Svengali

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Svengali

"Life, love and a band. Can he manage it?"

2013

1h 30m

5.3(29 votes)

Comedy

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…

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Cast & Crew

41 members

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Martin Freeman

Don

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Vicky McClure

Shell

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Kumud Pant

Pub guest

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Michael Socha

Tommy

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Maxine Peake

Angie

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Michael Smiley

Irish Pierre

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Morwenna Banks

Francine Hardy

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Matt Berry

Jeremy Braines

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Jonny Owen

Dixie

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Brian Hibbard

Dixie's Dad

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Roger Evans

Horsey

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Alan McGee

Himself

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Nichola Burley

Unknown Role

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Joel Fry

Macca

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Natasha O'Keeffe

Natasha

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Dylan Edwards

Jake

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Jessica Ellerby

Alice

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Di Botcher

Mrs. Cooper

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Jack Gover

Clubgoer

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Jordan Long

Homes

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Joanna Pickering

Horsey's Girl

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Eddie Webber

Teddy

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Sharon Morgan

Dixie's Mum

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Vauxhall Jermaine

Marcus

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Cass Pennant

Motown

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Carl Barât

Himself

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Helen Chamberlain

Herself

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Leila Wong

Pub Girl

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Shelley Rees

Nicola

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Pearl Mackie

F.O.H. girl

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Zara Symes

Cadie

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Simon Nehan

Tyrone

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Katie Owen

Patti

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Lindsay Harding

Club Girl

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Anette Martinsen

Pub Lady

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Catherine Delaloye

Pub girl

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Max Rushden

Himself

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Curtis Lee Thompson

Scott

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Katy Brand

Katya

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Nicola Coughlan

Club Girl

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Huw Stephens

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