Svengali (2013)

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

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 (41)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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

J

Jonny Owen

Dixie

B

Brian Hibbard

Dixie's Dad

Roger Evans

Horsey

Alan McGee

Himself

Nichola Burley

Joel Fry

Macca

Natasha O'Keeffe

Natasha

Dylan Edwards

Jake

Jessica Ellerby

Alice

Di Botcher

Mrs. Cooper

J

Jack Gover

Clubgoer

Jordan Long

Homes

J

Joanna Pickering

Horsey's Girl

Eddie Webber

Teddy

Sharon Morgan

Dixie's Mum

Jermaine Liburd

Marcus

C

Cass Pennant

Motown

Carl Barât

Himself

H

Helen Chamberlain

Herself

Leila Wong

Pub Girl

S

Shelley Rees

Nicola

Pearl Mackie

F.O.H. girl

Z

Zara Symes

Cadie

Simon Nehan

Tyrone

K

Katie Owen

Patti

L

Lindsay Harding

Club Girl

Anette Martinsen

Pub Lady

Catherine Delaloye

Pub girl

M

Max Rushden

Himself

C

Curtis Lee Thompson

Scott

Katy Brand

Katya

Nicola Coughlan

Club Girl

H

Huw Stephens

Huw Stephens

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