Toast of London

The humour is so outrageous and insane (similar to an earlier series which Matt Berry was involved with The Mighty Boosh) that you can't help but laugh. Every week you get another 30 minute long helping of Steven Toast's failing acting career which has a minute possibility of working out, but this is the same show that featured a book publisher spontaneously com busting so anything can happen. One of the best and funniest comedy series from the last 5 years, Toast of London is brilliant entertainment. And much better than the hugely overrated BBC series Mrs Browns Boys which seems to be the only comedy show which gets good viewing figures nowadays.

I'd never heard of Matt Berry until I watched What We Do in the Shadows (the series) and he steals the screen as Laszlo the vampire. I'm really getting into British comedy so I saw Toast of London on Netflix and decided to watch it. Matt is so entertaining as struggling (not in his mind) actor, Steven Toast who also happens to be quite the ladies man. Doon Mackichan is a scene stealer as his agent Jane. Other supporting characters who are really funny ; Harry Peacock as Steven's nemesis and fellow actor, Ray Purchase, Tracy Ann Oberman as Mrs Purchase, Ray's wife and Steven's sometime bedmate. My favorite character doesn't have a huge part but he cracks me up every time is Shazad Latif as Clem Fandango.

The Toast Of London

Matt Berry leads the cast as the washed up, flaky thespian on the search for work more interesting than voice-over work, that appears to be matched with his limited skills.

He pursues his particular brand of quirky surreal situation comedy and it's a winning and inventive formula.

I'm giving this a firm 8 outta 10.

This needs a series 4 this year. It really does. I first saw Matt Berry on the house of fools show, and saw him in the BAFTA's for this show.

Now, the absolute brilliance of this show. ALL of the characters fit in perfectly. What I think I like about this show is that the entire cast consists of secondary characters, all made to revolve around the single main character: Steven Toast.

It seems that the true comedy from Toast comes from his reaction to all the manic events around him.

For example, in certain scenes, Steven Toast wouldn't be half as funny if the secondary characters were replaced.

I think it is just the way Steven Toast deals with things with his incredibly out of place and eccentric personality makes it all the better. He treats it almost as if it is just normal. And his unpredictability always takes you by surprise, and always gets you laughing.

Loved this series, and Matt Berry in The IT Crowd and The Mighty Boosh.

The Soho voiceover studio work is hilarious!

And getting rotten veggies thrown over him at the stagedoor before his evening performances.

His coterie of friends are so funny too. Love seeing them on each ep.