13 Facts About Tom Basden

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Tom Basden has written and performed extensively for comedy shows on the BBC and Channel 4 and often collaborates in two-man shows with fellow Cowards member Tim Key.

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Tom Basden was educated at King's College School, a private school for boys in Wimbledon in South-West London, where he was in the same year as fellow actors Khalid Abdalla and Ben Barnes; followed by Pembroke College, Cambridge.

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Tom Basden starred with Tim Key in the 2007 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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In 2008 Tom Basden appeared as the resident musician for the second series of the BBC Radio 4 comedy show Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better, replacing Tim Minchin.

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Tom Basden was a guest panellist on the BBC Two comedy show Never Mind the Buzzcocks in November 2009.

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Since 2013, Tom Basden has co-written and appeared in the ITV ancient-Rome sitcom Plebs.

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Tom Basden played a lead role the 2013 BBC Two comedy thriller The Wrong Mans.

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8.

Tom Basden co-wrote the third and fifth episodes of series one, and wrote both episodes of series two which aired the following year.

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Tom Basden played Dan the sound engineer in the 2016 film David Brent: Life on the Road, and Jeremy Corbyn in the 2018 Royal Wedding special of The Windsors.

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Tom Basden had a main role as Matt in the Netflix comedy series After Life.

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Tom Basden wrote and appeared in the 2022 BBC sitcom Here We Go.

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Tom Basden starred as Mr Short in the 2022 Netflix young adult sci-fi series The Last Bus.

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Tom Basden co-wrote the Channel 4 sitcom Fresh Meat, which earned him a nomination for the 2012 BAFTA Craft Awards Break-Through Talent Award.