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: 161
Press clippings Page 47
Inside No. 9 - 'The Riddle of the Sphinx' review
A young woman asks a favour of a cryptic crossword setter, beginning a chain of unexpected turns...
Dan Owen, Dan's Media Digest, 1st March 2017A brilliant episode of Inside No. 9. Not just because it was a creepy, twisting tale of revenge, based on the riddle of the Sphinx. But because it was also based on, and starred, yesterday's Guardian cryptic crossword (which, of course, you will have completed before watching). Steve Pemberton, who writes and stars alongside Reece Shearsmith, also set the crossword. Hence the answer to 12 across: mystery guest! Genius.
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian, 1st March 2017Inside No 9 - The Riddle of the Sphinx preview
Is The Riddle of the Sphinx the best-ever Inside No. 9? It is certainly the cleverest.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th February 2017How the Guardian's cryptic crossword appeared on IN9
Today's cryptic was from a new setter ... and the BBC's horror comedy series might provide some clues to their identity.
Alan Connor, The Guardian, 28th February 2017Inside No. 9 review: a devious and outrageous puzzle
Clever, compelling and very, very dark, Inside No. 9's latest standalone story defined 'unpredictable'.
Mark Butler, i Newspaper, 28th February 2017Inside No. 9 review: 'The Bill'
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith's script is, as always, simply extraordinary, working across several different levels at once.
Dodo's Words, 26th February 2017The kicker for this horror-com's third season had Philip Glenister and Jason Watkins in juicy roles they must have salivated over - a one-act drama featuring their caricatures, subverted - and could have phoned in, but thankfully didn't. This argument over a restaurant bill was dark, biting, often blink-and-you'll-miss-it hilarious, ultimately prosaically disappointing, but that just made me want more. Bring it on.
Euan Ferguson, The Observer, 26th February 2017Inside No. 9 series 3 episode 2 review: The Bill
Inside No. 9 returns with a very fraught, very funny episode co-starring Philip Glenister and Jason Watkins.
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 22nd February 2017Inside No. 9 - ' The Bill'
Four friends disagree over which of them should pay for dinner in a restaurant, with macabre results...
Dan Owen, Dan's Media Digest, 22nd February 2017Preview: Inside No 9 - The Bill
In some ways, maybe because of the mundane contemporary setting, this feels like quite a low-key opener for the series proper. But despite the ordinary surroundings The Bill pings off in all sorts of extraordinary directions when you least expect it. But of course I'm not going to say which directions here. You'll just have to watch.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st February 2017