Relief]] / [[Sport Relief]] charity competitions. In ''[[Comic Relief Does Fame Academy]]'' Vine performed Presley's hit "[[Viva Las Vegas (song)|Viva Las Vegas]]" (2007) and on ''[[Let's Dance for Comic Relief]]'' (2013), Vine was talked out of Presley and given [[Justin Timberlake]];s "[[Rock Your Body]]", making it to the final. In 2015, he was runner-up in ''[[Let's Play Darts]]'', losing out to Mack. Vine returned in 2016, defeating [[Mike Tindall]] in the final. For 2022, Vine competed against [[Kiri Pritchard-McLean]] in ''One Red Nose and Their Dog''.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}

===Radio and audiobooks===
[[BBC Radio 4]] airs ''The Tim Vine Chat Show'', where members of the audience are interviewed, having filled in a form before the show if they wish to be considered for selection. Vine presented one series of four episodes in July 2016,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07kcp3k/broadcasts/2016/07 |title=Series 1, The Tim Vine Chat Show |work=[[BBC Radio 4]] |access-date=23 December 2016}}</ref> and a Christmas edition on 26 December 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b085tn6j|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Tim Vine Chat Show, The Tim Vine Christmas Chat Show|website=BBC|access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref> A second series of six episodes was broadcast in September and October 2017. Additional Festive and Summer specials aired in 2018 and 2019. ''The Tim Vine Christmas Chat Show'' 2021 was broadcast on 23 December.

In 2017, ''Tim Vine Travels Through Time'' was broadcast on [[BBC Radio 2]], before moving to BBC One for two televised episodes.

===Books===
In 2003, Vine contributed to the ''Sit-Down Comedy'' book, but his first book was released in 2010 entitled ''The Biggest Ever Tim Vine Joke Book'' containing over 1,000 jokes and puns. Then, in 2011, Vine released a second joke book entitled ''The Not Quite Biggest Ever Tim Vine Joke Book'', specifically for children.

* 2010 – ''The Biggest Ever Tim Vine Joke Book''
* 2011 – ''The (Not Quite) Biggest Ever Tim Vine Joke Book: Children's Edition''
* 2013 – ''The Tim Vine Bumper Book of Silliness: Daft Jokes, Crazy Pictures, Utter Nonsense''

==Awards==

===BAFTA===
Vine's ensemble series ''[[The Sketch Show]]'' won the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] for [[British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy (Programme or Series)|Best Comedy Programme]] in 2002.

===Fringe awards===
In August 2010, Vine won the prize for the [[Funniest Joke of the Fringe|funniest joke of that year's Edinburgh Fringe]], following a public vote from a judged shortlist. His winning joke was "I've just been on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday. I'll tell you what, never again."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11053202 |title=Fringe's funniest joke prize awarded to Tim Vine |work=BBC News |date=23 August 2010 |access-date=23 August 2010}}</ref>

On 25 August 2011, Vine won the prize for the second funniest joke at the Edinburgh Fringe festival. His joke was "Crime in multi-storey car parks. That is wrong on so many different levels." He was beaten by [[Nick Helm]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-14646532 |title=Nick Helm's password joke is Edinburgh Fringe funniest |date=25 August 2011 |work=BBC News |access-date=23 December 2016}}</ref> In 2012 Vine again came second with the joke "Last night me and my girlfriend watched three DVDs back to back. Luckily I was the one facing the telly." He was beaten by [[Stewart Francis]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/edinburgh-festival/9488190/Edinburgh-Festival-2012-ten-funniest-jokes-at-this-years-Edinburgh-Fringe-revealed.html |title=Edinburgh Festival 2012: ten funniest jokes at this year's Edinburgh Fringe revealed |first=Emily |last=Handley |date=21 August 2012 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=23 December 2016}}</ref> In 2013 Vine came fourth with the joke "My friend told me he was going to a fancy dress party as an Italian island. I said to him 'Don't be Sicily'." The winner was [[Rob Auton]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/edinburgh-festival/10251935/Funniest-joke-of-2013-Edinburgh-Fringe.html |title=Funniest joke of 2013 Edinburgh Fringe |date=20 August 2013 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=23 December 2016}}</ref>

Vine won the award for the second time in 2014 with the joke "I decided to sell my Hoover... well it was just collecting dust."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/aug/19/10-funniest-jokes-edinburgh-festival-fringe-2014 |title=10 funniest jokes from the Edinburgh festival fringe 2014 |date=18 August 2014 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=23 December 2016}}</ref>

===World record===
On 7 October 2004, Vine broke the ''[[Guinness World Record]]'' for the most jokes told in an hour with 499, beating the previous record of 362 by Estonian Erkki Kolu. Each joke had to get a laugh from the paying audience to count towards the total. The record was subsequently broken on two occasions by Anthony Lehmann and Korukonda Ranga Rao, but Guinness later decided both performers had breached guidelines by using cue cards, so Vine was reinstated.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2014/04/03/19917/tim_vine_retakes_most_jokes_in_an_hour_record |title=Tim Vine retakes 'most jokes in an hour' record |work=[[Chortle (website)|Chortle]] |date=3 April 2014}}</ref> He held the record until November 2014, when Australian comedian Taylor Goodwin, inspired by Vine, told 550 jokes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-jokes-told-in-an-hour |title=Most jokes told in an hour |work=Guinness World Records |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150727071127/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-jokes-told-in-an-hour |archive-date=27 July 2015}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Vine lives in [[Banstead]], [[Surrey]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.surreylife.co.uk/people/celebrity-interviews/comedian-tim-vine-on-banstead-countdown-and-columbo-1-1636064|title=Comedian Tim Vine on Banstead, Countdown and Columbo|website=Surreylife.co.uk|date=9 November 2010}}</ref> He is a practising [[Church of England|Anglican]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.premierchristianity.com/Past-Issues/2014/June-2014/Profile-Tim-Vine|title=Profile:Tim Vine|website=Premierchristianity.com|date=June 2014|access-date=13 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-21633866 |title=Five Minutes With: Tim Vine (video) |date=2 March 2013 |access-date=25 April 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425001210/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-21633866/five-minutes-with-tim-vine |archive-date=25 April 2020}}</ref> and has performed at [[Spring Harvest]] Christian festivals.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www1.salvationarmy.org.uk/uki/www_uki.nsf/0/0C140B598A1C6A2480257656003D05FE/$file/Salvationist%2029%20May%202004.pdf |title=Comics testify |journal=Salvationist |publisher=[[The Salvation Army]] |date=29 May 2004 |number=939 |page=16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928015133/http://www1.salvationarmy.org.uk/uki/www_uki.nsf/0/0C140B598A1C6A2480257656003D05FE/$file/Salvationist%2029%20May%202004.pdf |archive-date=28 September 2011 |access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref>

Vine is a supporter of [[Sutton United F.C.|Sutton United]], stating that the first of the team's games he attended was an [[FA Cup]] match against [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] during the [[1987–88 Football League|1987–88 season]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/video_audio/123921.html |title=Tim Vine "discovers" Sutton United (video) |work=ESPN.co.uk |date=29 November 2011 |access-date=29 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802050059/http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/video_audio/123921.html |archive-date=2 August 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He is also a keen [[darts]] fan, having attended several [[Professional Darts Corporation]] tournaments along with [[Lee Mack]]. Some of these were televised, such as the 2011 World Championships when both Vine and Mack appeared in the crowd. He also plays darts in his spare time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uktv.co.uk/dave/article/aid/643407 |title=Tim Vine Interview |work=UKTV.co.uk |access-date=12 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606112941/http://uktv.co.uk/dave/article/aid/643407 |archive-date=6 June 2013}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1995 || ''Housemates'' || Presenter || 1 series [[BBC One]]
|-
| 1997 || ''Fluke''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Fluke|title=Fluke|website=Ukgameshows.com|access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref> || Presenter || 1 series
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Everybody's Equal|Whittle]]'' || Presenter || 2 series
|-
| 2001–2004 || ''[[The Sketch Show]]'' || Various Characters || 2 series
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Fort Boyard (British game show)|Fort Boyard Takes on the World]]'' || Presenter || 1 series
|-
| 2006–2012, 2014 || ''[[Not Going Out]]'' || Timothy Gladstone Adams || 5 series, 1 special
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Don't Blow the Inheritance]]'' || Presenter || 1 series
|- 
| 2014 || ''[[Blandings (TV series)|Blandings]]'' || [[Sebastian Beach]] || 1 series
|-
| 2014–2015 || ''[[Celebrity Squares]]'' || Resident comedian || 2 series
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Comedy Playhouse#Series Eighteen (2017)|Tim Vine Travels Through Time]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/tim_vine_travels_through_time/|title=Tim Vine Travels Through Time - BBC1 Sitcom|website=British Comedy Guide|access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref> || Himself || 1 September 2017 & Christmas Special
|-
| 2018 || ''Football Genius'' || Presenter || 1 series
|}

====Guest appearances====
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
|-
!Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
|''[[Pebble Mill at One|Pebble Mill]]'' || Guest Comedian || 1994
|-
|''[[Call My Bluff]]'' || Panellist || 1996
|-
|''[[Saturday Live (British TV programme)|Saturday Live]]'' || Guest Comedian || 1996
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|''Noel's Telly Years'' || Guest || 17 January 1997 
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|''[[Fort Boyard (British game show)|Fort Boyard]]'' || Contestant || 2003
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|''Spelling Bee'' || Contestant || 14 July 2005
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|''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (British game show)|Who Wants to be a Millionaire?]]'' || Contestant || 11 September 2007 – [[Jeremy Vine]], 9 December 2012 – [[Cheryl Fergison]]
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|''[[Comic Relief Does Fame Academy]]'' || Contestant || 3 March 2007 – 15 March 2007
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|''[[Celebrity Juice]]'' || Panellist || 15 October 2008
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|''[[Celebrity Mastermind]]'' || Contestant || 1 January 2009 ([[Elvis Presley]]), 27 December 2019 (''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'')
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|''[[Countdown (game show)|Countdown]]'' || Dictionary Corner || Various dates 2009–2012, 2014–2016, 2019–2020, 1–7 February 2022
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| ''[[Neighbours]]'' || Guest appearance || 28 July 2009 – Episode 5742
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|''[[Live at the Apollo (TV series)|Live at the Apollo]]'' || Himself || 18 December 2009
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|''[[Celebrity Total Wipeout]]'' || Contestant || 26 December 2009
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|''[[Spicks and Specks (TV series)|Spicks and Specks]]'' || Self || 8 September 2010
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|''[[Question of Sport]]'' ||Contestant || 7 February 2011 (S40E11),
21 September 2016 (S46E05),
25 March 2022 (S51E25)
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|''[[Dave's One Night Stand]]'' || Headline act<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/one_night_stand/episodes/3/2/ |title=Dave's One Night Stand: Series 3, Episode 2 - Tim Vine |first=Ian |last=Wolf |work=British Comedy Guide |access-date=4 October 2017}}</ref> || 24 November 2011
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|''[[Argumental]]'' || Guest || 15 December 2011
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|''[[The Chase (British game show)|The Chase: Celebrity Special]]'' || Contestant || 7 October 2012, 12 December 2021 (S11E10)
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|''[[Pointless|Pointless Celebrities]]'' || Contestant || 1 December 2012 – [[Karen Taylor (comedian)|Karen Taylor]], 3 Sep 2016 – [[Terry Alderton]], 3 March 2019 – [[Esther Rantzen]], 30 October 2021 – [[Nina Conti]].
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|''[[QI]]'' || Panellist || 11 January 2013
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|''[[Let's Dance for Comic Relief]]'' || Contestant || 16 February, 9 March 2013
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|''[[Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask]]'' || Guest || 26 February 2013
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|''[[What's Cooking? (British TV series)|What's Cooking?]]'' || Guest || 4 March 2013
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|''[[Draw It!]]'' || Contestant<ref>{{cite web |url=http://digiguide.tv/programme-details/Channel+4/26+May+2014/15:30/Draw+it%21/Game+Show/ |title=Draw it! on Channel 4 at 4:30pm May 26th, 2014 |work=Digiguide.tv |date=26 May 2014 |access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref> || 26–30 May 2014
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|''[[Fifteen to One|Celebrity Fifteen to One]]'' || Contestant<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/cxqbkh/celebrity-fifteen-to-one--20062014 |title=Celebrity Fifteen to One &#124; Series 1 – Episode 3 |work=Radio Times |date=8 April 2013 |access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref> || 20 June 2014
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|''[[Catchphrase (British game show)|Catchphrase: Celebrity Special]]'' || Contestant<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/cxtkrg/catchphrase--catchphrase-celebrity-special |title=Catchphrase &#124; Series 2 – 12. Catchphrase Celebrity Special |work=Radio Times |date=8 April 2013 |access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref> || 22 June 2014, 10 October 2020
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|''[[Gadget Man]]'' || Guest || 25 August 2014
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|''[[Stand Up to Cancer UK#Stars at Your Service|Stars at Your Service]]'' || Guest participant || 11 October 2014
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|''[[Weekend (TV programme)|Weekend at Christmas]]'' || Guest<ref>{{cite web |url=http://digiguide.tv/programme-details/itv%20West%20Country/25%20December%202014/08:25/Weekend%20at%20Christmas/Entertainment/ |title=Weekend at Christmas on itv West Country at 8:25am December 25th, 2014 |work=digiguide.tv |access-date=23 December 2016}}</ref> || 25 December 2014
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|''[[Let's Play Darts]]'' || Contestant || 3, 6 & 8 March 2015 / 28 February, 6 & 13 March 2016
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|''[[Tipping Point: Lucky Stars]]'' || Contestant || 29 October 2016 & 26 August 2023
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|''[[Debatable (TV show)|Debatable]]'' || Panelist || (Series 2) 8 & 17 April & 2 May 2017
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|''[[Antiques Road Trip|Celebrity Antiques Road Trip]]'' || Contestant || 12 December 2017
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|''[[Taskmaster (TV series)|Taskmaster]]'' || Contestant || (Series 6) 2 May 2018 – 4 July 2018
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|''[[Richard Osman's House of Games]]'' || Contestant || (Series 3, Week 16) 10–14 February 2020
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|''[[Good Morning Britain (2014 TV programme)|Good Morning Britain]]'' || Guest || 7 October 2021 (as Plastic Elvis), 25 December 2021
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|''[[Countryfile]]/[[Comic Relief]]'': ''One Red Nose and Their Dog'' || Contestant || 6 & 18 March 2022
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|''Gogglebox'': ''Gogglebox for Stand Up To Cancer'' || Participant || 3 November 2023
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In quiz show celebrity specials, Vine often plays for [[Cure Parkinson's]], because of his father, Guy Vine, who died with the illness in August 2018.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}

===Stand-up DVDs===
*''Live'' (29 November 2004)
*''Live – So I Said To This Bloke...'' (27 October 2008)
*''Punslinger Live'' (22 November 2010)
*''The Joke-a-motive Live'' (21 November 2011)
*''Tim Timinee Tim Timinee Tim Tim to You'' (28 November 2016)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timvine.com/brand-new-stand-dvd/ |title=Brand new stand-up DVD coming soon! |date=24 June 2016 |work=Tim Vine.com |access-date=23 December 2016 |archive-date=23 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223114132/http://www.timvine.com/brand-new-stand-dvd/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*''Sunset Milk Idiot Live'' (25 November 2019)
*''Breeeep!'' (18 November 2024)

=== Feature-length films ===
Vine has made two films, though these have not yet been widely released – ''Library Altitude Zero''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.premierchristianity.com/Past-Issues/2014/June-2014/Profile-Tim-Vine|title=Profile: Tim Vine|date=2014-05-14|website=Premier Christianity|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-06}}</ref> and ''FearMoth''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08j9z4v|title=BBC Radio 4 - Chain Reaction, Series 12, Harry Hill Interviews Tim Vine|website=BBC|access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.festivalfocus.org/film/134900/fearmoth/|title=Fearmoth|website=Festivalfocus.org|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-06}}</ref> The latter was shown at the [[Cinecity|Brighton Film Festival]] in 2017.<ref name="auto1"/>{{better source needed|date=September 2024}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{subject bar|auto=y|d=y|Comedy}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0990104|name=Tim Vine}}
* [http://www.timvine.com/ Tim Vine] official website
* [http://www.sitcom.co.uk/not_going_out/about.shtml The British Sitcom Guide] on ''Not Going Out''
* {{YouTube|h=TimVineTelevisual}}

{{Edinburgh Comedy Award winners}}
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