Audiobooks by Tim Key

Tim Key’s Poetry Programme: The Complete Series 5-7: The BBC Radio 4 Comedy

"Tim Key returns with more comic chaos, musically supported by Tom Basden Award-winning comedian Tim Key is back with three more series of his peculiar poetry programme. Having presented the show from a houseboat, a space simulator and the top of the Shard, he now ventures even further afield in his increasingly ineffective attempts to understand life through the medium of verse. In these 12 episodes, he finds himself stuck in a cable car high above the Norwegian fjords, making a movie in Rome, stranded in an Austrian cave network with the water rising, and broadcasting live from the labour ward where Megan is having a baby. He also prepares to make his TV debut, gets in trouble with Customs at Stansted Airport, heads out on safari (in Woburn) and hits the road in an Americana special... Accompanying him on his adventures are regulars Tom Basden and Katy Wix, and guest stars including Miles Jupp, Bridget Christie, Stephen Merchant, Lolly Adefope, Mike Wozniak, Sam Campbell and Morgana Robinson. ‘His sentences never end where you expect them to and the oddly appealing atmosphere he creates is so spellbinding, it's like emerging from a nice fog when he spits you out at the other end.’ Julia Raeside, The Guardian Cast Key – Tim Key Lord – Tom Basden Megan – Katy Wix Jiffy – Mike Wozniak Sir Hayden – Miles Jupp Pamela – Carlotta Morelli Bunny – Karl Johnson Bogle – Bridget Christie With Stephen Merchant, Lolly Adefope, Sam Campbell, Simon Armstrong, Morgana Robinson Photo by Jonathan Birch © 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

Tim Key (Author), Bridget Christie, Full Cast, Katy Wix, Lolly Adefope, Mike Wozniak, Miles Jupp, Morgana Robinson, Stephen Merchant, Tim Key, Tom Basden (Narrator)

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Chapters by Tim Key

"The audiobook of Tim Key's least ambitious project to date. A slim book of the crap he’s been churning out over the past eighteen months.  Poems about men getting stuck in webs, poems about the ancient city of Canterbury, poems about canoodling with a rose.  A prolific sod, he’s selected ninety of his trademark vignettes and packed them off to Emily Juniper for her to fling onto pages and shape into a book.  Discussions ensued about what, if anything, the point of it all was, and a healthy debate as to whether it should be broken up into chapters and, if so, why. All of these discussions are documented in the leftover space around the poems. The result is a splurge of words which very occasionally shine a light on modern times.  It is the third book Tim and Emily have generated together. Chapters by Tim Key. Read by Tim Key with Katy Wix as Emily Juniper. Produced, recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell. Executive producer is Ben Williams.  Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound. Original book published by Utter & Press, copyright Tim Key, 2023. This recording is copyrighted by Plosive Limited, 2023."

Tim Key (Author), Katy Wix, Tim Key (Narrator)

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Cowards: The Complete Series 1-2

"The complete series 1 and 2 of the smart and surreal sketch comedy from Tom Basden, Stefan Golaszewski, Tim Key and Lloyd Woolf. In this complete collection of BBC Radio 4 series of 'Cowards', a batch of hapless and hopeful nearly-men battle with the challenge of everyday life, doing their very best to meet the demands of the modern world. Bikes start talking, genies appear that force you to guess what your three wishes are, bridges across the channel are built out of Lego, Parky loses it and a young man tries to audition for Barbara Windsor’s part in 'EastEnders'. There are also new creatures made from splicing a cow with an apple, social experiments into squatting while on the pull, wedding proposals in PC World, a sightseeing tour around Guantanamo Bay and a Garden of Eden where it rains chocolate and cows sing. Wry, left-field observations and detailed characterisation make this, their BBC Radio 4 series, a joyous and memorable sketch show experience. ‘Re-inventing the tired art of sketch comedy... these four are brilliant’ - Observer."

Lloyd Woolf, Stefan Golaszewski, Tim Key, Tom Basden (Author), Lloyd Woolf, Stefan Golaszewski, Tim Key, Tom Basden (Narrator)

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Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme: The Complete Series 1-4: The BBC Radio 4 comedy

"Ever wondered just how much of life you can understand through poetry? Tim Key is never far from stage and screen - from Peep Show to Alpha Papa to Taskmaster. But now he's back doing what he does best - attempting to recite poetry whilst tormenting his friend and musician, the equally brilliant, and long suffering, Tom Basden. From ruminating on the meaning of family via his narrative poem The Godfather, attempting to get to the bottom of death via his poem The Boy Who Faked His Own Death, and also organising an impromptu stag party, Tim Key uses poetry to help him understand every situation. 'In any other sphere apart from comedy, we'd probably class this way of looking at the world as certifiable. Here it feels like genius.' The Telegraph 'The show... has a kind of artistry and strange beauty that makes it unlike any other hour of stand-up you are likely to see.' The Observer '...You never know when Key will suddenly toss you a fantastic joke or startlingly well-constructed line.' Radio Times Audio updated April 2019"

Tim Key (Author), Tim Key, Tom Basden (Narrator)

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