Philip Glenister

The kicker for this horror-com's third season had Philip Glenister and Jason Watkins in juicy roles they must have salivated over - a one-act drama featuring their caricatures, subverted - and could have phoned in, but thankfully didn't. This argument over a restaurant bill was dark, biting, often blink-and-you'll-miss-it hilarious, ultimately prosaically disappointing, but that just made me want more. Bring it on.

Inside No. 9 series 3 episode 2 review: The Bill

Inside No. 9 returns with a very fraught, very funny episode co-starring Philip Glenister and Jason Watkins.

Inside No. 9 - ' The Bill'

Four friends disagree over which of them should pay for dinner in a restaurant, with macabre results...

Preview - Inside No. 9: The Bill

Following on from The Devil of Christmas, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith's series of dark comic one-off stories return.

First in a new series of Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith's merrily macabre anthology, although the recent Christmas special counts as one of this run's six, so it's really episode two. It's a chamber piece about four businessmen - including Philip Glenister and Jason Watkins, AKA That Bloke Who Pops Up In Everything - bickering over who gets to pay the bill in a restaurant. Tensions rise, secrets bubble to the surface and it all goes rather badly. A tight, gloriously stressful half-hour.

Preview - Inside No. 9: The Bill review

It's been a while - the Yuletide release of the none-too-festive Devil of Christmas notwithstanding - but Inside No 9 has returned in style.

Inside No. 9: 'The Bill' explores toxic masculinity

It's a spare, effecting and manipulative half hour that takes as long as possible before it lays all the cards on the table.

Pemberton and Shearmith shine Inside No.9

If Inside No.9 has somehow passed you by you need to give it a go. We live in a bland time for TV comedy and three series in this remains a gold standard and a breath of fresh air. I can't wait to see what the duo have in store in the four remaining episodes and we already know there's a fourth series for 2018!

Inside No 9 review

Inside No 9 is an underrated retro treat, a throwback to the good old Seventies and their one-off TV plays. This was a devilish confection with a haunting aftertaste. Don't have nightmares. And, no, I didn't have a starter.

Inside No. 9: Glenister and Watkins were brilliant

Jason Watkins and Philip Glenister became the latest big names to join Shearsmith and Pemberton's already impressive list of co-stars - and I sincerely hope they refused a fee. No one should be paid for having this much fun.