Tom Basden
- 44 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, executive producer and composer
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Plebs: BAFTA nominated sitcom comes to an end
Plebs, the sitcom about a group of mates negotiating their way through Roman society, is coming to an end. A feature-length finale will round off the show, premiering on the new streaming service ITVX. The BBC joined Marcus, Grumio and Auerlius on set in Wales, as filming on their final adventure wrapped up.
Alex Stanger, BBC, 11th December 2022Plebs: Soldiers Of Rome review
It's a sign of how much Plebs has become important to ITV that its feature-length farewell episode was heralded as one of the launch highlights of its newly revamped, and retitled, streaming service ITVX.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 9th December 2022ITV confirms new comedy details
ITV has confirmed details about and casting for its five new comedy series, coming to ITVX and ITV in the next year.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd August 2022Here We Go: The unassuming, but brilliant, comedy everyone should be watching
Light catastrophe is something that British sitcoms have always done well, from Peep Show to Outnumbered. BBC's new series Here We Go, writes Nick Hilton, is definitely the latest iteration of this formula: a sitcom of almost claustrophobic normalness.
Nick Hilton, The Independent, 27th May 2022Here We Go review
Katherine Parkinson and Alison Steadman are joyous in this warm hug of a sitcom.
Rachael Sigee, i Newspaper, 29th April 2022Here We Go, review
Don't be fooled by its ordinary appearance, this is a comic masterpiece.
Benji Wilson, The Telegraph, 29th April 2022Here We Go sitcom series coming to BBC One
Alison Steadman, Katherine Parkinson, Jim Howick and Tom Basden will star in Here We Go, a family-based sitcom series that follows on from 2020 pilot Pandemonium.
British Comedy Guide, 15th February 2022After Life Series 3 review
Ricky Gervais's foul-mouthed comedy about grief and community returns for a final six-episode run. Despite its good qualities, however, it fails to pluck at heartstrings quite like it intends.
Louis Chilton, The Independent, 14th January 2022After Life, review: the emotional depth of a Post-It note
Ricky Gervais's Netflix project has gone from perfectly watchable to a soggy pudding of a series that wallows in its own thin-skinned misanthropy.
Chris Bennion, The Telegraph, 14th January 2022After Life Series 3 is proof that Gervais has lost his edge
If jokes are offensive shouldn't they also be funny?
Adam Bloodworth, JOE, 14th January 2022