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Tim Vine is a writer, actor, comedian and presenter, perhaps best known for his role in the sitcom – in which he starred from 2006 to 2012. Born in London, he is the brother of journalist and 91Èȱ¬ Radio 2 presenter .

Tim started his stand up career back in the mid-1990s and first went to the Edinburgh Festival in 1995 where he won a Perrier newcomer award for his show The Tim Vine Fiasco. A ever since, in 2010 he won the award for with 'I've just been on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday. I'll tell you what, never again.'

His comedy act primarily consists of quick-fire one-liners and puns – something he put to good use in 2004 by breaking the Guinness World Record for most jokes told in an hour (an impressive 499), a record he held until May 2005.

Tim has taken his stand up on tour around the UK three times and has appeared on , , and .

In television, Tim was part of the award winning alongside friend and . He later went on to co-star alongside Lee Mack in Not Going Out.

In 1997, alongside , Tim had the honour of . His TV presenting credits include the game show , and . His first major TV role since leaving Not Going Out was presenting , a daytime quiz show.

Trivia:

• In 2012, Tim won the prize for at the annual Lafta awards.
• Tim has a keen interest in music and can play the guitar, piano and drums.
• He has been in several bands including alongside his brother Jeremy Vine.
• Tim once competed on with a specialist subject of – and won.