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{{short description|English comedian and poet (born 1976)}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Tim Key
| image = Tim Key Horne Section (cropped).jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Key performing in 2010
| birth_name = Timothy Key
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|09|02|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Cambridge]], [[Cambridgeshire]], England
| death_date = 
| death_place =
| alma_mater = [[University of Sheffield]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|comedian|poet|radio personality|screenwriter}}
| years_active = 2001–present
| known_for =
| notable_works =
| website = {{URL|https://timkey.co.uk}}
}}

'''Timothy Key''' (born 2 September 1976) is an English poet, comedian, actor and screenwriter. He has performed at the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]], both as a solo act and as part of the comedy group [[Cowards (comedy troupe)|Cowards]], and plays [[Alan Partridge]]'s sidekick Simon in film and television. In 2009, he won the [[Edinburgh Comedy Awards|Edinburgh Comedy Award]] and was nominated for the [[Malcolm Hardee]] Award for Comic Originality.

==Early life==
Key was born on 2 September 1976,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Set 4, Game 1 [11.02.21] – No More Jockeys with Alex Horne, Tim Key + Mark Watson - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZIcSKkIR4Y |access-date=12 May 2023 |website=www.youtube.com| date=4 June 2021 }}</ref> in [[Cambridge]], [[Cambridgeshire]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Key |first1=Tim |title=My Secret Life: Tim Key, poet and comedian, 35 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-tim-key-poet-and-comedian-35-6277076.html |access-date=5 March 2025 |work=The Independent |date=17 December 2011 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2011-07-18 |title=An Interview with Tim Key |url=http://thehumourdor.co.uk/post/7726696568/an-interview-with-tim-key |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108073345/http://thehumourdor.co.uk/post/7726696568/an-interview-with-tim-key |archive-date=8 November 2011 |access-date=2011-11-29 |website=The Humourdor |df=dmy-all}}</ref> He grew up in [[Impington]], Cambridgeshire,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-04-05 |title=Tim Key is beyond a joke |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/comedy/tim-key-is-beyond-a-joke-6435854.html |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> was educated at [[Impington Village College]] before moving on to [[Hills Road Sixth Form College]] in Cambridge and then the [[University of Sheffield]], where he studied [[Russian language|Russian]]. Following graduation, he returned to Cambridge and joined the [[Cambridge Footlights]], despite not being a student of [[Cambridge University]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gibsone |first1=Harriet |title=Tim Key, the superstar standup poet, on fishcakes, Footlights and the fringe |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/aug/13/tim-key-poetry-taskmaster-edinburgh-fringe |access-date=30 April 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=13 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gibsone |first=Harriet |date=2015-08-13 |title=Tim Key, the superstar standup poet, on fishcakes, Footlights and the fringe |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/aug/13/tim-key-poetry-taskmaster-edinburgh-fringe |access-date=2024-02-13 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> There he met [[Tom Basden]], [[Stefan Golaszewski]], and [[Lloyd Woolf]], with whom he formed the sketch group [[Cowards (comedy troupe)|Cowards]].

== Career ==
=== Stage ===
Key's first appearance with the Footlights was in the stage production ''Far Too Happy'' in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cambridge Footlights: Far Too Happy|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/live/shows/828/cambridge-footlights-far-too-happy/|access-date=2022-01-07|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en}}</ref> The cast, which included [[Mark Watson]] and [[Sophie Winkleman]], took the show to the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] and were nominated for the [[Edinburgh Comedy Awards|Edinburgh Comedy Award]] for Best Newcomer. Key has regularly attended Edinburgh ever since, performing in solo shows and collaborations.

In 2009, Key's solo poetry show ''The Slutcracker'' won the [[Edinburgh Comedy Awards|Edinburgh Comedy Award]] and was nominated for the [[Malcolm Hardee]] Award for Comic Originality.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.londonisfunny.com/edinburgh/8939/Tim_Key_loses_the_bullying,_wins_comedy|title=Tim Key loses the bullying, wins comedy|publisher=London Is Funny|date=29 August 2009|access-date=29 September 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100428034352/http://www.londonisfunny.com/edinburgh/8939/Tim_Key_loses_the_bullying,_wins_comedy|archive-date=28 April 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He took the show to the [[Melbourne International Comedy Festival]] the following year.

Key co-starred in [[Daniel Kitson]]'s play ''Tree'' when it premiered in September 2013 at the [[Royal Exchange, Manchester]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Royal Exchange Tree|url=http://www.royalexchange.co.uk/event.aspx?id=742|publisher=Manchester Royal Exchange}}</ref> The play then transferred to [[The Old Vic]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tree|work=The Old Vic |url=http://www.oldvictheatre.com/whats-on/2015/tree/|access-date=30 March 2017|publisher=Oldvictheatre.com}}</ref> He appeared alongside [[Paul Ritter (actor)|Paul Ritter]] and [[Rufus Sewell]] in [[Yasmina Reza]]'s ''Art'' at [[The Old Vic]], directed by [[Matthew Warchus]], from December 2016 to February 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Art|work=The Old Vic |url=http://www.oldvictheatre.com/whats-on/2016/art/|access-date=30 March 2017|publisher=Oldvictheatre.com}}</ref>

Key's comedy show ''Megadate'' toured from 2017 to 2018. Like ''The Slutcracker'', it featured Key reading "deliberately bad" poetry interspersed with black-and-white films.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MICF: Tim Key – Megadate : Reviews 2018 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/review/2018/04/09/39619/micf:_tim_key_-_megadate|access-date=2019-04-06|website=www.chortle.co.uk|language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Mulberry stage set.jpg|thumb|Stage set for ''Mulberry'' at the [[Colchester Arts Centre]]]]
In 2023, Key toured his sell-out show ''Mulberry'' around the UK and Ireland,<ref>{{Cite web|title=TIM KEY: MULBERRY UK & IRELAND TOUR - Plosive|url=https://www.plosive.co.uk/events/tim-key-mulberry-tour-2023|access-date=2024-04-09|website=www.plosive.co.uk|date=2 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref> as well as a run at the [[SoHo Playhouse]] in [[New York City]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mulberry - Show and Tell|url=https://showandtellpresents.com/events/tim-key-new-york-2023|access-date=2024-04-09|website=www.showandtellpresents.com|language=en}}</ref> The show was centred around Key's experience of the [[COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 lockdowns]] in Britain.

=== Radio ===
Key has regularly been heard on [[BBC Radio 4]] since 2006, when the station commissioned ''[[All Bar Luke]],'' a series based on his earlier stage show ''Luke & Stella''. It aired from 2006 to 2008, with a Christmas special in 2009. Key's prior radio projects included ''[[Cowards (comedy troupe)|Cowards]]'' and ''[[Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better]]''.

In 2010, Key was heard as Duncan in the radio sitcom ''[[Party (radio series)|Party]]'', created by [[Tom Basden]] and based on the stage show of the same name.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-03-11|title=Party {{!}} Comedy review|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/mar/11/party-review-comedy-tom-basden|access-date=2022-01-07|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> In 2012, he reunited with Basden for ''Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme'', a series that features Key reading poetry and Basden providing musical accompaniment, intercut with dialogue between the two. Six series of the show have been broadcast as of 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/tim-key-poetry-programme/episodes/6/|access-date=2024-04-09|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en}}</ref>

=== Album ===
Key's first album, ''[[Tim Key. With a String Quartet. On a Boat.]]'' was released by The Invisible Dot Ltd / Angular Records in November 2010. It features Key reading poetry backed by a string quartet, with interjections from Basden.

=== Television ===
Key was a contestant on the first series of [[Britain's Worst Driver]] and received a car but sold it after a week.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chortle Weekly Trivia File |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2010/02/05/10465/salmon_%c3%a0_la_irn-bru |website=Chortle }}</ref>

Key first appeared on television in a comic role in 2006's satirical comedy ''[[Time Trumpet]]'', as an ''Eastenders'' special effects supervisor. The next year, he appeared as himself in ''[[Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe]]'', reading poetry. He also appeared in an episode of ''[[Saxondale]]'' alongside future ''[[Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge]]'' co-star [[Steve Coogan]].

In 2009, Key (along with [[Mark Watson]] and [[Alex Horne]]) co-created ''[[We Need Answers]]'' for [[BBC Four]], a comedic quiz show in which celebrities answer questions posed by question-answering text services. It was hosted by Watson, with Horne providing technical support and Key reading questions.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Tim Key: A man of his words|first=Alice|last=Jones|date=16 December 2009|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/tim-key-a-man-of-his-words-1841773.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/tim-key-a-man-of-his-words-1841773.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> As part of the show's bonus online content, the BBC uploaded videos of Key and Watson playing ''No More Women'', a [[parlour game]] they had invented several years earlier, with Horne supplying narration. The three reunited in 2020 to play the game as a trio, renaming it ''[[No More Jockeys]]''.

In November 2010, Key appeared as "Sidekick Simon" alongside Steve Coogan on ''Mid Morning Matters with [[Alan Partridge]]'', an online series based on Coogan's Alan Partridge character. The series was also broadcast on Sky Atlantic in 2012. Key would appear again as Simon in the 2013 film ''[[Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa]]'' and the BBC series ''[[This Time with Alan Partridge]].''

In 2013, Key played Greg in the [[E4 (TV channel)|E4]] comedy-drama series ''[[Gap Year (TV series)|Gap Year]]''. In 2014, he played Ian in the ''[[Inside No. 9]]'' episode "[[Sardines (Inside No. 9)|Sardines]]". His performance was praised,<ref>{{cite news|author=Dean, Will|date=5 February 2014|title=Inside No 9, TV review: A top-drawer cast puts these twisted tales in a league of their own|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/inside-no-9-tv-review-a-topdrawer-cast-puts-these-twisted-tales-in-a-league-of-their-own-9110196.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/inside-no-9-tv-review-a-topdrawer-cast-puts-these-twisted-tales-in-a-league-of-their-own-9110196.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=6 February 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> with one journalist calling him "an unsung hero of British comedy".<ref>{{cite news|author=Watson, Keith|date=6 February 2014|title=Inside No 9 matched Tales of the Unexpected for entertaining weirdness|newspaper=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]|url=http://metro.co.uk/2014/02/06/inside-no-9-matched-tales-of-the-unexpected-for-entertaining-weirdness-4292415/|access-date=6 February 2014}}</ref> The following year, he was a panellist on the first series of ''[[Taskmaster (TV series)|Taskmaster]]'' and has been credited as a "Task Consultant" since the show's second series.

Key has also had minor roles in shows such as ''[[Skins (British TV series)|Skins]]'', ''[[Plebs (TV series)|Plebs]]'', ''[[Life's Too Short (TV series)|Life's Too Short]]'', ''[[Stag (TV series)|Stag]]'', ''[[Peep Show (British TV series)|Peep Show]]'', ''[[Brassic (TV series)|Brassic (TV Series)]]'' and ''[[The End of the F***ing World]]''. He has also appeared on panel shows ''[[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]]'' and ''[[Richard Osman's House of Games]].''

In 2022, Key starred in the [[BBC Two]] comedy series ''[[The Witchfinder (TV series)|The Witchfinder]]''. That year he also appeared as Ray, nemesis and old archery teammate of Paul ([[Jim Howick]]) in an episode of friend Tom Basden's BBC1 sitcom, ''[[Here We Go (TV series)|Here We Go]].''

In 2023, he appeared on the ''[[The Great British Bake Off|Great Celebrity Bake Off]]'' for Stand Up to Cancer, opening up about his experience of being diagnosed with a [[melanoma]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Colderick |first1=Stephanie |title=The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer: Who is Tim Key? |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/great-celebrity-bake-stand-up-26563872 |website=WalesOnline |publisher=Wales Online|date=26 March 2023 |access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref>

In 2024, he appeared in the last episode of ''[[Inside No. 9]]'' as himself.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Midgley |first=Carol |date=2024-06-14 |title=Inside No 9 finale — a beautiful, funny and brilliant farewell |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/inside-no-9-finale-bbc-steve-pemberton-reece-shearsmith-bw7kpngmz |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}</ref>

=== Film ===
Key and Basden collaborated on short film ''[[The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island]]'' in 2007. The film won Best UK Short at the 2007 [[Edinburgh Film Festival]], was nominated for a 2008 BAFTA in the category of Best Short Film, and in 2025, was the basis for the feature length film ''[[The Ballad of Wallis Island]]''. In 2012, Key collaborated with director J. van Tulleken on one of 16 short films to have won production funding through BFI Shorts. The resultant film was a black comedy entitled ''Anthony'', starring Key and Basden, in which Key played [[Santa Claus]].<ref name="16 short films greenlit through BFI Shorts 2012">{{cite web|author=British Film Institute|title=16 short films greenlit through BFI Shorts 2012|work=British Film Institute |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk//news/16-short-films-greenlit-through-bfi-shorts-2012|access-date=21 August 2013|publisher=Bfi.org.uk}}</ref>

Key reprised his role as Sidekick Simon for [[Steve Coogan]]'s [[Alan Partridge]] film ''[[Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa|Alpha Papa]]'', released in August 2013. Also in 2013, he appeared in the [[Richard Ayoade]] film ''[[The Double (2013 film)|The Double]]''. In 2019, he again starred alongside Coogan in ''[[Greed (2019 film)|Greed]]'', playing the character of Sam. In 2022, he played Commissioner Harrold Scott in ''[[See How They Run (2022 film)|See How They Run]]''.

=== Writing ===
Key has written six books. The first, ''Instructions, Guidelines, Tutelage, Suggestions, Other Suggestions and Examples Etc.: An Attempted Book by Tim Key. (And Conversations / Descriptions / A Piece About a Moth)'', was published in 2009. The second, ''25 Poems, 3 Recipes and 32 Other Suggestions (An Inventory)'' was published in 2011. The third, ''The Incomplete Tim Key'', was published by [[Canongate Books]] in 2011.

In 2020, Key collaborated with designer Emily Juniper to create ''He Used Thought As a Wife (An Anthology of Poems and Conversations from Inside)''. This book, published by Utter and Press, chronicles Key's experiences during [[COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom|the UK's first COVID-19 lockdown]]. A sequel, ''Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (An Anthology of Poems and Conversations from Outside)'', was released in 2022.

Key released a new poetry anthology, "Chapters", in February 2024.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Chapters Tim Key London Review Bookshop|url=https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/chapters-tim-key|access-date=2024-04-09|website=www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk|date=14 February 2024 |isbn=978-1-9162226-8-7 |language=en}}</ref> Poetic Justice noted its humour and "subversive focus on the contemporary world".<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 12, 2024 |title=poeticjusticemagazine.com/2024/03/12/tim-key-chapters/ |url=https://poeticjusticemagazine.com/2024/03/12/tim-key-chapters/ |access-date=December 9, 2024 |website=Poetic Justice Magazine}}</ref>

==Credits==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| ''The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island''
| Charles
| Short film
|-
| ''Christmas at the Riviera''
| Gary
| TV movie
|-
| 2009
| ''The Transaction''
| The Poet
| Short film
|-
| 2010
| ''The Honeymoon Suite''
| Samuel
| Short film
|-
| 2011
| ''[[One Day (2011 film)|One Day]]''
| Customer
|
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2013
| ''[[I Give It a Year]]''
| Alan
|
|-
| ''[[Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa]]''
| 'Sidekick' Simon Denton
|
|-
| ''[[The Double (2013 film)|The Double]]''
| Care Worker
|
|-
| ''[[The Harry Hill Movie]]''
| Toilet Attendant
|
|-
| ''Very Few Fish''
| Jimbo
| TV movie
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2014
| ''Anthony''
| Santa
| Short film
|-
| ''Two Films About Loneliness''
| Jonathan Smallman (voice)
| Short film
|-
| ''Not now Keith!''
| Keith
| Short film
|-
| 2017
| ''The Overcoat''
| The Narrator
| Short film
|-
| 2018
| ''Wonderdate''
| Man
| TV short
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2019
| ''[[Days of the Bagnold Summer (film)|Days of the Bagnold Summer]]''
| Dale
|
|-
| ''[[Greed (2019 film)|Greed]]''
| Sam
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2020
| ''[[Love Wedding Repeat]]''
| Sidney
|
|-
| ''Talk Radio''
| Danny Mallard
| Short film
|-
| 2022
| ''[[See How They Run (2022 film)|See How They Run]]''
| Commissioner [[Harold Scott (police commissioner)|Harold Scott]]
|
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Wicked Little Letters]]''
| Father Ambrose
|
|-
| 2025
| ''[[The Ballad of Wallis Island]]''
| Charles
| Also co-writer
|-
| 2025
| ''[[Mickey 17]]''
| Pigeon Man
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|2002
|''[[Britain's Worst Driver]]''
|Himself (series 1); "Timid Tim"
|Eliminated second
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| ''[[Saxondale]]''
| Promotions Guy
| Episode: "Mice"
|-
| ''[[Time Trumpet]]''
| Special Effects Crew - Eastenders
| Episode: "Witness to a Wedding"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| ''[[Annually Retentive]]''
| Kim
| Episode: "Episode #2.5"
|-
| ''[[Angelo's]]''
| Steve
| Episode: "Episode #1.4"
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Cowards (comedy troupe)#Television|Cowards]]''
|
| Also writer
|-
| 2010-2016
| ''[[Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge]]''
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Life's Too Short (TV series)|Life's Too Short]]''
| News Reporter
| Episode: "Episode #1.2"
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2012
| ''[[Skins (TV series)|Skins]]''
| Dr. O'Dwyer
| Episode: "Mini and Franky"
|-
| ''Games On''
| Dan
| Episode: "Tent"
|-
| ''[[A Young Doctor's Notebook (TV series)|A Young Doctor's Notebook]]''
| Pyotr the Patient
| Episode: "Episode Three"
|-
| ''[[8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown]]''
| Guest in the Dictionary Corner
| Episode: "Episode #1.1"
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Chickens (TV series)|Chickens]]''
| Thomas
| Episode: "Men on Leave"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2014
| ''[[Inside No. 9]]''
| Ian
| Episode: "Sardines"
|-
| ''[[Playhouse Presents]]''
| Jonah
| Episode: "The Dog Thrower"
|-
| ''[[Plebs (TV series)|Plebs]]''
| Mushki
| Episode: "The New Slave"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2015
| ''[[Cradle to Grave]]''
| Stutely
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Together (2015 TV series)|Together]]''
| Joseph the Policeman
| 4 episodes
|-
| ''[[Peep Show (British TV series)|Peep Show]]''
| Jerry
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2015–present
| ''[[Taskmaster (TV series)|Taskmaster]]''
| Himself (series 1); Task consultant (series 2-)
| 6 episodes (as Himself)
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| ''[[Stag (TV series)|Stag]]''
| Aitken
| Episode: "Episode 1"
|-
| ''Year Friends''
| Peter Priest
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2016-2017
| ''[[Drunk History: UK]]''
| Various Characters
| 5 episodes
|-
| 2017-2021
| ''[[Pls Like]]''
| James Wirm
|
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2017
| ''[[Gap Year (TV series)|Gap Year]]''
| Greg
|
|-
| ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]''
| The Sheriff of Nottingham
| Episode: "Tim Vine Travels in Time"
|-
| ''[[Zapped (TV series)|Zapped]]''
| Sextus
| Episode: "Showtime"
|-
| ''[[Detectorists]]''
| Tim
| 3 episodes
|-
| ''Random Acts''
| Regular
| Episode: "Episode #4.3"
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Trust (American TV series)|Trust]]''
| Gavin
| Episode: "John, Chapter 11"
|-
| 2019-2021
| ''[[This Time with Alan Partridge]]''
| 'Sidekick' Simon Denton
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2019
| ''[[Brassic (TV series)|Brassic]]''
| Vortex
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[The Reluctant Landlord]]''
| Tommy
| Episode: "Love Is in the Air"
|-
| ''[[The End of the F***ing World]]''
| Gus
| 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2021
| ''[[The Irregulars]]''
| Gregson
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Stath Lets Flats]]''
| Howard
| Episode: "Here Comes The Steven"
|-
| ''Cryptids''
|
| Episode: "Owlman"
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2022
| ''[[After Life (TV series)|After Life]]''
| Rude Date
| Episode: "Episode #3.4"
|-
| ''[[The Witchfinder (TV series)|The Witchfinder]]''
| Gideon Bannister
|-
| ''[[Richard Osman's House of Games]]''
| Himself
| Episode: "Episodes #6.46 to #6.50
|-
| ''[[Here We Go (TV series)|Here We Go]]''
| Ray
| Episode: "Dad's Bronze Medal"
|-
| ''The Train''
|
|
|-
| 2023
| ''[[The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off]]''
| Himself / Contestant
| Charity special<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/the-great-stand-up-to-cancer-bake-off-2023/|title=The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off|website=The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off|date=7 February 2023 |accessdate=9 February 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Inside No. 9]]''
| Himself
| Episode: "Plodding On"
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Funny Woman|Funny Woman]]''
| Lawyer
| Episode:
|-
| 2025
| ''[[The Paper (2025 TV series)|The Paper]]''
| {{TableTBA}}
| Upcoming TV Series
|}

== Bibliography ==
* ''Instructions, Guidelines, Tutelage, Suggestions, Other Suggestions and Examples Etc.: An Attempted Book By Tim Key. (And Conversations/ Descriptions/ A Piece About A Moth)''. The Invisible Dot Ltd, 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-9553703-3-5}}
*''The Incomplete Tim Key''. Canongate Books Ltd, 2011. {{ISBN|978-0-85786-118-4}}
* ''25 Poems, 3 Recipes and 32 Other Suggestions (An Inventory)''. The Invisible Dot Ltd, 2011. {{ISBN|978-0-9553703-6-6}}
* ''He Used Thought As A Wife (An Anthology of Poems and Conversations from Inside.)'' "Utter" and Press, 2020.
* ''Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush (An Anthology of Poems and Conversations from Outside.)'' "Utter" and Press, 2022. {{ISBN|9781916222663}}
* ''Chapters'' "Utter" and Press, 2023. {{ISBN|9781916222687}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|2764713}}

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