Since co-starring with Lee Mack in both series of the BAFTA-winning series The Sketch Show (ITV1), Tim is also known as a TV host, having devised and presented Fluke (Channel 4), which was nominated for a Rose d’Or Award at the International Rose d’Or Television Festival. He also became the first man to appear on Channel Five when presenting quiz show Whittle. Tim has also starred in The Tim Vine Christmas Present (Five), Saturday Live (ITV) and The Stand Up Show (BBC One).

Tim recently became the Guinness World Record Holder for Telling The Most Jokes in an Hour – smashing the previous record with a total of 499. He has appeared on the Royal Variety Show (ITV1) alongside Shirley Bassey and Kylie Minogue, and has also played to sold-out venues across the UK with his The Joke Machine Gun tour.

Tim burst onto the stand-up circuit by winning the Perrier Best Newcomer Award for The Tim Vine Fiasco at the Edinburgh Festival in 1995. That followed a runner-up prize in the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year competition in 1993. Tim has gone on to play more hit solo shows in Edinburgh, including Tim Vine Flat Out (1998) and I’m Vine Thanks and Tim Vine and the Minotaur (both 1999).