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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 1, Episode 1 repeated Monday at 11pm on Gold
Streaming rank this week: 176
Episode menu
Series 9, Episode 6 - Plodding On
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Notes
The on-screen party guest credit for Europa Lepus is not a real person. It's a Latin nod to a European hare... the object hidden in every episode.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 12th June 2024
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Reece Shearsmith | Writer |
Steve Pemberton | Writer |
George Kane | Director |
Steve Ryde | Producer |
Adam Tandy | Executive Producer |
Josh Cole | Executive Producer |
Steve Pemberton | Associate Producer |
Reece Shearsmith | Associate Producer |
Ursula Haworth | Line Producer |
Mark Williams | Editor |
John Collins | Production Designer |
Tracey Gillham | Casting Director |
Yves Barre | Costume Designer |
Rowena Dean | Make-up Designer |
Christian Henson | Composer |
Kim Sellwood | Graphics |
Sarah Pate | 1st Assistant Director |
Gregor Sharp | Commissioning Editor |
Press
On BBC Two, there's a savage, impish, darkly meta send-off for Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith's Inside No. 9: Plodding On, the last-ever episode of the twisty, eerie, inventive anthology.
A throng of former guest stars mill within a satire mainly set in the unlovely loos at the show's wrap party. Cue treachery, sniping, celebrity disgrace (Anne Reid does "toot") and the On The Buses skit they'd previously hoaxed viewers about.
Ten years and 55 episodes of chills, jolts, and inveterate rug-pulling, all achieved on a Beeb comedy shoestring (Tales of the Unbudgeted?), Inside No. 9 has performed a veritable miracle of British television innovation. There's a stage version at Wyndham's theatre in London next year. Until then, bravo!
Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 16th June 2024Inside No. 9: Plodding On review
A bittersweet, genuinely poignant finale, Plodding On is the perfect end to a series that has consistently been the most vital, surprising series on television.
Nick Bartlett, Critical Popcorn, 14th June 2024Inside No. 9: Plodding On review
Finales tend to collapse under the weight of their own significance - but not when it came to Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith's masterpiece.
Nick Duerden, i Newspaper, 13th June 2024Inside No. 9: Plodding On review
The final episode of the cult comedy was a tender love letter to the friendship and collaboration of Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith.
Carol Midgley, The Times, 13th June 2024Inside No. 9: Plodding On review
The series finale played a brilliantly dangerous game.
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 13th June 2024Inside No. 9: Plodding On review
Plodding On is a heartfelt, fitting, farewell to what was for 10 incredible years, the best show on television. Bravo!
Jack Bottomley, Starburst Magazine, 13th June 2024Inside No. 9: Plodding On review
The episode isn't at all cheapened by its fan service - which is more than some blockbusters can say.
David Craig, Radio Times, 13th June 2024Every single Inside No. 9 episode was an Easter Egg in the series finale
Here's how all 54 previous episodes were included via a guest star, a poster, a prop, clip or a quoted line of dialogue...
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 13th June 2024Farewell, Inside No. 9: Why the BBC show's finale must be watched live
The most inventive, ingenious programme on our screens is coming to an end - make sure you watch the last episode as it airs.
Michael Hogan, The Independent, 12th June 2024Is this a clue to the final Inside No. 9?
The Cryptic Crossword in The Guardian on the day of broadcast has been set by Sphinx, which just happens to be the nickname used by Steve Pemberton when he sets crosswords.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 12th June 2024Inside No. 9: Plodding On review
For the last episode of Inside No 9, Steve Pemberton got to play one of the most devious characters the show has yet seen: himself.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 12th June 2024Inside No. 9: Plodding On review
Cult series bows out with fiendishly clever all-star farce.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 12th June 2024Speculation grows over Inside No. 9 final episode
Speculation has been growing about the very last episode of Inside No. 9, which is set to be broadcast on Wednesday 13th June. Particularly after it was announced that there would be a special live screening 'viewing party' at which the creators and stars Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton would be present. Tickets went on sale last week for the event at the Vue West End cinema in Leicester Square and quickly sold out.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th May 2024