The first series of 15 Storeys High is amazing, I couldn't stop laughing. The second series wasn't as good but it was still really funny. Vince (Sean Lock) is a grumpy guy who works as a lifeguard and lives in a council flat with Errol (Benedict Wong) an optimistic and very friendly guy. Lock and Wong work really well together and its a nice balance. The series has a strange tone to it. It's really slow and has these weird vignettes of the other people living in the council flats. It has some of the same awkwardness of The Office but it's actually funny. One of my favorite bits was when Errol is in the bathroom and starts tearing at the wallpaper eventually tearing it all down and you're just sitting there thinking why he's done it, the same reaction he has, but at the same time can see yourself doing the same thing. But I think my absolute favorite episode is Blue Rat where Vince gets all this cheap food including an energy type drink called Blue Rat - "all the energy of a rat trapped in a can." Needless to say, Vince gets a little crazy and hilarity ensues.
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