Inside No. 9

RandallFlagg

Dead Thread Redemption...

Been binging all 5 series of Inside No.9 over last few weeks. It really is outstanding TV. Sadly, I've just a few episodes to go before all done.

The latest episode I watched was 'Love's Great Adventure' was again an exceptional episode, absolutely brilliant.

The Hallowe'en episode 'Dead Line' was mind boggling with the surprises, is that history of the Granada TV studios hauntings real? and that clip showing Tony Wilson reporting for Granada News was a real surprise. I need to Google it.

2 more series commissioned by the BBC apparently which is great news.

Iamnobody

Have you seen the Death Be not Proud episode yet? Hopefully I won’t spoil it by saying it neatly revisits the characters David and his Mum from Psychoville.

RandallFlagg

Iamnobody said:

Have you seen the Death Be not Proud episode yet? Hopefully I won’t spoil it by saying it neatly revisits the characters David and his Mum from Psychoville.

Yep, I haven't watched Pschoville so that reference was missed on me.

Fishboy7

Great series. I'm just working my way through Black Mirror now

Iamnobody

RandallFlagg said:

Iamnobody said:

Have you seen the Death Be not Proud episode yet? Hopefully I won’t spoil it by saying it neatly revisits the characters David and his Mum from Psychoville.

Yep, I haven't watched Pschoville so that reference was missed on me.

Something else to Binge on!

breakstuff

The Twelve Days Of Christine is up there as one of the best bits of tv ever. I've seen it at least five times, and it still gets me emotional at the end. I never bought into the whole Sheridan Smith, national treasure narrative, but she's stunning in that episode. The final scene, where she realises what's happening is just perfect. She emotes so much with the limited dialogue and subtle facial expressions it's hard not to get choked up. Brilliant, brilliant acting and writing. 

skullfunkerry

breakstuff said:

The Twelve Days Of Christine is up there as one of the best bits of tv ever. I've seen it at least five times, and it still gets me emotional at the end. I never bought into the whole Sheridan Smith, national treasure narrative, but she's stunning in that episode. The final scene, where she realises what's happening is just perfect. She emotes so much with the limited dialogue and subtle facial expressions it's hard not to get choked up. Brilliant, brilliant acting and writing. 

That's the only one I've seen and it's a spectacular bit of television 

Sassafras

I've got the whole lot on DVD and I've lost count of how many times I've watched each one.
Psychoville's really good too.

skullfunkerry

Is it available on any of the streaming services, does anyone know?

ewal

It's all on iPlayer

RandallFlagg

ewal said:

It's all on iPlayer

Yep, that's where I've been watching it. All done now, last episode watched tonight. Some very memorable episodes. It must take some work to conceive the stories, write them, write the scripts and act in them. Good work by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith. It was good to see Steve Pemberton's former colleague Phil Davis from Whitechapel in an episode.

DiscoStu

skullfunkerry said:

Is it available on any of the streaming services, does anyone know?

Seasons 1-4 are on Netflix

victorludorum

What's the verdict on series 6 chaps? It's just appeared on TV here. I watched 2 episodes last night (the football ref one and the Psychoville revisit) and I wasn't super impressed, but I've enjoyed some previous episodes, so i will plough on no doubt.

exocet

I enjoyed it - but I liked the football ref episode.

TimmyO

Sassafras said:

Psychoville's really good too.

Not now silent singer, not now! 

vasselmeyer

victorludorum said:

What's the verdict on series 6 chaps? It's just appeared on TV here. I watched 2 episodes last night (the football ref one and the Psychoville revisit) and I wasn't super impressed, but I've enjoyed some previous episodes, so i will plough on no doubt.

That's actually series 5, which I think is pretty strong. I think the football one ("The Referee's a Wanker") is one of the weakest of that series episodes. I really enjoyed "The Stakeout" and "Misdirection".

Series 6 aired last year in the UK and it was pretty patchy, but a lot of that was down to the filming constraints from Covid and havign a smaller cast. They have just finished filiming Series 7 which should be on early next year.

RandallFlagg

The final episode of Season 6 'Last Night of the Proms' was excellent, with Sarah Parish (swoon)

A very good but tragic examination of Britishness

Philly_Q

I wasn't that impressed with series 6.  Having said that, I always found the earlier series a bit patchy as well, but I watched all 5 series on iPlayer last year and thought there was barely a dud among them, so maybe it depends on my mood at the time.

The last episode of s6 I found quite disturbing, unless I'm getting them mixed up.

cruxiform

Sassafras said:

Psychoville's really good too.

I think it's brilliant but under appreciated. This scene is hilarious:

RocknRollDave

The beauty of the series is that each episode is a self-contained, totally different story in a different style. 
Problem with such eclecticism is that it makes it a bit like a Queen album - Always a duffer amongst the gems.