Katy Wix
‘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)
When Tom and Ellen are together, things seem to work. It’s only in the spaces outside the relationship – the intrusions of real life, and the deadly collaboration of parents, siblings, friends and exes – that the flailing attempts to make good first impressions, arrange first dates and hold a relationship together, seem to unravel.