''The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island'' is a 2007 short film, directed by James Griffiths, and written by and starring

Tim Key Timothy David Key (born September 1976) is an English poet, comedian, actor, screenwriter and radio personality. He is best known for playing Alan Partridge's sidekick Simon in '' Mid Morning Matters'', '' Alpha Papa'', and '' This Time'', as ...

and

Tom Basden Thomas William Basden (born 30 November 1980) is an English actor, comedy writer, and 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 collabo ...

. It was nominated for a 2008

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award, and won the UK Film Council Award for Best British Short Film at the

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.Edinburgh International Film Festival Awards History

Plot summary

Lottery winner Charles Heath (Tim Key) pays a folk singer Herb McGwyer (Tom Basden) to visit his private island and perform for him for a fee of half a million pounds. Isolated from the world, the jaded folk singers' passion for music is slowly reignited.

External links

Full Film at Moxie Pictures site

References

British short films 2007 films 2000s English-language films {{short-film-stub