15 Storeys High
- TV sitcom
- BBC Three / BBC Choice
- 2002 - 2004
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Sitcom about a grim 15-storey tower block. Miserable lifeguard Vince Clark hates being touched. He and his Chinese lodger Errol live in Flat 76. Stars Sean Lock, Benedict Wong and Dan Mersh.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 3 - Blue Rat
Further details
It's late at night and Vince, hyperactive and addicted to Blue Rat, is spying on people in the tower block opposite through his binoculars while Errol has to get up early in the morning for his new job at Billingsgate Fish Market.
Vince thinks he sees a man with a horse in his flat, but Errol doesn't believe him. Vince goes to check and meets Andy, a divorced man who's just trying to make his daughter's dreams come true, regardless of what the RSPCA think.
Notes
This episode's theme music is Madness's House Of Fun played backwards.
Phil Bowker was the man in the flat smoking, and (in the second of the two sketches) Peter Serafinowicz was the voice of the man whose hand he burnt putting the cigarette on it in the first sketch. Neither are credited.
In some places this episode is listed as Series 1, Episode 4.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 21st November 2002
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Choice
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
| Date | Time | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday 20th September 2014 | 12:20am | Gold |
| Saturday 20th September 2014 | 2:55am | Gold |
| Sunday 1st March 2015 | 1:00am | Gold |
| Sunday 1st March 2015 | 3:00am | Gold |
| Sunday 12th July 2015 | 1:00am | Gold |
| Sunday 12th July 2015 | 3:30am | Gold |
| Saturday 12th March 2016 | 12:15am | Gold |
| Saturday 12th March 2016 | 3:20am | Gold |
| Sunday 19th June 2016 | 2:55am | Gold |
| Monday 4th July 2016 | 1:00am | Gold |
Cast & crew
| Sean Lock | Vince Clark |
| Benedict Wong | Errol Spears |
| Dan Mersh | Darren |
| Perry Benson | Andy (Man with a Pony in his Flat) |
| Alan Corser | Old Man |
| Lewis Ghesson | Plaster Kid |
| Simon Godley | Herman (Man with Mail-order Bride) |
| Glyn Grimstead | Steve (Billingsgate Fish Market) |
| David Holt | Clive (RSPCA Man) |
| Adrian Hylton | Don (Billingsgate Fish Market) |
| Martin Trenaman | Len (Billingsgate Fish Market) |
| Peter Serafinowicz | Actor |
| Tymarrah | Actor |
| Phil Bowker | Actor |
| Sean Lock | Writer |
| Martin Trenaman | Writer |
| Mark Lamarr (as Mark Jones) | Script Editor |
| Simon Godley | Writer (Additional Material) |
| John Irwin | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Mark Nunneley | Director |
| Phil Bowker | Producer |
| Jo Sargent | Executive Producer |
| Jon Plowman | Executive Producer |
| Gayle Cope | Line Producer |
| Flit Bristow | Editor |
| James Dillon | Production Designer |
| Tracey Gillham | Casting Director |
| Sarah Hughes | Casting Director |
| Fiona Chilcott | Costume Designer |
| John Ignatius | Director of Photography |
| Andy Hollis | Director of Photography |
| Lucy Cain | Make-up Designer |
| Richard Lingard | 1st Assistant Director |
| Stephen Lincoln | 1st Assistant Director |
Video
The Horse
15 Storeys High is a sitcom set in a tower block. Vince Clark, played by Sean Lock, is a misanthropic recluse. In this clip he calls on a neighbour who he suspects has a horse in his flat and finds he is slightly mistaken.
View this clip on the BBC website
Featuring: Sean Lock (Vince Clark) & Perry Benson (Andy).