Win the national lottery once and you’d be considered one of the luckiest people currently alive. Win the national lottery twice and you’d be firmly in a reality-adjacent world where the whimsical isn’t just an abstract idea, but the guiding principle underlying the central premise in The Ballad of Wallis Island, an utterly delightful comedy-drama co-written by — and co-starring two members in good standing of the British comedy troupe, the Cowards — Tom Basden and Tim Key, and directed by James Griffiths. When we first meet Charles Heath (Key), the aforementioned two-time national lottery award winner, he’s comfortably ensconced on the island of the title, a slightly dilapidated mansion up on a hill, and eagerly...

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