| Tim Batt | |
| Birth Date: | 19 August 1987 |
| Birth Place: | Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Known For: | Comedy and podcasting |
| Notable Works: | The Worst Idea of All Time |
| Television: | TVNZ Duke Banter |
| Website: | timbatt.co.nz |
Tim Batt (born 19 August, 1987[1]) is a New Zealand-based comedian and podcaster. He co-hosts The Worst Idea of All Time podcast with fellow NZ comedian Guy Montgomery and was nominated for a Billy T Award in 2014 and 2015.
Batt grew up in Christchurch, New Zealand and later spent time in Wellington, and then Auckland. Before comedy, he worked in radio and call centers.[2] Batt attended Cobham Intermediate School, and was a contemporary of acclaimed singer and UNICEF ambassador Hayley Westenra, the two appearing together in school productions.
Batt's first appearance on TV was in 2014, on the TVNZ U show U LATE with future collaborator Guy Montgomery, where he appeared as a "pathetic but upbeat" public bathroom reviewer.[3] After the channel shut down, the two decided to start a small project together, which turned into the podcast The Worst Idea of All Time, a podcast where every season the duo rewatch and review the same film weekly for a year. Based on the success of the podcast, Batt launched a podcast network, Little Empire Network. The network features podcasts by fellow comedians such as Rose Matafeo and Nic Sampson.
Batt hosted TVNZ Duke chat show Banter in 2017. In 2019, he hosted a chat/sketch show hybrid with cohost Luke Rowell called Space Couch.[4] In 2020, Montgomery and Batt were tapped to film a pilot for a TV show for YouTube Red. The pilot involved the two attempting to take a method approach to film reviewing by watching while living in an abandoned subway station in New York City and eating nothing but pizza.[5] The show was not greenlit for a series.