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Spare Room

Her husband takes the 7:14 train every morning. The lodger in the spare room knows that. So does she. Timetables can change.

Episode 1: The Curtains

6 episodesScandalsUnder One Roof

Episode 1 plays here for free. From episode 2 onwards you need a Dreamy Shorts membership.

What Spare Room is about

What do you do when you bring a stranger into the house because the house is too quiet? She lets the spare room in Surrey to a young graduate, shy, tidy, always wearing headphones. Her husband thinks it is a good idea, extra income, and he is hardly there anyway. At 7:14 his train leaves for London, at 7 in the evening he is back. In between lies a house with curtains that can be drawn and a loft hatch that plays a part in episode 2.

Spare Room runs to the rhythm of the railway. Every episode starts after the 7:14 and ends before the evening train pulls in. The curtains, the hatch to the loft, the cover of the hot tub in the garden: the episode titles list the hiding places of a house built for two that now holds three. The Late Train, episode 3, is the first day the plan starts to slip. Notice, episode 5, means giving notice, and also noticing. Both meanings are intended.

The last episode is called The 7:14. Best not to say more about it, except that timetables look reliable until you look closer. Dreamy Shorts lists the series under Scandals and Under One Roof, and the second one is exactly right: three adults, one house, too many doors. Episode 1 shows the move-in, the house rules and the look she gives him as she hands over the key. From then on you hear every train that passes.

All episodes of Spare Room

EpisodeTitleAccess
1The CurtainsFree
2The Loft HatchMembership
3The Late TrainMembership
4The Hot Tub CoverMembership
5NoticeMembership
6The 7:14Membership

Spare Room on Dreamy Shorts: free to start, the rest with the membership

The Curtains, episode 1, plays here in the player. No account, no app, just press play. From The Loft Hatch onwards you need premium at DreamyShorts: 19.99 USD a month or 119.88 USD a year, approx. £15 a month or £91 a year, converted, rate varies. Per month, the annual plan is half the price. According to the provider you can cancel at any time. No promotion, no countdown.

Six episodes, one to two minutes each, with subtitles. Honestly, this is a series for the morning: commuter train, headphones, six episodes to the end of the line. Under One Roof is the right range on Dreamy Shorts if housemate stories are your thing, Scandals the other. After Spare Room, Sea View is the natural next pick, also a landlady, also a lodger, just with the sea instead of a suburban railway. Both series have six episodes and start here the same way: one episode free.

Why DreamyShorts?

  • Every episode runs one to two minutes. You do not need a free evening, a bus ride will do.
  • Episode 1 plays here with no account, no app and no credit card. Only once a series has hooked you is the next step worth taking.
  • The membership opens up every episode of every series, new series are added all the time, subtitles are included, and according to the provider you can cancel at any time.
  • Portrait format, built for the phone. It works just as well on a desktop.

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Questions about Spare Room

What is the 7:14 in Spare Room on DreamyShorts?

The train her husband takes to London every morning. It sets the pace of the series: as long as it runs, the house has only two occupants for the day. The last episode carries its time as the title. What that means, the series shows itself, and only right at the end.

Can I watch Spare Room completely without a membership?

No. Episode 1 plays here free. For episodes 2 to 6 you need the Dreamy Shorts membership, 19.99 USD a month or 119.88 USD a year. That opens every series in the catalogue, not just this one. According to the provider you can cancel at any time, and there is no countdown or discount.

Is Spare Room a series about housemates?

Yes, in the sense of three adults under one roof: a married couple and a lodger. No relatives, no family, just a tenancy agreement and a house with too many quiet hours. That is why DreamyShorts files the series under Under One Roof and under Scandals.