Tim Key

Tim Key

Date of birth: 02-09-1976
Tim Key won the 2009 Edinburgh Comedy Award for his show, The Slutcracker, a mix of poetry, unconventional stand-up and film. And in 2012, Masterslut won best show atthe Chortle Awards.

A former member of the Cambridge Footlights, he first came to the Fringe with their 2001 Edinburgh show Far Too Happy, which also starred Mark Watson and was nominated for the Perrier award for best newcomer.

He also featured in Alex Horne's best-newcomer nominated Making Fish Laugh in 2003, and is part of the four-man sketch troupe Cowards. His solo Edinburgh debut came in 2004, with the tragic one-man comedy play Luke & Stella, which was made into a Radio 4 series called All Bar Luke.

His poetry has also feature on Radio 4’s Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better and Charlie Brooker's Newswipe.

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The Paper returns to Sky

10 new episodes to drop in September

American sitcom The Paper is set to return  to Sky for a second season  on September 10

All ten episodes will drop at the same time – 24 hours after they arrive on Peacock in the US.

In season two, after sweeping the Ohio Journalism Awards, editor Ned (Domhnall Gleeson) embarks on a journalistic crusade that jeopardises the newspaper.

British stars Gbemisola Ikumelo and Tim Key, plus comic Alex Edelman return alongside  Sabrina Impacciatore, Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, G Ramona Young, Eric Rahill, Duane Shepard and Oscar Nuñez.

Key in The Paper

New guest stars this season include actors Jon Lovitz, Andy Richter, Lisa Gilroy, Matt Braunger, Toks Olagundoye  and Phil Hendrie.

The show was a spin-off from The Office, with the documentary crew that immortalised Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch now focusing on new subject: a historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it.

The Paper is created, written and executive produced by Greg Daniels and Michael Koman. Because of its connection to The Office, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant are also credited as executive producers.

Series two will also stream on Now.

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Published: 25 Jun 2026

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Past Shows

Edinburgh Fringe 2001

Far Too Happy


Edinburgh Fringe 2006

Cowards


Edinburgh Fringe 2009

Party

Tim Key: The Slutcracker


Edinburgh Fringe 2010

Tim Key: The Slutcracker [2010]


Edinburgh Fringe 2011

Tim Key: Masterslut


Edinburgh Fringe 2014

Tim Key: Single White Slut


Edinburgh Fringe 2015

Tim Key: Work-in-Slutgress


Edinburgh Fringe 2017

Tim Key: Work in Progress


Edinburgh Fringe 2018

Tim Key: Megadate


Edinburgh Fringe 2019

Tim Key


Edinburgh Fringe 2022

Tim Key: Mulberry

Tim Key: Mulberry


Theatre

Tree


Agent

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