30 minSeason 2 • Episode 6
LatestWhen Magz is embarrassed by Tommy in front of her new friends she wonders if they should continue seeing one another.
Steve Coogan plays Tommy Saxondale: an ex-roadie with anger management issues and a pest-control business. Tommy is a little arrogant, a little egotistical and feels the world owes him more respect than it typically shows him. He has an assistant named Raymond who lives in a spare room in Tommy's house, a live-in girlfriend named Magz who owns a T-shirt business, and a receptionist named Vicky who has a tendency to drive him up the wall.
Acting
Coogan's physical comedy in a Hawaiian shirt is unmatched.
Writing
Tommy's monologues about 'the road' are poetry and pathetic.
Production
That house—every beige wall screams trapped dreams.
Creator
Steve Coogan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Coogan based Tommy on roadies he met during his early stand-up tours, including one who genuinely believed he'd 'been on the inside' of rock history.
The show predicted the 'disgruntled boomer' archetype years before Facebook made them unavoidable—Tommy is every uncle who shares memes about 'real music.'
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