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
Streaming rank this week: 182
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America's IFC network picks up Toast of London
The cable broadcaster has picked up all three seasons of the show, totalling 18 episodes, in a deal with All3Media International.
Peter White, Deadline, 12th September 2018Matt Berry films 1880s police sitcom
Matt Berry is filming a sitcom pilot set around the police force in the 1880s.
British Comedy Guide, 11th October 2017Binging: Toast of London
Think toast is just a breakfast vehicle for delicious toppings? Think again, says Lucy Reynolds, who can't get enough of Matt Berry's sitcom vehicle for delicious laughs.
Lucy Reynolds, Standard Issue, 17th August 2016Radio Times launches a poll to name the best sitcom since 2000
Radio Times has launched a poll to name the best British TV sitcom broadcast since the year 2000. There are 40 shows in the shortlist.
British Comedy Guide, 19th July 2016Women take the comedy throne at Channel 4
Game of Thrones aside, it is the women who catch the eye in Channel 4's forthcoming comedy line-up.
John Plunkett, The Guardian, 5th June 2016Radio Times review
Radio Times Top 40 TV Shows of 2015, #19:
Matt Berry's ghastly, narcissistic but strangely lovable actor has now blared his way through three series, but the inventiveness and sheer silliness of this surreal sitcom shows no sign of getting less funny. The ideas kept coming in series three, which saw the luvvie take on the "feminists" by judging a beauty competition, and then fall for the charisma of Jon Hamm: getting the Mad Men star was quite a coup, but he loves this show. Toast Of London showed that old fashioned daftness still has a place - both in the hip late-night schedules of C4 and the comedy world in general.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 29th December 2015Toast of London Series 3 DVD review
Pure comedic gold with a classic feel, Toast of London is irreverent, clever and unmistakably British. The writing and supporting talent are phenomenal but it's the genius of Matt Berry that brings it all together, handing in performances of effortless charm and verve every time.
Jason Palmer, Entertainment Focus, 26th December 2015Due 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 2015Steven Toast and friends: an oral history of 2015
A star panel of contributors make like a text-based clip show to look back on the past year, from the election to a miraculous dress.
The Guardian, 19th December 2015