Steve Pemberton
- 57 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and executive producer
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Preview - Inside No. 9: Diddle Diddle Dumpling
Every series of Inside No. 9 appears to have an episode set in suburbia. This time around, the family living at No. 9 sees one of its residents going slowly insane.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 14th March 2017Inside No. 9 review: Diddle Diddle Dumpling
The latest Inside No. 9 is a dark tale of obsession guest-starring Keeley Hawes.
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 14th March 2017Inside No.9 review: series three: 'Empty Orchestra'
'Empty Orchestra' is a very affecting piece. There are moments in it that stay with you and replay inside your head, such is the level of poignancy which builds within it, almost like a piece of music reaching a crescendo.
Dodo's Words, 13th March 2017Inside No.9 season 3 episode 4 review: Empty Orchestra
It's a half hour with significantly more emotional heft, having on its playlist such old classics as betrayal, regret and unrequited love.
Andrew Allen, Cult Box, 8th March 2017Another object lesson in economical narrative from Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith - this time with guest turns from Javone Prince and Tamzin Outhwaite. Tonight, we're at the karaoke leaving do of an office manager. It's a study in communication breakdown; how people use booze, loud music and enforced jollity to fill the gaps between them. As usual, a prickly, fraught affair but, this time, with just a touch of redemption to sweeten the pill.
Phil Harrison, The Guardian, 7th March 2017Preview - Inside No. 9: Empty Orchestra
The latest edition of Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith's anthology series takes us into karaoke booth No. 9.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 7th March 2017TV review: Inside No 9 - Empty Orchestra
Don't bother trying to second guess the twists. Nothing is predictable here, which keeps you watching to the very end. A hit episode full of hit songs.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th March 2017Inside No 9: Empty Orchestra review
Anyone who has taken part in a works' karaoke outing knows that it's an arena for bad singing, annoyingly good singing and professional tensions to surface unprofessionally. The latest episode of Inside No 9, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith's terrifically clever portmanteau series, exploited this to full effect to provide another 30-minute oddity that was bursting with ideas and left you with a feeling of deep unsettlement, like reading an MR James story and then remembering the denouement in your dreams and waking up in a cold sweat.
Ben Lawrence, The Telegraph, 7th March 2017TV Review: Inside No. 9 - Empty Orchestra
Taking us inside a comparatively more pleasant No. 9, this latest tale from Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton is fairly enjoyable, but lacks the high dramatic stakes of previous episodes.
Anneka Honeyball, The National Student, 7th March 2017The Riddle of the Sphinx review
The episode is proof, if any were needed, that Shearsmith & Pemberton possess two of the most extraordinary imaginations of any writers working in television today.
Dodo's Words, 6th March 2017