Inside No. 9

Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton interview

"I think it's the relentless invention," said Reece. "Every week you get a new story and a new world and the beauty is you don't have to commit to it. You'll get a good little tale in half an hour. It's like Tales of the Unexpected... or a bag of Revels."

Inside No. 9 - Series 4 preview

There's nothing else on television quite like Inside No. 9, and in its fourth series there is absolutely no sign of the quality slipping at all.

Inside No. 9 - Series 4, Episode 1, Zanzibar, preview

The brilliant Inside No. 9 has tended to be one of the hardest TV shows to write about for fear of giving away spoilers. But actually the first episode of the new series is pretty straightforward to describe so hopefully reading this will not spoil your enjoyment.

Preview: Inside No. 9 series 4

Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton's Inside No. 9 returns to BBC Two for its fourth series on Tuesday 2nd January. Here's a spoiler-free review from Sophie who has seen episodes 1-4 of the new series...

Compared to the thoroughgoing nastiness of The Riddle Of The Sphinx, this one's as refreshing as a sea breeze. The baddies are punished, the goodies are rewarded, and the viewer can skip happily to bed untroubled by thoughts of cannibalism and suicide (though granted, with Saturday Night by Whigfield stuck in their head, so it's swings and roundabouts really).

It might be less deranged than its predecessors, but Empty Orchestra is still very much an Inside No. 9 story. Its use of song is as mischievous and slippery as the wordplay in last week's cryptic crossword-themed episode. Half a musical, the lyrics to most of the karaoke choices are neatly applicable to the story's characters. In barely any time at all, we'd been told a complete story that was satisfying, romantic and unexpectedly uplifting.

Opinion: Inside No 9, the all-time top six episodes

The new series of Inside No 9 starts on BBC2 on January 2 at 10pm. But what is your favourite episode out of the ones that have been broadcast so far?

The 20 best TV comedies of 2017

Here - in no particular order - are the 20 best shows from 2017.

50 best TV shows of 2017, #45: By turns the cleverest, funniest and nastiest thing on TV, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton's miraculous anthology remained horribly underappreciated.

Inside No. 9 - a special anthology screening

I was lucky enough to attend this unique event at Sheffield's annual Celluloid Screams festival. Unique in that this was the first time Inside No.9 had been given the honour of a curated anthology screening. The three episodes - handpicked by the creators themselves - were all from the three series already broadcast, making it distinct from the BFI's two episode previews for each new series.