Look up tiff in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Tiff may refer to:

Places[link]

• Tiff, Missouri, United States

People with the given name Tiff[link]

• Tiff Lacey (21st century), British singer
• Tiff Needell (born 1951), British racing driver and television presenter
• Milan Tiff Track and field athletics Triple Jumper

The acronym TIFF[link]

• Tagged Image File Format (TIFF), a computer file format for storing images, including photographs and line art
• Tooth Interior Fatigue Fracture (TIFF), a type of gear failure
• a popular nickname for Timothy Findley (1930–2002), Canadian author, based on his initials (Timothy Irving Frederick Findley)

Film festivals abbreviated to TIFF[link]

• Thessaloniki International Film Festival, an annual film festival held in Thessaloniki, Greece and established in 1960
• Tokyo International Film Festival, a film festival held in Tokyo, Japan and established in 1985
• Toronto International Film Festival, a film festival held in Toronto, Canada and known originally as "The Festival of Festivals" founded in 1976
• Tromsø International Film Festival, an annual film festival held in Tromsø, Norway and established in 1991
• Transilvania International Film Festival (spelled Transylvania in English), a film festival held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania and established in 2001

Other[link]

• Tiff (mineral), a mineral consisting of barium sulfate
• Tiff, a slang word for a verbal argument

See also[link]

• Tiffs, a nickname for branch badges worn by the British Royal Navy
• TIF (disambiguation)
• TIFFE (disambiguation)

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

Tiff Needell

Born	(1951-10-29) 29 October 1951 (age 60)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	British
Active years	1980
Teams	Ensign
Races	2 (1 start)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1980 Belgian Grand Prix
Last race	1980 Monaco Grand Prix
British Formula One Series career
Active years	1979
Races	8
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	1
Career points	7
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0

Timothy "Tiff" Needell (born 29 October 1951 in Havant, Hampshire) is a British racing driver and television presenter. He is best known as a former co-presenter of Top Gear and current co-presenter of Fifth Gear.

Biography[link]

Needell attended Ottershaw School followed by City University, London where he achieved an Honours Degree in Civil Engineering. Hired by George Wimpey & Co, his day job was as a Structural Design Engineer.

Racing career[link]

Needell first raced at a driving school at Brands Hatch in 1970. He progressed to Formula Ford, his progress assisted by the use of a Lotus 69 FF he won in an Autosport magazine competition.^[1] He later sold his Lotus and used the money to buy and race an Elden Mk10. Needell's Formula Ford period culminated in his acquiring a Crossle 25F with which he won the Kent Messenger FF Championship after competing for only half of the remaining season. This success landed him a partly paid drive in the Formula Ford 2000 Championship in a Hawke chassis provided by McKinstry Racing. Needell was completely dominant in that car and series which provided him with the springboard into Formula 3. The remainder of the 1970s saw Needell as a front runner in the British Formula 3 series and then in the Aurora British Formula One championship. In 1979 he was unable to graduate to the F1 World Championship due to the lack of the correct licence, but he was back in 1980, driving two Grands Prix for Ensign, qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder. However, he had an engine problem and did not finish the race. He subsequently failed to qualify for the Monaco Grand Prix.

In 1988 and 1989 he competed in the British Rallycross Grand Prix in a Metro 6R4 prepared by Will Gollop's motorsport team. He achieved a good result in 1988 finishing 4th in the B-Final in what was his first rallycross event, however, the 1989 event was cancelled due to heavy fog after the practice sessions.

Needell made his first appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1981 driving a Ibec-Hesketh 308LM alongside Tony Trimmer. They failed to finish and again in 1982 this time paired with Bob Evans and Geoff Lees in an Aston Martin Nimrod NRA/C2. However the following year Needell finished 17th driving a Porsche 956. In 1985 Needell briefly led the 24 hours driving the Aston Martin EMKA C84/1 and would eventually finish 11th. His best result at Le Mans was 3rd in 1990. He then had a couple of years in the British Touring Car Championship with Nissan, before returning to sports cars in 1995, driving a Porsche at Daytona and a Jaguar XJ220 at Le Mans. He then drove the Lister Storm for 3 years, reaching 3rd overall at Daytona in 1997 before gearbox problems dropped them to 19th. In 1998 he finished 2nd in the GT1 championship and won the Silverstone Golden Jubilee Trophy race.

Since then, Needell's racing career has mainly consisted of racing tin-tops (hard-topped cars), with varying levels of success in sports cars, historic racing and touring cars. He achieved particular notoriety after an accident with Nigel Mansell at the 1993 TOCA shoot out race at Donington Park.^[2]

Television career[link]

Needell is best known in the United Kingdom as a television presenter and motoring journalist, in particular in association with the BBC TV series Top Gear which he started co-hosting in 1987.^[3] In 2001, when the BBC cancelled Top Gear (the show was brought back in 2002), Needell and the whole cast defected and signed with Five to produce and host a new motoring show named Fifth Gear. He does however, still contribute to Top Gear magazine. Needell has also co-presented 'MPH' at Earls Court in 2003, 2004, 2005 with Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond and in 2006 with Jeremy Clarkson and James May (because Richard Hammond was recovering from his accident). He also appeared very briefly in the 2005 Top Gear Comic Relief special, Stars in Fast Cars. In 2009 he appeared on James May's Toy Stories featuring the building of a Scalextric around Brooklands. In 2011, he appeared on Top Gear, driving the Ariel Atom V8 in a race against a BMW S1000RR around the Top Gear Test Track. The segment was done in humour, with James May supposedly driving the Atom V8, only for it to actually be Tiff.

Needell says his highlight to date is "accidentally, ahem, ignoring the strict instructions Ferrari issued about not touching the traction control on their half million pound Enzo..." He has also done this on Fifth Gear while reviewing the Bugatti Veyron as well as the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, joking that his finger slipped after showing viewers the letter from Mercedes-Benz requesting he leave the traction control on.

He was one of several people suspected of portraying the elusive masked racing driver The Stig on the current format of Top Gear.^[4][5] The true identity of The Stig was eventually revealed as being Ben Collins but in late 2010 Needell returned to Top Gear after a nine-year absence to train Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle.^[6] In the same episode Jeremy Clarkson referred to Needell as the "Emergency Stig"

Other work[link]

He has an occasional column in the car magazine Auto Express.^[7]

Needell has lent his voice to the first and second games in the 'TOCA Touring Car series' for British video game developer Codemasters. His voice is also featured in the 'Ferrari Challenge' and 'Le Mans 24 Hours' video game for racing game developer Eutechnyx. He also features in the video games Race Pro and GTR Evolution racing an Aston Martin DBR9. Additionally, he is the voice of the Road Angel road safety device and GPS speed camera alert system, as well as the face on their advertising campaigns. He was the launching announcer for the high speed Rita roller coaster at Alton Towers, as well as narrating several Discovery Channel documentaries.^[8]

Thruxton Circuit has an exclusive deal which enables customers to pay £145 for three laps of fast-paced driving and drifting with Needell. The laps are filmed from within the car and feature his commentary and conversation with the passenger.^[9]

It was confirmed in the February 2012 issue of Evo magazine that Needell will be part of the contribution team going forward in 2012.^[10]

Personal life[link]

He lives in Wiltshire with his wife Patsy and his three sons, Jack, Harry and George.^[11]

His younger brother Chris is a team manager for Barwell Motorsports team racing Aston Martin DBRS9.

In November 2006, Needell was cleared of 'failing to supply details in relation to a speeding ticket', and the accompanying speeding offence by Pontypridd magistrates. He was defended by Nick Freeman, otherwise known as Mr. Loophole,^[12] who also defended former colleague Jeremy Clarkson on a similar case.

He is a football fan and supports Southampton. He is also an active user of Twitter.^[13]

He also works as an after dinner speaker.^[14]

Complete Formula One results[link]

(key)

References[link]

External links[link]

• www.tiff.tv - The official website of Tiff Needell
• Fifth Gear website
• Tiff Needell on Twitter
• interview on Mitzi TV, "Baby You Can Drive My Car"

This article relies on references to primary sources or sources affiliated with the subject, rather than references from independent authors and third-party publications. Please add citations from reliable sources. (June 2011)

This article may be written from a fan's point of view, rather than a neutral point of view. Please clean it up to conform to a higher standard of quality, and to make it neutral in tone. (June 2011)

Tiff Lacey also known as Tiffany Lacey (born c. 1986) is a singer/songwriter from Crayford, Kent, England, and the vocalist behind many trance and house hits. Except for her vocal abilities, she's also known for the fact that she often writes lyrics that differ considerably from the standard themes in the genre.^[1]

Singing career[link]

Tiff Lacey started singing when she was 16 years old. A few years later she began working as a backing singer to the band "Falling Man". They recorded an album and gigged regularly until they eventually disbanded. Then she started fronting a blues/rock band touring locally in the South East. However, she felt the need to develop her songwriting capabilities in her own right, so she left the band, but yet teamed up with one of its members.They recorded several songs and had interest from both Virgin and EMI. But unfortunately they broke up soon after, because they were not able to capitalize upon the record company's interest. Deciding to change direction, Tiff Lacey joined the "Frankenstein’s Baby", an indie/folk band. They wrote and recorded several songs, gained large fan base and were reviewed various times in musical press around the country. Playing regularly at the legendary "Mean Fiddler", Tiff Lacey felt that the other members were not as driven as her in seeking chart success, so she left, to reflect on the direction her career should eventually take.

And then her breakthrough in the club scene happened. Her demo was chosen among many by Paul Oakenfold and he invited her to record the vocals for his track "Hypnotised", which became a worldwide hit in 2002. It was then followed by "In Your Hands" with Redd Square which resulted another success and by M-Box's "Kiss In Shadows", which was remixed by Tiesto. In 2003 she also provided vocals for The Thrillseekers' track "Affinity". Her fame was established in 2004 when she was included in three tracks from ATB's album No Silence, all three of which became hits, especially "Ecstasy" which is still ATB's biggest hit to date. She would later work with him again for the albums Seven Years: 1998-2005 (2005) and Future Memories (2009). In 2005 she recorded vocals for Filo & Peri's techno hit "Dance With A Devil", which was remixed by Serge Devant and DJ Shog. That year saw her teaming up with Headstrong (aka Don Jackson). They recorded numerous tracks together which were released through the years. The hits among them are "Close Your Eyes" (2005), "The Truth" (2006) and "Symphony Of Soul" (2007). Lacey got in touch with Jackson thanks to another longtime collaborator and popular name in the EDM industry - Matt Darey (who contributed a remix for "Close Your Eyes"), with whom she recorded the successful track "Always", which was followed by "Sum Of All Fears" (2007) and "Into The Blue" (2010). Always in 2005 she did her first collaboration with Flash Brothers called "Faith In Love" which received support from DJs like Paul Van Dyk, Armin Van Buuren, Markus Schulz and became Flash Brothers' main hit until then. Lacey later recorded again for them in 2007 ("Stay") and in 2011 she sang the title track for their album "Heaven's Gate".

In 2006 she recorded for the first time with Cosmic Gate. The tune called "Should've Known" was included on their album Earth Mover and was also released as a single with remixes by Wippenberg, Jonas Steur a.k.a. Estuera and DJ Delicious, receiving big success. Wippenberg wanted Lacey for the track "Promised Land" the next year, which was remixed by Nic Chagall.

In 2007 Tiff Lacey teamed up with Russian DJ Bobina for a collaboration track called "Where Did You Go", which was included in his album "Again". The track was remixed by another popular name, Dutch DJ First State. The remix received massive support from DJs such as Armin Van Buuren, which led to a collaboration between First State and Lacey called "Where Do We Go", included on his album "Time Frame".

In 2008 Lacey recorded two tracks with trance duo Matt Abbott and Chris Chambers a.k.a. Abbott & Chambers titled "Where Are You" and "Strange Liaison". The tracks were released with remixes by Nitrous Oxide, Cressida, Carl B, Dennis Sheperd, David & Carr, Onova, Allan O' Marshall and Karl G. These tunes established her fame in the Uplifting trance genre, after being included mainly on Progressive trance and Dance before that. The same year she also did "Don't Be Afraid" with Michael Badal and "The Sweetest Sound" with Nick Murray both of which became hits and are considered signature tracks of hers. Overall in 2008 (only) Tiff Lacey was included on more than 30 releases.

Her collaboration track with Tenishia called "Burning From The Inside" won the award Best Dance Production 2008 at the Malta Music Awards.^[2]

She wrote a vocal electronic album with Huw Williams in 2007 and it was released in 2008 under their alias name Rubikon and titled "Wonderland". The album featured 11 original recordings. Three of them, "Thing Called Love", "Why Keep On" and "Telephone" were released as singles with remixes by Morgan Page and Hakan Ludvigson, amongst others.

Even though she's mainly considered a Trance singer, however, Tiff Lacey is often wanted for House music collaborations as well. Some of her highlights in this genre include: "Clockworks" with Amex, Natlife and Purepath (2008), "Dreaming" with DJ Zya (2009), "Sweet 17" with Tash (2009), "Beds" with Chus Liberata (2010), "As We Ride" with The Henchmen (2011) , "Perfect World" with Pagano (2011) and "Darkest Hours" with Fergus Keogh (2012).

Tiff Lacey's first solo single (she only had one solo song included on Ibiza compilation before that) - a piano ballad called "Show Me The Way" was released on 14 December 2009, with remix package provided by Ivan Spell and Gabriel Lukosz. It was re-released in 2011 with a reworked version of the Ivan Spell remix.

In January 2010 "I Know" with George Acosta was released. The remix of the tune by Beat Service was played on A State Of Trance and featured on numerous other podcasts.^[3]

In April 2010, Tiff Lacey signed with label Loverush Digital for the release of her solo album. Later in that year she did a special appearance on Matt Darey's Nocturnal radio show where a 1 hour guest vocal set consisting entirely of her hits was played, including comments by herself between every track.^[4]

In February 2011, her track with Aly & Fila called "Paradise" was released as a single on Future Sound of Egypt to good reviews, being played on ASOT.^[5]

On 31 January 2011 the singer shared the official video of the first single from her upcoming full-length studio album "iVIVA!" called "Take Me Away" on her Facebook page. Later on the same day Mark "Loverush" Schneider announced the single's upcoming release. It was released on March 9, 2011 on iTunes with remixes by Tom Noize, Loverush UK, Darren Flinders and Stereojackers.

On May 8, 2011, Tiff Lacey presented on Facebook an official video to another song from her upcoming album - the ballad "Mother To Daughter". The video was shot in Dorset and in her home. Her daughter also appears in it.

There was an album launch party which took place in London on August 12, 2011. The event included live performances by Lacey and Paul Stevens^{[disambiguation needed ]} and guest DJ sets by Loverush UK, Stuart J and Matt Emulsion.

Her album "¡Viva!" came out on iTunes on August 15, 2011 via Loverush Digital. Among the main record producers in it are George Popa, Matt Bukovski, Nick Murray and Loverush UK!. On the very next day, on August 16, American DJ/producer Ryan Farish released his album "Upon a Dream" which included 3 collaborations with Tiff Lacey (the title track being one of them). The album received a worldwide success and for Lacey musically it was an experience similar to those she had with ATB.

In January, 2012, Lacey's collaboration with Italian DJ Vito De Santis aka Vitodito called "Forbidden Love" was released via Neuroscience Deep label to great reviews. The Domenico Cascarino & Luca Lombardi remix of the track reached #3 on Beatport Chillout Chart.

Her second single with The Henchmen, "Dancing Into Day" became an immediate success after the original mix was released on "Housesession Miami WMC 2012" in March. She participated in the WMC 2012 compilations with one more track - "Perfect World" with Pagano, in remix by Ralphi Rosario.

On April 10, 2012, the singer shared with her fans in Facebook the music video for her song "Speak Your Name" (from "¡Viva!")

Her tracks "Perfect World" with Pagano and "Little Heart" with Illitheas, which already gained lots of attention and airplay, will have full single releases soon as well. She has also recorded new tracks with Airwave, Philip Aelis and Robert Lyttle, amongst others.

Writing[link]

Besides her singing talent, Tiff Lacey is also a writer and painter. She wrote almost all of her song lyrics. Her themes include various subjects, like love, romance, joy, dreams, fears, introspection, sorrow, God and, especially in the last few years, a consistent part of her lyrics are describing motherhood.

VSA[link]

In October 2011 Tiff Lacey, in collaboration with fellow performer Antonia Lucas, founded the non-profit organization VSA (Vocalist Songwriters Alliance). The organization's mission is to defend and support the business and creative rights of the vocalists, especially in the EDM sector of the industry, which have been strongly disrespected over the years by several DJ's. All that working in team. Numerous popular names joined the VSA, among which are Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Kirsty Hawkshaw, Jaren, Marcie Joy and Audrey Gallagher. ^[6]

Discography[link]

Albums:

• ¡Viva! (2011)

Selected tracks:

• Paul Oakenfold & Tiff Lacey - "Hypnotised"
• The Thrillseekers & Tiff Lacey pres. Hydra - "Affinity"
• ATB & Tiff Lacey - "Ecstasy"
• Filo & Peri with Tiff Lacey - "Dance With A Devil"
• Matt Darey & Tiff Lacey - "Always"
• Bobina & Tiff Lacey - "Where Did You Go"
• First State & Tiff Lacey - "Where Do We Go"
• Michael Badal & Tiff Lacey - "Don't Be Afraid"
• Cosmic Gate & Tiff Lacey - "Open Your Heart"
• George Acosta & Tiff Lacey - "I Know"
• Motionchild & Will Holland with Tiff Lacey - "Arctic Kiss"
• Aly & Fila with Tiff Lacey - "Paradise"
• Ryan Farish & Tiff Lacey - "Upon A Dream"
• Matt Bukovski & Tiff Lacey - "Swept Away"
• Bartlett Bros, Matt Loki & Tiff Lacey - "Sweet Child"
• Sean Bay & Tiff Lacey - "Moon In The Dark"

References[link]