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.
- Series 7, Episode 1 repeated Monday at 12:25am on U&Gold
Streaming rank this week: 187
Episode menu
Series 6, Episode 3 - Lip Service
Further details
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 24th May 2021
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Upcoming repeats
- Friday 28th February 2025 at 3:20am on U&Gold
- Thursday 6th March 2025 at 11:35pm on U&Gold
- Friday 7th March 2025 at 2:50am on U&Gold
Cast & crew
| Sian Clifford | Iris |
| Steve Pemberton | Felix Hughes |
| Reece Shearsmith | Eric |
| Charles Armstrong | Politician |
| Reece Shearsmith | Writer |
| Steve Pemberton | Writer |
| Guillem Morales | Director |
| Adam Tandy | Producer |
| Jon Plowman | Executive Producer |
| Steve Pemberton | Associate Producer |
| Reece Shearsmith | Associate Producer |
| Frances Mable | Line Producer |
| Joe Randall-Cutler | Editor |
| Amy Maguire | Production Designer |
| Tracey Gillham | Casting Director |
| Yves Barre | Costume Designer |
| Kieran McGuigan | Director of Photography |
| Jo Houtmeyers | Make-up Designer |
| Christian Henson | Composer |
| Matthew Gallagher | 1st Assistant Director |
| Gregor Sharp | Commissioning Editor |
Press
TV preview: Inside No. 9, Lip Service, BBC Two
One of the many takeaways from this week's episode, Lip Service, is that it's so different to the last two episodes in the current series of Inside No 9.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th May 2021Inside No. 9: Lip Service review
One of the more subdued entries in the Inside No 9 canon, Lip Service takes place in a gloomy and uninviting hotel room where Felix, a sad data entry manager, is holed up.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 24th May 2021Inside No. 9 series 6 episode 3 review: Lip Service
Do not disturb? Too late. Fleabag's Sian Clifford joins Inside No. 9 for a slippery episode that repeatedly sheds its skin. Spoilers.
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 24th May 2021Inside No. 9 review
Lip Service continues a run of classic episodes.
Sophie Davies, The Custard TV, 24th May 2021Inside No 9, episode 3, review
Brimming with bent coppers, this gripping episode satirised corruption and the deep state. If only Andrew Scott's Hot Priest had showed up.
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 24th May 2021Inside No. 9 review: Lip Service
After an ambitious opener and an overly safe episode last week, Pemberton and Shearsmith get the balance just right with this episode.
Nick Bartlett, Critical Popcorn, 24th May 2021