James De Frond
- Writer, director and executive producer
Press clippings
Tom Davis making vigilante comedy, wants King Gary revival
Tom Davis is developing a comedy about a Falling Down-style vigilante set in Croydon, his collaborator James De Frond has revealed, while adding that the pair are open to reviving King Gary after the BBC cancelled the sitcom earlier this year.
British Comedy Guide, 9th September 2024The Story Collective invests in new label from Tom Davis, James De Frond
London-based global content studio The Story Collective (TSC) has invested in writer and director James De Frond and actor Tom Davis's new indie label, Mighty Pebble Pictures.
C21 Media, 18th May 2023Your Christmas Or Mine? sequel starts filming next month
Your Christmas Or Mine?, the festive rom-com starring Asa Butterfield, Cora Kirk, Daniel Mays and Angela Griffin, written by sketch comic Tom Parry, is returning for a sequel set in the French Alps.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd March 2023The Curse to return for Series 2
Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of crime comedy drama The Curse. The new episodes will see the characters hiding out in Spain.
British Comedy Guide, 24th August 2022The Curse to return for Series 2
Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of crime comedy drama The Curse. The new episodes will see the characters hiding out in Spain.
British Comedy Guide, 24th August 2022The Curse review
They don't talk in slick zingers or gaggy jokes; but that only makes it easier to root for these out-of-their-depth clods as the pressure of living with what they've done ramps up.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 7th February 2022TV review: The Curse, C4
If you are watching TV late on a Sunday night bracing yourself for another week at the working grindstone you probably won't want anything too intellectully demanding. In which case The Curse perfectly fits the bill, putting a brisk, fresh twist on the old heist genre.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th February 2022Tom Davis and Kurupt FM on their new sitcom The Curse
"We're at a place in history that will be remembered like the Eighties".
Craig McLean, The Independent, 6th February 2022The Curse: a comedy supergroup is born!
The Kurupt FM crew and comedian Tom Davis have joined forces on Channel 4's new 1980s-set crime caper. They talk gold bullion, 7ft women - and why they dream of making their dads laugh.
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 3rd February 2022Inside King Gary Series 2
The first series of mould-breaking sitcom King Gary subverted masculine stereotypes. An RTS panel reveals the ambitions for Series 2.
Royal Television Society, 1st September 2021