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 as Don
- Vicky McClure as Shell
- Kumud Pant as Pub guest
- Michael Socha as Tommy
- Maxine Peake as Angie
- Michael Smiley as Irish Pierre
- Morwenna Banks as Francine Hardy
- Matt Berry as Jeremy Braines
- Jonny Owen as Dixie
- Brian Hibbard as Dixie's Dad