Tom Kingsley
- Director, editor and executive producer
Press clippings
The Pin's Ben Ashenden & Alexander Owen pen Amazon film Deep Cover
Sketch comedy duo Ben Ashenden and Alexander Owen, aka The Pin, have written Deep Cover, their cinematic screenwriting debut, an Amazon Prime action comedy about improv actors infiltrating London's criminal gangs with an all-star cast and crew.
British Comedy Guide, 1st February 2024Mark Benton filming new BBC pilot Smoggie Queens
Mark Benton is starring in Smoggie Queens, a new BBC sitcom pilot being filmed in his native Teesside.
British Comedy Guide, 26th October 2023Channel 4 airs Gregg Wallace spoof
Promoted as a documentary, Channel 4 last night broadcast a spoof, dark satire promoting the eating of human flesh.
British Comedy Guide, 25th July 2023Ghosrts interview with director Tom Kingsley
"The stories are way more action packed, we see more of the ghosts' backstories, the scripts are more ingenious, and there's one episode in particular that will blow your mind."
Idiots Assembled, 28th August 2020Director Tom Kingsley on editing during lockdown
"I do miss the chat, but we are effectively using Google Docs for notes and WhatsApp to send over video clips - we aren't being slowed down," says Kingsley.
Broadcast, 5th May 2020Review: Ghosts
Not only current, long adoring, fans of this comedy group will love this series, but I'm certain a whole new audience of admirers will take to this brilliantly funny series.
Matt Shaine, On The Box, 15th April 2019Mockumentary hasn't killed comedy
Lazy, stifling, awkward... all allegations made against TV's new favourite form. But mockumentary's jumpy camerawork and paparazzi voyeurism are just right for our social media age.
Tom Kingsley, The Guardian, 5th April 2017BBC Three to launch Liam Williams YouTube series Pls Like
Pls Like, a series starring stand-up Liam Williams as the reluctant winner of a YouTube vlogging competition, will launch on BBC Three on Saturday 11th February.
British Comedy Guide, 1st February 2017A tiny cult is growing around this bewitching British oddity. It's a strange, disorientating mock-documentary about a middle-class family who are accused of murder. Their apparent 'victim' is an odd stranger who the father (Chris Langham, the disgraced star of The Thick Of It) meets while walking his three-legged dog next to a local pond. A melancholic Langham is wonderfully underplayed, in contrast to comedian Simon Amstell's overpoweringly wacky psychotherapist. The first feature by twentysomethings Will Sharpe and Tom Kingsley, it scored several awards and a Bafta nomination - not bad for a self-distributed debut made for just £25,000.
Carol Carter and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, Metro, 25th November 2013Black Pond: Chris Langham was our ideal casting choice
Young directors Tom Kingsley and Will Sharpe's debut feature-length film starred Chris Langham in his first role after prison. They explain to Daisy Bowie-Sell why casting him was the best possible decision.
Daisy Bowie-Sell, The Telegraph, 23rd April 2012