Video: Tim Minchin: 'I'm not crass and shocking'

Musician and comedian Tim Minchin talks to BBC Breakfast about his orchestra tour.

He will be performing with a 55-piece orchestra and will be on stage at the Reading and Leeds festivals.

Alex Horne: The boffins in search of the perfect gag

Can you learn to be funny? Can you study humour and unlock its scientific formula? Alex Horne swaps the comedy circuit for the lecture hall in search of the science of laughter. Plus, Greg Davies, Tim Minchin and Shazia Mirza tell us what really tickles them.

Tim Minchin is not just a man with funny hair

He triumphed with the RSC's 'Matilda' and is now touring Britain's arenas. Comedian Tim Minchin talks to Mark Monahan.

Cultural Life: Tim Minchin, comedian

Interview with Tim Minchin about his cultural tastes.

Tim Minchin lined up for BBC's first comedy prom

Comedy and classical music will come together at this year's BBC Proms for the first time, with a concert presented by Tim Minchin.

Interview: Tim Minchin, singer

Outrageous. That's one word to describe Tim Minchin's publicity images. Whether posed wildly on his grand piano; seated, bare-feet thrust towards the camera lens; or attired like Edward Scissorhands' long lost Dickensian pianist brother, Tim Hammerhands, Minchin certainly knows how to capture the imagination.

The Horne Section: Songs in the key of silly

It's the perfect match. The improvised musings of the country's best comedians combined with the free-form noodlings of a five-piece jazz band. When The Horne Section debuted at Edinburgh this summer, it quickly became the talk of the Fringe. Punters clutching pints queued round the block for the occasional, lightly shambolic midnight shows. Jimmy Carr dropped by to rap out 10 one-liners over 10 different beats, Tim Minchin improvised a song about cheese and Tim Key performed a track by the Russian punk band Leningrad. There were burlesque dancers, shared bags of chips and 2am Bon Jovi singalongs, led by Josie Long with Mark Watson on drums.

Anarchy in the UK: Aussie comic Tim Minchin

His musical of Roald Dahl's 'Matilda' for the RSC opens one night, his UK arena comedy stand-up tour the next. Is it any wonder Tim Minchin is going ape?

Tim Minchin interview

Aussie musical comic Tim Minchin tells Metro how self-mockery, science and Roald Dahl shape his work on the eve of his arena tour.

Video: Tim Minchin on writing music for 'Matilda'

Tim Minchin tells BBC Breakfast about his upcoming tour and how he's written the music for the stage version of Roald Dahl's Matilda.