The Best Episodes of Inside No. 9
Last Updated: Nov 20, 2018
Inside No. 9 invites viewers into six very different No. 9s, where the ordinary and mundane rub shoulders with the extraordinary and macabre. From a grand country house where a game of 'sardines' leads to some chilling revelations in a wardrobe; to a very oddly haunted house; to a blood-soaked actor's dressing room in London's West End; to the flat of an apparently happy primary school teacher who becomes the victim of a good deed; these unpredictable tales feature high comedy and claustrophobic horror by turns.
#1 - The 12 Days of Christine
Season 2 - Episode 2
Christine Clarke brings a new man back to her flat from a New Year's Eve party, and immediately her life starts to unravel. Who is the terrifying stranger that keeps appearing in the flat at night?
8.27
#2 - Once Removed
Season 4 - Episode 3
According to the Holmes & Rahe Stress Scale, the three most troubling experiences in life are the death of a spouse, divorce and imprisonment. Moving house is only 32nd on the list. But anything could happen in the last 10 minutes of this episode. Or the 10 minutes before that. Or the first 10 minutes for that matter.
8.05
#3 - The Riddle of the Sphinx
Season 3 - Episode 3
A professor at the University of Cambridge attempts to teach a student how to solve a cryptic crossword.
8.04
#4 - A Quiet Night In
Season 1 - Episode 2
Gerald owns a beautiful house with lots of beautiful things in it. Beautiful things that are also extremely valuable. The kind of things that might just become the target of an audacious criminal enterprise.
8.04
#5 - Cold Comfort
Season 2 - Episode 4
It's Andy's first day as a volunteer at the Comfort Support Line call centre, which offers the lonely and desperate a chance to talk about their problems. All the CSL counsellors have their own ways of dealing with clients, coping with the emotional stress and killing time between phone calls. But is Andy really prepared for what's to come?
7.94
#6 - Bernie Clifton's Dressing Room
Season 4 - Episode 2
It's been 30 years since Northern double-act Len and Tommy last appeared on stage together, that fateful night at the Glasgow Pavilion. Then Tommy walked out on Len, and that was curtains for Cheese & Crackers. Until now - and one last gig in front of an invited audience.
7.92
#7 - Zanzibar
Season 4 - Episode 1
Welcome to London's Hotel Zanzibar. Our varied guests have travelled from afar. Proposals, plots and prostitutes combine. It's a comedy of errors on floor nine.
7.89
#8 - Tom & Gerri
Season 1 - Episode 3
Tom is a primary school teacher with ambitious ideas of becoming an author. When he tries to repay a good turn from a late-night caller, he gradually becomes the victim of his own generosity. As time passes, his new friend - Migg - becomes an increasingly dominant part of Tom's life, threatening his relationship with his aspiring actress girlfriend, Gerri.
7.88
#9 - The Bill
Season 3 - Episode 2
A group of friends go for a night out at a local restaurant. Soon an argument erupts about who is going to pay the bill.
7.88
#10 - To Have and To Hold
Season 4 - Episode 4
When Adrian's career as a wedding photographer starts to get in the way of his own marriage, his wife Harriet is determined to find out why.
7.86
#11 - Tempting Fate
Season 4 - Episode 6
A dead hoarder's flat, a blood-stained floor, a dead rat, and a terrible, inescapable curse from beyond the grave. All in an ordinary day's work for council contractors Keith, Nick and Maz.
7.76
#12 - La Couchette
Season 2 - Episode 1
On board the sleeper from Paris to Bourg St. Maurice, a motley collection of passengers try to get a quiet night's sleep as the train makes its way across France. But as the sleeping compartment fills up, the chances of that begin to look highly unlikely. In Deuxième Classe, everyone can hear you scream...
7.75
#13 - Diddle Diddle Dumpling
Season 3 - Episode 5
After finding a lost shoe in the street, a man becomes fixated on trying to trace its owner.
7.60
#14 - The Devil of Christmas
Season 3 - Episode 1
Austria, Krampusnacht 1977. All the good children are given gifts by St Nicholas and all the bad ones are punished by the demonic Krampus. Julian and Kathy arrive for a holiday with their family. But who has been good and who has been bad?
7.50
#15 - Sardines
Season 1 - Episode 1
It is the day of Rebecca and Jeremy's engagement party, and everyone (well, nearly everyone) has turned up to the old house to wish them well. Except that one of the bedrooms, the one with all the old baggage in it, has been left unlocked...
7.49
#16 - Nana's Party
Season 2 - Episode 5
It is Nana's special day: it isn't every day you get to be 79. She is excited about spending the afternoon with her whole family - even Pat and Jim, who both love a great practical joke. Her Angela has put on a lovely spread, including a huge cake. But as Nana says, 'Don't worry about the future: you can't predict it'.
7.46
#17 - Empty Orchestra
Season 3 - Episode 4
At a karaoke party to celebrate a colleague's promotion, a group of office workers decide to express their feelings through their choice of songs.
7.43
#18 - Private View
Season 3 - Episode 6
A group of strangers are invited to attend a private exhibition at an art gallery, but none of them knows why they were invited.
7.41
#19 - The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
Season 2 - Episode 3
Two of England's most notorious and feared witch-finders are summoned by Sir Andrew Pike to the unassuming village of Little Happens in order to try an old woman. Elizabeth Gadge stands accused of consorting with the Devil, most lewdly and on divers occasions. If she is found guilty, she will burn. It is very definitely the most exciting event in Little Happens since the business of the escaped cow.
7.39
#20 - Last Gasp
Season 1 - Episode 4
Tamsin is a very sick little girl, so Jan and Graham asked WishmakerUK to brighten up their daughter's birthday. The charity is bringing along a very special guest indeed - none other than the legendary singer Frankie J Parsons.
7.23
#21 - Seance Time
Season 2 - Episode 6
Having never consulted the spirit world before, Tina isn't quite sure what to expect. Her visit to the spiritualist medium Madam Talbot has been arranged by her sister. Hives, Talbot's assistant in the mundane world, seems quite helpful, but there's something already waiting for Tina on the Other Side, and Hives knows all about it.
7.22
#22 - And the Winner Is...
Season 4 - Episode 5
We join the jury of a television awards company as they decide on who is going to win the Best Actress award. But only one of the eight actresses can be chosen.
7.13
#23 - The Understudy
Season 1 - Episode 5
Tony Warner's performance as Macbeth is the toast of London's West End. It would be very bad luck indeed if he was suddenly indisposed in some way. Except for Jim, his ever-hopeful understudy, of course.
7.02
#24 - The Harrowing
Season 1 - Episode 6
Ordinarily, Hector and Tabitha never go out as they have to look after their disabled elder brother. But tonight's event is so special that they are going to need a carer. And Katy's not going to turn down £88, is she?
6.98