Sara’s hysterical heartbreak story

OUT OF HER MIND BBC2, 10pm THE White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland is beckoning us into the story.

And then we have comedian Sara Pascoe roller-skating in a Lycra rainbow bodysuit.

“I am the main character, this is my story. I’m going to destroy your faith in love,” says Sara, who plays a fictionalised version of herself in this self-penned sitcom.

It’s a completely mad, weird world, as we follow Sara in a comedy about a comedian making her own TV show about, well, herself. Are you keeping up? As the character delves into her own terrible heartbreak, dealing with family and friends, it’s a bit like a nervous breakdown played out on screen.

A lot of wine is drunk. Every now and again the characters reference the fact they’re making a TV show.

Now and again, Sara reappears on her roller-skates either to muse on what is happening or to give a scientific powerpoint presentation.

“Out Of Her Mind is a direct expression of my mind,” says the real Sara. “We’ve turned my brain into a theme park, and everyone’s invited!” It has a brilliant cast. Juliet Stevenson plays her mother, bitter after her husband had a fling with her friend.

Fiona Button plays her sister Lucy, who is getting married – something Sara is not happy about.

Cariad Lloyd is her friend Sarah, nicknamed Scoopy, who is having a baby – this news has also not been received well.

Embittered by a back story of “exquisite pain and rejection”, Sara is convinced that “other people just ruin everything”. As a result, she just seems to ruin everything…