Inside No. 9

Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton on Series 3

"We've done quite a dark series this time around," says Steve Pemberton. "There's two or three episodes where we've pushed the horror element."

Radio Times review

Radio Times Top 40 TV Shows of 2015, #29:

The 12 Days of Christine, episode two of this twisty, darkly comic anthology's second series, was one of 2015's best single half-hours of television. A fragmented puzzle starring she-who-can-do-no-wrong, the superb Sheridan Smith, it told of a young woman's life in snapshots. It wasn't the reveal that amazed, it was the clever assembly of material, and the fact that such a brief acquaintance with these characters could be so eye-wipingly brilliant. Not that other episodes were slouches: especially the 17th-century witch's tale and the crisis-line micro-drama.

The second series of this superb and unique comedy from Reece Shearsmith was always going to make the list. The first series was one of the biggest highlights of 2014 meaning this second series of the standalone comedy stories had a lot live up too. Whilst some episodes failed to reach the high standards set by the first series, special mention must go to Sheridan Smith's episode and a deeply engrossing episode set in a call centre.

[The Guardian's best TV shows of 2015, #16:] Not since Tales of the Unexpected have British viewers been treated to such elegantly crafted half-hour slices of intrigue, unease and all-out emotional intensity.

The best thing I watched last week: Inside No. 9

This week I watched a series that has everything I look for in a British TV show; innovation, an element of the unexpected and something that is just plain well written. That is Inside No. 9 in a nutshell.

Inside No. 9 - Series 2 review

This series feels even more steeped in strong narratives. Perhaps this is because of the pressure of the previous run: viewers now had high expectations.

Reece Shearsmith's favourite TV anthology episodes

To celebrate the release of Season 2 on DVD (out now), Cult Box asked Reece Shearsmith to select some of his favourite ever TV anthology episodes...

You should be watching: Inside No. 9

Occupying a Tuesday evening timeslot on BBC Two, it was perhaps inevitable that Inside No. 9 didn't received the recognition it deserves. After only two short series, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton have succeeded in creating one of the most original and well-written British TV series in years.