Fawlty, Bean, Stath: We have always loved clowns so why do we pretend not to?

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Jamie Demetriou’s bumbling estate agent has returned to Channel 4 for a third series, his hapless brilliance undimmed. It’s an important part of Stath’s overall effect, which is to create a chaotic suburban fantasy world where even someone falling to their death is hilarious. In my favourite episode, from series two, Stath falls asleep in the bedroom when he’s showing prospective tenants around a property, a moment captured in a single take. If there is a long-term benefit to the success of Stath Lets Flats, we must hope it’s that a generation of performers are reassured that it is possible to have a Bafta-winning, critically lauded Channel 4 series where a key part of the act is the main character bumping into things.