Netflix has commissioned A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou, a comedy special written by and starring quadruple BAFTA winner Demetriou.
Josh Cole, Head of Comedy, BBC Studios:
“Jamie is an exceptional creator and performer. It’s a testament to his talent that in just one hour he will take us on an excruciating, hilarious, brilliantly observed journey through modern life”.
A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou takes the audience on a journey from birth to death through the ever adored medium of song and sketch – unpacking the most crucial, embarrassing, heartening and ultimately futile stages of a life lived in the anxious modern day.
Each stage of life is articulated through a different character played by Jamie; and he’s joined by an array of some of the best UK comedy talent including Ellie White, Sian Clifford, Jon Pointing, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Katy Wix amongst many more.
Jamie Demetriou:
“I’m in it quite a lot, hope that’s ok!”
The executive producers for A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou are Josh Cole (for BBC Studios), Simon Bird and Jonny Sweet (for Guilty Party), Andrew Gaynord and Demetriou himself who also writes and stars.
Quadruple BAFTA winner Jamie Demetriou is one of the UK’s leading comedy actors, writer-performers and character comedians. STATH LETS FLATS, the beloved series he created, wrote, starred in and EP’d, ran for three series on Channel 4. Airing in the US on HBO Max, the series has received widespread critical acclaim. In 2020, Jamie won three prestigious BAFTAs for the show: Comedy Writer, Scripted Comedy and Male Comedy Performance. In 2022 he picked up a further BAFTA again for Male Comedy Performance.
Other notable TV and Film credits include Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s phenomenon Fleabag, Apple TV+’s murder-mystery series The Afterparty, hit mockumentary series Documentary Now! from Seth Meyers and Fred Armisen, Hulu’s The Great, Miracle Workers opposite Daniel Radcliffe, Disney’s Cruella and Working Title’s smash hit Paddington 2. It has recently been announced that he will also star in the upcoming feature BARBIE, opposite Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.
Jonny Sweet and Simon Bird of Guilty Party Pictures:
“It’s been a privilege to see Jamie assemble these disparate, disastrous, often relatively thick characters into one beautiful sweep of life as he sees it. It’s as original, daring, and hilarious as we have come to expect from (to be fair) the comic voice of his generation.”
