Toast of London
2012 - 2015
Steven Toast is a struggling, recently-divorced actor with a clueless agent, and weird roommate, and a regular voice-over gig with a couple of hipsters who laugh at him behind his back. This surreal series chronicles his adventures in dating, show business, and competing with his nemesis, Ray Purchase, whose wife he regularly shags.
- Stars: Matt Berry, Robert Bathurst, Doon Mackichan, Shazad Latif, Tim Downie, Harry Peacock, Tracy-Ann Oberman
- Created by: Arthur Mathews, Matt Berry
- Tags: quirky
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Episode Tropes
Season 3
- Beauty Pageant: Episode 2, "Beauty Calls" (2015). Steven and Ed are invited to judge a beauty contest, which, due to a feminist movement, has been forced underground. They're driven by chicken truck to a rundown bar in the middle of nowhere to judge contestants from third world countries, when Steven's meteorologist and feminist girlfriend shows up to protest.
- I'm My Own Grandpa: Episode 5, "Man of Sex" (2015). Harry Peacock plays both Ray Purchase and his brother, Bill.
Character Tropes
- Hard-to-please Father: Col. Gonville Toast - Played by Brian Blessed.