Somewhere on a dusty shelf in the dark corner of hell, stands two small jars, glowing gently with the souls of Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton. It’s the most plausible explanation as to why there hasn’t been a single episode that has fallen short in this second season of Inside No 9. There is, of … >
This week, Inside No. 9 receives a 999 call as something goes terribly wrong at a birthday party. In truth, quite a few things go wrong before the episode is out, but let’s go back a bit – as indeed the episode itself does, starting with a dramatic prologue before going back in time and … >
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith’s Inside No. 9 returns to BBC Two soon for a second season. Each story will again be set in a different location, with completely new characters. From a sleeping-car on a French train to a Séance in a grand Victorian villa, and from a 17th century village witch trial to … >
Consider, if you will, the carnival of monsters that Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith have presented throughout their career. A cavalcade of grotesques with strange voices, horrible wigs, and a variety of prosthetics. All very impressive, to be sure, but what they don’t get enough credit for is the so-called ‘normal’ characters: a collection of … >
This week’s episode of Inside No. 9 is the third of the second season, which makes it literally Episode No. 9. It’s probably reaching to read too much into such things, particularly as the programmes were almost certainly recorded out of sequence, but there’s still a pleasing symmetry in that there’s a return to roots … >
People complain about telly not being nearly as good as it used to be. Annoyingly, those sort of people are exactly the type who probably aren’t taking a chance on this anthology programme in the style of Tales of the Unexpected and Comedy Playhouse, which is not only as good as telly used to be, … >
‘La Couchette’ opens up the second season of Inside No. 9, and here you should stop reading if you haven’t seen the episode. A group of disparate characters have been shoved into a confined space, and they are not exactly ideal bedfellows. There’s a lot packed into what’s deceptively a gossamer-light plot involving a dead … >
The second season of Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith’s Inside No. 9 will begin on BBC Two later this month. Six new stories will be set in various different locations, from a sleeping-car on a French train to a Séance in a grand Victorian villa, and from a 17th century village witch trial to a … >
Filming has started on the second season of BBC Two’s Inside No. 9. Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith’s anthology of darkly comic tales launched last February and six new episodes will air later this year. Guest stars in Season 2 will include Alice Lowe (Sightseers); Alison Steadman (Gavin & Stacey); Claire Skinner (Outnumbered); David Warner … >
Appropriate to the season, there’s a jolly panto atmosphere for Vic and Bob’s House of Fools Christmas special. (‘Oh no there isn’t!’) Oh yes there is. The cast are having a merry time; the Fourth Wall has been carted away (and presumably papered over with German Honeymoon Horse wallpaper); and after a successful first season … >