Errol. Errol
Truly marvellous show.
this post was submitted on 23 Sep 2023
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From the very first scene (where Errol is trying to force himself onto the sofa) I knew it was going to be something special. I only ever knew Sean for his panel show stuff & was fortunate enough to see his standup once, but had no idea he'd written a TV show. So talented and badly missed.
Massively underrated show!
Of course, the BBC have kindly deleted it from their catalogue.
I don't think they do this just for fun, they probably lost the rights to some aspect of it.
This is the problem with copyright and especially corporations owning it. If they can’t make it reasonably available, it should resort to the public domain.
I loved 15 Storeys High. Was kind of lost on what was the old BBC Choice. Second series was co-written with Mark Lamar and a further series was squashed in favour of Little Britain instead. Lamar said Sean was upset that so few people saw it (would've been ideal BBC2 fodder prior to the launch of digital only BBC channels) and stuck to panel shows thereafter.
Yeah I can see why he'd be upset about that, it's so funny and I can see a lot of similarities with things that came after. Got a strong Peep Show vibe from it, shame more people didn't get to see it when it first came out.
Sean, are you a risktaker by nature?
Oh yes. I once read a pop-up picture story book about giraffes.
The BBC did put it back on iPlayer after he died (it must have expired now), and it's available on DVD. Please buy it, don't pirate it.
15 Storeys High : Complete BBC Series 1 & 2 [DVD] by Sean Lock https://amzn.eu/d/aMULZv2