Toast on Toast: Cautionary Tales and Candid Advice

Can you hear me Stephen?


Toast of London is a British television sitcom set in London. Arthur Mathews and Matt Berry created it. And it stars Berry as Steven Toast, the central character of the series. Toast is a bumbling, self-important actor. He's an unsuccessful ladies' man and often the bearer of bad fortune. Toast considers himself a success despite his failing career. He is eccentric, with a chequered past who spends more time dealing with his problems off stage than performing on it.

In 2015, Matt Berry and Arthur Mathews published Toast on Toast: Cautionary tales and candid advice. This is the spoof autobiography of Steven Toast. It was also released as an audio book read by Matt Berry. This is the version you should get. Steven Toast tells his tall tales, part memoir, part “how to act” manual, with lots of sweary words.

Toast also breaks down the craft into simple bullet points. These are as easily digestible as liquidised water. He also offers his own views on the industry. Not always a laugh out loud listen, but it is very enjoyable. Recommended, if like the TV series and his unique “toastmodern” approach to life.