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.
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Series 1, Episode 6 - Dead Swan
Further details
A few years ago, Vince held up a swan that he says committed suicide and his then girlfriend Jill took a picture of it. When he finally gets his holiday photos developed at FlashySnaps, the police get involved and they don't believe Vince's version of events.
Vince's choice is between six months in jail or a half a day in stocks. Vince fancies himself as quite popular, but the size of the crowd that's gathered would suggest otherwise.
Notes
This episode's theme music is Tito Puente's On The Street Where You Live.
Dead Swan was originally the unbroadcast pilot. When the series was put on iPlayer in August 2021, the pilot version was initially put up by mistake. The only differences between this and the broadcast version were that the original unbroadcast version had a laugh track, no opening title sequence and slightly different end credits (they used a different font, and unlike in the broadcast version, Steven Wickham and Deborah O'Malley were credited).
This episode is dedicated to Will Murphy (1972-2002). He was the focus puller on this episode.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 12th December 2002
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Choice
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Sean Lock | Vince Clark |
| Benedict Wong | Errol Spears |
| Rochelle Gadd | Miss Rednapp (FlashySnaps Employee) |
| Geoffrey McGivern (as Geoff McGivern) | Sergeant Hamilton |
| Tracy-Ann Oberman | Jill (Vince's ex-girlfriend) |
| Mark Burdis | Grant |
| Liam Woodman | Sam (Androgynous Man) |
| Lucinda Raikes | Health Visitor |
| Giles New | Policeman |
| Adrian McLoughlin | Actor |
| Rachel Atkins | Actor |
| David Cann | Actor |
| Kim Hartman | Actor |
| Janice Phayre | Actor |
| Rob Rouse | Actor |
| Martin Trenaman | Actor |
| Dave Cohen | Actor |
| Bobby George | Self |
| Martin Hyder | Actor |
| Andrew Mackay (as Andrew McKay) | Actor |
| Angela Sims (as Angela Simms) | Actor |
| Kim Wall | Actor |
| Steven Wickham (as Steve Wickham) | Actor |
| Deborah O'Malley | Actor |
| Sean Lock | Writer |
| Martin Trenaman | Writer |
| Mark Lamarr (as Mark Jones) | Script Editor |
| Mark Nunneley | Director |
| Phil Bowker | Producer |
| Jo Sargent | Executive Producer |
| Jon Plowman | Executive Producer |
| Gayle Cope | Line Producer |
| Mike Witkins | Editor |
| James Dillon | Production Designer |
| Tracey Gillham | Casting Director |
| Sarah Hughes | Casting Director |
| Fiona Chilcott | Costume Designer |
| John Ignatius | Director of Photography |
| Kate Rudlin | Make-up Designer |
| Duncan Gaudin | 1st Assistant Director |