The Tim Vine Chat Show

And he offers up a sack full of seasonal one-liners, definitely not traditional songs and fiendishly silly seasonal games.

Featuring a seasonal lawn-mowing song and a man who lost his Christmas dinner.

Producer: Richard Morris

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2018.

Tim Vine and the British public with a sack full of seasonal jokes.

Tim Vine hears the public's Christmas stories featuring a seasonal lawn-mowing song and a lost Christmas dinner. From 2018.

The Punslinger extraordinaire invites the public to tell Christmas stories.

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Featuring guests with fascinating Christmas stories like Terry the wood-seller as well as some musical Yuletide advice about Christmas dinner. Tim also sets a fiendish challenge to see how many dressing gowns you can remember.

Producer: Richard Morris

Production co-ordinator: Sarah Nicholls

A BBC Studios Production

Tim Vine pulls a cracker with the great British public.

This programme was first broadcast in December 2021

The chat show where the audience are the stars, hosted by the inimitable Tim Vine.

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It's the pilot for a chat show with a twist.

Tim Vine brings you half an hour of daft exuberance and stand up comedy.

The twist is that Tim's guests are the Great British public in a celebration of ordinary people.

Join Tim as we hear the entertaining and diverse life stories of:

* Kevin Hall, an automotive design engineer

* Debs Green, a speech and language therapist

* Amber Ash, a student of English

* Paul Hunt, who teaches computer science

Tim also sings his much-loved songs and showcases the world famous one-liners that have made him a global comedy star.

This pilot proved to be a winner with Tim's following series broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

Producer: Richard Morris

A BBC Radio Comedy production for BBC Radio 2, first broadcast in November 2015.

The chat show with a twist, where the Great British public are the stars.

The chat show with a twist, where the public are the guests, alongside Tim's legendary one-liners and songs. From 2015.

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From the famous Pavilion Theatre on Cromer Pier.

Seaside one-liners and songs abound as Tim rolls up his trousers, has a paddle and talks at crossed porpoises with the people of Norfolk.

Featuring a man with an interesting collecting hobby and a song about a metronome.

Producer: Richard Morris

From Cromer, Tim Vine presents the chat show where the great British public are the stars.

From Cromer, Tim Vine presents the chat show where the great British public are the stars. From August 2018.

Expect a brand new house band taking over from The Conkers ('they had a string of hits') and some more preposterous games to play along with at home.

The guests (plucked from Tim's audience on the day of recording) include a former air hostess from the land of Santa Claus, a budding Widow Twanky and a man with a nail-biting story about Brussel sprouts.

Join internationally acclaimed stand-up Tim for the one sure-fire way of topping up your quota of cracker jokes this Christmas.

Producer: Richard Morris

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2016.

Tim Vine and the British public offer up a sleigh-full of Yuletide jokes.

Tim Vine and the British public offers up a sleigh-full of Yuletide joke, songs and preposterous seasonal games. From 2016.

Guests are plucked from Tim's audience on the day of recording.

They include:

* A man with a nail-biting story about Brussels sprouts.

Series in which the internationally acclaimed master of the one-liner interviews members of his live audience.

In this opening episode:

* Tim talks to a death-defying parachutist

* Tim hears about a hair-raising brush with a Royal Protection Officer

* Tim tells at least two jokes about chickens

Producer: Richard Morris

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in June 2016.

Tim talks to a death-defying parachutist and tells at least two jokes about chickens.

Tim meets a death-defying parachutist, plus a hair-raising brush with a royal protection officer and chicken jokes! From 2016.

From the Wakefield Theatre Royal in West Yorkshire.

Tim meets a secretary and sings an imaginary country song.

Producer: Richard Morris

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2016.

Tim meets a secretary and sings an imaginary country song. The Great British public at the Wakefield Theatre Royal. From 2016.

The internationally acclaimed master of the one-liner faces a job interview and an encounter with an anaconda.

Producer: Richard Morris

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2016.

Tim has a job interview and an encounter with an anaconda.

A job interview for Tim, and encountering an anaconda in his quest to hear life stories of the great British public. From 2016.

The internationally acclaimed master of the one-liner winds up this series with a mysterious job in a reservoir and a quiz about trifle.

Producer: Richard Morris

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2016.

The series' last show features a mysterious job in a reservoir and a quiz about trifle.

Tim Vine hears life stories of the British public including a mysterious job in a reservoir and a quiz about trifle. From 2016.

And of course he takes every possible opportunity to tell a ridiculous joke and sing a preposterous song along the way.

Starting in London, Tim is confronted by a man with an interesting technique for warding off foxes.

And he meets an office worker who was inadvertently responsible for half of Welwyn Garden City being closed to the public.

There's also a song about allergies.

Producer: Richard Morris

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2017.

Tim finds himself confronted by a man with an interesting technique for warding off foxes.

Tim meets a man who keeps foxes at bay, an office worker who shut a new town down and sings a song about allergies. From 2017.

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And of course he takes every possible opportunity to tell a ridiculous joke and sing a preposterous song along the way.

Tim arrives at the Babbacombe Theatre in Torquay, where the seaside crowd sing a song about a box and a local laughter yoga teacher leads an impromptu workshop.

Producer: Richard Morris

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2017.

Tim visits Babbacombe Theatre in Torquay, where the seaside crowd sing a song about a box.

Tim's arrived at in Torquay's Babbacombe Theatre, where the seaside crowd sing a song about a box.

Plus a local laughter yoga teacher leads an impromptu workshop.

Tim Vine meets a yoga teacher for a lesson in laughter and leads the seaside crowd in a song about a box. From 2017.

The seaside crowd at Torquay's Babbacombe Theatre sing a song about a box.

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And of course he takes every possible opportunity to tell a ridiculous joke and sing a preposterous song along the way.

Tim takes his Chat Show wagon to Birmingham to play Shreddy Steady Go, Next of Kim and Counting Sheep.

Producer Richard Morris

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2017.

Tim meets a Birmingham shop fitter, a leadership trainer and an estate agent. From 2017.

Tim plays Shreddy Steady Go, Next of Kim, Counting Sheep and hears a sad tale about a budgie. From 2017.

Tim hits Brum – playing Shreddy Steady Go, Next of Kim, Counting Sheep and hears a sad tale about a budgie. From 2017.

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And of course he takes every possible opportunity to tell a ridiculous joke and sing a preposterous song along the way.

Tim parks his Chat Show wagon in Wales at the Borough Theatre in Abergavenny.

Dramatic events come in the form of an anecdote about a haunted hotel and a warship trying to do a three-point turn.

Producer: Richard Morris

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2017.

The chat show with a twist where the British public are the stars.

Tim is in Abergavenny with of an anecdote about a haunted hotel and a warship trying to do a three-point turn. From 2017.

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As well as taking every possible opportunity to tell a ridiculous joke and sing a preposterous song along the way.

Tim parks his Chat Show wagon in Scotland at the St Andrew Blackadder church in North Berwick.

A pie-seller and a man undergoing some unusual physiotherapy provide the entertainment and Tim leads a maritime sing-a-long.

Producer: Richard Morris

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2017.

Tim visits North Berwick where a pie seller and a man undergoing unusual physiotherapy provide the entertainment. From 2017.

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But he also takes every possible opportunity to tell a ridiculous joke and sing a preposterous song along the way.

Tim arrives in London and parks his Chat Show wagon in Greenwich, where he chats to a museum curator about airport security.

Plus there's a song about cake and milk.

Producer: Richard Morris

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2017.

Tim visits Greenwich and chats to a museum curator about airport security.

Tim visits Greenwich and chats to a museum curator about airport security, and there is a song about cake and milk. From 2017.

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