The WORST episodes of Inside No. 9
Every episode of Inside No. 9 ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Inside No. 9!
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 - Last Night of the Proms
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/14/2021
Dawn and Mick are hosting their annual Last Night of the Proms party, the perfect antidote to post-Brexit Britain. But not everyone is singing from the same song sheet.
#2 - Love's Great Adventure
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/17/2020
Trevor and Julia always want to make Christmas really special for their family but this year, with money so tight, things aren't going to be easy. As each door of the advent calendar opens, everyone will have to do their bit to make Christmas happen.
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#3 - Wuthering Heist
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/10/2021
Pantalone is planning the heist of the century – a tasty twelve mil in rough cut diamonds. But if you’re going to hire a bunch of complete clowns to carry out a robbery, and half of them are planning to double-cross the other half, you’ve not just got a recipe for disaster, you’ve actually got the ingredients of a Tarantino Commedia dell’Arte.
#4 - The Harrowing
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/12/2014
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?
#5 - Nine Lives Kat
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/11/2022
Hard-as-nails detective inspector, divorcee and single mum Katrina is determined to crack the case of the missing boy. But there’s also her drinking, her love life and her inner demons. She doesn’t want help, but it turns up anyway.
#6 - Mother's Ruin
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/27/2023
East End villains Harry and Annie Blackwood were rotten to the core and did some truly horrible things when they were alive. What secrets did they take to their grave? Their sons plan to find out.
#7 - 3 by 3
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/18/2023
In a replacement to the advertised programme, three threesomes compete for the big cash prize in this new general knowledge quiz presented by Lee Mack.
#8 - Merrily, Merrily
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/20/2022
Laurence has arranged a special reunion on a boat for his old university friends. As they strike out across the remote lake, their conversation takes them into troubled waters.
#9 - The Understudy
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/5/2014
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.
#10 - Mr. King
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/27/2022
Alan arrives at a small village primary school in rural Wales, and throwing himself into his new job, he still finds himself overshadowed by his much-loved predecessor, Mr King.
#11 - And the Winner Is...
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/30/2018
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.
#12 - Seance Time
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/30/2015
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.
#14 - The Referee's A W***er
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/3/2020
The beautiful game. The crunch-clash between United and Rovers in the last match of the season, all safely in the care of the four match officials. A tale of promotion, relegation, corruption, and so, so much more.
#15 - The Bones of St Nicholas
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/22/2022
It’s Christmas Eve and Dr Parkway has booked an overnight stay in a reputedly haunted church. Why is he keen to be away from his other guests? A twisted ghost story for Christmas.
#16 - Love Is a Stranger
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/11/2023
You get to meet all sorts when you go online dating, as Vicky’s about to find out. Will she finally meet her perfect match? Or will she be talking to the Lonely Hearts Killer?
#17 - Last Gasp
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/26/2014
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.
#18 - Paraskevidekatriaphobia
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/4/2023
Gareth is definitely going to be working from home today. Just to be on the safe side. He doesn’t want to push his luck. Because today just happens to be Friday the 13th.
#19 - The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/9/2015
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.
#21 - Hurry Up and Wait
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/31/2021
Actor James is waiting for his big moment on the set of ITV’s prestigious new crime drama, and this holding area should be the ideal place to relax and go over all three of his lines - except he’s actually in a static caravan owned by Oona and Stan. The more he learns about this couple and their strange daughter, the more disconcerted he becomes.
#22 - How Do You Plead?
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/7/2021
Webster, the famous barrister, is not well and not an easy man to look after. His carer Urban knows how to take the rough with the smooth, dishing out the drugs or appealing to the old man’s vanity. But on this particular night, something is coming that will test Webster’s resolve and legal skills to the very end.
#23 - Diddle Diddle Dumpling
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/14/2017
After finding a lost shoe in the street, a man becomes fixated on trying to trace its owner.
#24 - A Random Act of Kindness
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/25/2022
Helen and her teenage son Zach don’t really get on, until a random act of kindness brings the mysterious Bob to their front door. He seems to understand their problems and offers to help. But what effect will spending time with this kindly stranger have on their lives?
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#25 - The Stakeout
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/9/2020
Two police officers have time to get to know each other on the night shift. But PC Thompson's previous partner died in a brutal attack less than a month ago, the forensics have gone missing and PC Varney is beginning to ask a lot of awkward questions.
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