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: 195

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Inside No. 9 renewed for two more series

BBC Two has confirmed that it has ordered two more series of Inside No. 9, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton's critically acclaimed anthology format.

British Comedy Guide, 9th March 2020

Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton take centre stage as police duo Varney and Thompson, the Shaun Ryder and Bez of stakeouts. But a sinister backstory is lurking, with forensics have gone missing after riddle-loving Thompson's previous partner was found dead.and things are about to take a dark turn ...

Hannah Verdier, The Guardian, 9th March 2020

Inside No 9: The Stakeout review

The fifth series of Inside No 9 goes out on a high tonight - though that's a position it's rarely left. No wonder two more seasons have been ordered already.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 9th March 2020

Inside No 9, series five, review

Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith took on the worlds of football and policing in the fifth series of the anthology show.

Sarah Hughes, i Newspaper, 9th March 2020

Inside No 9: The Stakeout, review

A bloody good end to another brilliant series.

Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 9th March 2020

Inside No. 9, series 5, episode 6 review: The Stakeout

There are limits. Whatever Time Lord technology Inside No. 9 uses to pack its 30-minute episodes fuller than a foie gras goose, there isn't always room for everything.

Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 9th March 2020

Inside No. 9 puts a twist on the police procedural

It feels strange now to think that the first series of Inside No. 9 included one episode without Shearsmith among the cast and another without Pemberton because they were worried that viewers might get sick of the sight of them. Five series in and fans do really seem to watch the show for them, rather than for whoever the guest stars of the week might be, and their longstanding chemistry is put to good use in this two-hander episode.

Sophie Davies, The Custard TV, 9th March 2020

TV preview: Inside No. 9 - The Stakeout, BBC2

Oh bloody hell. It's the final episode of the fifth series of Inside No. 9. And I'm probably not the only person who thinks that this is the best series yet.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th March 2020

Inside No. 9, Thinking Out Loud, review

An unusually clumsy effort from TV's most inventive duo.

Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 2nd March 2020

Inside No. 9 review: Thinking Out Loud

Inside No. 9 gets bolder and more slippery by the week.

Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 2nd March 2020

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