Charlie Higson
Swiss Toni (2003)
Season 2
Sitcom following the antics of Toni, a self-deluding owner of a car showroom staffed by top salesman and alcoholic Geoff, trainee Paul and the object of Toni's affections, Miranda.
Released Feb. 10, 2003
Episode 30 min
10+
S2E1 - Depression
Now that he's had to downgrade Swiss has become depressed and going to the doctor sends him from one extreme to the other...
July 14, 2004, midnight
S2E2 - Troubleshooter
Swiss' company is feeling the strain, so he hires a woman who can sort out his problems but he's not keen on what she has to say.
July 20, 2004, midnight
S2E3 - Speed Date
When the opportunity arises to go speed dating with Miranda and the others, Swiss is first in line. The event is not a great success however, as when Swiss finds himself without a partner he drunkenly offers to take everyone back to his place.
July 27, 2004, midnight
S2E4 - Gellward
While Geoff has been on holiday the showroom has been busy making sales and it's all down to one customer - Peter Gellward - who has bought several new cars. But why? What has been drawing him to the showroom? Paul, Swiss and Miranda all have their own theories and we see the same events from their different viewpoints as each character tells their story.
Aug. 3, 2004, midnight
S2E5 - Cable
Sasha, a slacker college friend of Miranda's, visits the showroom and Miranda is horrified to discover that she is now a TV producer, making awful sadistic reality shows for cable TV. Sasha has only one thing on her mind when she comes to the showroom which is to check out Swiss and see if he is as extraordinary as Miranda has made out. She's in luck - Swiss is even more ridiculous than she expected and she seduces him into agreeing to host a talk show for Men and Motors.
Aug. 10, 2004, midnight
S2E6 - Pangolin
When the showroom closes for the weekend for rewiring it's a chance for the staff to enjoy a proper weekend off and they all plan to make the best use of the time. Paul is going to earn some extra cash decorating Swiss's mother's flat as a Mother's Day surprise, Ruth is planning a dirty weekend with Geoff and Swiss is planning a dirty weekend of his own.
Aug. 17, 2004, midnight
S2E7 - Mumble Jackets
Miranda's sister comes to vist and the men can't resist competing with each other to win her over.
Aug. 24, 2004, midnight
S2E8 - Fothergill 2000
Swiss is trying another new way to bring in customers and this time he's hired a robot called Fothergill 2000. Fothergill is controlled by a nerdy obsessive, Bric-A-Brac Leonard, and, like all of Swiss's ideas, is totally useless.
Aug. 31, 2004, midnight
S2E9 - Listening
Both Geoff and Swiss' chances with Ruth aren't good as Geoff can't express what he wants to say, and Swiss doesn't know how to attract the 'modern' woman. Miranda helps him out and so does Geoff, albeit inadvertantly...
Sept. 7, 2004, midnight
S2E10 - On Top of Old Smokey
It's Swiss's birthday - although he won't tell anyone how old he is. "That is the mystery of Swiss Toni". The staff have pulled together to buy him an I-Pod so that he can catch up with the modern world and Swiss realises that he has become stuck in the past. In order to win Ruth back he needs to re-invent himself as a modern man. He ends up loving modern technology and learning things he didn't know before...
Sept. 14, 2004, midnight
Network: BBC Three
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Feb. 10, 2003
Last Air Date: Sept. 14, 2004, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR / 10+
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