BBC Revives Matt Berry’s Steve Toast For ‘Toast of Tinseltown’ Series
The BBC has ordered a new series which will see Matt Berry reprise his role from Channel 4’s ‘Toast of London’, Steven Toast, in ‘Toast of Tinseltown‘, the broadcaster has announced.
The six-episode series stars Matt as Steven Toast, an eccentric and arrogant actor determined to win the recognition he mistakenly believes he deserves. Written and created by Arthur Mathews and Matt Berry and produced by Objective Fiction in association with wiip, ‘Toast of Tinseltown’ (w/t) will feature a mix of new and returning cast members and is set to be filmed later this year.
“I couldn’t be more thrilled to not only be working with Arthur and the rest of the Toast family again, but to also be taking the show to the BBC which I know Toast himself would very much approve,” commented Berry.
Three seasons of ‘Toast Of London’ originally aired between 2013 and 2015 on Channel 4, all written by Arthur and Matt, who scooped the Bafta Best Male Comedy Performance for his role. The duo were also Bafta-nominated for their writing on the series.
“It was a thrill to be writing Toast again after a long gap,” adds co-creator Arthur Mathews. “Hollywood is a brave new world for Toast. There will be triumphs and tribulations (but mostly tribulations – and indeed humiliations).”
‘Toast of Tinseltown’ (w/t) is an Objective Fiction production in association with wiip, created and written by Arthur Mathews and Matt Berry, commissioned by Shane Allen, Controller, BBC Comedy Commissioning and Kate Phillips, Acting Controller BBC One. The Executive Producers for Objective Fiction are Ben Farrell, Matt Berry and Arthur Mathews with Paul Lee and David Flynn acting as executive producers for wiip. The Commissioning Editor for the BBC is Kate Daughton.
“This sitcom is one of the stand-out comedy gems of the last decade, said Shane Allen, Controller of BBC Comedy Commissioning. “His name belongs in the pantheon of celebrated British comedy character buffoons – Partridge, Brent and Toast.”
There are no further casting details or premiere date for ‘Toast of Tinseltown‘ yet, but it will begin filming later in 2021 for broadcast on BBC One and iPlayer.
