‘Stath Lets Flats’ Producer Roughcut TV Bolsters Development Team; Takes ‘Stath’ Back Out To U.S. Networks

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EXCLUSIVE: Stath Lets Flats producer Roughcut TV has hired two development execs to bolster its scripted comedy/drama credentials and is taking the hit Channel 4 comedy back out to U.S.

networks.Roughtcut Managing Director Ash Atalla said Jamie Demetriou’s three-time-BAFTA-winning comedy about a hapless North London-based  Greek Cypriot estate agent will be pitched to the U.S.

in the coming months. A single-camera Fox version was initially in development, titled Bren’s Rents, and showrunner Joe Mande, a writer on The Good Place and Parks and Recreation, remains attached.Atalla told Deadline “being geographically specific” and “placing trust” in Mande as showrunner will be key to Stath Lets Flats’ success in the U.S.“Maintaining complete control is a fool’s errand,” he said. “We feel such ownership over our own shows but you can’t sell your house and then tell people how to arrange the furniture.”Stath Lets Flats has run for three series on Channel 4 and was an instant critical hit, winning three BAFTAs last year for its second series including Best Actor and Best Writer for Demetriou.Roughcut shows including BBC3 double People Just Do Nothing and Cuckoo have been piloted in the U.S.

before, with Amazon and NBC ordering respectively, although neither were taken to series.A film version of People Just Do Nothing titled Big In Japan aired last year and Atalla said conversations are taking place over the potential to adapt other Roughcut TV shows for the big screen.New hiresHe has added to his development team with the hire of Brain in Gear producer Inez Gordon and The Mind of Herbert Clunkerdunk producer Ben Worsfield, both of whom join as development producers.