Press clippings Page 18
Ardal O'Hanlon is on good form as the headline act at Dublin's Olympia Theatre, his saucer-eyed wonder undercut by a surreal streak. Supporting him on this trip back to his local theatre are Gary Delaney (a one-liner machine in the same vein as Milton Jones and Tim Vine) and the whimsical Josie Long.
Of the two, Long is the more appealing performer, with her diatribe on The Sun's Page Three girls being particularly well executed. Delaney is perhaps someone more to admire than like - you can't help but be in awe of someone who remembers so many gags, although the fact that he finds his own material quite so amusing does start to grate.
David Brown, Radio Times, 17th November 2011An interview with Tim Vine
The King of the Puns tells Spoonfed about his new Edinburgh Fringe chat show...
Rupert Uzzell, Spoonfed, 28th June 2011Tim Vine interview
Just before he sets off on his Joke-amotive tour we caught up with Tim Vine to discuss Countdown, darts and the only thing that could derail his comedy choo-choo...
UKTV, 28th March 2011BBC One to pilot new comedy show created by Tim Vine
BBC One is developing a prime-time comedy show format for Tim Vine. A pilot of Tim Vine Travels In Time is to be recorded shortly.
British Comedy Guide, 17th February 2011Tim Vine wants to quit Not Going Out
Tim Vine has reportedly told Lee Mack that he wants to quit hit BBC One sitcom Not Going Out - putting a fifth series of the show in jeopardy.
British Comedy Guide, 7th February 2011Northern naughty-texter Manford stretches the definition of "rocks" with a musical line-up of crooner James Blunt and drab Iberian ballad prince Enrique Iglesias. Luckily the comedy is much stronger. Russell Kane, Lee Nelson, Pete Firman and Susan Calman join the mighty punster Tim Vine, author of such efficient rib-ticklers as "Velcro: what a rip-off".
Ed Cumming, The Telegraph, 27th January 2011Carpool is a distinctly low-frills, ingeniously penny-pinching chat show, with its cut-price opening credits and host Robert Llewellyn picking up guests in his car and interviewing as he drives them around. This week, it's the turn of Tim Vine, king of the twitter gag, whose puns Llewellyn finds amusing to an alarming degree, and comedian Doon Mackichan, whose latest show draws for its entertainment on the subject matter of recent family events including her father's death, her divorce, and the grave illness of her young son.
David Stubbs, The Guardian, 26th January 2011The art of the one-liner
Readers have been inspired by an interview with comedians Tim Vine and Milton Jones to send in their own (and others) quick-fire wit.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 19th January 2011Tim Vine: Master of the mini-joke
Tim Vine is famed for his one-liners. Can he teach Brian Logan the art of the fast gag?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 18th January 2011Not Going Out series 4 episode 1 review
Lee Mack and Tim Vine return in the first episode of Not Going Out since its reprieve from the axe. And the show is on very, very good form...
Simon Brew, Den Of Geek, 7th January 2011