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Based on co-writers Tom Basden and Tim Key’s own 2007 short, “The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island,” the feature length version sticks to a modest scale.

Tom Basden has been writing and acting for a couple of decades, working on Peep Show, Fresh Meat, After Life and Man vs Bee along the way. But right now is something of a boom time for the comedian .

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks comedians Tom Basden and Tim Key, about why they returned to their nearly 20-year-old short film to create a full-length feature, The Ballad of Wallis Island.

When Basden and Key, now in their 40s, made 2007’s “The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island,” they knew little of what lay ahead for them, let alone much about how to make a movie.

This image released by Focus Features shows co-writer/actor Tom Basden, from left, director James Griffiths and actor Carey Mulligan on the set of "The Ballad of Wallis Island." ...

Written by Tom Basden and Tim Key, The Ballad of Wallis Island expands on their 2007 short film The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island.

Tim Key, Tom Basden, and Carey Mulligan play an unlikely trio in this British comedy filmed along the coast of Wales When singer-songwriter Herb McGwyer (Tom Basden) wades ashore on remote Wallis ...

Tom Basden, left, as Herb McGwyer ... Actors Basden and Key are a longstanding comedy team – The Ballad of Wallis Island expands a short film they made with director Griffiths 18 years ago.

Tim Key, Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan are a disarmingly delightful trio in a quirky and music-filled comedy set on picturesque Welsh shores. ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’ Review: Makes the ...

Tom Basden and Tim Key of "The Ballad of Wallis Island" are interviewed in the Village Voice about acting with Carey Mulligan.