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Inside No. 9. Image shows from L to R: Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith
Inside No. 9

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.

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Series 5, Episode 6 - The Stakeout

Inside No. 9. Image shows from L to R: S/PC Varney (Reece Shearsmith), PC Thompson (Steve Pemberton)
Two police officers have time to get to know each other on the night shift. But PC Thompson's previous partner died in a brutal attack less than a month ago, the forensics have gone missing and PC Varney is beginning to ask a lot of awkward questions.

Broadcast details

Date
Monday 9th March 2020
Time
10pm
Channel
BBC Two
Length
30 minutes

Cast & crew

Guest cast
Reece Shearsmith S/PC Varney
Steve Pemberton PC Thompson
Malik Ibheis DC Dobson
Rebecca Callard Controller (Voice)
Writing team
Reece Shearsmith Writer
Steve Pemberton Writer
Production team
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 2020

Reece 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 2020

Inside 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 2020

Inside 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 2020

Inside No 9: The Stakeout, review

A bloody good end to another brilliant series.

Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 9th March 2020

Inside 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 2020

Inside 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 2020

TV 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

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