Inside No 9 Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith on BBC2

mike65

Wednesday 5 February at 10pm

Two of the Psychoville team are back with a new fruity series of weird happenings. Killer cast, probably some killer plots!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4mAQcWl-BM

conorhal

Thanks, I'm a huge fan of the League of Gentleman so I'll give this a watch. I'll aproach it cautiously though as I really wanted to love Psychoville and the 'League' boys should have been able to do a portmanteau horror series in their sleep, but for me it fell oddly flat.

evilivor

conorhal wrote: »

Thanks, I'm a huge fan of the League of Gentleman so I'll give this a watch. I'll aproach it cautiously though as I really wanted to love Psychoville and the 'League' boys should have been able to do a portmanteau horror series in their sleep, but for me it fell oddly flat.

Psychoville was hard to love. It just seemed so, strained.

mike65

Bump!

Sesudra

Settled down to watch this last night, love anything these guys have done, was enjoying the cringy comedy...then my poxy recorder box chopped the last ten minutes off! Did anyone see it and tell me how it all worked out?

Sesudra

So I managed to watch it and really enjoyed it! I think the half hour one off format really suits this kind of material. The cast was phenomenal, very funny and

took a serious swerve into dark territory in the last few minutes

Looking forward to the rest!

mike65

I thought there was too much cast and not quite enough writing myself though still enjoyed it - 30 mins was the max though.

mike65

mike65 wrote: »

I thought there was too much cast and not quite enough writing myself though still enjoyed it - 30 mins was the max though.

Loved tonight's episode with a great twist at the end.

Welsh Megaman

Absolutely brilliant episode last night - can't remember the last time a scripted comedy commissioned by the BBC made me laugh out loud.

Already looking forward to next week's episode.

mike65

Just seen it, some brilliant timed gags and very funny 'silent comedy'.

Firewalkwithme

Another great episode tonight (well last night technically).

Why is this show being overlooked?

Welsh Megaman

Another great episode...I admit part of me tried to play a game of 'Guess what the twist is going to be', but I was wrong!

OldRio

Great TV.

pickarooney

Loved this.

Welsh Megaman

Must say, I was a bit disappointed with last night's episode. Mostly because:-

a)

I was waiting for Reece Smearsmith to appear.

b)

I was expecting a crazy 'twist' at the end, eg. some unseen footage found on the camcorder.

mike65

I liked the fact it was different in tone, more gentle!

mike65

Bump episode 2 is being reshown tonight at 9.30 after Fast Show, its definitely the best of the series, so if you missed it the first time.

Birneybau

New season starts on BBC2 tonight!

There were some great episodes in the last one.

Welsh Megaman

evilivor wrote: »

Psychoville was hard to love. It just seemed so, strained.

The fact that Dawn French starred in it, was enough to make me reach for the remote.

Looking forward to tonight's show, my favourite episode of the last series was the cat burglars one.

Welsh Megaman

Good stuff

Harry Palmr

God fat people! :pac:

The poo in the shoe box moment was hilariously awful.

Welsh Megaman

Bought back bad memories of a backpacking hostel in Dublin

Jumped on the top bunk after a ker-razy night out thinking it would be empty, and...well, you can guess the rest!

fussyonion

Watched this tonight; never knew it was the second series as I hadn't even seen the first.

I loved tonight's episode; especially the twist at the end. And it was nice to see Julie Hesmondhalgh in something else other than Corrie.
Roll on next week.

The Pooka

fussyonion wrote: »

Watched this tonight; never knew it was the second series as I hadn't even seen the first.

I loved tonight's episode; especially the twist at the end. And it was nice to see Julie Hesmondhalgh in something else other than Corrie.
Roll on next week.

Try to track down "Sardines" from series 1 - up there with several Roald Dahl stories for best twist ending!

I loved this,Pemberton and Shearsmith are brilliant comedy actors!

Birneybau

zorro2566 wrote: »

I loved this,Pemberton and Shearsmith are brilliant comedy actors!

Can't discount the fact that they are a pretty consistently great writing team. Also, amazing work with Gattis and Dyson.

fussyonion

Reece Shearsmith was excellent in The Widower last year, too. Very chilling and believable.

fussyonion

fussyonion wrote: »

Reece Shearsmith was excellent in The Widower last year, too. Very chilling and believable.

Steve Pemberton excellent in Happy Valley as well!

Harry Palmr

fussyonion wrote: »

I loved tonight's episode; especially the twist at the end. And it was nice to see Julie Hesmondhalgh in something else other than Corrie.
Roll on next week.

She was very good as Henry's sister in Banana (recent Channel 4)

Welsh Megaman

Wow...another good episode!

Must stop trying to guess the twist!

Harry Palmr

Yeah, I don't really care to speculate - I just let it unfold before me, Sheridan Smith is top notch.

Welsh Megaman

Another good episode - David Warner had some funny lines.

Basq

Just catching up on this now.. absolutely brilliant!

Am a big fan of Pemberton and Shearsmith but I honestly think the 12 Days Of Christine could be the best thing they've ever done.

Not just great comedy writers and actors, but damn fine storytellers too.

Harry Palmr

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Another good episode - David Warner had some funny lines.

I was expecting the Mr Warren and Mr Clarke joke to tie in with a role played by said actor but nope I can't find any suggesting of old grumpy features having played a witchfinder.

FloatingVoter

Harry Palmr wrote: »

I was expecting the Mr Warren and Mr Clarke joke to tie in with a role played by said actor but nope I can't find any suggesting of old grumpy features having played a witchfinder.

But he did play the devil in Time Bandits. :cool:

Warren Clarke died recently, maybe it was Pemberton and Shearsmiths tribute to him!

dfx-

Whilst I usually prefer when there's dark comedy like in the first episode, the second really was excellent. Though I would be a fan of Sheridan Smith as well anyway

Arghus

I'm surprised that this show still hasn't taken off with more people. It's a bit dark I suppose, but I think everyone enjoys a good twisty tale to sink their teeth into. I've spoken to people about season one, hoping that they'll eventually get sucker punched like I was when I watched The Harrowing last year. I kept waiting for the guilty belly laugh to arrive, instead I got pure pant soiling terror. Which was a great unexpected delight. The word "mischief" still makes me feel a bit loose in the bowels.

I found episode one of this season to be a bit of a let down. If you see the twist coming in the first three minutes, your enjoyment is slightly curtailed. But I did laugh, many a time.

Episode two was a the best so far for me. There was a cleverness in how the story was laid out and even if, in the end, the plot was familiarly bleak and slightly cruel, I definitely felt something that I most definitely hadn't anticipated- compassion. It was the first time I'd genuinely felt for the plight a person in one of the number nines. There may be a danger of declining standards if the programme goes on into the future, I do wonder how much mileage you can wring out of such an intentionally confined set-up, but I thought this episode showed they could still do the unexpected when trying to mess with your emotions.

Episode Three was a bit of a mixed bag- loved the period setting and the idea of a witch trial was great. David Warner, maybe it was because he was in the Omen, but whenever he appears on screen I can sense the imprint of the Quare Fella on things. Which is no bad thing in this context. Overall though I thought the twist was a bit pedestrian and although I'm as much a fan of dick jokes as the next man, it seemed like they really over egged the pudding, as it were, on that front here. More surprise, less knob talk.

So hit and miss so far this year, but great show overall. When it's bad, there's usually something worth commending and when it's good it's daring and one of the best things on TV.

DaBlackMask

Great show loved the old league of gentlemen series,

Silent night in was the best in season 1

Harry Palmr

I wish I had such a twisted imagination.

Welsh Megaman

Another great episode last night.

DaBlackMask

lol cold comfort was good,

12 days of christine was very sad, brillant story though

Welsh Megaman

Heads up/reminder...

The last episode in the series is on tonight instead of tomorrow night

gazzer

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Heads up/reminder...

The last episode in the series is on tonight instead of tomorrow night

Love this show. Pity it is ending tonight. Hope it gets a new series

Welsh Megaman

:eek: :eek:

Harry Palmr

Will Reece Shearsmith ever play a nice man in his own work?

Welsh Megaman

For me, there were shades of BBC One's controversial 'Ghostwatch' in 1992 :eek:

FloatingVoter

I hope the lads down in Vikings extra casting realise that on a freezing nightshoot in Wicklow - pissing your pants combined with a naggin of cheap Scotch is called central heating.

Welsh Megaman

Inside No.9 Christmas Special, tonight on BBC2 at 10pm.

THE DEVIL OF CHRISTMAS

Austria, Krampusnacht 1977. Who has been good and who has been bad this Christmas?

Also starring Jessica Raine and Rula Lenska.

Basq

^ Looking forward to this..

.. and new series to follow next month AFAIK.

Ghost Train

Must take a look at this later. Was great show