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Tom Basden (b. England, 1981) is a British actor and comedy writer .

He is a member of the British four man sketch group Cowards. He has written and performed extensively for comedy shows on the BBC and Channel 4 and often colloborates in two man shows with fellow Cowards member Tim Key.

Basden was educated at King's College School (in the same year group as actors Khalid Abdalla and Ben Barnes) and read English at Cambridge University, where he was Vice President of the Cambridge Footlights.

Basden's one man show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Tom Basden Won't Say Anything won the if.comedy award for Best Newcomer. He also starred with Tim Key in the short film The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island, which won the UK Film Council Kodak Award for Best British Short Film.

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Comments from YouTube:

akaianc

9y↑47

I just love the way David says "Although he, to give him credit, is dead." It's just a completely random and impromptu aside, but he delivers it so perfectly.

The Internet Killed Music

7y↑9

I wish there were more programmes like this.

JoJo

2y↑2

Damn Tim Key, always winning! At least back then he still hadn't learn to cheat, or bribe everyone and everything around him! 😂 🤣 😂

Kelsey Williams

My god. I watched this show when it came out, around a decade ago, and have watched every season of Taskmaster UK as they aired.

I did not realize that the man in this episode was Tim Key. When I saw him on Taskmaster, I thought it was the first time I had seen him.

It's not important, but it is an epiphany for me.

Bearsca

10y↑24

Laughed my head off at "Cloud Atlas is not an act of terrorism."

The Laughing Man

3y↑1

The movie most certainly was.

Tina Walton

6y↑34

I know he's married, blah blah blah, but I love the chemistry between Josie Long and David Mitchell. They would have made an adorable couple -- in my fantasy world where I force celebrities to date one another.

ROL4NDpkmnguide

6y↑13

Tina Walton David seems so happy with Victoria that I can’t imagine him with another woman. Having heard his story with her I decided in my mind that I want a romance like theirs, so I cannot vision something else ahahaha

Charlie Sutton

What on earth are you seeing?!

peldie

6y↑8

dunno about any chemistry but she does remind me a bit of Dobby from Peep Show

holnrew

Isn't she a Lesbian?

cosmonaut

5y↑6

@holnrew given she's married to a man, i'd call it unlikely

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Valentine

4y↑2

For the first time, I had no idea who any of those guests were! And yet I found it the funniest episode so far! XD

kisbie

2y↑1

Genuinely is astonishing that David Mitchell had never heard of Ghostwatch until this. If I was making a list of things from 1992 that he was at least aware of, it would've been somewhere in the top 10.

Kelsey Williams

Having been a neurodivergent (ADHD + autism) and homeschooled child during the 90s and early 2000s, I can attest that it is possible to miss all contemporary pop culture during your childhood.

I spent my formative years watching Humphrey Bogart movies from the "Golden Age" of Hollywood and British sitcoms from the late 20th century.

I have learned about pop culture and news from that era retroactively, through programs like The Big Fat Quiz and such.

David has always been open about having anxiety since childhood. People with atypical brains tend to live atypical lives.

Jennytherat Bry

2y↑2

The fun part about discovering this series in 2022, is the number of things that were preposterously false in 2010 are now true.
Maybe "fun" is not the right word.

Jason Smith

7y↑3

I have been in love with Tim Key forever!!!

Mogley

ROBERT WEBB NEXT EPISODE! I WAS HOPING LOL. I love those two; naturally. Mark and Jez are imaginary family to me at this point; I can even read their minds. It's horrific

Mr. 'Phet

3y↑1

Katy Brand is delightfully fluffy! 🥰

Elgroth Talvinen

7y↑25

Josie is so flippin' cute :-)

Finally Finally

What happened to her

Nina Gray

3y↑1

@Finally Finally she lives in Glasgow with her family and is still a working stand up comedian.

Dobbs Mill

@Nina Gray
There's definitely a market for pretending to be stupid in Glasgow.

Nina Gray

3y↑2

@Dobbs Mill she has s anything but stupid, stop being so harsh. Just because she can appear whimsical does not make her stupid. She is also incredibly humane and supportive of people, so I encourage you to reconsider your tone.

The Laughing Man

I think she's wonderful, but didn't enjoy her on Cats does Countdown.

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Todd the Chimera Linguist

2y↑1

🎶Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale: a tale of -- Tim Key ...🎶

Jack B

7y↑8

That's Tim's best cardigan.

peldie

5y↑3

David's on top form this episode.

BadWebDiver

I presume he's an experienced hand at talk radio.

Sam Garrod

3y↑1

Kevin Garwood (the walking stick instructor) taught me Judo.

Yelena Angeleski

4y↑2

Bizarrely enough, snail goo is indeed used in cosmetics to treat acne and soften wrinkles.

Zoe Abbott

7y↑4

Love Josie Long's Nye Bevan t-shirt! <3

roxymaybe

4y↑1

Tim Key's loafers and bootcut jeans are... A real look 😅

Wattywatasaurus

10y↑4

Josie Long is a fan of the Welsh Firebrand!

DrRBTNK

6y↑4

I think I remember an episode of QI where they said snails were the first thing ever farmed by humans.

LoneKharnivore

5y↑3

True fact.

Amazing Username

3y↑1

Malefice was a great band!

Winchesterschnitzel

4y↑2

Why is Tim Key wearing a German amateur footballclub's jacket? What am I missing?

WalterLiddy

10y↑9

Poor, adorable, bitter Josie.

Lucifronz

7y↑4

Shame this is the last one for me to watch. Oh well, all good things must come to an end.

Nelson Ricardo

I'm America. On each of the prior episodes, 1 recognized one or more of the celebrities. (I watch QI when it's not blocked, 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, and others.) I don't believe I know any of these people.

Charlie Sutton

For VERY good reason

HutcH

5y↑1

Same except I recognize Josie for some reason. Not sure why...

Ben Rowe

10y↑5

Why do they put the TVs, phones and things back in the house after every episode? Seems like it would be a lot less work to just take them out on the first episode and leave them out until the end of the series.

akaianc

9y↑10

I think they just took a video of them taking everything out before the first episode and then kept everything out afterwards and just showed the same tape for the rest of the episodes in the series.

Ben Rowe

9y↑2

woosh

akaianc

9y↑8

Ben Rowe
Sorry, I considered the option that you were making a joke but decided that it was potentially more likely that you were being serious since the joke seemed a bit, well, lame (sorry!). Hope I haven't ruined the joke. As Jimmy Carr (and I'm sure other people) once said: "analyzing a joke is like dissecting a frog: no one's that interested and the frog dies", right?

Ben Rowe

9y↑1

akaianc I guess considering the general quality of youtube comments, it's easy to believe that people really are stupid enough to say something like that seriously... still, I prefer to give the benefit of the doubt to comments. If nothing else, at least it means I get to read more jokes every day.

akaianc

9y↑5

Ben Rowe
Fair enough. My bad. :-)

Mogley

4y↑4

A snail trail on my face made me break out once. it was from a woman though
and it was a very stressful time. so i don't think that caused it

andy885

3y↑1

I don't believe they really got celebrities to isolate for a week, most likely they agreed not to watch the news for a week, then went to the house and did a few hours' filming

MrScaramanga16

4y↑2

I have such a crush on Josie long and have for a while

damo2353

10y↑31

This must have been a while ago. Katy Perry has lost a lot of weight since she and Russel Brand split up.

DoAna

10y

this is not katy perry...

theAngryscotman

9y↑16

Daofoozi And he knows that.

King Of Google

I didn't

James Davenport

5y↑2

Josie's Nye Bevan t shirt 😻

Laura Dolson

3y↑1

Who else is watching in 2021 where we now know that sail mucus is GREAT for skin?

Anastasia Milkshake

9y↑1

the snail thing is somewhat true, idk about specifically acne but in japan they use snail in facial skin products :l i bought a bb cream that turned out to have caviar in it..JAPAN.

Phillip Parr

7y↑5

I was in the audience for this. I don't really remember it though.

Trusteft

7y↑6

I don't know her but man this Josie Long is gorgeous!

Nina Gray

+ having met her several times, I can confirm she is lovely.

King Of Google

Snail faces is stranger than anything

Fingaz MC

5y↑5

Am I the only one with a crush on Josie Long?

Julius Ostby

5y↑2

Nope!

Fingaz MC

5y↑2

@Julius Ostby Thanks for the back up mate!

Julius Ostby

Fingaz Mc cheers!

Travis Kemp

8y↑2

story of the heavy metal band/terrorist org was amusing. could have been a lot more fun if they had referenced ISIS the band.

theAngryscotman

7y↑2

I think this came out before we knew about ISIS the terrorist organisation.

theAngryscotman

9y↑23

Katy Brand's kind of cute.

Alkapow Portstar

9y↑2

***** don't beat me to death us english love a good tea bagging!

theAngryscotman

9y↑6

Alkapow Portstar Yeah no doubt.

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ROY FR

8y↑8

Im from Kent too...Thats why I live in Mexico

Hazz Shoten

7y↑3

same concept as would i lie to you except this show revolves around news.

Shaun TV

8y↑2

And nobody commented on the fact that one of the votes spelled out the BBC.

kay imba

8y↑4

ghost-watch was with Micheal Parkinson not Micheal aspell.

BadWebDiver

True, I just saw a documentary on it.

IoEstasCedonta

...you know, there are a couple bands named Isis... there's even a metal band that used to write it in all caps.

Martin A. Maguire - [Music]

8y↑1

+IoEstasCedonta There's a strip club in Southampton called Isis. Well it's not anymore, after the paris thing

Code: Marla

8y↑3

Josie long grew up in Orpington. Thats not really Kent. Thats practically London. I live in Tunbridge Wells.... thats proper Kent. She is right though, it is full of racists. but posh racists.

davimurph

I know it's been a long time since you wrote this comment. I sometimes see pictures of parts of Kent and I think, if that's the garden of England, they've tarmaced over it.

I'm sure the rural parts are much nicer.

Code: Marla

3y↑1

@davimurph Yeah Kent is really hit and miss. The parts nearer London are especially grim, but as you get more south and nearer East Sussex it becomes much nicer. East Sussex in general is a bit more of a garden than Kent now-a-days I feel.

Geraint Thomas

10y↑2

chebob2009 1)does it matter? 2)Josie Long's average-to-thin I think, just with a lot of clothes on.

Chizbo

10y

Well if you want the serious answer I'd probably say it matters a bit but not a lot. I have no problem with anyone doing anything they want with their body if it doesn't affect other people! Unfortunately, that's so rarely the case. I guarantee you'll almost never see a fat kid with thin parents. On top of that there's the health costs- which in a country like Britain affects every taxpayer. And then of course there's the fact that it's a bit sickening when you think about how many people are starving in the world. Need I go on?

wladwlad

10y↑2

chebob2009 actually being fat is not sickening in the context of starving people, it means you are putting the food to use. Whereas people who throw a lot of their food away, or bulimic people, who throw a lot of their food up, now that is a real insult to the starving in the world.

Chizbo

10y↑1

That's the worst logic I've ever heard. It doesn't matter where you're putting it, the point is you're taking more food than necessary when there are people starving who really need it. That's true with fat people AND with people who throw it away. What they happen to do with it is purely a sentimental judgement.

wladwlad

10y

chebob2009 the starving African child would overeat given the chance. Overeating is OK, it's a natural impulse. Throwing food away or up when it can be sent to feed said starving African child, that is sickening.

Chizbo

10y

What you or I happen to personally find sickening is completely irrelevant on a global scale. All that matters is the numbers and the facts. It's important to differentiate between the objective consequences of an issue and your personal feelings about the nature of an issue. Because the people who are starving don't have that luxury, they just care about getting the food.

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thenodfather

11y

Tim Key? Never heard if him. Comedian?

Thomas Roll

7y↑3

Poet/Comedian/Comedian-Poet

Worked with Coogan and others.

tom wagner

10y

damo2353 not sure if srs...

damo2353

10y

You're not sure if I am serious or not? Take a wild guess.

tom wagner

10y

damo2353 hey, my bad. If you can genuinely find amusement in pretending to be stupid enough to confuse two people who have nothing in common except a species, a gender, and a first name, then more power to you. Your life must be full to the bursting point of hilarious moments. I wish I could find enjoyment in such extremely simple things.

damo2353

10y

tom wagner Each to their own. If you didn't find it amusing then fair enough. No need to be so unpleasant about it. Would you speak to someone like that face to face, or do you your save vulgar outbursts for your online persona?

tom wagner

10y

damo2353 Honestly, part of me was serious, by the way. I do honestly wish I didn't have a mean sense of humor and I could enjoy puns and light humor, or that I could regard mild sarcasm as a vulgar outburst. I genuinely envy your less jaded worldview.

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mrjules2008

7y↑1

I think the show struggled to get guests. By episode 5 they seem to b scrapping the barrel.

WalterLiddy

7y↑1

It's not a sustainable format. You're not going to get top stars to spend a whole week doing nothing just for the kind of small pay they must have offered on a bare-bones show like this.