A '90s Britcom set in a burger joint where chaos is the special of the day.
Season 3 • Episode 7
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Spatz is a children's comedy series that ran on CITV during the 1990s, produced by Thames Television and created by Andrew Bethell. The show originally ran from 21 February 1990 to 10 April 1992. The show centred around a fast food restaurant situated in a fictional shopping mall in Cricklewood, London. It was operated by two Canadians, Karen Hansson, Spatz International's European Co-ordinator, and Thomas "TJ" Strickland, the restaurant's manager. Vas Blackwood, Stephanie Charles, Jonathan Copestake, Sue Devaney, Joe Greco, Katy Murphy and Ling Tai appeared as Spatz restaurant employees. Guest stars included David Harewood, Rhys Ifans, Gary Lineker, Danny John-Jules and Nicholas Parsons.
Acting
Vas Blackwood's Dexter steals every scene with effortless charm.
Writing
Snappy Britcom dialogue that predates Spaced's slacker poetry.
Creator
Andrew Bethel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Spatz arrived as CITV's answer to American workplace sitcoms, but kept its distinctly British class-conscious humor about dead-end service jobs.
Gary Lineker's guest appearance as himself—still playing football at the time—remains bizarrely unexplained in-universe.
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