Christos Stergioglou
A universal theme: a story of people trapped in an inhuman network of power. The brutal circle of the Eurogroup meetings, who impose on Greece the dictatorship of austerity, where humanity and compassion are utterly disregarded. A claustrophobic trap with no way out, exerting pressures on the protagonists which finally divide them.
11-year-old Misha is coming from Russia to Athens during the 2004 Olympic Games to live with his mother. He does not know there is a father waiting for him.
‘STATHLETSFLATS’isabrandnew6x30minsitcomforE4,writtenbyandstarringoneoftheUK’sleadingyoungcharactercomedians,JAMIEDEMETRIOU(Fleabag,Paddington)-describedbytheIndependentas’aSteveCooganinthemaking.’MaincharacterStathisachaoticbutwell-meaninglettingsagent,workingforhisGreek-CypriotfatherinNorthLondon.Acrosstheseries,Stathtriestoprovehimselfaworthyheirtothefamilybusiness,’MichaelandEagle’,despitehisepicincompetenceanddivisivepersonality.AgainstthebackdropofLondon’scrazypropertymarket,STATHisahighlyoriginalworkplacecomedywithfamilyatitsheart,whichoffersauniqueglimpseofGreek-Cypriotlifeinthecity.Theseriesisco-writtenbyRobertPopper(PeepShow,FridayNightDinner)anddirectedbyTomKingsley,directorPlsLike(BBC3)andBAFTA-nominatedfeatureBlackPond.WrittenbySebBarwell(Producer)
Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family abode is instantly assigned a new meaning. Hence ‘the sea’ refers to a large armchair and ‘zombies’ are little yellow flowers. Having invented a brother whom they claim to have ostracized for his disobedience, the uber-controlling parents terrorize their offspring into submission.