Matt Berry to take Toast to Hollywood for new BBC series
The actor will reprise his role as the bumbling egomaniac.
Matt Berry will reprise his role as arrogant actor Steven Toast for a new BBC series.
Toast Of Tinseltown will feature a mix of new and returning cast members and will follow Toast as he moves to Hollywood and attempts to become a movie star.
Three series of Toast Of London, written and created by Berry and Arthur Mathews, originally aired between 2013 and 2015 on Channel 4.
Berry, who previously won a Bafta for the role, said: “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.”
Mathews added: “It was a thrill to be writing Toast again after a long gap.
“Hollywood is a brave new world for Toast. There will be triumphs and tribulations (but mostly tribulations – and indeed humiliations).”
The first three series followed the bumbling, self-important actor through his faltering career and various romantic entanglements.
Shane Allen, controller of BBC comedy commissioning said: “This sitcom is one of the stand-out comedy gems of the last decade.
“His name belongs in the pantheon of celebrated British comedy character buffoons – Partridge, Brent and Toast.”
