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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Streaming rank this week: 99
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Series 8, Episode 4 - Love Is A Stranger
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 11th May 2023
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Claire Rushbrook | Vicky |
| Steve Pemberton | Manny |
| Reece Shearsmith | Norman |
| Mathew Horne | Edgar |
| Frances Barber | Lesley |
| Asim Chaudhry | Jai |
| Menyee Lai | Polly |
| Reece Shearsmith | Writer |
| Steve Pemberton | Writer |
| Jesse Quinones | Director |
| Kim Crowther | Producer |
| Adam Tandy | Executive Producer |
| Josh Cole | Executive Producer |
| Steve Pemberton | Associate Producer |
| Reece Shearsmith | Associate Producer |
| Ursula Haworth | Line Producer |
| Owen Oppenheimer | Editor |
| Paul Rowan | Production Designer |
| Tracey Gillham | Casting Director |
| Yves Barre | Costume Designer |
| Len Gowing | Director of Photography |
| Rowena Dean | Make-up Designer |
| Christian Henson | Composer |
| Nathan Juckes | 1st Assistant Director |
| Gregor Sharp | Commissioning Editor |
Press
Inside No. 9 - Love Is A Stranger review
Rushbrook's performance was outstanding. A thirty-minute comedy doesn't give the greatest scope for a dramatic performance but it can be done.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 12th May 2023Inside No. 9 - Love Is A Stranger review
"Love Is A Stranger" is another excellent episode in what is one of the strongest series of Inside No. 9 yet.
Nick Bartlett, Critical Popcorn, 11th May 2023Inside No. 9 - Love Is A Stranger review
Claire Rushbrook shines in an Inside No. 9 episode about looking for love in all the wrong places.
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 11th May 2023Inside No. 9 review
Love Is A Stranger was an expertly conceived, written and acted piece of television about the horrors of online dating. Claire Rushbrook's performance was beautifully restrained, oozing shy vulnerability as a series of hideous men popped up on her laptop screen, played by Mathew Horne, Shearsmith and Pemberton, plus Frances Barber as a ghastly woman selling diets to lonely women. Then, finally, a man who seemed nice, played by Asim Chaudhry. It kept you guessing as to who was the "lonely hearts killer" until the final seconds, then pulled the rug again. Small but perfectly formed television.
Carol Midgley, The Times, 11th May 2023