Best known for his terrific BBC series "The Secret Life of Machines", Hunkin also masterfully crafts whimsical, coin-operated, mad contraptions that blend the history of penny arcade mechanics with modern wit and technology.

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Tim Hunkin trained as an engineer, but then became a cartoonist (drawing a strip for the Observer called ‘The Rudiments of Wisdom’ for 15 years). His next career was in television (writing and presenting three series called ‘The Secret Life of Machines’ for Channel 4). For the next ten years he worked for museums, building interactive exhibits and curating and designing exhibitions. He is currently obsessed with his ‘Under the Pier Show’ amusement arcade on Southwold pier.