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Stath Lets Flats
''Stath Lets Flats'' is a British sitcom created and co-written by Jamie Demetriou, which premiered on Channel 4 on 27 June 2018. The series stars Demetriou as an incompetent and socially inept British Greek-Cypriot man who only has his job at a letting agent in London because his father is the owner of the company. The show 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 also had an early role as Marcus, and the show was dedicated to him following his suicide between the show's production and broadcast. ''Stath Lets Flats'' has been praised for its writing and performances. In 2020, the show received BAFTA awards for Best Scripted Comedy and Best Male Comedy Performance. The show's third series began broadcasting on 26 October 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Demetriou
Jamie Demetriou (born November 1987) is an English comedian, actor and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Bus Rodent in ''Fleabag'' and for creating, co-writing, and starring in '' Stath Lets Flats''. For the latter, he won Best Male Actor in a Comedy, Best Writer of a Comedy, and Best Scripted Comedy at the 2020 BAFTA Awards. Early life Demetriou was born in the Friern Barnet area of London the son of an English mother and Greek-Cypriot father. His elder sister, Natasia Demetriou, is a comedian and actress with whom he often collaborates. He attended The Compton School in North Finchley and joined the Chickenshed Theatre in Southgate, then attended Bristol University. Career Demetriou's student revue show ''Bristol Revunions'' received critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival from 2009 to 2011. His one-man multi-character show ''People Day'' later drew a comparison with Steve Coogan in ''The Independent''. Comedic television acting credits include '' S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, the paper's main news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadcast (magazine)
''Broadcast'' is a monthly magazine for the United Kingdom television and radio industry, owned by Media Business Insight. History ''Broadcast'' was started in 1973 by Rod Allen, who went on to work at LWT, HTV and HarperCollinsInteractive. He was most recently head of the Department of Journalism at City University, London, until he retired in 2006. Description The magazine covers a wide range of news and issues affecting the professional broadcast market in the UK. It has regular monthly sections covering news, commissioning, facilities, analysis, opinion, interview, platforms, production and ratings. ''Broadcast'' also often has a special feature covering an issue relevant to the industry. It is owned by Media Business Insight, a publishing, events and information business that also includes Screen International. Notable former staff * Dan Wootton (former ''News of the World'' TV editor) Awards Since 1996 the magazine has conferred the annual ''Broadcast Awards'', i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Kingsley
Tom Kingsley is an English TV and film director. He is best known for directing '' Ghosts'' and three-time BAFTA-winning Channel 4 sitcom '' Stath Lets Flats''. His work has been nominated for the 2012 BAFTAs, the 2011 British Independent Film Awards, the ''Guardian First Film Award'', the ''Evening Standard Film Awards'', and the Raindance Film Festival. Education Kingsley was educated at Eton College, a boarding independent school for boys in Eton in Berkshire, followed by Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he studied English, and was a member of the comedy group Footlights, directing the Footlights Revue "Wham Bam" at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe. Life and career In 2008, Kingsley worked as a runner at Blink, the Soho-based production company, after sending them a DVD containing several of his short films. Over the next year, he began directing music videos and commercials. In 2011 Kingsley and Will Sharpe released their low-budget feature-length film ''Black Pond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Cooper (actor)
Charlie Cooper (born 16 June 1989) is an English actor and writer, known for his role as Lee "Kurtan" Mucklowe in the BBC Three series ''This Country'', which he co-created and co-wrote alongside his older sister, Daisy May Cooper. Career Cooper began his career in his early 20s as a model while at the University of Southampton studying physiotherapy. He was signed to Elite Model Management in London. He grew dissatisfied with modelling shortly afterward and returned home to Cirencester with his parents and worked a series of odd jobs, including positions at retailers Argos and Topshop and in a sausage factory. In 2014, he and his sister Daisy May, with the support of ITV and NBC, wrote and shot a pilot episode of what would later become ''This Country'' titled ''Kerry''. However, the resulting episode was "horrible" and it was quickly dropped. Later he became an actor and co-writer of the BBC comedy ''This Country'' with Daisy May, writing the characters Kerry and Kurtan based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Avery
David Avery (born 6 April 1986) is a British film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for ''The Night Manager'', ''Starred Up'' and '' Lost in London''. Background Avery was born 6 April 1986 in Birmingham England, son of Cypriot parents. He attended Baverstock Secondary School in Druids Heath, Birmingham until 2002. After graduating Avery relocated to London with his immediate family. In 2007 he auditioned for the Central School of Speech and Drama and earned a place on the MA Acting for Screen course. Career Avery's first on screen role came in 2009 by starring in the third series of ''Sofia's Diary''. He joined the lead cast as Flex featuring throughout the series. ''Sofia's Diary'', produced by Sony Television, was one of the first online web series to make the transition to UK television. Avery's first feature film part was in '' Fit'' written and directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair. Shortly after, Avery landed the part of Nicos in ''The Inbetweeners Movie'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Mohammed
Nicholas George Mohammed (born 4 October 1980) is an English actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for his character Mr. Swallow, which he has portrayed across both stage and television for over a decade. Outside of the United Kingdom, Mohammed is best known for portraying the character of Nathan "Nate The Great" Shelley in the Apple TV+ series ''Ted Lasso'', for which he was nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category at the 73rd and 74th Primetime Emmy Awards. Early life Mohammed was born on 4 October 1980 in Leeds, West Yorkshire. His mother was a Cyprus-born general practitioner and his father was an Indo-Trinidadian legal professional. He was educated at Abbey Grange High School. He reportedly turned down an offer from Cambridge University and chose Durham University, where he was a member of St Aidan's College and played violin in the university orchestra. He had auditioned for the Durham Revue twice but failed to get in and instea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haruka Abe
is a Japanese actress. Life and career Born in Nerima, Tokyo, Abe grew up in Tokyo, London and New York. She trained at Rose Bruford College in South East London. She appeared in BBC's ''Ideal'' as Miko, and as Marti in Sleepydog's science-fiction TV series ''Slingers'' directed by Steve Barron. She also appeared in the video for Clean Bandit's song "Rather Be" which has gained over 698 million views on YouTube as of November 2022. In 2018, she became the new speaking voice of Noodle from the virtual band Gorillaz Gorillaz are an English virtual band formed in 1998 by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett, from London. The band primarily consists of four fictional members: 2-D (vocals, keyboards), Murdoc Niccals (bass guitar), Noodle (guitar, .... Filmography Television Web series Film Music videos Video games References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Abe, Haruka 1985 births Living people Actresses from Tokyo Alumni of Rose Bruford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Stourton
Thomas Edward Alexander Stourton (born September 1987) is an English actor, voice actor, comedian and writer. Career Stourton started his career as a comedian at university, performing in the web-series "High Renaissance Man" that he co-wrote with Tom Palmer. After university, the pair continued to write and perform together as comedy duo, Totally Tom. He stars alongside Charlotte Ritchie in the BBC Three sitcom ''Siblings'' which was first broadcast in summer 2014. As of 2014, he joined the voice cast of ''Thomas & Friends'' as the voices of Duncan, Rex, Terence, Alfie (season 23 onward), and the Fat Clergyman (UK/US). In 2015, he became one of the regular cast of CBBC's sketch comedy ''Horrible Histories'' which was first broadcast in 2015. Stourton also played a Viking nicknamed 'Lofty' in the ''Doctor Who'' episode "The Girl Who Died". In 2018, Stourton played the role of Edward Snowden in the comedy film ''The Spy Who Dumped Me'', featuring Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dustin Demri-Burns
Dustin Demri-Burns (born 11 July 1978) is a British actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for his work in ''Cardinal Burns''. He appeared in films as the roles of Danny Sinclair in the 2013 film '' Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa'' (2013), Viktor in the 2018 action comedy film ''The Spy Who Dumped Me'' (2018) and Crazy Cedric in the 2019 comedy film '' Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans'' (2019). In television, he appeared in shows as Julian in '' Stath Lets Flats'', Will_5000 in ''Sick Note'', Simon in ''GameFace'', Daniel in ''Turn Up Charlie'' and Voltaire in ''The Great''. Early life Demri-Burns was born in Lancaster, Lancashire on 11 July 1978. He attended Elliott School, Putney, Putney Heath, South West London (1989–96). He graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art with a degree in acting. Career Demri-Burns started his acting career when he played a minor character in the 2003 short film ''Nightswimming'' (2003). His film credits inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellie White (actress)
Ellie White (born 1989) is an English comedy actress. She is best known for playing Princess Beatrice of York in the British royal family parody, ''The Windsors'' (2016–2020), and Katia in the sitcom, '' Stath Lets Flats'' (2018–2021). In 2022, Ellie co-wrote and starred in the BBC sketch show, ''Ellie & Natasia'', alongside her comedy partner Natasia Demetriou. Early life and career Ellie White is from Oxford, England. Her father is journalist Jim White. She attended the University of Bristol, and was a member of the Bristol Revunions, graduating in 2010. White's career started in comedy stand-up, appearing in the 2013 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where the comedy line up also included Aisling Bea and Romesh Ranganathan. After the festival, White landed her first TV appearance on the Channel 4 TV series Jamie Demetriou's Comedy Blaps and on BBC Three's ''Live at the Electric'' as well as BBC Radio 4's ''Fresh From the Fringe''. In 2015, White landed a regular role i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Academy Television Award For Best Male Comedy Performance
This page lists the winners and nominees for the British Academy Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance, since its institution in 2009. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, children's film and television, and interactive media. Since 2009 (presented in 2010), there have been two separate comedy performance awards for Best Male Comedy Performance and Best Female Comedy Performance. Previously one award for Best Comedy Performance was presented. Steve Coogan has won the award three times, and Jamie Demetriou twice. Winners and nominees 2010s 2020s Superlatives Actors with multiple wins and nominations Multiple wins 3 wins *Steve Coogan 2 wins *Jamie Demetriou Multiple nominations The following people have been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance multiple times: 4 nominations *Hugh Bonneville *Steve Coogan 3 nom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
