There was an episode told in VHS flashback that underlined what a lovely, tender family sitcom Stath is under all the shrieking idiocy. Stath’s rougher edges were sanded off by fatherhood, and if the moment that Sophie and Al finally declared their love for each other in a genuinely inept way isn’t the most adorable thing on television all year, I’ll be staggered.
Although everyone in it was still unquestionably silly, they also became terrifically sweet. The most recent series was probably its best. 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).To create an army of gibbering morons, but also make you care for them, is a gift.
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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