![]() ![]() ![]() Your sister Natasia plays Stath’s sister Sophie in the show. He’d spotted that he’d been given a parking ticket but was so desperate for the sale, he obviously thought “If I get this commission, that fine will pay for itself”. Then we watched him through the window, furiously thumping the bonnet of his car. Eventually he blurted out: “Look, are you going to take it?” When we said no, he just turned and legged it out of the flat. Have you had terrible flat viewings yourself? We all have, haven’t we? One guy who showed us a flat in Brixton was really sweating and panicking. Nobody ever says “trust me” if they have done their research, right? Isn’t it insulated? The windows feel thin and draughty.” The estate agent went: “It feels cold, like the windows are thin, yeah? But trust me, it’s not and they’re not.” Oh, that’s OK then. My mate was like: “It’s pretty cold in here. I went on one with a mate and the flat was freezing. It doesn’t stop them acting like fucking dickheads, though. I’m always curious how the agent will react, but they’re usually quite into it. When my friends go for flat viewings, I’ll tag along as research. How do you feel about lettings agents: loathe them or secretly fond? Not secretly fond, openly fond, just because I’ve spent so much time thinking about them. That would have had legs for about, ooh, half an episode. One early version was called “Flats & Chips”, about a lettings agency and a chip shop side-by-side and the rivalry between them. I needed to find a home for this character, an asexual idiot with a Greek-London accent. They say “write what you know” but I wrote about the thing I know least about. ![]() Why did you set your sitcom in a lettings agency? God knows! I ask myself this question every day. The second series of his Bafta-nominated sitcom Stath Lets Flats, about an incompetent Greek-Cypriot estate agent, airs on Channel 4 next week. ![]() He is currently appearing in Horrible Histories: The Movie and Hulu’s TV version of Four Weddings and a Funeral. His acting credits include Fleabag, This Time With Alan Partridge, Sally4Ever and Paddington 2. He studied at Bristol University and took an acclaimed student revue show to the Edinburgh fringe. Jamie Demetriou, 31, was born in Friern Barnet, north London, and joined the Chickenshed theatre group aged five. ![]()
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