Timothy Mark Vine (born 4 March 1967) is an English comedian, actor, writer and presenter best known for his puns and other one-liners and his role on the TV sitcom Not Going Out (2006–2012, 2014).

[4] Vine's stand-up act consists primarily of a series of quick-fire one-liners and puns, along with silly songs and a bagful of props.

Vine and a security guard from his office job in Croydon started doing open mic nights as a hobby.

Vine quit his job to go on tour as a support act for Boothby Graffoe, who later wrote additional material for The Sketch Show.

In 2006, he had a large advertising hoarding erected featuring his name and image, with a small sub-heading "...is not appearing at this year's Edinburgh Festival.

"[8] Vine appeared at the Pleasance Courtyard for the first two weeks of the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe performing a show entitled Punslinger.

He appeared at the Christian festival, Spring Harvest, in 2007, 2008 and 2013 alongside John Archer at Skegness and Minehead, and at the Cambridge Theatre in May 2007 for a show entitled Tim Vine, Live in Concrete.

In a BBC Radio Wales interview with Behnaz Akhgar (12 October 2021), Vine revealed that he had intended to perform a new stand-up show at the 2020 Edinburgh Fringe but Breeeep!

[citation needed] Vine's musical talents, aside from the comedy songs in his act, include playing the guitar, bass, piano and drums.

[14] Vine has released three novelty music albums, Pretend Popstar - Fake Hits, Dance Floor Gridlock and Angus Crunch and the Nepali Flautist.

[15] Vine is a huge Elvis Presley fan and has been since his death in 1977; he has a picture of the rock and roll legend in every room at home.

[16] The megastar was Vine’s Specialist Subject on Celebrity Mastermind and his inspiration for performing to "Viva Las Vegas" on Comic Relief Does Fame Academy.

On 6 January 2020, Plastic Elvis was the Dictionary Corner Guest on Countdown,[17] plugging the 2020 UK tour, which was later postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled for autumn 2021 through spring 2022.

Although promotional material states "This is NOT a stand up comedy show", Vine's regular support act comic/magician John Archer plays Big Buddy Holly.

[19] The event raised around £40,000 for the homeless charity Crisis, Refuge (which supports female domestic abuse survivors) and The Trussell Trust food banks.

[20] The first episode "Tim Vine Celebrates... Christmas" was released for free on 19 December and includes many previously unheard jokes and humorous songs, as well as an array of comedy characters, mostly voiced by himself.

In autumn 1995, Vine hosted the BBC One morning quiz Housemates, featuring an endgame called Up The Garden Path.

Vine was the first man to appear on Channel 5, alongside Julia Bradbury and the Spice Girls, when the network launched on 30 March 1997.

Replacing Mark Williams, Vine portrayed Sebastian Beach in the second and final season of BBC One's comedy Blandings (2013-2014), based on the books by P. G. Wodehouse.

Regular cast members included Sally Phillips, Mandeep Dhillon, Marek Larwood and John Archer.

Special guests included Emma Bunton and Ore Oduba; the latter later starred with Vine in the 2019/2020 Cinderella panto at Fairfield Halls, Croydon.

For the 2021 telethon, Vine's contribution was Joke In A Box, entertaining military personnel who had assisted medical centres during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In August 2010, Vine won the prize for the funniest joke of that year's Edinburgh Fringe, following a public vote from a judged shortlist.

The record was subsequently broken on two occasions by Anthony Lehmann and Korukonda Ranga Rao, but Guinness later decided both performers had breached guidelines by using cue cards, so Vine was reinstated.

[32] He held the record until November 2014, when Australian comedian Taylor Goodwin, inspired by Vine, told 550 jokes.

[37] Vine is a supporter of Sutton United, stating that the first of the team's games he attended was an FA Cup match against Middlesbrough during the 1987–88 season.