Toast of London
Series 3
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Steven Toast is a veteran English actor but is currently struggling to land roles. This leads to him making some questionable decisions. He's even doing voice-over work. He seems to spend more time dealing with personal issues than acting. One recurring problem is his nemesis and fellow actor, Ray Purchase.
6 Episodes
- Beauty Calls
E2Beauty CallsSteven is introduced to Clancy Moped, a TV weather girl who is passionate about weather and feminism. She actually falls in love with him but the romance ends abruptly when she and other feminists invade a beauty contest Steven is judging. There is little comfort back at the flat due to new house-mate Peter Davison and his foul-mouthed girlfriend who insist on making their own wine. - Hamm on Toast
E3Hamm on ToastAfter falling downstairs a severely concussed Steven becomes smitten with visiting American actor Jon Hamm, ignoring the adoring starlet Pooky Hook. Steven even takes Hamm to visit his dying father Colonel Gonville Toast who is about to announce his beneficiaries, though there is something of an upset before Steven regains his old self. - Bob a Job
E4Bob a JobBelieving that it could lead to a Hollywood career Steven reluctantly agrees to do the Royal Variety Show, hosted by Bob Monkhouse - who is not dead but has a zombie wife and whose jokes Steven fails to understand. Steven's rendition of the Sand Dance partnered by Ray Purchase is a hit but chances of Hollywood success disappear due to an unsuitable gift for the Prince of Wales, not to mention being responsible for killing Bob Monkhouse. - Man of Sex
E5Man of SexWhen veteran actor Ormond Sacker's drinking forces him to drop out of the play 'Man of Sex' Steven is dismayed that Ray Purchase's albino twin Bill takes over the role as Bill is forever playing cruel pranks on Steven onstage and, were it not for Steven's new girlfriend, percussionist Varrity Mapp, and her expertise at drumming, one of them could have killed him. Nor does the publication of ex-wife Ellen's autobiography aid his speedy recovery. - Global Warming
E6Global WarmingWhen 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.
