Steve Pemberton
- 57 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and executive producer
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Preview: Inside No 9 - The Bill
In some ways, maybe because of the mundane contemporary setting, this feels like quite a low-key opener for the series proper. But despite the ordinary surroundings The Bill pings off in all sorts of extraordinary directions when you least expect it. But of course I'm not going to say which directions here. You'll just have to watch.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st February 2017Preview - 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.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 21st February 2017First 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.
Luke Holland, The Guardian, 21st February 2017Inside No 9: 'A laugh is the same as a scream'
As the darkly funny anthology series returns, creators Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith explain why comedy and horror is a marriage made in hell.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 20th February 2017Preview: Inside No. 9 'The Bill'
Jason Watkins puts in a great performance as penny-pinching Kevin, whose line delivery and facial expressions generate a lot of the episodes's laughs.
The Velvet Onion, 20th February 2017I talk to: Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith
Here's what Steve and Reece had to say about the new series when I caught up with them earlier this week.
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 16th February 2017Rewind: Psychoville revisited
A third season of Inside No. 9 arrives on our TV screens this month, so let's take a look back at its creators' previous comedy venture, Psychoville.
Sophie Davies, Cult Box, 15th February 20179 of the best Inside No. 9 episodes so far
As the dark nights draw in, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton's anthology series Inside No. 9 returns for a third season.
Andrew Allen, Cult Box, 15th February 2017Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith interview
Inside No. 9 is a cure for box set fatigue: Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith talk Series 3.
Nick Mitchell, i Newspaper, 15th February 2017League of Gentlemen eyeing 20th anniversary reunion
The comedy quartet of Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton and Jeremy Dyson will meet this year in a bid to mark 20 years since the TV debut.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 13th February 2017