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If you like The Office you will love 15 Storey’s High.

15 Storey’s High. - The Complete First Series.

15 Storey’s High the cult TV comedy series written by and starring Sean Lock (Winner of British Comedy Award 2000) the multi-comedy-award winning stand-up, is set for DVD and Video release by Carlton Visual Entertainment this month.

Based on the hugely successful Radio 4 programme broadcast, 15 Storey’s High has recently been showing on BBC2 and BBC Three to critical acclaim.

15 Storey’s High is about two very different blokes who find themselves sharing a flat in a towerblock on a South London council estate. The flat’s owner Vince (Sean Lock) takes in a new lodger – Errol (Benedict Wong) and it is not long before he realises he has made a dreadful mistake. It has been described as the antidote to US style squeaky clean sit-coms, epitomised by the likes of Friends.

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Errol’s only crime however is that he’s a nice, considerate, thoroughly decent bloke. Vince however has spent too much time living on his own and is completely intolerant of anybody else! Errol is a real sweetheart and is very excited about his move to London and has a list of things he wants to do in London – Number 36 – Drink a cappuccino; Number 37 – Work with fish. Errol would do anything for anyone – but sadly in a place like London he is bound to be taken advantage of.

15 Storey’s High also introduces us to some of the other towerblock occupants – wife-swappers, bible bashers, lap dancers, men who shout at the television and even a bloke who keeps a horse in his spare room.

Here's what the critics have made of the series:

"The straight acting, the rawness of the dialogue and arid production values make this resemble a Beckett play as filmed by Krzysztof Kieslowski. Minimal but beautifully constructed plots involve accidents at the local swimming baths and the loss of a sofa. On paper, 15 Storeys High is not remotely funny, but onscreen it has a bittersweet allure." - Bruce Dessau, London Evening Standard newspaper.

"Many of the most successful sitcoms, such as Steptoe and Son, Fawlty Towers and Porridge, have featured characters who, for one reason or another, are unable to escape from each other. While no one would suggest that 15 Storeys High is in that league, it possesses an appealingly dark sense of the absurd..." - James Rampton, The Independent newspaper.

"...extraordinarily well-written comedy with plot strands and incidental characters worthy of vintage Seinfeld." - The Times newspaper.

This DVD and video package features all six episodes from the first series:

The Sofa, Pool Kids, Blue Rat, The Model, Ice Queen and Dead Swan.

London listings magazine Time Out said of the series: "Sean Lock’s fantastic new comedy series...should garner cult status...the scripts are sharp funny, and all the performances are spot-on...Lock succeeds: 15 Storey’s' has a quirky appeal."

15 Storey’s High - The Complete First Series is available in two formats, both running for 150 minutes, rated certificate 15, from Carlton Visual Entertainment.