Tim Key

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

Tim Key talks about his personal life.

Best of 2011: Comedy

The best comedy shows of 2011, including Tim Key, Tommy Tiernan, Stephen Merchant, Luke Wright and Jerry Sadowitz.

An interview with Tim Key

"It's a sad indictment of my current career that there are moments where I'm just sitting at my desk writing poems on crackers with a Sharpie." Emma McAlpine speaks to comedian, poet and actor Tim Key.

In some instances, there might be a studio audience but they are the best crowd of all: forbidden to heckle and required to laugh. All things considered, it should the easiest gig of their lives. So why do they make it feel like such hard work?

Mark Watson's Live Address to the Nation on Radio 4 was a case in point. We already knew the show was live, since the title told us as much, though just in case we had forgotten, Watson kept shrieking "We're live!" and "This is a shambles!" and remained in a state of heightened panic throughout. His hysteria was slowly transmitted to his co-hosts Tim Key and Tom Basden, whom he kept urging to talk faster, thus removing the wind from their comic sails. Watson had a certain puppyish energy, but he wasn't far off the mark in his hapless assertion: "There's a risk that the show will only be funny for those who are here."

Mark Watson's Live Address to the Nation

Assisted by Tom Basden and Tim Key, Mark's back on Radio 4 to look once again at some of the qualities and character traits that make a person.

This is bold. It really is live and because of that, and the time of night, it's going to be expensive (all the behind the scenes people will be on overtime). And Mark Watson wants you to join in, too, discussing the big questions crucial to people's understanding of themselves and society, looking for big answers. There's a live studio audience who'll join in, plus Watson's two sidekicks Tim Key and Tom Basden, but your tweets and emails are requested. If it ends up sounding like that spoof, Down the Line, you've been warned.

An interview with Stefan Golaszewski

Today we have an interview with Stefan Golaszewski who, amongst other things, was the Cambridge Footlights President from 2002-2003, part of the insanely good comedy sketch group Cowards (along with Tim Key, Tom Basden & Lloyd Woolf), and writer/creator of the BBC Three series Him & Her.

Interview: Tim Key - It's hip to be funny (Link expired)

Tim Key's Masterslut is a cool hybrid of poetry, stand-up and character comedy, with a bit of stalls scaling thrown in, writes Bruce Dessau.

Tim Key is beyond a joke

They say sequels are never as good as the originals but not in Tim Key's case.

Tim Key spills the beans on his latest show, Mastersult

Edinburgh Comedy Award-winner Tim Key is talking about his first steps into stand-up, saying how much he hated it.