Tim Key

Timothy David Key (born 2 September 1976) is an English poet, comedian, actor, screenwriter, and radio personality. He is best known for his role as Simon, Alan Partridge's sidekick in Mid Morning Matters, Alpha Papa, and This Time. Key is also a member of the comedy group Cowards and has performed extensively at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In 2009, he won the Edinburgh Comedy Award and was nominated for the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality. Key was born in Cambridgeshire and studied Russian at the University of Sheffield. He joined the Cambridge Footlights and formed the sketch group Cowards with Tom Basden, Stefan Golaszewski, and Lloyd Woolf.