Matt Berry returns next month

Here are the first images of some of the guest stars in Toast Of Tinseltown.

The new series – which revolves around Matt Berry’s thespian alter-ego Steven Toast trying to establish himself in Los Angeles – starts on BBC One on January 4.

Many of the co-stars from the original Channel 4 series are back, including Harry Peacock as Ray Purchase, Robert Bathurst as Toast's landlord Ed Howzer-Black, Doon Mackichanas useless agent Jane Plough and Tim Downie and Shazad Latif  as sound engineers Danny Bear and Clem Fandango .

And producers have signed up a raft of familiar faces to appear alongside him – including a very big name from American comedy in episode one that we’ve been sworn to secrecy not to reveal.

Here are some of the others:

Poldark star Aidan Turner as a character called Barney.

Kayvan Novak, Berry’s co-star from What We Do In The Shadows, as Des Wigwam

Natasia Demetriou – who also stars in What We Do In The Shadows as well as Stath Lets Flats – as a a character called Carmen. She's pictured here with Berry and Belinda Stewart-Wilson, from The Inbetweeners, as Bellender Bojangles.

Portlandia’s Fred Armisen as Russ Nightlife:

Susan Wokoma – who starred alongside Berry in Victorian crime comedy Year Of The Rabbi – as Nina Armenian:

Morgana Robinson, who previously appeared in Toast Of London, here as Wildcat Lil:

Impressionist Lewis Macleod as Orson Welles:

Marvel’s Benedict Wong, who has also appeared in  What We Do in the Shadows playing a necromancer, as Rusty Halloween:

Rashida Jones as Billie:

Colin McFarlane as  Weech Beacon:

Toast Of London originally ran for three seasons on Channel 4 from 2013 to 2015.

Here's a trailer for the new six-part series which, like the original, Berry created with Father Ted co-writer Arthur Mathews:

Published: 24 Dec 2021