Inside No. 9 stage show in development

Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith follow up the multi-award-winning Psychoville and League Of Gentlemen with an anthology of tales of the genuinely unexpected. What really goes on behind closed doors? Be invited into six very different No 9s, where the ordinary and mundane rub shoulders with the extraordinary and macabre.

Starring alongside Pemberton (Psychoville, The League Of Gentlemen, Benidorm) and Shearsmith (Psychoville, The League Of Gentlemen, The Widower) is a myriad of talent including Helen McCrory (Skyfall, Peaky Blinders), Gemma Arterton (Quantum Of Solace), Luke Pasqualino (The Musketeers), Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd), Oona Chaplin (The Ark, Game Of Thrones), Julia Davis (Hunderby), Anna Chancellor (The Hour, Pramface), Anne Reid (Last Tango In Halifax), Tamsin Grieg (Friday Night Dinner, Episodes), Julian Rhind-Tutt (Green Wing, A Touch Of Cloth), Ben Willbond (The Thick Of It, Horrible Histories), Edinburgh Comedy Award-winner Tim Key and many more.

First released: Monday 17th March 2014

Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith follow up the award-winning Series 1 with another anthology of tales of the genuinely unexpected.

Be invited into six very different No. 9s, where the ordinary and mundane rub shoulders with the extraordinary and macabre.

Each episode is a stand-alone comedy set behind the doors of a different number nine. The various characters explored include those trying to sleep on a French overnight sleeper train, staff at a volunteer call centre and the holders of a seance in a Victorian villa.

Guest stars on the show include Jack Whitehall, Mark Benton, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Sheridan Smith, Alison Steadman, Claire Skinner, Paul Kaye and David Warner.

Special features:
Behind the scenes
Reversible sleeve

First released: Monday 4th May 2015

Deliciously dark writer-performers Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith return with a third collection of their award-winning films. Belly laughs and macabre twists combine in six endlessly inventive episodes with guest stars including Jessica Raine and Rula Lenska.

First released: Tuesday 21st March 2017

A fourth anthology from Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith. A unique mixture of comedy, drama, love, intrigue, ancient curses, industry gossip, room service, and murderous intent.

Guest stars include Zoë Wanamaker (Harry Potter); Noel Clarke (Kidulthood); Emilia Fox (Silent Witness); Monica Dolan (W1A); Sian Gibson (Car Share); Fenella Woolgar (War And Peace); Rory Kinnear (Count Arthur Strong); Marcia Warren (Sherlock); Bill Paterson (Fleabag); Tanya Franks (Chewing Gum); Hattie Morahan (Outnumbered); Nicola Walker (Unforgotten) and Weruche Opia (Bad Education).

First released: Monday 12th February 2018

Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith present a fifth anthology of films. From night-time to half-time, from the magic of Christmas, to the mysteries of magic, into the minds of monsters.

Starring alongside Pemberton and Shearsmith is a wealth of talent including: Stephanie Cole (Doc Martin), Jenna Coleman (Victoria), Kadiff Kirwan (Timewasters), David Morrissey (The Other Boleyn Girl), Ralf Little (The Royle Family), Fionn Whitehead (Dunkirk), Maxine Peake (Funny Cow), Phil Davis (Poldark) and many more.

Includes all of Series 5, plus the Hallowe'en 2018 special, Dead Line.

First released: Monday 16th March 2020

Take a further peek behind the door marked 'number 9' as the scripts from Series 1-3 are collected here for the first time. An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, read how each 30-minute self-contained story with new characters and new settings, sprang to life from the page.

Each series is prefaced by a foreword from the show creators, giving readers and fans behind-the-scenes insight to this creative phenomenon. It is a beautifully written series, some stories comic, some tragic, all highly original and inventive. As well as Steve and Reece, it has featured guest appearances from a plethora well-known actors including Jack Whitehall, Peter Kay, Sheridan Smith, Gemma Arterton, Keeley Hawes, Alison Steadman, Conleth Hill and David Morrissey.

Relive the show's every enjoyable moment down to the stage directions with Inside No. 9 - The Scripts: Series 1-3.

First published: Thursday 12th November 2020

Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith star in their award-winning anthology of twisted tales, where every story will either make you shake with fear or shriek with laughter. And usually both.

From seedy hotels to penthouse flats, from lip-readers to diamond thieves, and from the Last Night of the Proms to The Ninth Circle of Hell, you never know quite what to expect. Guest stars include Derek Jacobi (Last Tango In Halifax), Sian Clifford (Fleabag), Adrian Dunbar (Line Of Duty), Paterson Joseph (Peep Show), Lindsay Duncan (A Discovery Of Witches), Kevin Bishop (Porridge), Nick Mohammed (Intelligence), Bhavna Limbachia (Coronation Street), Sarah Parish (W1A) and Gemma Whelan (Game Of Thrones).

Six more films to delight and confound.

First released: Monday 21st June 2021

Welcome, reader, to the experience of a lifetime: a behind-the-scenes tour of the remarkable BAFTA award-winning series. This show-by-show guide reveals the genesis of each episode's idea through to the scripting, casting, design, direction, and production - where you'll have access to the minds and imaginations of creators Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton.

Filled with the show's dark humour and behind-the-scenes photographs, production stills, mood boards and concept drawings, you'll find yourself delighted and disturbed in equal measure. Every episode from the first five series will be covered by interviews with key creatives and discussion of the inspiration and creation behind every moment.

First published: Thursday 28th October 2021

Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith's award-winning anthology returns with another six deliciously dark tales.

From a Welsh primary school to a lonely lake, from ruthless kidnappers and injured birds to obsessive detectives and a stuffed rabbit, each episode is as unexpected and enthralling as the next. Guest stars include Mark Gatiss (Sherlock), Daniel Mays (Line Of Duty), Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter), Sophie Okonedo (Britannia), Jessica Hynes (WIA), Diane Morgan (Mandy), Daisy Haggard (Back To Life), Annette Badland (Doctor Who), Siobhan Redmond (Unforgotten) and Ron Cook (Hot Fuzz).

Every one of these tales will entertain and terrorise in equal measure.

First released: Monday 6th June 2022

Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith's darkly comedic creations are an endlessly dazzling masterclass in storytelling. Inside No. 9 - The Scripts features every episode from Series 4, 5 and 6 of the award-winning BBC2 anthology, including the live Halloween special and an original foreword for each series from the show's creators.

First published: Thursday 27th October 2022

Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith's award-winning anthology returns with six more deliciously dark tales where the ordinary and mundane rub shoulders with the extraordinary and macabre.

First released: Monday 29th May 2023