Tim Key
Tim Key (born 2 September 1976) is an English writer, performance poet, comedian and actor. In 2009, he was the winner of the Edinburgh Comedy Award and was also nominated for the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality.
Works
Peep Show
Peep Show follows the lives of two men from their twenties to thirties, Mark Corrigan, who has steady employment for most of the series, and Jeremy "Jez" Usbourne, an unemployed would-be musician.
Release Date2003-09-19
Charactersd Jerry
Episode Count3
Vote Count393
Inside No. 9
An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.
Release Date2014-02-05
Charactersd Ian
Episode Count1
Vote Count237
Brassic
A group of working-class friends finding unconventional ways to win at life in suburban northern England. These lads have dealt, scammed, bribed and conned their way through adolescence, but now, their dealing and stealing is catching up with them and a whole load of trouble is heading their way.
Release Date2019-08-22
Charactersd Vortex
Episode Count2
Vote Count209
Mickey 17
Unlikely hero Mickey Barnes finds himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.
Release Date2025-02-28
Charactersd Pigeon Man
Vote Count2208
Plebs
Sitcom about three desperate young men from the suburbs who try to get laid, hold down jobs and climb the social ladder in the big city - which just happens to be ancient Rome.
Release Date2013-03-25
Charactersd Mushki
Episode Count1
Vote Count78
No More Jockeys
Name a person, and a category they fall under – while avoiding naming people from all previous categories.
Release Date2020-06-19
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Charactersd
Episode Count[ 68 ]
Vote Count2
After Life
Tony had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long enough to punish the world by saying and doing whatever he likes from now on.
Release Date2019-03-08
Charactersd Rude Date
Episode Count1
Vote Count932
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
Famous DJ Alan Partridge gives us an insight into what happens behind the microphone at North Norfolk digital radio.
Release Date2010-11-05
Charactersd Sidekick Simon
Episode Count12
Vote Count17
Trust
The trials and triumphs of one of the wealthiest and unhappiest families of the United States, the Gettys. Originally planned to be told over multiple seasons and spanning the twentieth century, the series begins in 1973 with the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III, an heir to the Getty oil fortune, by the Italian mafia in Rome.
Release Date2018-03-25
Charactersd Gavin
Episode Count1
Vote Count80
Here We Go
Family life with no filter. The Jessops navigate life's everyday challenges - from changing jobs to kidnapping dogs.
Release Date2022-04-29
Charactersd Ray
Episode Count1
Vote Count20
Playhouse Presents
Playhouse Presents is a series of self-contained TV plays, made by British broadcaster Sky Arts. The series started airing on 12 April 2012, on Sky Arts 1. Each episode is written by a different writer and stars a different cast. The four-part adaptation of A Country Doctor's Notebook was also broadcast on the strand in December 2012. Sky Arts have announced that they are ordering a five-part spin-off of the third play, Nixon’s The One. They say the full cast, including Harry Shearer as Nixon and Henry Goodman as Kissinger, will return for the series run, which will be filmed in September 2012. The series will broadcast in 2013. The second series began airing in April 2013 featuring Kathy Burke, Frances Barber, Julia Davis, Idris Elba, Anna Friel, Rebecca Front, Stephen Graham, David Harewood, Ian Hart, Sharon Horgan, Mathew Horne, Suranne Jones, Kylie Minogue, Vanessa Redgrave, Peter Serafinowicz, Matt Smith, Johnny Vegas, Marc Warren, Jack Whitehall and Reggie Yates.
Release Date2012-04-12
Charactersd Jonah
Episode Count1
Vote Count1
This Time with Alan Partridge
Alan is handed a career lifeline - the chance to stand in as co-host on This Time, a weekday magazine show. But can he capitalise on the opportunity?
Release Date2019-02-25
Charactersd Simon Denton
Episode Count12
Vote Count41
A Young Doctor's Notebook
A young doctor who has graduated at the top of his class from the Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry is thrust out into an isolated and impoverished country side as the village's only doctor. As he learns to adapt to his new lifestyle, he develops a morphine addiction to stay his sanity while realizing what being a doctor in the real world means.
Release Date2012-12-06
Charactersd Pyotr the Patient
Episode Count1
Vote Count174
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Eccentric lottery winner Charles lives alone on a remote island but dreams of hiring his favourite musician, Herb McGwyer, to play an exclusive, private gig. Unbeknownst to Herb, Charles has also hired Herb’s ex-bandmate and ex-girlfriend, Nell, with her new husband in town, to perform the old favourites. As tempers flare and old tensions resurface, the stormy weather traps them all on the island and Charles desperately looks for a way to salvage his dream gig.
Release Date2025-03-28
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Charactersd Charles Heath
Vote Count38
The Witchfinder
A failing witchfinder transports a suspected witch across 1640s East Anglia to a trial that could change his fortunes forever.
Release Date2022-03-08
Charactersd Gideon Bannister
Episode Count6
Vote Count15
The Horne Section TV Show
Alex Horne steps out of Greg Davies' shadow as he gets the chance to host his own late-night chat show with his loyal band. But will all go to plan in this mash-up of comedy, celebs, music and mayhem?
Release Date2022-11-17
Charactersd Ken Longlevers
Episode Count3
Vote Count4
Saxondale
Steve Coogan plays Tommy Saxondale: an ex-roadie with anger management issues and a pest-control business. Tommy is a little arrogant, a little egotistical and feels the world owes him more respect than it typically shows him. He has an assistant named Raymond who lives in a spare room in Tommy's house, a live-in girlfriend named Magz who owns a T-shirt business, and a receptionist named Vicky who has a tendency to drive him up the wall.
Release Date2006-06-19
Charactersd Promotions Guy
Episode Count1
Vote Count28
We Need Answers
We Need Answers is a British television panel game presented by comedians Mark Watson, Tim Key and Alex Horne. The show features a pair of celebrities answering questions which have previously been texted in by the public, or the audience, to 63336, a text message service.
Release Date2009-02-12
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Charactersd Self - Question Master
Episode Count[ 16 ]
Vote Count2
One Day
A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film follows what they do on July 15 annually, usually doing something together.
Release Date2011-03-02
Charactersd Customer
Vote Count4349
Gap Year
It’s the story of British lads Dylan and Sean, childhood friends who have drifted apart, who initially set out to backpack through China but end up taking on the whole continent.
Release Date2017-02-23
Charactersd Greg
Episode Count8
Vote Count7
Together
When Tom and Ellen are together, things seem to work. It's only in the spaces outside the relationship - the intrusions of real life, and the deadly collaboration of parents, siblings, friends and exes - that the flailing attempts to make good first impressions, arrange first dates and hold a relationship together, seem to unravel.
Release Date2015-10-06
Charactersd Joseph the Policeman
Episode Count4
Vote Count5
Pls Like
A mockumentary about a struggling comedian entering an online talent contest to find the next big vlogger.
Release Date2017-02-11
Charactersd James Wirm
Episode Count18
Vote Count5
Angelo's
Angelo's is a sitcom created for Five and Paramount Comedy by Bwark Productions. It follows the ups and downs of everyday life in a central London greasy spoon café.
Release Date2007-11-16
Charactersd Steve
Episode Count1
Vote Count1
Wicked Little Letters
When the denizens of Littlehampton – including conservative Edith – begin receiving letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting something amiss, the town's women band together to investigate.
Release Date2024-02-23
Charactersd Father Ambrose
Vote Count515
See How They Run
In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard and eager rookie Constable Stalker take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theater underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.
Release Date2022-09-09
Charactersd Commissioner Harrold Scott
Vote Count1173
The Double
An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman he desires.
Release Date2014-04-03
Charactersd Care Worker
Vote Count1012
Stag
Dark comedy about a group of obnoxious friends who struggle to survive the Stag Weekend from hell, as a deer-stalking expedition in the Scottish Highlands quickly turns messier than expected.
Release Date2016-02-27
Charactersd Aitken
Episode Count3
Vote Count31
Cowards
Four-man sketch show packed with surprise and invention - all delivered with a unique brand of joyful deadpan absurdity.
Release Date2009-01-20
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd
Episode Count3
Vote Count1
No More Women
No More Women was broadcast on the BBC Comedy website as a spin-off from We Need Answers.
Release Date2009-12-03
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Charactersd Self - Contestant
Episode Count[ 10 ]
Love Wedding Repeat
While trying to make his sister's wedding day go smoothly, Jack finds himself juggling an angry ex-girlfriend, an uninvited guest with a secret, a misplaced sleep sedative, and the girl that got away in alternate versions of the same day.
Release Date2020-04-10
Charactersd Sidney
Vote Count707
I Give It a Year
After a quick courtship, two lovers hastily decide to tie the knot. As their first year of marriage unfolds, temptation and incompatibility put their relationship in jeopardy.
Release Date2013-02-08
Charactersd Alan
Vote Count767
Greed
A retail billionaire's 60th birthday party is celebrated in an exclusive hotel on the Greek island of Mykonos.
Release Date2019-09-07
Charactersd Sam
Vote Count158
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
When famous DJ Alan Partridge’s radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to work with the police to defuse a potentially violent siege.
Release Date2013-07-24
Charactersd Sidekick Simon
Vote Count464
Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How And Whom?
Documentary looking back at Alan Partridge's journey from broadcaster caricature to the award-winning study of complexity and pathos that he has become.
Release Date2017-12-27
Charactersd Himself
Vote Count5
The Harry Hill Movie
Harry Hill embarks on a road trip to Blackpool with his Nan when he discovers that his hamster only has one week to live.
Release Date2013-12-20
Charactersd Toilet Attendant
Vote Count30
Days of the Bagnold Summer
Sue works in a library. Daniel eats crisps and listens to Metallica. This was the summer Daniel was due to spend with his father and his father's new wife in Florida. But when they cancel his trip at the last minute, Sue and Daniel suddenly face the prospect of six long weeks together.
Release Date2020-08-13
Charactersd Dale
Vote Count56
Games On: Tent
Tent, from Jonathan van Tulleken's collection of short films centred around the build up to the 2012 Olympics, follows Paul, who has sold all his belongings and is camping next to the Olympic site.
Release Date2012-07-20
Charactersd Dan
Talk Radio
Pauline and Barry are a seemingly happily married middled aged couple. That is until Pauline tunes into relationship hour on Talk Radio and thinks she recognises the nameless voice that’s relaying a lifetime of regrets live on the radio.
Release Date2021-04-08
Charactersd Danny Mallard
Vote Count1
Wonderdate
A man dazzles a girl on the perfect first date but why won't she text back? He retraces his steps, reexamining the date.
Release Date2018-09-27
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Man
Vote Count1
The Dog Thrower
Silent comedy drama starring Tim Key and Matthew Perry as two men who try to entertain a crowd by throwing their dogs in the air.
Release Date2014-05-01
Charactersd Jonah
I Decided to Leave
A man decides to leave. He knows he wants to do something with his life. He just hasn't figured out what yet.
Release Date2015-10-14
Charactersd Man (voice)
Vote Count1
Very Few Fish
A short film. In London, two separate couples go on dates with each other to try and fall in love.
Release Date2013-08-01
Charactersd Jimbo
Anthony
Christmas Eve. An enormous explosion tears through Lapland. Santa and his elf, Anthony, have crash-landed in the middle of nowhere on their busiest night.
Release Date2014-10-18
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Santa
Vote Count2
Regular
A man in a coffee shop asks the barista if she ever thinks about him.
Release Date2017-11-25
Charactersd Regular
The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island
Lottery winner Charles Heath pays a folk singer Herb McGwyer to visit to his private island and perform for him for a fee of half a million pounds. Isolated from the world, the jaded folk singers' passion for music is slowly reignited.
Release Date2007-08-19
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Charles
Vote Count1
The Games That Time Forgot: Cricket on Horseback and Other Forgotten Sports
Alex Horne tries to discover why some games survived, and examines the best of those that did not. Whilst revisiting his own childhood haunts, he attempts to relaunch the ancient sport of the Quintain, horseless jousting, and tries his damnedest to understand the rules of the Jingling Match. Not forgetting his attempt to restage the forgotten spectacle of Cricket on Horseback. This might just be a journey to the very heart of sport itself, but if not, it will be a lot of fun playing games that have not been seen for hundreds of years and even more fun discovering why.
Release Date2010-07-26
Charactersd Himself - Rival and Friend
The Overcoat
A lonely social outcast gets a glimpse of what life is like for someone popular, and cannot let it go, even in death.
Release Date2017-11-14
Charactersd Narrator
The One Show
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.
Release Date2006-08-14
Charactersd Self
Episode Count1
Vote Count26
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.
Release Date1996-11-12
Charactersd Self
Episode Count1
Vote Count53
Richard Osman's House of Games
Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.
Release Date2017-09-04
Charactersd Self - Contestant
Episode Count10
Vote Count22
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Jimmy Carr hosts proceedings as the 8 Out of 10 Cats crew take over the words and numbers quiz.
Release Date2013-04-12
Charactersd Self - Dictionary Corner
Episode Count1
Vote Count91
Pointless Celebrities
Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present a celebrity version of the general knowledge quiz in which contestants try to come up with the answers that nobody else could think of.
Release Date2011-07-04
Charactersd Self - Contestant
Episode Count1
Vote Count17
Taskmaster
Greg Davies is the Taskmaster, and with the help of his ever-loyal assistant Alex Horne, they will set out to test the wiles, wit, wisdom and skills of five hyper-competitive comedians. Who will be crowned the Taskmaster champion in this brand new game show?
Release Date2015-07-28
Charactersd Self
Episode Count7
Vote Count161
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Four different celebrities all aim to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with their baking skills.
Release Date2018-03-06
Charactersd Self - Guest
Episode Count1
Vote Count8
Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe
Charlie Brooker and guests cast their collective eyes over all that the telly, cinema, news and computer games have to offer, in order to wring a little laughter from a hilariously troubled world.
Release Date2013-01-31
Charactersd Self
Episode Count2
Vote Count21
The Bubble
The Bubble is news based celebrity panel game show. Three different celebrities are locked away in a media-free zone for four days. When they are released and take part on the show they have to decide which stories that have been in the media are true or have been made up.
Release Date2010-02-19
Charactersd Self
Episode Count1
Vote Count7
Taskmaster Bonus Material
Interviews, outtakes and extra footage from Taskmaster UK
Release Date2015-12-13
Episode Count1
The Paper
The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch is in search of a new subject when they discover a historic Toledo newspaper, The Truth Teller, and the eager publisher trying to revive it.
Episode Count1
Two Films About Loneliness
Split-screen, bilingual stop-motion film, in which two neighbours turn to technology in their search for companionship and acceptance.
Release Date2014-05-02
Vote Count1
Tree
In 2013, Daniel Kitson wrote a play for two people (himself and (the mighty) Tim Key) to perform for a week or two at the (also mighty) Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. In 2015 that play was restaged at the (again, mighty) Old Vic in London for something like 28 performances, in total. This is one of those performances, in real time, start to finish.
Release Date2015-01-01
Vote Count8