Tom Basden as Herb McGwyer ... but he’s still trying to make music that’s really simplistic in some way, and just hoping that it’ll be popular.” It’s never expressed verbatim, but ...

Who would Tim Key and Tom Basden choose to play a private concert for them? If Key and Basden were like Charles in The Ballad of Wallis Island and could afford to pay a musician to play their ...

I knew I’d have to include James Griffiths’ “The Ballad of Wallis Island,” a twee-sounding British comedy about a folk musician named Herb McGwyer (Tom Basden) who plays a gig on a remote ...

In this story, the answer was invite your favorite musician to play a gig on your remote British island. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE ONE AND ONLY HERB MCGWYER PLAYS WALLIS ISLAND") TOM BASDEN ...

A wise man once told me that “humor conceals a deep sadness.” In that spirit, “The Ballad of Wallis Island” is a gentle ...

We sit down with actors Tom Basden and Tim Key in the studio to talk about their new movie, The Ballad of Wallis Island! The Ballad of Wallis Island follows Charles (Tim Key), an eccentric lottery ...

The Ballad of Wallis Island follows Charles (Tim Key), an eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island and ...

With musical support from Tom Basden. Tim Key has pulled out all the stops for his Christmas special - he's hired a barn, a cow and a set of sleigh bells for his long-suffering musician, Tom Basden.

Carey Mulligan and Tom Basden in 'The Ballad of Wallis Island' Alistair Heap/Focus Features James Griffiths’s buzzy UK-shot and set comedy The Ballad Of Wallis Island received its first UK ...

In this story, the answer was invite your favorite musician to play a gig on your remote British island. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE ONE AND ONLY HERB MCGWYER PLAYS WALLIS ISLAND") TOM BASDEN: (As Herb ...