Inside No. 9
- TV comedy drama
- BBC Two
- 2014 - 2024
- 55 episodes (9 series)
Dark comedy anthology series from Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton. Each episode focuses on the goings-on around something to do with the number 9.
Episode menu
Series 5, Episode 6 - The Stakeout
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 9th March 2020
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Reece Shearsmith | S/PC Varney |
| Steve Pemberton | PC Thompson |
| Malik Ibheis | DC Dobson |
| Rebecca Callard | Controller (Voice) |
| Reece Shearsmith | Writer |
| Steve Pemberton | Writer |
| Guillem Morales | Director |
| Adam Tandy | Producer |
| Jon Plowman | Executive Producer |
| Steve Pemberton | Associate Producer |
| Reece Shearsmith | Associate Producer |
| Emily Shapland | Line Producer |
| Joe Randall-Cutler | Editor |
| Amy Maguire | Production Designer |
| Tracey Gillham | Casting Director |
| Yves Barre | Costume Designer |
| Nicola Coleman | Make-up Designer |
| Christian Henson | Composer |
| Mattias Nyberg | Director of Photography |
| Matthew Gallagher | 1st Assistant Director |
| Gregor Sharp | Commissioning Editor |
Press
Inside No. 9 review
Inside No. 9 is consistently so very, very good.
Carol Midgley, The Times, 10th March 2020Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton take centre stage as police duo Varney and Thompson, the Shaun Ryder and Bez of stakeouts. But a sinister backstory is lurking, with forensics have gone missing after riddle-loving Thompson's previous partner was found dead.and things are about to take a dark turn ...
Hannah Verdier, The Guardian, 9th March 2020Inside No 9: The Stakeout review
The fifth series of Inside No 9 goes out on a high tonight - though that's a position it's rarely left. No wonder two more seasons have been ordered already.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 9th March 2020Inside No 9, series five, review
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith took on the worlds of football and policing in the fifth series of the anthology show.
Sarah Hughes, i Newspaper, 9th March 2020Inside No 9: The Stakeout, review
A bloody good end to another brilliant series.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 9th March 2020Inside No. 9, series 5, episode 6 review: The Stakeout
There are limits. Whatever Time Lord technology Inside No. 9 uses to pack its 30-minute episodes fuller than a foie gras goose, there isn't always room for everything.
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 9th March 2020Inside No. 9 puts a twist on the police procedural
It feels strange now to think that the first series of Inside No. 9 included one episode without Shearsmith among the cast and another without Pemberton because they were worried that viewers might get sick of the sight of them. Five series in and fans do really seem to watch the show for them, rather than for whoever the guest stars of the week might be, and their longstanding chemistry is put to good use in this two-hander episode.
Sophie Davies, The Custard TV, 9th March 2020TV preview: Inside No. 9 - The Stakeout, BBC2
Oh bloody hell. It's the final episode of the fifth series of Inside No. 9. And I'm probably not the only person who thinks that this is the best series yet.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th March 2020