Steven Toast, an eccentric middle-aged actor with a chequered past, spends more time dealing with his problems off stage than performing on stage.Steven Toast, an eccentric middle-aged actor with a chequered past, spends more time dealing with his problems off stage than performing on stage.Steven Toast, an eccentric middle-aged actor with a chequered past, spends more time dealing with his problems off stage than performing on stage.
- Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 win & 2 nominations total
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This glorious sitcom follows the life of Steven Toast. An actor and voice over actor that's somewhat of an underachiever, a little unlucky in life, he finds himself in some surreal situations. He has a definite eye for the ladies, and is supported in everyday life by his brother (and housemate) Ed and his agent Jane Plough. He often finds himself at loggerheads with his nemesis an fellow artiste Ray Purchase, caused by indiscretions with Ray's wife.
I have loved this show since the very fist episode, Matt Berry is just wonderful, a truly creative mind, he truly delivers and does not fail to disappoint. I love the character of Toast, he's such a cool guy, I love the hair. He's physically very funny too.
There are some fabulous performances, Clem Fandango and Jane Plough are both class, total caricatures, they are hilarious.
The guest performances are awesome too, Peter Davison is just brilliant. One of my favourites is from Stanley Townsend as Mr Fasili, the man has the most beautiful voice I have ever heard.
It's a great show, so surreal in many ways, the musical interludes are great, it is class! 10/10
I have loved this show since the very fist episode, Matt Berry is just wonderful, a truly creative mind, he truly delivers and does not fail to disappoint. I love the character of Toast, he's such a cool guy, I love the hair. He's physically very funny too.
There are some fabulous performances, Clem Fandango and Jane Plough are both class, total caricatures, they are hilarious.
The guest performances are awesome too, Peter Davison is just brilliant. One of my favourites is from Stanley Townsend as Mr Fasili, the man has the most beautiful voice I have ever heard.
It's a great show, so surreal in many ways, the musical interludes are great, it is class! 10/10
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Did you know
- TriviaDaisy Ridley made a very small guest appearance in season 1 in Vanity Project (2013). According to Matt Berry, he wanted to bring her back on the show, but couldn't get in touch with her. It later turned out that she had been cast in Star Wars : Épisode VII - Le Réveil de la Force (2015) recently, which made her unavailable. Berry remarked "We couldn't really compete with Daisy being in Star Wars". Additionally, in season 3 at the very end of Hamm on Toast (2015), Toast and Ed see an article in the newspaper regarding a completely unknown actress, Pookie Hook, with no stage or screen experience that landed a lead role in a Star Wars film. She mentions that she was a great fan of Steven Toast, and Ed suggests that Steven could give her some acting lessons to which Steven says maybe he could.
- Quotes
Steven Toast: I can hear you Clem Fandango.
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojoUK: Top 10 TV Shows That Are So British It HURTS (2019)
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