Toast

Name: Toast
Genre: Drama, Comedy, History, Family
Released: 2010-12-30
Duration: 1 h 36 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Freddie Highmore, Ken Stott, Victoria Hamilton, Oscar Kennedy, Helena Bonham Carter

The Story of a Boy's Hunger

Toast (2010)

Timing: 1:36 (96 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2010-12-30

Country

United Kingdom

Production

BBC Film, Ruby Films, Screen West Midlands

Genre

Drama, Comedy, History, Family

Budget

Revenue

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Director

S.J. Clarkson

Actors

Freddie Highmore, Ken Stott, Victoria Hamilton, Oscar Kennedy, Helena Bonham Carter, Matthew McNulty, Rob Jarvis, Selina Cadell, Amy Marston, Marion Bailey
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Scenario

Lee Hall

Producer

Faye Ward, Carl Clifton, Nicole Finnan, Peter Hampden, Jamie Laurenson, Dan Lawson, Norman Merry, Suzie Norton, Alison Owen, Paul Trijbits

Operator

Balazs Bolygo

Composer

Ruth Barrett

Artist

Audition

Rachel Freck

Editing

Liana Del Giudice
All team (34)

Short description

An adaptation of celebrity chef Nigel Slater's bestselling memoir, 'Toast' is the ultimate nostalgic trip through everything edible in 1960's Britain. Nigel's mother was always a poor cook, but her chronic asthma and addiction to all things canned does not help.

What's left behind the scenes

Based on the chef Nigel Slater’s autobiography of the same name.
The film’s premiere on the British channel BBC1 on the evening of December 30, 2010, attracted an audience of 6.2 million viewers, with a 25.3% share.
The real Nigel Slater appears at the end of the film in a cameo role as a chef at the Savoy restaurant, where the young Nigel (Freddie Highmore) goes for a job interview.
The real Nigel Slater appears at the end of the film in a cameo role as a chef at the Savoy restaurant, where the young Nigel (Freddie Highmore) goes for a job interview.

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