The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island

The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island

2007 · 24 min · ★ 6.0 · Comedy, Music

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

Directed by James Griffiths · Written by Tim Key

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Tom Basden Herb McGwyer
Tim Key Charles Heath

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