The Flatshare | Preview (Channel 5)

A will they/won’t they romcom with a twist, The Flatshare follows two cash-strapped London twentysomethings who share a bed. The catch is – Tiffany and Leon have never met and, if their plan works out, they never will.

Newly dumped by her controlling ex, Tiffany spends her days earning minimum wage for minimum appreciation on a clickbait website, while Leon works nightshifts in a hospice getting life advice from a terminally ill teen as he tries to free his wrongfully jailed brother.

But, as the Post-its start to fly and each gets unexpectedly drawn into the other’s messy, complex life, an attraction evolves backwards. The question is – can you really fall in love with a person you’ve never set eyes on?

In the first episode, newly dumped and strapped for cash, online magazine journalist Tiffany (Jessica Brown Findlay) signs up for a flatshare with a twist. Leon (Anthony Welsh) works nights in a hospice, while Tiffany works days. The two will timeshare a bed and, if their plan works, they’ll never actually meet.

As Leon desperately tries to raise money for his brother Richie, who has been wrongly convicted of armed robbery, Tiffany finds her job is on the line as her work performance plummets after her breakup. With their personal lives in flux, each becomes intrigued by the stranger in their space, and soon the Post-its start to fly…

The Flatshare begins Friday 14th March at 9pm on Channel 5.