Having failed her dancing exams, she finds herself working as Julian’s assistant – or as she calls it “making fish and coffee for Julian” – but still creates songs and dances with best friend Katya (played by her real life comedy partner, Ellie White).If a tree falls in a forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Or, to put it another way – if a sitcom wins three Baftas, and no one watches it, is it a comedy classic? In the case of Stath Lets Flats (Channel 4), Jamie Demetriou’s oddball sitcom about an inept Greek-Cypriot lettings agent in north London, undoubtedly so.

Jamie Demetriou’s hapless estate agent returns (Photo: Channel 4)ĭespite her relatively small part, Natasia Demetriou (who has become a star in her own right since the first series of Stath), is undoubtedly a highlight as Stath’s equally clueless sister Sophie. Those acquainted with internet meme culture will recognise the showers and the dancing from the real-life estate agent’s ad that went viral earlier this year. His reinvention of the family business was just as embarrassing as Stath’s attempts to appear competent, and came to a head in a sickeningly slick promo video he claims to have filmed using a drone, directed by Rita Ora’s brother.

The cycling shorts-wearing, sushi-eating agent who “walks around like he’s life’s bread” is completely out of place in the M&E (as it is now known) office, which looks like it hasn’t been changed since the ’70s – computers included. The format and the humour might be on the same track, but it was all change at Michael and Eagle Lettings thanks to the arrival of Stath’s nemesis Julian (Dustin Demri-Burns) as the new boss. While Demetriou can get away with making fun out of his character’s poor grasp of English, he does back up the easy humour with genuine jokes – the kettle is held together with electrical tape because Stath smashed it in reaction to accidentally asking Alexa to play heavy metal. Last night’s episode opened with the hapless Greek Cypriot doing what he does worst, showing potential tenants around a “brand banking new” flat.

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