Swiss Toni
- TV sitcom
- BBC Three
- 2003 - 2004
- 16 episodes (2 series)
Sitcom about an eccentric second-hand car dealer and his staff. Stars Charlie Higson, Simon Day, Rhys Thomas, Matilda Ziegler, Emma Rydal and Elizabeth Spriggs
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 2003 - 2004
- Channel
- BBC Three
- Episodes
- 16 (2 series)
- Creators
- Bob Mortimer and Charlie Higson
- Stars
- Charlie Higson, Simon Day, Rhys Thomas, Matilda Ziegler, Emma Rydal and Elizabeth Spriggs
- Writers
- Charlie Higson, Simon Day, Gareth Roberts and Rhys Thomas
- Directors
- Ben Kellett and Dominic Brigstocke
- Producers
- Charlie Higson, Geoffrey Perkins, Lucy Lumsden and Philippa Catt
- Company
Swiss Toni is a 50-something used car dealer going through a midlife crisis. To Toni almost any situation in life is best understood as being "like making love to a beautiful woman", in some rather implausible ways.
With his blonde quiff standing to attention and his grey shot-silk suit sparkling under the showroom lights, Swiss Toni is the emperor of his car emporium; and yet the guy cannot sell an Allegro, is being taught to drive by his long-suffering wife Ruth and is consistently out-performed by his alcoholic employee, Geoff. Swiss Toni is cheesy, out-of-date and chauvinistic - which is why everyone loves him.
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 10th February 2003 at 10:30pm on BBC Three