Tom Davis (I)
- 45 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings Page 7
How to take your idea from script to screen
A packed RTS Futures event, Pitching Script to Screen, offered tips on how aspiring writers and producers should sell and hone their ideas.
Steve Clarke, Royal Television Society, 4th April 2019Tom Davis calls time on Murder in Successville
"You don't want to be doing (series) four and five and it starts to creak and you start not loving it."
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 28th March 2019Jessica Knappett joins Judge Romesh Series 2
Jessica Knappett will play the court clerk in Series 2 of Judge Romesh, which is due to return to Dave soon.
British Comedy Guide, 13th March 2019Comedians to watch football for Sky One
Sky One has ordered an eight-part comedy series called Comedians Watching Football With Friends. The episodes will star comedians including Jon Richardson, Lee Mack and Josh Widdicombe.
British Comedy Guide, 13th February 2019King Gary, BBC1, review
In a weekend dominated by talking bunnies on BBC1, King Gary was a (slightly) more realistic sitcom pilot from Tom Davis and James De Frond, two of the team behind BBC3's addictively silly Murder In Successville.
Jeff Robson, i Newspaper, 23rd December 2018King Gary, review: a soufflé-light suburban sitcom
Here we are smack bang in the most wonderful time of year. Your family and dearest friends all together in one room, huddled round to pick through the delights of Christmas TV. One of the first offerings from the festive schedule was the entirely unfestive comedy pilot King Gary (BBC One), a soufflé-light sitcom following married couple Gary and Terri King (Tom Davis and Laura Checkley) as they try to fit in with their middle-class neighbours.
Helen Chandler-Wilde, The Telegraph, 23rd December 2018This year's least essential programme invites Laura Whitmore, Chris Kamara, Rachel Johnson, Julian Clary and Tom Davis to go out for dinner and play parlour games to dodge the bill. It commits the cardinal sin of being less fun to watch than appear on, but they all seem nice enough.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 13th November 2018Tom Davis gets BBC One sitcom
Murder In Successville star Tom Davis will star as a "working class wally" in new BBC One Comedy Playhouse sitcom pilot 'king Gary.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd August 2018Romesh Ranganathan's strong year continues with this spoof of courtroom shows in the style of Judge Judy. It sees Judge Romesh deliver verdicts on claimants' disputes and pass fittingly bizarre sentences. Tom Davis lends support to a comic unafraid to massage his own nipples on national TV. Double bill.
The Guardian, 8th August 2018Judge Romesh preview
Given that Romesh Ranganathan's entire comedy shtick is to be grumpy, intolerant and judgmental, it's perfect casting to have him as a judge.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 8th August 2018