Svengali

Overview

Svengali tells the story of Dixie, a postman from South Wales, and a music fanatic. All his life he’s dreamed of discovering a great band and then one day, trawling through YouTube, he finds them… ‘The Premature Congratulations’. He hunts them down and offers them his management services. They are young, arrogant, sexy and utterly magnificent. Putting their demo on a cassette tape, Dixie heads out onto the streets of London…

Cast

Martin Freeman

Don

Vicky McClure

Shell

Kumud Pant

Pub guest

Michael Socha

Tommy

Maxine Peake

Angie

Michael Smiley

Irish Pierre

Morwenna Banks

Francine Hardy

Matt Berry

Jeremy Braines

N/A

Jonny Owen

Dixie

N/A

Brian Hibbard

Dixie's Dad

Roger Evans

Horsey

Alan McGee

Himself