'The Flatshare' trailer sees 20-something strangers sharing a room in cute rom-com

Major "Sleepless in Seattle "vibes.
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Rachel Thompson
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Jessica Brown Findlay (Tiffany) lies on a bed wearing pink pyjamas surrounded by loads of coloured post-it notes.
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A London flatshare isn't exactly the setting you'd associate with a typical rom-com.

But somehow, the trailer for Paramount+'s The Flatshare makes a nightmarish living situation look... well, kinda romantic, tbh. Naturally, that doesn't exactly align with the painful reality of the hellscape that is London's rental scene.

The six-part series is an adaptation of Beth O'Leary's 2019 bestselling novel of the same name.

The series stars Jessica Brown Findlay (aka Lady Sybil from Downton Abbey) as Tiffany and Anthony Welsh as Leon — two flatmates who share a bed but haven't actually met.

The story follows the pair, two skint 20-somethings, who end up in a bit of an unconventional living situation — sharing a one-bed flat. How does this arrangement work, then?

Well, Leon works nights and needs the money. Tiffany has the bed at night, while Leon occupies it during the day while she's at work. They communicate via post-it notes. With major Sleepless in Seattle vibes, the story questions whether it's possible to fall in love with someone you've never met.

The Flatshare will be available to stream on Paramount+ on Dec. 1.

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Rachel Thompson, sits wearing a dress with yellow florals and black background.
Rachel Thompson
Features Editor

Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.

A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.

Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.


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