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What a charming little movie.

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Alison Steadman recalls ‘ridiculous’ question she was asked after breaking her foot

The incident left the star ‘sobbing in agony’

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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

My 5 favorite movies of 2025 so far that you can watch at home right now

Do yourself a favor and catch up with these must-see movies from the first half of 2025, all of which you can watch from home right now.

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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.

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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

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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

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

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

The Ballad of Wallis Island review – funny, melancholy yarn of a folk duo reunited by oddball superfan

Tim Key bring his trademark pleasant awkwardness to the island-owner who pays Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan to come and play for him

The Guardian - UK

‘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

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

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.

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Mandy season 3 full guide: how to watch, cast, episode guide, and everything you need to know

Mandy season 3 saw the Diane Morgan comedy series returning for more misadventures as Mandy turns her hand to more careers... and trouble arises.

The Guardian - UK

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

The week in TV: Trigger Point; Putin vs the West: At War; Mr & Mrs Smith; Here We Go – review

Vicky McClure’s bomb disposal expert is back with a bang; assorted British PMs supply the low notes as world leaders reflect on war in Ukraine; and Donald Glover and Maya Erskine outdo Pitt and Jolie in a star-studded remake

The Guardian - UK

‘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?

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From The Three Musketeers to Cher: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Dumas’s trio bring more mustachioed swashbucklery to cinemas, and the pop matriarch goes festive with an album chock-full of Christmas cheer

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12 reasons why we can’t wait for Here We Go to return - and how you can watch the first series of this highly-acclaimed family drama

Here We Go was one of the best BBC comedy offerings of 2022. Series two is currently filming, and here's every reason you should tune in.

The Guardian - UK

The new Accidental Death of an Anarchist is a riot of laughs – but does it make us angry enough?

As accusations of police corruption are once again in the news, Dario Fo and Franca Rame’s Accidental Death of an Anarchist arrives in the West End

Evening Standard

Accidental Death of an Anarchist at Theatre Royal Haymarket review: uproarious farce takes aim at the Met

The supporting cast is great but this is Daniel Rigby’s show – he doesn’t just perform the exquisite script, he blows every line up

The Independent UK

Daniel Rigby: ‘Victoria Wood and I would watch MasterChef and heckle Gregg Wallace’

The ‘Flowers’ and ‘Eric and Ernie’ actor tells Ellie Harrison about sending up the police in the revival of ‘Accidental Death of an Anarchist’, his bizarre run-in with the authorities, and his memories of living with the late comedy legend Victoria Wood

Wales Online

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer: Who is Tim Key?

Tim Key will be joining AJ Odudu, Gemma Collins and Jessica Hynes on The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer on Channel 4

The Independent UK

‘Don’t expect a blaze of glory’: The story of ITV’s ‘Plebs’ and how it ends

After five series, the ancient Roman comedy is finally coming to an end with a feature-length special. Sean Russell went on set with co-creator Sam Leifer to reflect on what it was that made the show unique

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