Lara Ricote’s tale of a couple who break up after moving in together is weird, hugely funny and uncomfortably true-to-life at timesAt 22, you move from Leeds to London for your first proper job, and get the keys to a flat with your uni boyfriend. But on day one, you break up, and are then stuck living together for the next six months as “friends” until you can wriggle out of your tenancy. We’ve all been there, right? Well, maybe we haven’t but, watching Break Clause, it’s easy to feel as though you have. This six-part comedy-drama harks back to the peak sadcom era of the late 2010s, when pretty much every show on TV was being referred to as “the new Fleabag”, and tears were de rigueur. It will make you laugh, it might make you cry and, at the very least, it will make you think twice about moving in with anybody ever again.Break Clause is the creation of Jess Bray, who has worked on Big Boys and We Might Regret This, and is directed by Alice Snedden, co-writer and star in Starstruck. Unlike that series, Break Clause isn’t a whimsical romcom, despite a very whimsical romcom opening in which Ben (Samuel Bottomley) chooses the exact moment that his girlfriend, Lil (Lara Ricote), is about to walk across the stage at graduation to tell her that he will move down to London with her after all (men, amirite?). Don’t let the soundtrack fool you, either; you may be singing along to Baby, Now That I’ve Found You by the Foundations and Sylvester’s disco bop You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real), but it will be out of habit rather than unbridled joy. Continue reading...