Stath Lets Flats is a British sitcom created by Jamie Demetriou that aired on Channel 4 from 27 June 2018 to 30 November 2021. The series stars Demetriou as Stath, an awkward and bumbling English Cypriot man who is employed at a London letting agent solely because his father owns it.
Demetriou co-wrote the series with Robert Popper. It is directed by Tom Kingsley. The series also stars Demetriou's sister Natasia Demetriou as Stath's sister Sophie, Christos Stergioglou as his father and boss Vasos, Katy Wix and Kiell Smith-Bynoe as his co-workers Carole and Dean, Ellie White as Sophie's friend Katia, and Al Roberts as Stath's co-worker and only friend Al. Alex Beckett had an early role as Marcus, and the show was dedicated to him following his suicide between the show's production and broadcast.
The series received praise for its writing and performances. In 2020, it won the BAFTA for Best Scripted Comedy while Demetriou won the BAFTA for Best Male Comedy Performance. The show also airs on HBO Max in the United States.
In January 2022, Demetriou said there were no plans at the time to make a fourth season, but that there may be one in the future. Several characters from the show returned for a sketch as part of Red Nose Day in March 2023.
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Premise
The series is based around a lettings agency in London run by a Greek family: father Vasos (Christos Stergioglou), and his two children Stath (Jamie Demetriou) and Sophie (Natasia Demetriou). Stath is flawed but over-confident, as Jamie says he "is someone who assumed he must be amazing because it would be incredibly inconvenient if he wasn’t".
Episodes
Writing
Demetriou said that the series is set in a lettings agency because it "is a great base for comedy characters because it’s about people handing themselves the rope to hang themselves with." Some of the stories in the show are from Demetriou's own experiences of using lettings agents in London.
The final script came out of both prepared scripted work and improvisation.
Reception
Critical reception for series 1 was highly positive. Sam Wollaston of The Guardian gave it a positive review saying that there was "plenty to like". Guy Pewsey of the Evening Standard said that it contained "moments of classic, unmistakably British, humour". Elisa Bray of the i said that it "roared along at speed with energy and absurdity".
The second series won multiple BAFTAs.
International adaptation
In December 2020, it was reported that Fox was developing an American adaptation of the series, titled Bren Rents with Joe Mande as writer and executive producer.