Modern Toss (TV series)
Modern Toss is a partly animated British comedy programme based on characters from "Modern Toss", the creation of British comedy writers and cartoonists Jon Link and Mick Bunnage. Renowned for their scurrilous humour and highly stylised animation, it was created in 2004, initially as a website publishing single panel jokes and then as series of irregularly released comics. The initial pilot programme was commissioned by Channel 4 as part of their "Comedy Lab" series and broadcast on 10 May 2005. Series one was first broadcast between 11 July to 15 August 2006. Following the DVD release  of the first series in November 2007, a second series was shown between 23 January and 27 February 2008. The show features the voices of Lee Kern, Mackenzie Crook, Simon Greenall, Paul Kaye, Doon Mackichan, Lucy Scott, Anthony Davis, David Schall and Ralph Brown. The show was aired on the Independent Film Channel (IFC) in the United States and in 30+ territories including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Poland, Finland, Ukraine, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia Herzegovina, Macedonia, Philippines, Bulgaria, Iceland and the African territories reached by MNet. The series last played in the United  Kingdom on 4Music in 2011 and the pilot episode received an airing on Channel 4 in August 2012. Characters. The following recurring cartoons appear regularly in the programme: The theme music is the brindisi, "Libiamo ne' lieti calici", from "La Traviata" by Giuseppe Verdi.