Timothy Mark Vine was born on 4 March 1967 and is an English comedian, actor, writer, and presenter best known for his one-liners and his role on the sitcom Not Going Out.
40 Facts About Tim Vine
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Tim Vine has released a number of stand-up comedy specials and has written several joke books.
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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.
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Timothy Mark Vine was born in the Cheam suburb of London on 4 March 1967, the son of Diana, a housewife and occasional doctor's receptionist, and Guy Vine, a lecturer in civil engineering at North East Surrey College of Technology.
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Tim Vine is the younger brother of broadcaster Jeremy Vine and the older brother of artist Sonya Vine.
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Tim Vine was educated in Surrey, attending Lynton Prep in Ewell, Aberdour School in Burgh Heath, and Epsom College in Epsom.
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Tim Vine's stand-up act consists primarily of a series of quick-fire one-liners and puns, along with silly songs and a bagful of props.
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Tim Vine came second in the Hackney Empire New Act competition in 1993.
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Tim Vine quit his job to go on tour as a support act for Boothby Graffoe, who later wrote additional material for The Sketch Show.
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Tim Vine became a regular on the London comedy circuit by 1994, trying a variety of comedy styles.
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In 1996, Tim Vine met Lee Mack at the Comedy Lounge in Kingston-Upon-Hull.
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Tim Vine appeared at the Christian festival, Spring Harvest, 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.
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Tim Vine's support act is usually Britain's Got Talent's comedy magician John Archer.
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Many of Tim Vine's jokes have been falsely attributed to Tommy Cooper, many being in Cooper's style; the West End show about Cooper actually features some of Tim Vine's jokes.
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Tim Vine has released three novelty music albums, Pretend Popstar - Fake Hits, Dance Floor Gridlock and Angus Crunch and the Nepali Flautist.
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Tim Vine is a huge Elvis Presley fan, and has been since Elvis died in 1977; he has a picture of the rock and roll legend in every room at home.
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In May 2020, when the Eurovision Song Contest was cancelled due to the covid pandemic, Tim Vine competed in the Isolation Song Contest representing Romania with his home-filmed, self-composed entry Room Mania.
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Tim Vine reprised his Columbo on Countdown, dressing as and impersonating the dishevelled detective in his guest spot.
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Similarly, Tim Vine contributed scenes to the 2020 international project Jaws We Make, along with over 100 other superfans of Jaws.
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Tim Vine was the first man to appear on Channel 5, alongside Julia Bradbury and the Spice Girls, when the network launched on 30 March 1997.
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From May to August 1997, Tim Vine presented the Channel 4 game show Fluke which he devised.
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From 2006 to 2012, Vine played Timothy Gladstone Adams in Lee Mack's BBC One sitcom Not Going Out.
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Tim Vine returned for a cameo in the Christmas 2014 episode and the series 7 finale as Lee's best man.
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Since 2009, Tim Vine has made appearances on Countdown as a guest in Dictionary Corner.
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In 2012, Vine hosted one series of teatime game show Don't Blow the Inheritance for ITV.
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In 2014 and 2015, Tim Vine appeared in the revival of Celebrity Squares as resident comedian alongside Joe Wilkinson.
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In mid 2018, Tim Vine was a celebrity contestant in 10 episodes of Taskmaster series 6, on Dave.
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Tim Vine's improvisations included measuring a piece of string with a plastic lobster.
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In Comic Relief Does Fame Academy Vine performed his pop hero Elvis Presley's hit Viva Las Vegas and on Let's Dance for Comic Relief, Vine was talked out of Elvis and given Justin Timberlake's Rock Your Body, making it to the final.
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Tim Vine returned in 2016 to win it, beating Mike Tindall in the final.
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For 2022, Tim Vine competed against Kiri Pritchard-McLean in One Red Nose and Their Dog with training shown on Countryfile and the finale broadcast on Comic Relief night.
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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.
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Tim Vine presented one series of four episodes in July 2016, and a Christmas edition on 26 December 2016.
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On 25 August 2011, Tim Vine won the prize for the second funniest joke at the Edinburgh Fringe festival.
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On 7 October 2004, Tim 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.
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Tim Vine held the record until November 2014, when Australian comedian Taylor Goodwin, inspired by Vine, told 550 jokes.
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Tim Vine is a practising Anglican, and has performed at Spring Harvest Christian festivals.
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Tim Vine is a keen darts fan, having attended several Professional Darts Corporation tournaments along with Lee Mack.
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On 31 December 2020, during a live Twitter broadcast, Tim Vine scored 170 in darts in front of a large online audience.
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In quiz show celebrity specials, Tim Vine often plays for Cure Parkinson's, because of his father, Guy Tim Vine, who died with the illness in August 2018.