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Inside No. 9, TV review
A top-drawer cast puts these twisted tales in a league of their own.
Will Dean, The Independent, 5th February 2014Inside No. 9, BBC Two, review
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith's new comedy is a top-notch, twisted tale that couldn't have come from any other writing team.
Paul Kendall, The Telegraph, 5th February 2014We know what you've been doing Mr President
Harry Shearer says the surveillance state has always been around. Just ask Richard Nixon...
The Big Issue, 4th February 2014Inside No. 9: cult heroes Shearsmith & Pemberton return
"I think it is a hard sell for people," Shearsmith says of the format. "There's this idea that you don't build an audience with an anthology - every week, you've got to start again and if you don't like the first one [you see] you might not watch again. That's the fear! But I think the appeal is the absolute excitement of not knowing what you're going to get."
Morgan Jeffrey, Digital Spy, 3rd February 2014Inside No. 9 preview
The way Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton write means that you don't need a whole series to get to know and love the characters, as you get to know them pretty well in the half hour episode and there's something quite nice about seeing a snapshot of their life.
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 3rd February 2014Preview: Inside No. 9 is magnificently macabre
For those that were sorry to see the end of the brilliant Psychoville after two series the good news is that Inside No. 9 is possibly even better. Certainly just as horribly funny in places.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st February 2014Inside No. 9 review
Inside No. 9 played with familiar themes Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith have dealt with in the past, but it had a sustained air of maturity about it that's felt only fleeting in their previous work.
Dan Owen, MSN Entertainment, 29th January 2014BBC Two orders second series of Inside No. 9
The BBC has ordered a second series of Inside No. 9, the new comedy from Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, before the first series has even started.
British Comedy Guide, 29th January 2014Inside No. 9 Episode 1: 'Sardines' review
It demands the audience's intelligence and respect, and pays back in interest. We're already looking forward to the rest of the series.
Andrew Allen, Cult Box, 26th January 2014Harry Shearer on bringing out Nixon's feminine side
The Simpsons star explains what it takes to bring America's most reviled president back to sympathetic life.
Stephen Robinson, The Spectator, 18th January 2014