Tim Key

2020 in comedy: where will future stars come from?

As established names go global online, the next generation of stand-ups face losing their launchpad.

Tim Key, Dice.FM, review

Gloriously funny, with Key on impish, playful and melancholic form.

Tim Key writes a new book

He Used Thought As A Wife is described as an 'anthology of poems and conversations from inside' and is his first new title in almost a decade.

Bruce Dessau on doing the first Taskmaster in Edinburgh

Taskmaster began life as an Edinburgh Fringe show 10 years ago. Comedy critic Bruce Dessau, one of the first contestants, recalls the fun, chaos and rivalry.

Tim Key: when the Ashes & the Fringe aligned in 2005

The poet, comedian and actor takes on his generation's big one. And, yes, he is well aware of the responsibility.

Review: Mark Watson's Carpool Comedy

Performing alongside Sophie Duker, Lou Sanders, Tim Key and Jen Brister.

Tim Key and Tom Basden turn up the heat on curry night

Alan Partridge's Sidekick Simon takes it out on his own hapless wingman - but Enya's repeated interruptions slow the flow.

Tim Key writes a love poem to pubs

Tim Key has written a poem to celebrate the reopening of the pubs after lockdown. And his words will be displayed on the pavement outside ten pubs in London, with the lines spaced a metre apart to help social distancing in the queues.

The lockdown sketches continue with appearances from Tim Key, who provides a noirish spoken-word interlude on social distancing, Morgana Robinson's Cheryl Cole on snoozing self-care and the return of Charlie Higson's lascivious Swiss Toni. Plus Tez Ilyas has some absurdist tips on solo exercise.

Days of the Bagnold Summer (2020) review

A feel good and sweet natured British film focusing on the strained relationship between a mother and her 15-year-old son.