Not many TV shows could get away with making their second ever episode completely silent. Let alone instalments told in iambic pentameter or via cryptic crossword clues. What about one set entirely inside a wardrobe? However, Inside No 9 isn’t your average TV show. In fact, it’s the most inventive, ingenious programme on our screens. And this week, it comes to a conclusion. I, for one, am bereft.
Each week, the comedy-horror anthology tells a different dark and deliciously twisted story. It thrills, it chills, it often kills. Creators Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith have now decided to bring down the curtain after nine seasons, as one last numerical in-joke. BBC Two’s longest-running current comedy is nine and out. This fiendishly clever, wonderfully witty series bows out as one of the best things on British TV.
