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 7, Episode 1 repeated tomorrow at 12:25am on U&Gold
Streaming rank this week: 164
Press clippings Page 63
Reece Shearsmith's TV nightmares
As a second series looms, Inside No. 9's star and co-writer Reece Shearsmith pays tribute to the creepy, unpredictable sci-fi and horror anthology shows that inspired it.
Reece Shearsmith, The Guardian, 26th March 2015The brilliance of Inside No. 9
Successful scripted comedy is, for the most part, built on firmly established characters that an audience grows to loathe, love or basically care one jot about. Which is why Inside No. 9 is such a wonderful anomaly.
Frances Taylor, Digital Spy, 26th March 2015Everything you need to know about Inside No. 9
Fans of the BBC's Inside No. 9 rejoice for a second series returns tonight. For those who have yet to discover this dark comedy, here's everything you need to know.
Tina Campbell, Metro, 26th March 2015Video: Shearsmith & Pemberton reveal No. 9's TV talent
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith (The League of Gentleman) return with a new series of cult black comedy Inside No. 9 tonight, but while they wrote all six episodes, they certainly aren't the stars of the show as they told us.
What's On TV, 26th March 2015Inside No 9 is back - and it's as creepy as ever
Ben Dowell meets Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton to discuss the return of their unsettling "comedy".
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 26th March 2015TV review: Inside No 9
This is classy TV, a cracking start to an anthology, in which each episode offers fresh delights unlike the last. Bring on No 2 in this bunch of No 9s.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th March 2015TV review: Inside No. 9
Spattered with gags both smart and puerile - suicide and explosive diarrhoea have rarely gone hand in hand in such a climatic finale - and rounded off with the sort of smart, subversive closing moments Inside No. 9 has become known for, La Couchette is perhaps more accessible than some of its previous bedfellows, and a solid opening to a very welcome series.
Nic Wright, Giggle Beats, 26th March 2015Inside Number 9 review: 'deliciously wicked'
Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton gave us a ruthless dissection of human foibles, from an attempt to open a zip as quietly as possible to, well, murder.
Gabriel Tate, The Telegraph, 26th March 2015'Inside No. 9' Season 2 Episode 1 review
But here's the thing: the two creators of Inside No. 9 are simply too good writers to be satisfied with simple fart jokes. More than that - and this is a separate point, though clearly related - they always make their scripts work very hard with every single line.
Andrew Allen, Cult Box, 26th March 2015Inside No. 9: Was the first episode worth the wait?
Despite starting off with a succession of fart jokes (while I too have a childish sense of humour - fart jokes? Come on...) Inside No. 9 remains resolutely a comedy and the cast mined their cramped surroundings for laughs.
Chris Bennion, The Custard TV, 26th March 2015