TV series
Steven Toast, an eccentric middle-aged actor with a chequered past, spends more time dealing with his problems off stage than performing on it.
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Checked Sep 4, 2026
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Steven Toast, an eccentric middle-aged actor with a chequered past, spends more time dealing with his problems off stage than performing on it.
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Episode 1
Live on chat show Lorraine Toast tells a tale that could not only topple the US Government but also destroy the entire world. Meanwhile, he's got an outdoor production of Macbeth to prepare for.
Guest stars Alan Ford, Lorraine Kelly, Tracy-Ann Oberman
Episode 2
Toast's romance with a weather girl is thrown into jeopardy when he and Ed are asked to judge an international beauty contest.
Guest stars Peter Davison, Sophie Colquhoun, Paul Whitehouse, Morgana Robinson
Episode 3
Toast experiences the charisma of Mad Men star Jon Hamm, and Toast and his brother Blair visit their dying father - guest Brian Blessed - in his castle to find out who will inherit the Toast fortune.
Guest stars Heida Reed, Jon Hamm, Adrian Lukis
Episode 4
With the promise of a potential role in Kevin Spacey's House of Cards, Toast takes part in a Royal Variety Performance hosted by Bob Monkhouse.
Guest stars Tracy-Ann Oberman
Episode 5
Toast is cast in a West End play along with legendary actor and drinker Ormond Sacker, who has just come out of rehab.
Guest stars Timothy West, Susannah Wise
Episode 6
When 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.
Guest stars Lindsay Duncan, Martin Freeman, Sheila Hancock, Jude Law, Sam Mendes, John Simm, Tim Pigott-Smith, Tracy-Ann Oberman
Episode information updated Sep 17, 2026
Matt BerrySteven Toast
Robert BathurstEd Howzer-Black
Doon MackichanJane Plough
Harry PeacockRay Purchase
Tim DownieDanny Bear
Shazad LatifClem Fandango
Heida ReedPooky Hook
Cariad LloydLindy Makehouse
Channel 4United Kingdom
Objective Media GroupUnited Kingdom
