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My secret life: Tim Key, poet and comedian, 35

Tim Key talks about his personal life.

Radio review: Spike Milligan - The Serious Poet

This study of the comedian's verse, much of it written while he was depressed, helped to highlight the loving and enchanting relationship he had with his daughters.

Tim Key: Deadpan poet's society

Steve Coogan is a big fan, but Tim Key doesn't do sold-out arenas and TV stand-up - and he loves it when no one laughs at his verse.

Video - Tim Key: Poetry, a string quartet and a boat

Comedian, actor and performance poet Tim Key won the 2009 Edinburgh Comedy Award with a solo poetry show called The Slutcracker.

For his latest project, he has teamed up with a string quartet to create an album - on vinyl - of his poetry, set to music. And it was all recorded on a boat.

It is therefore not surprising that the album, which has just been released, is called Tim Key. With a String Quartet. On a Boat.

BBC News went along to an exclusive gig to find out more.

Poet, comedian, or both?

From Kevin Eldon to Tim Clare, Edinburgh has showcased the increasingly blurred boundaries between comedy and poetry.

An interview with poet and comedian Tim Key

Stand up comedian and poet Tim Key won the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2009 with a show full of idiosyncratic poetry about the heart-breaking and the pointless.