Toast Of London
- TV sitcom
- Channel 4
- 2012 - 2015
- 19 episodes (3 series)
Sitcom starring Matt Berry as Steven Toast, an occasionally successful actor who finds himself in a series of tricky situations. Also features Robert Bathurst, Doon Mackichan, Harry Peacock, Shazad Latif, Tim Downie and Tracy-Ann Oberman
- Series 1, Episode 1 repeated Sunday 12th January at 2:40am on U&Gold
Streaming rank this week: 184
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Series 3, Episode 6 - Global Warming
Further details
You know what they say, "an actor cannot truly call himself an actor until he's performed at the Globe". That, and never work with animals.
London is having the hottest weather since weather began, Ed's Australian nephew has come to stay, and the latest fad of 'Blue Spruce' furniture is spreading like wild fire.
When Toast begs Jane to get him in at the Globe Theatre, he's less than impressed with the director, Daz Klondyke, who's rumoured to be the hottest thing in UK theatre.
However when he's cast in Klondyke's all-dog version of Twelfth Night, it's not long before Toast gets his fingers burnt as he tries to become a real actor.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 23rd December 2015
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Matt Berry | Steven Toast |
| Robert Bathurst | Ed Howzer-Black |
| Doon Mackichan | Jane Plough |
| Harry Peacock | Ray Purchase |
| Shazad Latif | Clem Fandango |
| Tim Downie | Danny Bear |
| Tracy-Ann Oberman | Mrs Purchase |
| Sebastian Armesto | Daz Klondyke |
| Tony Clark | Kai |
| Daniel Cook | Cliff Bonanza |
| Steve Furst | Cocker Boo |
| Yuriri Naka | Tourist |
| Lindsay Duncan | Self |
| Martin Freeman | Self |
| Sheila Hancock | Self |
| Jude Law | Self |
| Sam Mendes | Self |
| Tim Pigott-Smith | Self |
| John Simm | Self |
| Matt Berry | Writer |
| Arthur Mathews | Writer |
| Hannah Mackay | Script Editor |
| Michael Cumming | Director |
| Izzy Mant | Producer |
| Andrew Newman | Executive Producer |
| Kate Daughton | Executive Producer |
| Ben Caudell | Executive Producer |
| Adam Bokey | Editor |
| Rosy Thomas | Production Designer |
| Matt Berry | Composer |
Video
Global direction
Toast is prepared to be considered a 'proper' actor.
Featuring: Matt Berry (Steven Toast) & Doon Mackichan (Jane Plough).
Press
Due to what appears to be a somewhat glaring career omission, Matt Berry's wonderful Toast is humiliated by his bitterest rival, Ray Purchase, (Harry Peacock) at the Colonial club, after it emerges he's never trodden the boards at the Globe theatre. Handily, it has just recruited a new director, the young maverick Daz Klondyke, who recruits Toast for a radical reworking of Twelfth Night, featuring a cast of mostly dogs. Of course, things don't quite go to plan in a turn of events that could threaten Toast's very career. Last in the current series.
Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 23rd December 2015Toast Of London Series 3, Episode 6 preview
Matt Berry's Steven Toast manages to annoy Jude Law, Martin Freeman and other top actors in the final episode of Series 3.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 23rd December 2015Radio Times review
It's business as usual for the final episode, which is to say moments of brilliance and stretches that go a bit tepid. But that's the deal with Toast: you put up with the iffy bits for the occasional dash of comic glory you wouldn't find anywhere else.
Our luckless curmudgeon gets a job at the Globe in a production of Twelfth Night by radical director Daz Klondyke. It's to be performed by a cast of dogs as "a metaphor for what's happening in Syria". Yes, it's daft, but if you want an idea of the series' celebrity fans, look out for cameos from Jude Law, Martin Freeman, Sheila Hancock and others. They're all basically agreeing that Toast is, as Sam Mendes puts it, "a colossal t**t".
David Butcher, Radio Times, 16th December 2015