Peacock's The Paper finally has a trailer and I was so excited to see a familiar face The trailer for Peacock's The Office spin-off is here and I'm starting to feel more excited about The Paper. TechRadar · Aug 7, 2025
Wacky, brilliant, and moving: 11 shows not to miss at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe EDINBURGH FRINGE 2025: Big celebrity names and familiar premises are simply not the point of Edinburgh Fringe. Isobel Lewis collates some of the best shows at this year’s festival worth taking a chance on The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2025
Tom Basden on Here We Go and The Ballad of Wallis Island: ‘Writing love songs for Carey Mulligan? Mortifying’ INTERVIEW: The writer, actor, and musician has, over the years, quietly become a staple of British comedy. He tells Ellie Harrison about mining absurdity for laughs and his golden partnership with Tim Key The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2025
Your 10 essential Edinburgh Fringe comedy shows The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is coming very soon indeed, and here are the unmissable shows Evening Standard · Jul 15, 2025
Edinburgh festival 2025: 20 golden comedy shows to see this summer Desiree Burch returns, Bridget Christie drops in and Toussaint Douglass flies while Joe Kent-Walters goes beyond the grave and Jazz Emu has a midlife crisis The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2025
The Ballad of Wallis Island is a masterpiece of the extraordinary made ordinary With The Ballad of Wallis Island, Tom Basden and Tim Key have written a poignant and comical exploration of music, loss, nostalgia and hope. The Conversation · Jun 25, 2025
Mountainhead to Nintendo Switch 2: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead Steve Carell stars in Succession creator Jesse Armstrong’s new satire targeting tech billionaires, while the long-awaited games console is finally here The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2025
Tim Key: ‘Filming Alan Partridge, I was living in a lot of fear’ INTERVIEW: The actor and comic poet speaks to Louis Chilton about his new theatrically released film ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’, the pressures of acting in ‘Peep Show’ and Alan Partridge’s ‘Mid Morning Matters’, and the realisation that made him stop supporting Liverpool FC The Independent UK · May 30, 2025
The Ballad of Wallis Island is an unexpectedly upbeat spin on Stephen King’s Misery 4/5 A folk-rock hero (Tom Basden) is tricked into a reunion with his ex-bandmate (Carey Mulligan) in this gentle musical comedy about fame and fandom, that blessedly steers clear of mawkishness at every turn The Independent UK · May 29, 2025
Carey Mulligan ‘checked by medic’ during freezing Welsh summer filming She plays a folk singer who reunites to perform a gig off the coast of Wales. Evening Standard · May 28, 2025
‘There’s no chance an American will laugh’: Tim Key on his very British new film and the US Office sequel The idiosyncratic comic’s sprawling CV includes poetry, Alan Partridge and a spell in a pigeon costume but his latest career destination might be his most unlikely yet – Hollywood The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2025
Creators behind new British comedy react to ‘mad’ Richard Curtis praise Curtis has hailed the comedy as ‘one of the greatest British films of all time’ The Independent UK · May 24, 2025
Renée Zellweger nominated as best actress in 2025 National Film Academy awards Ahead of the 11th annual ceremony, it’s been announced Renée Zellweger has been nominated as best actress in this year’s National Film Academy awards. BANG Premier · May 20, 2025
Can the ‘feel-good’ movie exist in 2025? ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island' proves maybe it can By the time a film arrives on movie screens, its makers often strive to find ways to articulate how relevant it is, how it speaks to now The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2025 Bong Joon Ho: ‘I wish I had Ken Loach’s energy, but I’m just thinking about nap time’ How do you follow up an Oscar winner like Parasite? If you’re the South Korean auteur, you make a sci-fi satire where Robert Pattinson dies over and over again. The director discusses the inspirational Loach and Mike Leigh and why it’s hard being a ‘middle-aged film-maker’
WhatToWatch · Jan 16, 2025 The Ballad of Wallis Island: release date, reviews, trailer, cast and everything we know about the Carey Mulligan movie Carey Mulligan, Tom Basden and Tim Key star in The Ballad of Wallis Island. Here’s everything you need to know about the indie comedy.
The Conversation · Nov 12, 2024 5 fun podcasts for when you need a break from the news So-called “comedy” podcasts have huge followings, but who gets to say they’re actually funny? Stellar “comedy” hosts such as Joe Rogan have never made me laugh, while other prominent comedians package abrasive political commentary rather than rib-tickling humour.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2024 Alex Horne looks back: ‘Both my careers – the Horne Section and Taskmaster – are an extension of playing with friends’ Alex Horne, Joe Auckland and Ben Reynolds on being best friends since childhood, their shared love of comedy, and spending their birthdays together
The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2024 The best theatre to stream this month: Jekyll & Hyde, Daniel Kitson’s Tree and more Forbes Masson stars in Gary McNair’s version of the gothic novella, Tim Key joins Kitson in an Old Vic two-hander and Jason Manford celebrates all musicals great and small
The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2024 Tim Key: ‘I like writing in the pub, but then the poems tend to be about the pub’ The comedian on his strangest fan encounter, preshow rituals and his new film with Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan
The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2024 ‘I’d hate to act in the nude’: Tom Basden on risque writing, sitcom gold and casting Carey Mulligan His BBC One series Here We Go has single-handedly revived the family sitcom genre, and Hollywood stars love his short films. Might he be one of Britain’s most versatile comedy writers?
The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2023 The best podcasts of 2023 so far Rylan Clark discusses how to be a man, Daisy May Cooper is unreceptive to classic novels and Jon Ronson investigates a debutante turned neo-Nazi in the pick of the year to date
WhatToWatch · Apr 4, 2023 Beyond Paradise makers reveal they're already working on season 2 Plans for Beyond Paradise's second season are already well underway.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2023 ‘I’ve listened to A Hard Day’s Night 400 times but can’t tell you the words’: Tim Key’s honest playlist The comic poet brushes his teeth to the Succession theme and likes to sing obscure Russian ska-punk. But which late-80s pop star still makes him swoon?
WhatToWatch · Mar 31, 2023 Beyond Paradise boss teases what's next after heartbreaking cliffhanger Beyond Paradise's final episode sees Martha and Humphrey at a crossroads...