Q. Who is Tim Key?
A. Tim Key is a poet, question master and div. He won the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2009 and has a new book out. It is a confused effort.

Q. You describe yourself as a savant. Can you demonstrate this for us, for example, how many places can you recite pi to?
A. I can recite pi to one place. It is threeish. A good way to think about it is that if it was done in pieces of meat you would get just over three pieces of meat (more than enough).

Q. Would Alex Horne or Mark Watson be the victor in a game of draughts?
A. Mark Watson would win the game of draughts. Alex Horne wouldn't mind. He has bigger fish to fry.

Q. Can we have a poem about We Need Answers please?
Three little men
Made a television show (based around questions that the public had sent in to 63336).
Two of the little men stood up behind podium things.
The third one had a leather chair that slid up and down runners.
(Vin made the runners).
(BBC4, Tuesdays, 10pm).

Q. Who's been your favourite contestant on the new series of We Need Answers?
A. Two please: Jenni Murray and Martin Offiah. It was a classic case of a Woman's Hour presenter and a rugby league legend fusing together to produce some very divvy telly. But really, I loved the lot of them. We're lucky boys.

Q. How has winning the Edinburgh festival award last year changed your life?
A. I am more arrogant now. I don't return calls. I have no interest in spending time with people who aren't famous or attractive. (Emoticon wink).

Q. What's the nicest thing anyone's ever said about you?
A. Someone said I was a good footballer. A Russian once mistook me for a Latvian. My nephew (3) thought I was Tommy Cooper. I don't know how he knows who Tommy Cooper is.

Q. Are you naturally funny or do you have to work hard at it?
A. I work hard. But sometimes I can be funny on the spot (ie without consulting my notes). Richard Whitely said I had a funny face. That happened in a pub.

Q. Many of the shows you've been on have involved alcohol in one form or another. Do you think audiences should drink more?
A. No, I think they drink about the right amount. I think I should drink less.

Q. What's the meaning of life?
A. Life is the result of a complex sequence of chemical reactions and has no underlying meaning. Assign yourself a meaning: find out what you love & do it. (Editors note: I think Tim texted 63336)

Q. How has the BBC changed over the last year?
A. They put me on the telly sometimes. They get their knickers in a twist about quite small things because of that stunt that Jonathan Ross and Andrew Sachs pulled.

Q. What's been your favourite answer from 63336?
A. Disappointingly, about 70% of my texts are asking where the nearest curry house is. I like this one. My question: "Can you tell us some hypermarche's that are open near calais on a Sunday? We need to buy stuff. Thanks." Your answer "French Hypermarches are closed on Sunday except in December. Some small supermarkets open Sunday mornings, but close at noon. Auchan opens at 8.30am Mon.". Context is everything. We went on a booze cruise on a Sunday. Receiving this answer was a low point.

Q. How can we make the world a nicer place?
A. No more guns. I shot one last week. They're really loud and menacing. Won't be doing that again.

Q. What do you want from Santa this year?
A. Nothing. Just to know he's still kicking about, doing his bit. That's enough for me. (A microphone, possibly).

Q. Who was your biggest influence when you were growing up?
A. In life. My parents. In comedy - Hancock, The Two Ronnies and Fry and Laurie. Then obviously Iannucci and his mob.

Q. Tell us something about you that nobody else knows?
A. I haven't really told anyone yet, but I've got a new book out. It's called INSTRUCTIONS, GUIDELINES, TUTELAGE, SUGGESTIONS, OTHER SUGGESTIONS AND EXAMPLES ETC; AN ATTEMPTED BOOK BY TIM KEY. (AND DESCRIPTIONS/CONVERSATIONS/A PIECE ABOUT A MOTH).

You can watch We Need Answers on BBC4, Tuesdays, 10pm. If you want to buy Tim's book, go here. If you want to buy our book, go here.