Inside no 9

[AnneLovesGilbert]

I know I’m very late to the party and I’m sure there are other threads though I couldn’t see one. But bloody hell! It’s absolutely incredible. Heard there was a new season starting so went to the beginning to see if it was any good. I didn’t like League of Gebtleman so didn’t have high hopes. Binged the first season in a couple of evenings and can’t wait for more. Anyone else love it? Does it stay as great through s2 and beyond?

Yes it does! They are all brilliant!

They are just brilliant. The podcast for each episode that they do (for the last couple of series at least ) is really good too.

It continues to be fantastic!
Like a box of chocolates everyone has favourites but the creativity and imagination of those 2 blows my mind. So clever and so enjoyable.

Ooh podcast sounds great, thank you! Is it by the writers?

Very imaginative series, the crossword one is brilliant. Although I think the last series wasn't as good tbh.

After a really long and exhausting day I said to DH we should get some takeaway and watch some Inside No 9, I’d only seen a few. “Let’s watch the 12 Days of Christine,” I said. “It’s supposed to be one of the best ones.”

Fuck me, that was not the comedy viewing we expected

I love Inside Number 9- I have a signed script box set!
My favourites are The Stakeout from S5 and the crossword one.
My dormant teenage Reece Shearsmith crush has also been thoroughly re-ignited!

I’m yet to get to the crossword one but looking forward to it.

I have watched the Christmas one and can only imagine how you felt @Cotherstone!

Like a punch in the gut.

The one that’s stayed with me the most so far is Tom and Gerri.

It’s a good job they’re screen writers and not master criminals, the twisted things they dream up

There’s echos of Hitchcock.

@SpottyStripyDuvet

They are just brilliant. The podcast for each episode that they do (for the last couple of series at least ) is really good too.

@AnneLovesGilbert yes it is Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton and usually the director or someone else who worked on that episode. It is fascinating!

I absolutely love this programme there’s so much packed into every 30 minutes.

The 12 days of Christine is my favourite and I think one of the best pieces of TV ever made. After saying that I want to watch it again, but can’t bring myself to.

I love the one about moving house and it keeps skipping to ‘10 minutes ago’ or something. Just excellent!

The Understudy was incredible too. Double creepiness of who was orchestrating everything and (I think?) his premonitions. Chilling.

I liked Love’s Great Adventure with Debbie Rush - also set at Christmas.

They are ridiculously talented. Such brilliant writers. Can't wait for the new series.

If I had to pick a single episode it would be Bernie Clinton's Dressing Room. Clever, funny and so poignant. Brilliant writing and performing.

I loved the Zanzibar hotel one, and a Quiet Night In (the silent one).

Absolutely essential viewing and can't wait for the next series.

Love it but also can't handle the dark, disturbing nature!

I am so jealous of anyone who gets to watch them for the first time.

Looking forward to the new series especially the reunion of Mark Gatiss, it's been long awaited to see them all back on screen again.

Went to see Shearsmith and Pemberton in a "audience with" style show at the local theatre - if you get chance it's worth seeing, they're brilliant writers and very clever, interesting to hear their own takes and insights on the episodes etc. Especially enjoyed hearing that it became customary for Shearsmith to fake his own death for Pemberton to find him when they started writing each series together.

Another big fan here.

I seem to love everything that these two do, in particular I loved Psychoville but that just didn’t get the admiration it deserved.

Amongst the typically lauded Inside no9 episodes, I thought the Devil of Christmas was superb, and Once Removed was so so clever.

The ‘live’ Hallowe’en one was a work of genius, but you possibly had to be there at the time to get the full hit.

'The ‘live’ Hallowe’en one was a work of genius, but you possibly had to be there at the time to get the full hit'

That was such a head melter. My DP knew they were playing silly buggers from the start but I just didn't know what to believe! It was SO creepy and so well done

S7 starts wed

@Blondeshavemorefun

S7 starts wed

Ooh! Thanks for the heads up.

I watched the Halloween one live and absolutely bricked it, even knowing it was out on. I always feel a bit angry when I’m scared of an episode. I feel duped because they’ve been around so long that there is something almost “cosy” about them, even at their most malign.

It's brilliant. Agree about Christine, definitely one of the best things I've seen on TV but such a heartbreaker.

The Halloween special was genius.