At 15 years of age Tim made several appearances on the television show 'Young Talent Time' as a contestant.

At 23 he was invited back as a special guest artist and made the first of ten appearances. He appeared as himself and in character as Kev the Cleaner, Spellbinder, and his very popular character Professor Googalfitz. Tim always aimed to create a magic routine which would suit the theme of the show and remained a regular until the long-running Saturday night show finally came to an end in the late '80s.