It featured a set of characters, living in a grim apartment building in the fictional postcode of SE69, who were plagued by various dilemmas.

[1] It was made by the Spitting Image Productions company and was originally broadcast on the UK's Channel 4 from 1995 to 1998.

The show was cancelled after its second series by the incoming new head of Channel 4 Television, Michael Jackson, who then bought US import South Park to fill the late Friday night slot vacated by Crapston Villas.

The show would be one of the first animated series on British television to present openly gay characters, specifically Robbie and Larry.

As of January 2012, all 20 episodes of Crapston Villas are available to watch on Channel 4's digital on-demand service 4oD (now called All 4).