Tom Basden
- 43 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, executive producer and composer
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Mandy starring Diane Morgan to return for Series 2
BBC Two has ordered a second series of Mandy, the comedy created by and starring Diane Morgan. Filming is underway, with guest stars set to include Anna Maxwell Martin, Nick Mohammed, Sir Tom Courtenay, Alexei Sayle and Nigel Planer.
British Comedy Guide, 29th July 2021Pandemonium review
BBC comedy is a valiant effort at exploring our current predicament.
Ed Cumming, The Independent, 31st December 2020Review: Pandemonium
As what's hopefully a once-in-a-lifetime disruptor, the coronavirus pandemic is an unusual hook for a sitcom's pilot episode. Lockdown is certainly not a 'sit' you'd want to return to time and again.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th December 2020Pandemonium review
A lockdown comedy special with gallows humour.
Flora Carr, Radio Times, 30th December 2020Preview: Pandemonium - Christmas Special 2020, BBC One
It seems a bit presumptious that this one-off comedy is billed as a Christmas special on the BBC website. It makes it sound as if it is following on from a hit series. But on the positive side Pandemonium feels so instantly accessible and so well-rounded that it could easily be following on from a hit series.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th December 2020Pandemonium sitcom coming to BBC One
Pandemonium, a sitcom starring Katherine Parkinson, Jim Howick, Alison Steadman and Tom Basden is coming to BBC One this Christmas.
British Comedy Guide, 24th November 2020Diane Morgan's dimwitted big-dreamer is comedy tonic
I'm not sure if it's the constant gurning, shiny puffer jacket that screams "flammable" or the gravity-defying vertical hairdo, but Mandy Carter is a woman I cannot stop watching.
Sara Wallis, The Mirror, 15th August 2020Mandy, BBC2 review - Diane Morgan's new creation
When the laugh-out-loud punchline came, it really landed.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 14th August 2020Mandy review: new comedy is fine in small doses
A mordant stare from Morgan can do the work of 20 pages of script, so a show of her own has been long overdue.
Fiona Sturges, The Independent, 13th August 2020