Carrie ( Morgana Robinson), Patricia ( Felicity Kendal), Maurice (Shearsmith), Kenneth (Pemberton) and Jean ( Fiona Shaw) attend a private retrospective art exhibition. They are met by the waitress Bea ( Montserrat Lombard), but none knows why they have been invited.

Pemberton, Steve; Shearsmith, Reece (2015). Nana's Party (episode commentary). Steve & Reece IN9 (via SoundCloud). Archived from the original on 3 April 2016 . Retrieved 3 April 2016. BBC Two - Inside No. 9, Series 8, The Bones of St Nicholas". Bbc.co.uk . Retrieved 15 December 2022. In a film within the episode, an English family (Pemberton, Rula Lenska, Jessica Raine and George Bedford) travel to an Austrian chalet in December 1977. They are told the story of the Krampus by their guide (Shearsmith). Meanwhile, the film's director ( Derek Jacobi) provides audio commentary.a b c d e Lawson, Mark (5 February 2014). "Inside No 9: How Shearsmith and Pemberton have revived a lost genre". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015 . Retrieved 6 February 2014. a b "TV tonight: Diane Morgan crashes The League of Gentlemen cast reunion". The Guardian. 20 April 2022 . Retrieved 20 April 2022.

Dowell, Ben (20 January 2016). "Keeley Hawes and Jessica Raine to star in the new series of Inside No. 9". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 24 February 2017 . Retrieved 13 September 2016.

The Scripts: Series 4-6

Successful West End actor Tony (Pemberton) is starring in a production of Shakespeare's Macbeth. His understudy Jim (Shearsmith) has always wanted a starring role, and Jim's fiancée Laura ( Lyndsey Marshal) encourages him to push for Tony's job. The episode is written in five acts, and is loosely based upon the plot of Macbeth.

Boyd, Phoebe-Jane (23 April 2015). "Inside No. 9 series 2 episode 2 review: The 12 Days Of Christine". Den of Geek. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015 . Retrieved 3 April 2015. Winners 2015". Broadcast. 4 February 2015. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015 . Retrieved 19 February 2015. The first series of Inside No. 9 was shown in the UK on BBC Two (and BBC Two HD) between 5 February and 12 March 2014. [93] [94] It was aired in Australia on BBC First, premiering on 5 January 2015. [95] The second series aired in the UK from 26 March to 29 April 2015, [ citation needed] and aired in Australia from 27 July 2015. [96] I treasure not ordinariness but originality, which is ill-advised, because how are you supposed to do that? Being ordinary, that is something you can be. Being original… maybe not. But recognisable details are then not something I treasure but something I want to escape from. a b Dessau, Bruce (5 March 2014). "Preview: Inside No 9: The Understudy, BBC2". Beyondthejoke.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014 . Retrieved 10 March 2014.Shearsmith, Reece (4 May 2015). Behind the Scenes: "Séance Time". Inside No. 9 Series Two DVD. BBC. My dad was a perpetually grateful man, his personality forged as a wee boy and perpetuated onwards. He enjoyed his fried breakfasts, kept his childhood friends, loved visiting his mum. Dessau, Bruce (February 2014). "Review: Inside No. 9: Tom & Gerri, BBC2". Beyondthejoke.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014 . Retrieved 20 February 2014. Inside No. 9 is an anthology series, with each episode featuring a new story, with a new setting and new characters. [11] Episodes run roughly thirty minutes each, with the self-contained story reaching a conclusion. [12] [13] The stories are linked primarily by the fact that each has an element of the story linked to the number 9, be that a mansion, a dressing room or even a shoe, size 9. Almost every episode stars Reece Shearsmith or Steve Pemberton, and regularly both. [14] Each episode is effectively a short play. Some episodes take place in real-time, following half an hour in the lives of the characters. [15] Every episode of Inside No. 9 features an ornamental hare somewhere on-screen. [16] [17] [18] According to Pemberton, "Because each episode is so wildly different there was nothing really linking them other than the fact they were all inside a Number Nine, I just thought it would be nice to have an object that you could hide and just have there on every set." [16] There is, however, no particular significance to the hare itself. [17] [18] In the 17th century, villager Elizabeth Gadge ( Ruth Sheen) stands accused of witchcraft; she will be burnt at the stake if found guilty. Magistrate Sir Andrew Pike ( David Warner) summons renowned witch-finders Mr Warren (Shearsmith) and Mr Clarke (Pemberton) to investigate, planning to use the trial to increase interest in the village.