Break Clause: A Comedy-Drama About Exes Forced to Flatshare After a Breakup
The new Channel 4 series follows a couple who split up the moment they sign a joint tenancy agreement.
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A new Channel 4 comedy-drama, Break Clause, explores the awkward reality of a couple who break up just as they commit to sharing a flat, according to a review in the Guardian.
The series follows Ben (Samuel Bottomley) and Lil (Lara Ricote), two Leeds University graduates who move to London together, only for a confession in the hallway of their new flat to end their relationship on the eve of the move.
Their estate agent informs them the tenancy paperwork is irrevocable, meaning the newly split couple must continue living together for six months until the contract's break clause takes effect.
The show, created by Mexican-American comic Lara Ricote, is described in the review as tackling the messy realities of modern relationships and breakups in a way that many traditional sitcoms avoid, using the pair's forced cohabitation as its central comic and dramatic engine.
Break Clause airs on Channel 4 on Thursdays at 10pm.
Sources
- Break Clause: two lovers flatshare during a breakup – and it makes for totally refreshing TV — The Guardian — Culture
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