Tim Vine Travels Through Time
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 2017
- 2 episodes
Comedy in which antique dealer Tim Vine travels through time on various errands, meeting historical figures in the process.
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Christmas Special
Further details
It's Christmas time at Tim's antiques shop, and special celebrity guest Emma Bunton needs Tim's help. Can he make this antique silver lion as good as new? Thanks to his time-travelling grandfather clock, the answer is always yes!
Tim travels back to Tudor England, arriving in the court of Henry VIII just as the Christmas celebrations are getting underway. But finding a silver lion isn't going to be as easy as it seems: Catherine of Aragon (Sally Phillips) has a new lady in waiting, Anne Boleyn (Emma Bunton), who's desperate to impress - and save her head - by arranging a fantastic Christmas party for the king.
There's just one problem: no one has RSVPd! And when Tim meets the King he's mistaken for the new court jester and immediately put in charge of the entertainment. Looks like the search for a new silver lion will have to wait...
Can Tim step up to the plate as the new court jester and pull off a party fit for a king? Can he find the silver lion and get back to his shop before Christmas? Can he fit any more puns into half an hour?! Only time travel will tell...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 29th December 2017
- Time
- 7:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
- Recorded
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- Monday 20th November 2017, 18:45 at Elstree Film Studios
Cast & crew
| Tim Vine | Tim |
| Emma Bunton | Anne Boleyn |
| Sally Phillips | Catherine of Aragon |
| Danny John-Jules (as Danny John Jules) | Cardinal Wolsey |
| Richard Coles | Pope Adrian VI |
| Spencer Jones | Belvedere |
| Mandeep Dhillon | Jane Seymour |
| Marek Larwood | Gordon |
| John Archer | King Henry VIII |
| Tim Vine | Writer |
| John Archer | Writer |
| Barbara Wiltshire | Director |
| Christine Langan | Executive Producer |
| Paul Schlesinger | Executive Producer |
| Claire McCarthy | Producer |
| Richard Halladay (as Richard Halladey) | Editor |
| Phil Lepherd | Editor |
| Jim Holloway | Production Designer |
| Julia Smith | Lighting Designer |
| Andrew Blaney | Composer |
| Graham Noon | Composer |
| Rachel Sheridan | Casting Director |
| Marion Miller (as Marion Miller-McCarthy) | Costume Designer |
| Joe Hopker | Make-up Designer |
| Tim Vine | Composer |
| Alex Moody | Commissioning Editor |
Press
Nothing says Christmas like a fusillade of puns. Happily, that's just what Tim Vine - travelling not just in time with this show, but all the way from radioland - has got in store for us. In what is essentially Mr Benn but with nearly real people such as Emma Bunton, Tim travels from his antiques shop to Tudor England, where he lands a role as Henry VIII's jester. Appearances also from Sally Phillips and Rev Richard Coles.
John Robinson, The Guardian, 29th December 2017