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.
- Returns tomorrow on BBC2 at 9pm with Documentary
- Series 1, Episode 1 repeated tomorrow at 10pm on BBC2
Streaming rank this week: 163
Press clippings
Broadcast Awards 2025 comedy nominees revealed
Boarders, Changing Ends, G'wed, Inside No. 9, Ludwig and Things You Should Have Done are up for Best Comedy Programme in the Broadcast Awards 2025.
British Comedy Guide, 27th November 2024Inside No. 9: The Party's Over documentary coming to BBC Two
Inside No. 9 is to receive a celebratory, behind the scenes documentary on BBC Two this Christmas, featuring candid interviews with creators Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton and fellow cast members, with cameras allowed into the writers' room and beyond.
British Comedy Guide, 26th November 2024I Talk Telly Awards 2024 nominations announced
Big Mood, Boarders, Daddy Issues, Ludwig, Mammoth, Mr. Bigstuff, Spent, Such Brave Girls, Things You Should Have Done and We Might Regret This are amongst the nominees in the I Talk Telly Awards 2024.
British Comedy Guide, 9th November 2024On BBC Two, there's a savage, impish, darkly meta send-off for Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith's Inside No. 9: Plodding On, the last-ever episode of the twisty, eerie, inventive anthology.
A throng of former guest stars mill within a satire mainly set in the unlovely loos at the show's wrap party. Cue treachery, sniping, celebrity disgrace (Anne Reid does "toot") and the On The Buses skit they'd previously hoaxed viewers about.
Ten years and 55 episodes of chills, jolts, and inveterate rug-pulling, all achieved on a Beeb comedy shoestring (Tales of the Unbudgeted?), Inside No. 9 has performed a veritable miracle of British television innovation. There's a stage version at Wyndham's theatre in London next year. Until then, bravo!
Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 16th June 2024Inside No. 9 script being auctioned for charity
Steve Pemberton is raising money for charity by auctioning off a signed Inside No. 9 script, and also a signed copy of the hare statue that was hidden in many of episodes of the hit comedy anthology series.
British Comedy Guide, 15th June 2024Inside No. 9: Plodding On review
A bittersweet, genuinely poignant finale, Plodding On is the perfect end to a series that has consistently been the most vital, surprising series on television.
Nick Bartlett, Critical Popcorn, 14th June 2024Inside No. 9: Plodding On review
Finales tend to collapse under the weight of their own significance - but not when it came to Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith's masterpiece.
Nick Duerden, i Newspaper, 13th June 2024Inside No. 9: Plodding On review
The final episode of the cult comedy was a tender love letter to the friendship and collaboration of Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith.
Carol Midgley, The Times, 13th June 2024Inside No. 9: Plodding On review
The series finale played a brilliantly dangerous game.
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 13th June 2024Inside No. 9: Plodding On review
Plodding On is a heartfelt, fitting, farewell to what was for 10 incredible years, the best show on television. Bravo!
Jack Bottomley, Starburst Magazine, 13th June 2024