The writer and star of Stath Lets Flats on working with Phoebe Waller‑Bridge, his soft spot for Popstars’s Darius, and why he’s broody Jamie Demetriou, 31, was born in Friern Barnet, north London, and joined the Chickenshed theatre group aged five. He studied at Bristol University and took an acclaimed student revue show to the Edinburgh fringe. His acting credits include _Fleabag_, _This Time __With Alan Partridge_, _Sally4Ever_ and _Paddington 2_. He is currently appearing in _Horrible Histories: The Movie_ and Hulu’s TV version of _Four Weddings and a Funeral_. The second series of his Bafta-nominated sitcom _Stath Lets Flats_, about an incompetent Greek-Cypriot estate agent, airs on Channel 4 next week. WHY DID YOU SET YOUR SITCOM IN A LETTINGS AGENCY? God knows! I ask myself this question every day. I had no stake in that world. They say “write what you know” but I wrote about the thing I know least about. I needed to find a home for this character, an asexual idiot with a Greek-London accent. One early version was called “Flats & Chips”, about a lettings agency and a chip shop side-by-side and the rivalry between them. That would have had legs for about, ooh, half an episode. Continue reading...
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