Hi, thanks for listening. Thanks for coming back. Today's guest is a poet. He is a writer. He is a comedian. He is an actor. He is Tim Key. I first met him 20-something years ago now when he was performing with the Cambridge Footlights Review, although he never went to Cambridge.

Steve Coogan pops up, of course, as does, less predictably, Jamie Lang.

It's a splendid conversation with a splendid man.

Please sit back, relax and enjoy.

Bryden and Tim Key.

Hi.

Oh, Tim. That's okay.

Well, that's not okay in some of the podcasts you're used to doing,

but on ours, I like to speak without the clink of crockery.

So I keep it up just while you do the intro.

Hi, welcome to another podcast now.

And I'm joined by somebody whose sense of timing has already become apparent.

It's Tim Key.

Hiya, Tim. Do we shake hands? Yeah. Oh, with the wrong hand.

A little bit of background. We're doing this in Soho Square in the middle of London. I was late in my car because it's a horrible day. It's rainy. And I was rehearsing in the car what I was going to say to Tim,

because I think it's awful if the host is late. And it turns out, yes, I was even later. What time did you arrive? I was meant to get you at quarter to 10. I think I got you just after 10.

Yeah. I was 10.30. Yeah. But, but you know, I'll tell you who else did this. Rayfe. Another one. Ray Fines was doing, was sat where you are. Yeah. Not Ray Fines. His brother Joseph Fines. Give me support. Give me strength. Joseph Fines came in to talk about his play and he was also late. Yeah. And he jumped

out of the car and got on a tube. You went a step further. Step further, yeah. What did you,

what did you get on? I got on a line bike. Yeah. Yeah. In the driving rain. And now my grey

track suit bottoms are in the dryer. Because Tim was wearing two sets of track suit bottoms are in the dryer.

Because Tim was wearing two sets of track suit bottoms.

Just in case, for this exact scenario.

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