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 5, Episode 1 repeated Monday at 12:35am on U&Gold
Streaming rank this week: 123
Press clippings Page 26
Inside No. 9 series 5 episode 2 review
Pemberton and Shearsmith give the fans what they want in "Death Be Not Proud".
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 11th February 2020The nerdy details in Death Be Not Proud
Major episode spoilers as we explore the Easter Eggs tucked away in Inside No. 9's Death Be Not Proud...
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 11th February 2020Inside No. 9 & the sick, twisted history of Psychoville
Following this week's crossover episode, Ed Power remembers Psychoville, the Grand Guignol comedy-horror series that gave us Inside No. 9.
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 11th February 2020Another blackly comic, entirely unpredictable half hour in the company of Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton and the number nine. Putting a macabre spin on the housing crisis, in Death Be Not Proud, the only home Beattie and Sam (Jenna Coleman and Kadiff Kirwan) can afford comes with a sinister catch.
Hannah J Davies, The Guardian, 10th February 2020Inside No 9, Death Be Not Proud review
When did you twig? Was it the blender? The ping-pong ball eyes?
Chris Bennion, The Telegraph, 10th February 2020TV review: Inside No. 9
The quality of Inside No. 9 varies. Some of the episodes unfurl like exquisite, spooky jewel boxes; others feel too much like "theatre". The first episode of the new series fell into the latter category: a neat little three-act drama about four referees at a football match.
Camilla Long, The Sunday Times, 9th February 2020Preview: Inside No. 9 - Death Be Not Proud, BBC2
It's easy to speculate, but don't bother second guessing, just watch.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th February 2020TV review: Inside No. 9, series 5, episode 1
I could have forgiven the questionably dodgy plot if it had been a funny episode, but the majority of the jokes were just laborious and banal and there's absolutely no excuse for that.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 4th February 2020From a slapstick burglary to a parody of 70s horror and a very cryptic crossword, each episode of Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith's anthology series toes the line between deliciously arch and horrifyingly comic. As it returns, David Morrissey and Ralf Little star in a football-themed tale.
Hannah J Davies, The Guardian, 3rd February 2020Inside No 9: The Referee's A W*nker review
If conjuring up a fresh set of characters, circumstances and even cinematic style for every new half-hour episode of Inside No 9 takes its toll on Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton's creativity, you wouldn't know it from tonight's taut opening episode of the fifth series.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 3rd February 2020