Inside No 9
A member of the production crew has revealed more about the lengths that the Inside No 9 team including Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton and producer Adam Tandy went to to dupe viewers last night. The crew even had to sign NDAs - non-disclosure agreements, the sort of thing Hollywood actors have to sign, so that they would not give anything away in advance.
The transmission date has been confirmed for the start of the seventh series of award-winning anthology series Inside No 9, created by and starring Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith.
According to the BBC website the new series of six episodes will start on Wednesday, April 20 at 10pm on BBC Two.
Last week I was mildly mocked on social media for describing a programme that some people didn't like the sound of as "eagerly anticipated". I think it is fair, however, to describe the new series of Inside No 9 as eagerly anticipated without risking a big lawsuit landing in my inbox with a virtual thwack.
The creators of Inside No 9 have revealed that they considered decapitating the sitcom character Mrs Brown in their groundbreaking live episode Dead Line.
Watch the first trailer for the new series of Inside No. 9. coming doon to BBC Two.
I don't know what it says about the times we are living in but comedy seems to have slipped into all sorts of programmes this year. Was Black Mirror a comedy? Killing Eve? Patrick Melrose? A Very English Scandal? All of these great shows could have figured in a broader list but I've kept my choices to more traditional comedies. Using the word traditional in the broadest of senses too. And as for stand-up specials, a listicle devoted to them will follow...
The shortlist has been announced for the Wrier's Guild of Great Britain Awards 2019.
Among the nominees are Derry Girls (Lisa McGee); Inside No. 9, ‘Zanzibar’ (Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith) and Detectorists (Mackenzie Crook) in the Best Situation comedy category.
The Best Radio Category shortlist is Ability (Lee Ridley and Katherine Jakeways); Deadline (Jessica Hynes); Sarah Kendall: Australian Trilogy, Volume 2, Part 1, 'Seventy-Three Seconds' (Sarah Kendall).
The new series of Inside No 9 starts on BBC2 on January 2 at 10pm. But what is your favourite episode out of the ones that have been broadcast so far?
Beyond The Joke has reviewed every episode to date so took a look at its statistics to see which episode review had had the most page impressions. This does not mean it is the most loved episode. In fact people might have been clicking on the link because they hated an episode and were wondering what they missed. Some episodes have divided even the most committed fans.
It has been confirmed by the BBC that the first episode of the fourth series of Inside No 9 will be broadcast on January 2, 2018 on BBC2 at 10pm.
The episode is entitled Zanzibar and stars series creators Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton. It is written and performed in iambic pentameters, the form often used by William Shakespeare.
Inside No 9 has been shortlisted for a Writers' Guild Award. The episode entitled The Bill, written by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, is shortlisted in the Best TV Situation Comedy alongside This Country (Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper) and Back (Simon Blackwell).
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