Nextflix Reviews - Toast of London

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This is an absurd comedy with protagonist Steven Toast (Matt Berry) who is a hammy luvvy actor (and a bit of a twit), going about his days looking for new work, doing voice overs, starring in the worst play ever produced and looking for sexy lady time whilst getting into all manner of surreal scrapes. Stuff like losing at poker to Andrew Lloyd Webber and having Michael Ball set on him, spontaneously self-combusting publicists, dog-napping for mental movie stars, murderous theatre producers, blow-football with prostitutes, laxative ads, cyclopean directors, Bruce Forsyth plastic surgery cock-ups, joining the Masons, possessed house guests and nuclear subs. Every show features an impromptu music number as well which are just odd.

Regular recurring characters include homophobic fellow actor Ray "bloody" Purchase and his wanton wife (who Toast is nobbing regularly and often getting caught in the act); his bonkers agent Jane Plough who always finds him terrible jobs; his house mate Ed Howzer-Black; his stuffy chauvinist army brother Blair and Clem Fandango & the guys in the voiceover sound booth who seem to like messing with him.

Originally broadcast on Channel 4 all 3 seasons, (19 episodes) of this daft but funny show are available to stream now on Netflix. A fourth season has been hinted at but not confirmed at all yet.

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