Inside No. 9. Image shows from L to R: Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith
Inside No. 9

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.

  • Returns on Wednesday 8th May on BBC2 at 10pm with Series 9, Episode 1
  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 225

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Series 1, Episode 6 - The Harrowing

Inside No. 9. Image shows from L to R: Tabitha (Helen McCrory), Hector (Reece Shearsmith). Copyright: BBC
An episode set in a gothic mansion owned by a brother and sister who shut themselves away from the outside world.

Preview clips

Further details

Inside No. 9 knocks at its darkest door, where brother and sister Hector and Tabitha never go out and have to live in a carefully refrigerated gothic mansion. But tonight they have an event so special that a babysitter is required.

For Katy, the offer of £88 in the hand is too good to turn down. And, what could be so difficult about baby-sitting Andras, Hector and Tabitha's bedridden, disabled, elderly brother, whose bedroom is up on the top floor of the house?

Inside No. 9. Image shows from L to R: Tabitha (Helen McCrory), Hector (Reece Shearsmith). Copyright: BBC
Inside No. 9. Katy (Aimee-Ffion Edwards). Copyright: BBC
Inside No. 9. Hector (Reece Shearsmith). Copyright: BBC

Broadcast details

Date
Wednesday 12th March 2014
Time
10pm
Channel
BBC Two
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Sunday 1st November 2015 11:00pm Gold
Monday 2nd November 2015 1:40am Gold
Saturday 20th February 2016 11:00pm Gold
Sunday 21st February 2016 1:40am Gold
Saturday 29th October 2016 1:00am Gold
Saturday 8th April 2017 1:00am Gold
Monday 3rd July 2017 12:20am Gold
Monday 10th July 2017 1:00am Gold
Saturday 13th October 2018 11:15pm BBC4
Friday 22nd February 2019 12:20am Gold
Friday 22nd February 2019 10:40pm Gold
Monday 6th May 2019 11:40pm Gold
Tuesday 7th May 2019 3:10am Gold
Monday 12th August 2019 11:55pm Gold
Sunday 7th June 2020 11:20pm Gold
Monday 8th June 2020 2:00am Gold
Monday 10th August 2020 11:00pm Gold
Tuesday 11th August 2020 2:00am Gold
Wednesday 21st October 2020 11:20pm Gold
Thursday 22nd October 2020 1:55am Gold
Saturday 28th May 2022 11:40pm Gold
Wednesday 5th April 2023 10:20pm Gold
Thursday 6th April 2023 1:20am Gold

Cast & crew

Guest cast
Reece Shearsmith Hector
Helen McCrory Tabitha
Aimee-Ffion Edwards Katy
Poppy Rush Shell
Sean Buckley Andras
Writing team
Reece Shearsmith Writer
Steve Pemberton Writer
Production team
David Kerr Director
Adam Tandy Producer
Jon Plowman Executive Producer
Steve Pemberton Associate Producer
Reece Shearsmith Associate Producer
Joe Randall-Cutler Editor
Brian Sykes Production Designer
Christian Henson Composer

Videos

I'm not a vampire

Hector assures Katy that his appearance can be deceiving.

Featuring: Reece Shearsmith (Hector), Helen McCrory (Tabitha) & Aimee-Ffion Edwards (Katy).

Who lives here, The Munsters?

Katy's friend Shell is spellbound by the house.

Featuring: Aimee-Ffion Edwards (Katy) & Poppy Rush (Shell).

Interview: A full on gothic horror

Steve and Reece explain how their love of horror films influenced The Harrowing.

View this clip on the BBC website

Featuring: Reece Shearsmith & Steve Pemberton.

Press

Behind the scenes on The Harrowing

Director David Kerr lets Den of Geek in on the secrets of Inside No. 9's classic horror cinema tribute The Harrowing, an episode with an unforgettable ending...

Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 18th October 2020

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